Roosevelt Sykes

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Genre: Piano Blues

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Often bolstering his Piano Blues boogie with Gospel-inflected vocals and off-color double meanings, Roosevelt Sykes remains a much loved figure as well as one of the form's idiom-authors. His irreverent, good-time blues is rooted in the rolling stride-style of the pre-war innovator Fats Waller. With the tunes ".44 Blues" and "Night Time is the Right Time" to his credit, coupled with his supernatural mastery of the instrument, he is the standard by which many blues pianists are measured.

- Mike McGuirk

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		Ice Cream Freezer (3:22)
		Mistake In Life (2:37)
		Calcutta (3:13)
		Long, Lonesome Night (4:13)
		Thanksgivin' Blues (2:49)
		He Treats Me Like A Dog (3:03)
		Cotton Seed Blues (2:54)
		Sunny Road (3:07)
		No Money _Down (2:36)
		Come Back Baby (2:40)
		Give Me Your Change (3:03)
		Green Onion Top (2:38)
		Candy Man Blues (2:33)
		My Baby's Playground (2:25)
		Poor Boy Blues (3:01)
		You Can't Be Lucky All The Time (2:55)
		Early Morning Blues (3:20)
		Too Smart Too Soon (3:37)
		You So Dumb (3:28)
		Side Door Blues (2:50)