03 Dave Bartholomew - Mister Fool

3 Dave Bartholomew– Mister Fool
Written-By – Dave Bartholomew
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Dave Bartholomew, vocals, trumpet; Joe Harris, alto sax; Clarence Hall, tenor sax; Fred Lands, piano; Frank Fields, bass; Earl Palmer, drums. New Orleans, 1949

DAVE BARTHOLOMEW
A member of the Rock ’N’ Roll Hall of Fame, even if Dave Bartholomew never plays another note, his place in the annals of popular music is assured via his association with Fats Domino. A native of Edgard, Louisiana, trumpeter Bartholomew was leading the city’s best and most popular bands when the
Brauns came to New Orleans looking for talent.
"The Brauns were just going around town looking for talent," said
Bartholomew, in 1982. "They told me they were interested in recording my
band. So we went down to Cosimo's [actually the J&M Studio] and cut."
Bartholomew would have several releases on De Luxe before coming up with
"Country Boy" which is reissued here. "'Country Boy' was the biggest thing I ever did on myself," recalled Bartholomew. "It did about 100,000, but that was pretty good for 1949. I still get checks on it."
Like several of Bartholomew's compositions "Country Boy" contained playful, slightly risque lyrics with a catchy arrangement which would soon be
referred to as rhythm and blues. The other two selections contained here are
"Girt Town," a neighborhood that contained Al’s Starlight Room where
Bartholomew’s band was a regular, and "Mister Fool," a full blown big band
blues.