[78-L] Sweet Black Bands

[yves francois]

Julian, Al and  Taylor
never truer words said about how bad Orlando Roberson was, some of those Hopkins' ecords ... you have a good band, good phrasing, then the vocal by Orlando (they had Ovie Alston who was better, why did they need Orlando anyways?), and you wonder why the Swingfan Lp from the 60's cut the vocals from "Do You Ever Think Of Me" out, it is a good record without the vocal!
Yves Francois
PS the 37 Hopkins are about the most disappointing records I have ever heard by a name band ... 1 good record ("Church Street Sobbin Blues" w a Shirley Clay solo), no Jabbo solos, why?

> Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009, 10:37 AM
> simmonssomer wrote:
> > Saccharine is an excellent descriptive word for these
> Hopkins performances..
> > The Andy Kirk discs with vocals by Pha Terrell are
> mired in the same sugary 
> > miasma..
> > 
> > Al S.

--- On Tue, 4/14/09, Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> From: Julian Vein <julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Sweet Black Bands
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>

> ==============
> And Terrell is not as bad as Orlando Roberson with Hopkins
> to be 
> interesting!
> 
>        Julian Vein
> 
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