Charles Brown: a Life in the Blues / Rounder CD w/DVD-2074

Description

Rounder CD-2074. Charles Brown: a Life in the Blues. Deluxe box, with live recording at The Lone Star Roadhouse, 1990, and DVD from the Lone Star along with many extras including 1945 soundies of Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers.

Tracklist:

CD-1   Charles Brown – I Stepped In Quicksand

CD-2   Charles Brown – Drifting Blues

CD-3   Charles Brown – I Cried Last Night

CD-4   Charles Brown – All My Life

CD-5   Charles Brown – Seven Long Days

CD-6   Charles Brown – Black Night

CD-7   Charles Brown – When The Sun Comes Out

CD-8   Charles Brown – Merry Christmas Baby

CD-9   Charles Brown – Please Come Home For Christmas

CD-10  Charles Brown – Joyce’s Boogie

 

DVD-1   Charles Brown – I Stepped In Quicksand

DVD-2   Charles Brown – Drifting Blues

DVD-3   Charles Brown – I Cried Last Night

DVD-4   Charles Brown – All My Life

DVD-5   Charles Brown – Seven Long Days

DVD-6   Charles Brown – Black Night

DVD-7   Charles Brown – When The Sun Comes Out

DVD-8   Charles Brown – Merry Christmas Baby

DVD-9   Charles Brown – Please Come Home For Christmas

DVD-10 Charles Brown – Joyce’s Boogie

DVD-11  John Shadrack Horace with Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers – It’s Me, Oh Lord

DVD-12  John Shadrack Horace with Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers – Along The Navajo Trail

“This is more than just an album by the late R&B great Charles Brown. It’s truly the story of a life – a scrapbook of history, photos, testimonials, music, vintage film clips, a live concert, discography, and more packed onto a CD, DVD, and liner booklet.

Brown was truly one of the stars of rhythm and blues. He boasted some 26 Billboard chart hits, numerous Grammy nominations, multiple WC Handy Awards, and a ’97 National Endowment For The Arts National Heritage Award. Last, but far from least, he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1999, the year of his death.

Above all, however, he made great music. This CD collects 10 tracks from a 1990 concert at the Lone Star Roadhouse, backed by a DVD film of the performance. The show includes several of his greatest hits, including “Drifting Blues,” “Seven Long Days,” and “Merry Christmas Baby.”

Best yet are two short films of Brown with Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers in 1945. These “soundies” are part old-time kitsch, part classic cool, showing the band making R&B history.

If you’re a Brown fan, you can’t be without this collection.”

– Vintage Guitar Magazine