Composer, Blues pianist, and singer Clarence “Frogman” Henry was born
Clarence Henry II in 1937, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to
Clarence Henry, an L&N railroad porter, and Ernestine Henry. They
had six children and reared them in the Algiers neighborhood on the West
Bank of the Mississippi River. As a child, Frogman began piano lessons
with the legendary Blues pianists Antoine “Fats Domino” Dominique Domino
Jr. and Henry Roeland “Professor Longhair” Byrd. Young Clarence Henry
earned “Frogman” because of his interpreted frog-like falsetto sound.....This album contains some Great mid 1960s to early 1970s sides from a genuine New Orleans R&B icon. Featuring nine previously unissued titles. Limited edition of 1500. Every lover of New Orleans R&B knows Clarence “Frogman” Henry, the guy who “can sing like a girl and sing like a frog”. Clarence has been a favourite all over the world since the 1950s when he burst on the scene with ‘Ain’t Got No Home’. He was a regular visitor to the UK charts in the early 60s and supported the Beatles on their first US tour in 1964. Clarence made his hits for Chess Records, and they have seldom been out of print since the advent of the CD. The recordings he made subsequently have been less well anthologised something this Ace collection strives to rectify. This album brings together almost all the recordings Clarence made with Texas based producer Huey Meaux over a period of almost 10 years, with the bonus of four tracks cut for Buddy Killen’s Dial label in Memphis in 1967. Those who like Clarence’s Chess recordings will find plenty to enjoy, as many of the early tracks have the sound that made hits such as ‘But I Do’ and ‘You Always Hurt The One You Love’ so popular in their day. Huey Meaux mostly recorded Clarence inTexas but used New Orleans musicians to capture his sound and style in the way his Chess classics did. The results were invariably successful, as you will hear. By the 70s Huey had expanded Clarence’s repertoire to embrace soul, blues, country, funk and even reggae in an attempt to keep him sounding current. The results of the later sessions are never less than interesting and usually much more than that. In typical Ace fashion, this is the most complete collection of Clarence’s post Chess recordings to date, 28 titles in total, including nine issued here for the first time. All tracks are mastered from fresh tape transfers made in Houston’s Sugar Hill Studios in 2013. Clarence is still entertaining audiences and bringing the house down with a show that includes all his hits and some of the songs featured here...He recorded only 4 studio albums that i know of and 40+ 45,s...Read The Booklet its all in there.
AMM
**********REQUEST**********
The Tasters!
28 comments:
What a wonderful collection! Thanks for review, P.
Amazing Shares Today, Thank You Kindly AMM
Just a few singles. This CD must be great!!!
Thanks AMM
Yves
Great review AMM, yes please
Very nice. Great review.
Thanks for this review
Thanks for another great review AMM
This will go to my head!
Thanks, AMM!
Clarence & Kermit... what a wonderful combination :)
Thank you AMM for this review.
BigD
Thanks AMM. Looking forward to later day Frogman
Thank you mate for the review
A great collection with a great review of the frog man. Thank you AMM.
Great review, many thanks.
i had other 4 albums by him on vinyl but this! thanks much AMM
It's new to me and very nice. The Review I received is Bourbon St. Canal St. It differs from the one posted: Baby Ain't That Love. This guy sounds like Brook Benton on some tracks and on others like Percy Sledge. I Like him. Good review AMM!!
great collection AMM thanks
Another great delivery Amm. Thanks for the review!!
Wow, I did not know CFH did so many tracks with Huey Meaux..great work, thanks.
New recordings from the Frogman for me.
Wanted a decent copy plus
the booklet for years.... Thanks AMM
Thanks for this great review of Clarence I have only a limited number of tracks so this just great Thanks AMM
Cheers Pedro
Thanks AMM for this great collection
Very Nice Ace Album..Yes Please
Cheers
Tel
Yes yes, seems like some Rockers I somehow have missed til now :D Thx for revision ;) ✌🏻☀️
Another of the great pioneers of Rock n Roll who kept up with times into the 60s. Thank AMM and Ace.
Another great Kent collection reviewed,thanks AMM
Got the Canal St LP but this has some nice Jimmy Donley covers. Thanks!
I missed this one somehow...
Post a Comment