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CADILLAC BABY
1. Welcome To Cadillac Baby’s Show Lounge 3:39 Colossal Blues LP CB-101

Cadillac Baby: M.C. • Albert “Sunnyland Slim” Luandrew: piano Willie Williams: drums • overdubbed audience vocals and clapping Recorded December 1971 at International Recording Co.

EDDIE BOYD
2. I’m Commin’ Home 2:37 (Eddie Boyd) Bea & Baby 101-A
3. Thank You Baby 2:06 (Eddie Boyd) Bea & Baby 101-B

Eddie Boyd: vocal & piano • Robert Lockwood Jr.: guitar • Bob Carter: bass Sonny Allen: drums • Ronald Wilson: tenor sax Recorded June 22, 1959 at Hall Recording, engineer: Stu Black

L.C. McKINLEY
4. Nit Wit 1:59 (L.C. McKinley) Bea & Baby 102-A
5. Sharpest Man In Town 2:25 (L.C. McKinley) Bea & Baby 102-B

L.C. McKinley: vocal & guitar • Pete Hatch: piano • Jimmie Lee Robinson: bass Leon Hooper: drums • Red Holloway: tenor sax • McKinley Easton: baritone sax Recorded August 19, 1959 at Hall Recording, engineer: Stu Black

THE DAYLIGHTERS
6. Mad House Jump 1:59 (Charles Jones) Bea & Baby 103-A
7. You’re Breaking My Heart 2:22 (Charles Jones) Bea & Baby 103-B

Tony Gideon, Eddie Thomas, George Wood, Dorsey Wood: vocals L.C. McKinley: guitar • Pete Hatch: piano • Jimmie Lee Robinson: bass Leon Hooper: drums • Red Holloway: tenor sax • McKinley Easton: baritone sax Recorded August 19, 1959 at Hall Recording, engineer: Stu Black

11 YEAR OLD FAITH TAYLOR AND THE SWEET TEENS
8. I Need Him To Love Me 2:26 (Bernice Williams) Bea & Baby 104-A
9. I Love You Darling 2:31 (Charles Jones) Bea & Baby 105-A

Faith Taylor: lead vocal • The Sweet Teens - Curtiss Burrell, Mary Collins, Elizabeth Shelby, Ernestine Fisher: background vocals Unknown: rhythm section musicians & string section Recorded October 19, 1959 at Hall Recording, engineer: Stu Black

BOBBY SAXTON
10. Trying To Make A Living 2:47 (Ted Daniel/Narvel Eatmon) Bea & Baby 106-A

Bobby Saxton: vocal • Earl Hooker: guitar • Tall Paul Hankins: piano Margo Gibson: bass • Harold Tidwell or Bobby Little: drums* Ernest Cotton: tenor sax • Oett “Sax” Mallard: tenor sax Recorded January 15, 1960 at Hall Recording, engineer: Stu Black

EARL HOOKER
11. Dynamite 2:22 (Ted Daniel/Narvel Eatmon/Earl Hooker) Bea & Baby 106-B

Earl Hooker: guitar • Tall Paul Hankins: piano • Margo Gibson: bass Harold Tidwell or Bobby Little: drums* • Ernest Cotton: tenor sax Oett “Sax” Mallard: tenor sax Recorded January 15, 1960 at Hall Recording, engineer: Stu Black

CADILLAC BABY
12. The Legend of Cadillac Baby 12:52 • Interview segment recorded September 1983 by Steve Cushing, host of “Blues Before Sunrise” radio show

EDDIE BOYD
13. Blue Monday Blues 2:34 (Eddie Boyd) Bea & Baby 107-A

Eddie Boyd: vocal & piano • Robert Lockwood Jr.: guitar • Bob Carter: bass Sonny Allen: drums • Ronald Wilson: tenor sax Recorded June 22, 1959 at Hall Recording, engineer: Stu Black

A PDF of the Bea & Baby box set book accompanying this release is available by email request to mfrank@earwigmusic.com