One long-time favorite is the debut album by Lou Ann Barton entitled Old Enough, released in 1982 on Asylum Records. Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios in Sheffield, Alabama, produced by Jerry Wexler (Aretha, Solomon Burke, Wilson Pickett, Dylan, etc.) and Glenn Frey (?!). Musical accompaniment by The Swampers (whose members include the superlative drummer/bassist duo of Roger Hawkins and David Hood), The Muscle Shoals Horns, and Jimmie Vaughan (The Fabulous Thunderbirds)---with whom Lou Ann often tours.
Sitting right next to Old Enough on the LP shelf is Jump Children by Dave Bartholomew (I named my son after him, Dave’s surname). The recordings were made in New Orleans (no duh ;-) between 1950 and ’60, and released on Imperial Records. My copy is a 1983 pressing on Pathe Marconi.
Then there is Mose Allison Sings on Prestige Records. Blues and Jazz co-existed in Mose, but he was a favorite of a fair number of hipper Rockers. Look at some of the titles on this album: "The Seventh Son", "Eyesight To The Blind", "Don’t Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me", "Parchman Farm", "Don’t Get Around Much Anymore". Recorded by the legendary Rudy Van Gelder.
Sitting right next to Old Enough on the LP shelf is Jump Children by Dave Bartholomew (I named my son after him, Dave’s surname). The recordings were made in New Orleans (no duh ;-) between 1950 and ’60, and released on Imperial Records. My copy is a 1983 pressing on Pathe Marconi.
Then there is Mose Allison Sings on Prestige Records. Blues and Jazz co-existed in Mose, but he was a favorite of a fair number of hipper Rockers. Look at some of the titles on this album: "The Seventh Son", "Eyesight To The Blind", "Don’t Do Nothin’ Till You Hear From Me", "Parchman Farm", "Don’t Get Around Much Anymore". Recorded by the legendary Rudy Van Gelder.