Title: Roosevelt Sykes
Product review: Roosevelt is a too often overlooked bluesman. A great boogie and barrelhouse piano player, he was also known for his wickedly clever lyrics. He used to play at The Maple Leaf, an uptown New Orleans music bar and was a fixture at Jazz Fest. He would always introduce "Dirty Mother For You" by defending the innocence of the lyrics and ending by saying "...but I have no control over your thoughts."This record has a lot of old numbers recorded by a much younger Mr. Sykes than the man I knew in New Orleans. The recording dates range from 1929 to 1949 so we're talking some old time blues here. If you're as big a blues fan as I am this record is going to knock you out. A sample of Roosevelt's lusty lyrics;She got a head like a switch engine,And feet like a teddy bear.She's taking her Skeet and Garret,And spitting it everywhere.That pretty much sums it all up. (For the younger folks; Skeet and Garret was a popular brand of chewing tobacco.)
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