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It was 35 years ago today: Boozoo Chavis and Charlie Feathers' self-titled albums, Jimmie Dale Gilmore's 'After Awhile,' and Johnnie Johnson's 'Johnnie B. Bad' were released as part of the American Explorer Series on Nonesuch: https://nonesuch.lnk.to/AmericanExplorerSeries
Chavis, "the king of zydeco," performs a rollicking set of mostly original compositions, joined by his band The Magic Sounds. Feathers, who first learned to play guitar from Junior Kimbrough, this self-titled album more than three decades into his career as a pioneer of rockabilly and country music. Gilmore's 'After Awhile' features some of his most beloved songs, on which he “stamps himself as a great American songwriter,” says Rolling Stone. Johnson, perhaps best known as the pianist for Chuck Berry, here leads various bands that include Keith Richards and Eric Clapton for a rollicking set of country and jazz tinged-blues.
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