"Harmaniac" - Rock Bottom CD
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“Harmaniac” – Rock Bottom CD

$30.00

Rock Bottom started playing the Blues at the age of eighteen. His instrument was the harmonica and the year was 1966. Rock honed his razor edged tone in West central Florida jook joints during the 60’s. Rough places like The Honey Dripper, The Palms and Richard Fun Spot in Bradenton. The Club Toro and the Manhattan Lounge in Sarasota and the Wagon Wheel in Palmetto. Rock played his music, tunes by Muddy Water, Howlin’ Wolf and Sonny Boy Williamson, to a mostly middle-aged black audience. His bands became a clearinghouse for Florida Blues players throughout the 70’s and 80’s, much like Tampa Red’s house of the 30’s and 40’s in Chicago. In the past 27 years Rock has been blowin’ harp and singin’ the Blues all over the world. He has toured Scandinavia and Europe over 30 times since 1981 and has performed at countless shows and festivals throughout the United States. See for yourself what the fuss is all about.

Slip on this here CD, kick off yer shoes and get ready to dance.

Yeah, let’s go jookin’!

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Rock Bottom: harp and vocals.
Boozoo Stomp i
Gator Tail ii
Voodoo Idol iv
Run & Hide v
Ellie May ii
Cigarette Blues iii
Hot For A Woman ii
Lets Go Jookin’ v
Keep Your Hands Off Of Him vi
Stormy Monday vi
Big Mamoo ii
St. Pete Kid iii
Snakie’s Ribs ii
Truckin’ Little Sucker iv
St. Pete Stomp ii

©1993 David C. York Dangertoons BMI
except: Track 1. © Schuler-Chavis BMI
Track 6. © James Moore BMI
Track 9. © William Broonzy BMI
Track 10. © Aaron Walker BMI

Originally released in 1993

Produced by Rock Bottom Mixed and Mastered by Dan Smith at Bay Sound and Lex Macar Prod’s. Cover Illustration and Design by Carol Magee

i. Tomcat Blake: guitar, J.P. Coley: ac. bass, Big Dick Magee: drums. Recorded live Thanksgiving Day 1991 The State Theatre, St. Pete, FL. John Street, Max Cherbaneaux: engineers.

ii. Sarasota Slim: guitar, Gentleman John Street: piano, organ, Dr. Sam Mudd: bass, Jungle Denny: drums. Recorded live 4/6/85 The Eight Ball Lounge, Sarasota FL. Hugh Henningson, Jeff Lantz: engineers for the Producers Studio.

iii. Blaise Kropf: guitar, Jean-Marie Mellana: bass, Fred Buri: drums. Recorded 2/26/90 at Enregistrement Studios, Neuchatel, Switzerland. D. Grillon: engineer.

iv. Little Juke: guitar, Lucky Peterson: piano, Frank Bowman: soprano sax, Gentleman John Street: alto sax, Mike Flore: tenor sax, Donny Mack: baritone sax, Andy Foertsch: trombone, Chief Billy Ochoa: ac. bass, Jungle Denny: drums. Recorded 1990 Pit Bull Studios, St. Pete, FL. Tom Chambers, Dennis McCarthy: engineers.

v. Roy Book Binder: National Tricone guitar, Tomcat Blake: National Tricone guitar, Bobby Asaph: ac. bass, Big Dick Magee: drums. Recorded 2/93 Bay Sound, Tampa, FL. Dan Smith: engineer.

vi. Diamond Teeth Mary: vocals, Tomcat Blake, guitar, J.P. Coley: ac. bass, Big Dick Magee: drums. Recorded live Thanksgiving Day 1991 The State Theatre, St. Pete, FL. John Street, Max Cherbaneaux: engineers.

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