| | Pigeon John Sings The Blues! CD Pigeon John Discography of CDs
Entertainment Weekly (No. 813, p.67) - "[Call Pigeon John] the anti-50 Cent, as he flips hip-hop swagger for emo-rap, which he delivers in a soulful, sing-songy flow..." - Grade: A- Pigeon John Sings The Blues! Songs | 1. | Upside Down Rotten |
| 2. | Nothing Without You |
| 3. | Perfect Formality |
| 4. | She Cooks Me Oatmeal! |
| 5. | Sleeping Giants |
| 6. | Matter 101 |
| 7. | You Can't Have It! |
| 8. | Grand Ol' Waltz, The |
| 9. | Life Goes On - (J-Boogie remix) |
| 10. | Emily - (PJ All Day remix) |
| 11. | Identity Crisis - (In like flynn remix) |
| 12. | Rainy Day |
| 13. | Draw Me |
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Run-D.M.C. had their gold chains and Adidas. Flavor Flav had his clock, Tupac had his "Thug Life" tattoo and Pigeon John has his fedora?! A rapper's style icon can say much about his performance and this L.A. rapper wears his heart on his head. As you'd expect, Pigeon John doesn't come out blazing on his debut album. Nor does he get particularly deep. He is the everyman, tripping over his "Highschool Reunion" and sweating over his girl problems. "Emily" is a pure emo lesson about getting a girl pregnant and feeling bad for cutting out on her, a lighter-weight version of "Sorry Miss Jackson." It's probably the most serious song on this collection of songs that, while not flippant, are certainly lighthearted. Even PJ's vocal delivery makes him sound like the sort of buddy you could have long talks with over a beer. A talented yet sensitive character who shows the slightest hint of an island accent, making him sound both extra musical and extra accessible. So when he raps, "Every word I write seals my fate/Losing every single one of my friends to date," on "Life Goes On" it's hard to believe he's serious. In fact, the lesson told by guest Abstract Rude pretty much certifies that the song is a fable rather than an autobiography. ...
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Keeping tabs on the actions of Ypsilanti, MI-based MC One Be Lo hasn't been a snap. Known previously as OneManArmy, he was part of Binary Star, a group responsible for 1999's Waterworld. An excellent underground rap album, it was hard find outside the Detroit area, until it was overhauled, retitled as Masters of the Universe, and re-released with national distribution. ...
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| | Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson Honk For Texas CDs (2006) (Import) Remastered; Box Set; United Kingdom
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This four-disc set is a kind of curiosity. Honk for Texas features Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, alright, but only for three of the four discs. The last one features Jim Wynn. Wynn is featured on four tracks on the last Vinson disc from sessions in 1945, but that's the only link, other than Honk for Texas, of course. Neil Slaven's liner notes take care of the explanation inside the package, and it's perhaps that Wynn isn't well-known enough to sell records on his own -- though to collectors who already have the Vinson material, this would be ideal. And who but collectors would be interested? In any case, the sides collected on this box are from 1945 -- when Vinson was playing with the Cootie Williams Orchestra, and first led his own groups -- to 1952, at the end of his run of big bands. The material has been remastered and sounds fine, though there is a serious question as far as where royalties on this stuff are paid -- and that the artists and their estates are not, given the leniency of British public domain laws. The bottom line is that Vinson's notoriety -- as the most popular of all the alto players to come out of the Lone Star State -- allowed him his pick of fine musicians, and he had them, from Earl Van Riper (who was to become a Motown studio ace), Clark Terry, and Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis in the 1940s to Slide Hampton and Charlie Rouse in the 1950s, and a ton of fine players in between; it would have been unthinkable for Vinson to make substandard sides. Three of these four discs offer incredible jump blues, smoking swing, and burning R&B evidence. ~ Thom Jurek
Recording information: Chicago, IL (04/01/1942-05/??/1954); Cincinnati, OH (04/01/1942-05/??/1954); Los Angeles, CA (04/01/1942-05/??/1954); New York, NY (04/01/1942-05/??/1954); St. Louis, MO (04/01/1942-05/??/1954).
Personnel: Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson (vocals, alto saxophone); Lord Luther Luper (vocals, piano); Pee Wee Wiley, Theodore Shirley (vocals); John Faire, Leroy Kirkland (guitar); Edward Hale, Frank Domínguez, Ernest Tanner, Rupert Cole, David Graham, Charlie Holmes (alto saxophone); Lee Pope, Bob Dorsey, Harry ...
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