I forgot about this fantastic album i hunted out many years ago for the mega rare Northern Dancers only to discover the incredible quality of the rest of the album that also helped me to investigate the man further. This has everything for the black music lover. Dr. feelgood is really the legendary Willie Lee "Piano Red" Perryman born in 1911 & passed in 1985 who had amused and entertained rhythm and blues audiences since the
1940s with his zany, inimitable style, a real joker but talented performer who joined OKeh in 1961. Perryman and
his group of musicians, at that time not yet named, gathered in
Columbia's Nashville studio on May 31, 1961,
and by 6:30 had recorded eight new songs, including a remake of Piano
Red's 1950 hit "The Wrong Yo-Yo". They also
recorded an original song which the Beatles would make very famous a few
years later , "Mister Moonlight" and another novelty song, "Doctor
Feel-Good," about a "doctor of love" who only liked women who weighed
over 400 lbs. When the latter song was released in 1962, the
group became known as Dr. Feelgood & the Interns. Although "Dr.
Feel-Good" (Okeh 7144) and second follow up "Right String But the Wrong
Yo-Yo" (Okeh 71560 both charted, and a subsequent album was issued, we
have been left all these years with the question, "Who were the
Interns?" We knew that "Dr. Feelgood" was Willie Perryman, who played
piano on the session, but there was no information on the album or
anywhere else, it seemed, to identify the backing group. One well known
reference source even claims Willie Perryman was the whole group! But
after digging the internes were Roy Lee Johnson, Jr.
(guitar), Howard Hobbs (bass), Bobby Lee Tuggle (drums), Curtis Smith
(guitar), and Beverly Watkins (guitar).Still a very hard album to obtain but once you hear this you will be hooked for its sheer dymanic energy. Quite a few of these tracks were played on the scene many years ago, but what an album still sought out by hard core Northern Jocks & Blues collectors! Just this one album with the interns but nearly 60 x 45,s and 16 albums as Piano Red/Dr feelgood. Check his albums out as i love this guy!!!
AMM
The Northern Tasters!
25 comments:
Dr. Feelgood better make me feel good!
Thanks, AMM!
Thanks AMM for the good feelings here with this one.
This is such a great review of Chicago gold dust, thanks
Yes please AMM really appreciated
Thank you for this incredible review AMM!
I fully agree with you. Knowing some of the titles from this album makes me to want more. Thank you for the extensive review!
Another Dr. Feelgood - looks interesting, too. Thanks for review, P.
Hell, yeah.
many thanks for this review AMM
Thanks AMM for this classic of R&B (and Rock & Roll).
Thank you AMM For the Dr Feelgood Album
Nice review, many thanks AMM.
Roy Lee Johnson also sung lead on some; thanks for this AMM
Thanks for the Dr Feel good seems to cleared up my Bronchitis all ready great review AMM
Cheers Pedro
Nice review AMM
thanks Reb
Thanks AMM I'd forgotten about it as well.
Thank you kindly my friend. - great review of a great band
I've just listened to this in mp3 so yes I'd like to review a flac copy, thanks AMM
Thank you for one of my top wanted lps
my god this is SUPER RARE and on OKEH!
many thanks AMM, cant get those dancers anywhere now.
What great tasters, also thanks for the info on them !
Do you wanna feel good? Everybody does, me too, and who else but Dr. Feelgood and the Interns knew that (?) Thanks a thousand ✌🏻☀️☮️
Thanks AMM for this fantastic album
every review is refreshing and informative. Thank you AMM.
Still on catch up MM, thanks for the review.
cheers,ELtel
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