Eddie cleanhead vinson biography of rory
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THE BLUES Disposition MAKE Ready to react HAPPY, TOO!
The Story Of
ROOMFUL OF BLUES
by Rick Bellaire
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A Whole Room…Full of Blues
An Appreciation descendant Bob Angell
As presented putrefy the cap annual Rhode Island Penalisation Hall Grow mouldy Fame Stimulant Ceremony,
February, 2012
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Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson — Cleanhead’s Back In Town
For many years, one of my favorite CD collections has been a nifty little set called “Mercury R&B ’46-’62,” a two-CD set of old school R&B sides from Mercury records. These songs are distinctly rhythm and blues from the big band/orchestra era, though a few really anticipate rock ’n’ roll. In fact, I keep wondering how we accept that “Rocket 88” from 1951 was the first rock ’n’ roll song when “Caldonia” is right there in 1945. But I digress.
On that collection are three great songs by Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson & His Orchestra: “Cleanhead Blues,” “Cherry Red,” and “Just A Dream.” These are sensational. But after I got those CDs, I never saw anything more by Cleanhead until this past summer, when, pawing though the crates at the Phoenixville Punk Rock Flea Market (all kindsa music, despite the name), I ran across this gem. And it is a gem. Recorded in 1957, as the liner notes say, this does not age.
And I am here to tell you that one of the benefits of collecting music no one else cares about is that you can often get it , if you’ll excuse the phrase, for a song. Because the same fool who was trying to charge $85 for an early version of “Some Girls” sold this to me for $4.
FOUR DOLLARS.
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Roomful of Blues
American jump blues and swing revival big band
Roomful of Blues is an American jump blues and swing revivalbig band based in Rhode Island. With a recording career that spans over 50 years, they have toured worldwide and recorded many albums. Roomful of Blues, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, "Swagger, sway and swing with energy and precision".[1] Since 1967, the group’s blend of swing, rock and roll, jump blues, boogie-woogie and soul has earned it five Grammy Award nominations and many other accolades, including seven Blues Music Awards (with a victory as Blues Band Of The Year in 2005). Billboard called the band "a tour de force of horn-fried blues…Roomful is so tight and so right."[2] The Down Beat International Critics Poll has twice selected Roomful of Blues as Best Blues Band.
Roomful of Blues is currently an eight-piece unit led by guitarist Chris Vachon and featuring long-time tenor and alto sax player Rich Lataille. In 2024, singer DD Bastos took over the vocal duties, replacing Phil Pemberton. Recent members are trumpeter Christopher Pratt, bassist John Turner and drummer Mike Coffey, joining on baritone and tenor saxophonist Craig Thomas and keyboardist Jeff Ceasrine. Over the years there have been over 55 Room