Name: Wake Up and Live!
Brand: Alligator Records
SKU: 52787
Price: 12.94 GBP
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Wake Up and Live!

Rating

Album: Wake Up and Live!
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Hey, Bartender	More Info...	0:03
2)	My Song Is Don't Worry	More Info...	0:05
3)	You Know That'll Get It	More Info...	0:02
4)	A Long Time Ago	More Info...	0:04
5)	A Dream	More Info...	0:02
6)	You're the Only One for Me	More Info...	0:04
7)	450 Pound Woman	More Info...	0:02
8)	Mean And Jealous Man	More Info...	0:04
9)	I Wanna Rock Now	More Info...	0:02
10)	Don't Send Me No Flowers In The Graveyard	More Info...	0:04
11)	Wake Up and Live	More Info...	0:04
12)	Livin' a Lie	More Info...	0:05
13)	Rockin' at Home	More Info...	0:03
14)	Got the Blues So Bad	More Info...	0:03
15)	Skeet's California Sunshine	More Info...	0:02
16)	Gettin' Ready	More Info...	0:02

Album: Wake Up and Live!
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Hey, Bartender	More Info...	0:03
2)	My Song Is Don't Worry	More Info...	0:05
3)	You Know That'll Get It	More Info...	0:02
4)	A Long Time Ago	More Info...	0:04
5)	A Dream	More Info...	0:02
6)	You're the Only One for Me	More Info...	0:04
7)	450 Pound Woman	More Info...	0:02
8)	Mean And Jealous Man	More Info...	0:04
9)	I Wanna Rock Now	More Info...	0:02
10)	Don't Send Me No Flowers In The Graveyard	More Info...	0:04
11)	Wake Up and Live	More Info...	0:04
12)	Livin' a Lie	More Info...	0:05
13)	Rockin' at Home	More Info...	0:03
14)	Got the Blues So Bad	More Info...	0:03
15)	Skeet's California Sunshine	More Info...	0:02
16)	Gettin' Ready	More Info...	0:02

Performer Notes

Personnel: Floyd Dixon (piano, vocals); Port Barlow (electric & acoustic guitars); Eddie Synigal (tenor & baritone saxophones); Charlie Owens (baritone saxophone); Joe Campbell (trumpet); Danny "Bone" Weinstein (trombone); Leslie Baker, Mark Goldberg, Rick Reed (acoustic bass); Eddie Clark, James Arvans, Jimi Bott (drums).
Recorded at Studio Trax, Walnut, California. Includes liner notes by Chip Deffaa.
Personnel: Floyd Dixon (vocals, piano); Port Barlow (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Eddie Saxman Synigal (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Charlie Owens (baritone saxophone); Joe Campbell (trumpet); Dan Weinstein, Danny "Bone" Wenstein (trombone); Marc Anton (alto horn); Rick Reed, Mark Goldberg, Leslie Baker (acoustic bass); Eddie Clarke, James Arvans, Eddie Clark, Jimi Bott (drums).
Audio Mixer: Port Barlow.
Liner Note Author: Chip Deffaa.
Recording information: Studio Trax, Walnut Creek, CA.
Photographers: Michael Schwartz; Paul Natkin.
There was a time when swing-oriented jazz, R&B and blues overlapped to form an accessible yet intelligent style of music. In the late '40s Louis Jordan, Charles Brown and Amos Milburn were popular figures and Floyd Dixon (although a bit in their shadow) was not far behind. When rock & roll suddenly took over pop music in the mid-'50s, the middle-aged black performers were tossed off the charts in favor of their younger white imitators and work began to become scarce. Fortunately Floyd Dixon survived the lean years and, as with Charles Brown, he made a "comeback." This CD is a definitive Floyd Dixon release, mixing together older hits (including his signature tune "Hey, Bartender") with newer originals; all 16 selections were written or co-composed by Dixon. Joined by a jumping band that features a liberal amount of solo space for guitarist Port Barlow, tenor saxophonist Eddie Synigal and the old-time styled trombone of Danny Weinstein (plus a couple of spots for Charles Owens' baritone), Dixon sounds in excellent shape. His voice had not aged much, his enthusiasm is very much intact and his piano playing (whether on slow blues, medium-tempo novelties or the closing instrumental blues "Gettin' Ready") is quite jazz-oriented. Chip Deffaa's liner notes are an added plus. Highly recommended. ~ Scott Yanow

Professional Reviews

Q (9/96, p.112) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Floyd sings and plays with an artistic fire that still burns bright today. The support band...is idiomatically sympathetic without slipping into revivalism....Floyd's personal energy and skill...continually excites and informs the music."