Earl Gaines & Shy Guy Douglas - 24 Hours A Day [CD]

Jasmine's commitment to anthologising 1950s R&B continues unabated! They recently brought you the complete 1950s and early 60s recordings of pioneering Nashville soul man Gene Allison. This month they're lingering a little longer in Music City for a double scoop of two of Gene's fellow Nashvillians, one considerably more famous than the other but both worthy entrants in this short 'series within a series'.

The smooth voice of Earl Gaines set the standard for Nashville R&B and soul for almost half a century - when he wasn't busy driving his 18 wheel truck from coast to coast, that is! He hit the jackpot with his first release, the much recorded (including three times by Earl) '(It's Love Baby) 24 Hours A Day' and although he never had another hit of similar magnitude it gave him the foundation on which to build a career that sustained into the 21st century. Earl's recordings for the Excello label offer a small but perfectly formed body of work, fully representative of what made Nashville such an important centre for black American music in the 1950s.

Earl is paired here with his fellow Music City resident, the far less well known Thomas 'Shy Guy' Douglas, whose recording career was coming to its end about the same time that Earl's was taking off. Earl's discoverer and long-time mentor Ted Jarrett also produced Shy Guy on many of the tracks featured here, but they are of a different, more down home-y nature in comparison with those of his CD companion here (albeit no less essential!).

These two great artists have long been overdue an anthology like this, full of tough, uncompromising rhythm & blues that never goes out of style.

It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day) - Louis Brooks And His Hi-Toppers

Can't Keep From Cryin' - Louis Brooks And His Hi-Toppers

Baby Baby What's Wrong - Louis Brooks And His Hi-Toppers

Please Understand - Earl Gaines With Louis Brooks And His Hi-Toppers

I Don't Need You Now - Earl Gaines With Louis Brooks And His Hi-Toppers

Gonna Stop Foolin' Myself - Louis Brooks And His Hi-Toppers

Don't You Know - Louis Brooks And His Hi-Toppers

Now Do You Hear - Earl Gaines With Jimmy Back And Orchestra

Best Of Luck, Baby - Earl Gaines With Jimmy Back And Orchestra

White Rose - Earl Gaines With Freddy Robinson Orchestra

White Rose (Theme) - Earl Gaines With Freddy Robinson Orchestra

Sitting Here Drinking - Earl Gaines

Love You So - Earl Gaines

Hold Back My Tears - Earl Gaines

Three Times Seven - Earl Gaines

Let Me Down Easy - Earl Gaines

Show Me Something - Earl Gaines

It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day - Remake) - Earl Gaines

Please Love Me - Earl Gaines

You Are My Sunshine - Leroy Jones

Detroit Arrow - Shy Guy Douglas

New Memphis Blues - Shy Guy Douglas

I'm Your Country Man - Shy Guy Douglas

Wasted Time - Shy Guy Douglas

No Place Like Home - Shy Guy Douglas

She's My Kinda Girl - Shy Guy Douglas

Yankee Doodle (I Lost My Noodle) - Shy Guy Douglas

Harvest Moon (Bring Her Back To Me) - Shy Guy Douglas

Let's Rock And Roll - Little Shy Guy And The Hot Rods

My Little Baby - Little Shy Guy And The Hot Rods

• Genre: Blues
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 604988329025
• Release Date: March 21, 2025

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