The Hawks

Enough doom and gloom already.



















Download:

"Farther Up The Road" mp3
by Bobby "Blue" Bland, 1957.
available on The Anthology

"Further On Up The Road" mp3
by The Hawks, 1961.
available on A Musical History



















Download:

"She's Nineteen Years Old" mp3
by Muddy Waters, 1958.
available on The Anthology: 1947-1972

"She's Nineteen Years Old" mp3
by The Hawks, 1961.
available on A Musical History



















Download:

"I'm Gonna Play The Honky Tonks" mp3
by Marie Adams, 1952.
available on
Men Are Like Street Cars: Women Blues Singers 1928-1969

"Honky Tonk" mp3
by Levon and The Hawks, 1964.
available on A Musical History

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"What A Party" mp3
by The Hawks, 1961.
available on Crossing The Great Divide

"You Don't Know Me" (live in Texas) mp3
by Levon and The Hawks, 1964.
available on Crossing The Great Divide

"The Stones That I Throw" (sketch) mp3
by Richard Manuel and Robbie Robertson, 1965.
available on A Musical History

"The Stones That I Throw" mp3
by Levon and The Hawks, Atco Single 1965.
available on A Musical History

"Tell Me, Momma" (live in Liverpool) mp3
by Bob Dylan and The Hawks, 1966.
available on A Musical History

Pete "Guitar" Lewis

I've been wanting to do a Johnny Otis post here since I started this thing. However, I've concluded it's just too daunting a task. Among being a bandleader, DJ, civil rights activist, dad to Shuggie Otis, nightclub owner and A&R guy, Johnny Otis has been influential in nearly every kind of music posted here at the Flu. Well, maybe not the hillbilly stuff, but he did write "Crazy Country Hop."

Instead, today we'll focus on one of his many great sidemen, Pete "Guitar" Lewis, a little celebrated but great guitar player who made way too few recordings, and most of them are as a member of Johnny Otis' band. Lewis was Otis' guitar player from 1948 to 1957. Below we have one of his solo recordings on Federal (the b-side of this record is by Pete "Harmonica" Lewis, where he displays his formidable talent on another instrument), A couple of sides with the Johnny Otis Orchestra, and one with the same band backing "Big Mama" Thornton. You can also hear PGL on the original version of "Hound Dog" at this post.

Dig it...















Download: "Shake It" 1952, mp3














Download: "I Smell A Rat" 1952, mp3.














Download: "Freight Train Boogie" 1950, mp3.















Download: "Raggedy Blues" 1952, mp3.

Buy music by Pete "Guitar" Lewis, "Big Mama Thornton", and Johnny Otis
at Amazon or your local independently owned record store.