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Release Date: May 21, 2021
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Personnel: Lester Williams (vocals, guitar, piano), Verdun Hellogg Banks, Joseph H. Calloway, Robert B. Lacefield (tenor saxophones), Frank Mims, Jr. (tenor saxophone, trumpet), Johnnye Mae Brown (piano), Oscar Underwood "Yogi" Adams (bass), Luther B. Taylor, Jr. (drums).
Compilation producer: Billy Vera.
Recorded at ACA Recording Studios, Houston, Texas between January 30, 1952 and January 23, 1953. Includes liner notes by Billy Vera.
Digitally remastered by Kirk Felton (1993, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).
I CAN'T LOSE WITH THE STUFF I USE contains 17 previously unreleased tracks and alternate takes.
Singer/guitarist Lester Williams wasn't an innovative player or a top-flight vocalist; still, he made good, occasionally great music that was enjoyable and reflective of a prime blues/R&B period. Williams' one moment in the spotlight came via the hit "I Can't Lose With the Stuff I Use," a great single that had wit, stinging guitar licks, stomping rhythms, and his finest vocal. It was later covered by B.B. King, and the song helped Williams get a Carnegie Hall gig. That song leads off a new 25-track disc covering Lester Williams' tunes from 1952 and 1953. There's little here that's new, but plenty that's worth hearing. ~ Ron Wynn
Compilation producer: Billy Vera.
Recorded at ACA Recording Studios, Houston, Texas between January 30, 1952 and January 23, 1953. Includes liner notes by Billy Vera.
Digitally remastered by Kirk Felton (1993, Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California).
I CAN'T LOSE WITH THE STUFF I USE contains 17 previously unreleased tracks and alternate takes.
Singer/guitarist Lester Williams wasn't an innovative player or a top-flight vocalist; still, he made good, occasionally great music that was enjoyable and reflective of a prime blues/R&B period. Williams' one moment in the spotlight came via the hit "I Can't Lose With the Stuff I Use," a great single that had wit, stinging guitar licks, stomping rhythms, and his finest vocal. It was later covered by B.B. King, and the song helped Williams get a Carnegie Hall gig. That song leads off a new 25-track disc covering Lester Williams' tunes from 1952 and 1953. There's little here that's new, but plenty that's worth hearing. ~ Ron Wynn