Blues: Standing at the Crossroads Standing at the Crossroads

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Artiest: Joe Weaver & the Blue Notes – I Got The Blues For My Baby Album: Battle of Hastings Street Label: Ace
Artiest: Eddie Burns – Hello Miss Jessie Lee Album: Battle of Hastings Street Label: Ace
Artiest: Henry Smith – Good Rockin’ Mama Album: Detroit Blues Label: JSP
Artiest: Eddie Burns – Papa’s Boogie Album: Detroit Blues Label: JSP
Artiest: John Lee Hooker – Just Me And My Telephone Album: Complete J.L. Hooker Vol. 4 1950-1951 Label: Body & Soul
Artiest: Detroit Count Hastings Street Opera Part 1 Album: Detroit Blues Rarities Vol. 4: Hastings Street Blues Opera Label: P-Vine
Artiest: Detroit Count Hastings Street Opera Part 2 Album: Detroit Blues Rarities Vol. 4: Hastings Street Blues Opera Label: P-Vine
Artiest: Walter Mitchell – Stop Messing Around Album: Detroit Blues Rarities Vol. 2: Harp-Suckers! Label: P-Vine
Artiest: Baby Boy Warren – Please Don’t Think I’m Nosey Album: Stop Breakin’ Down Label: Official
Artiest: Big Ed & His Combo – Superstition Album: Blues For Big Town Label: Chess
Artiest: Robert Henry – Early In The Morning Album: King 4646 [78 rpm single] Label: King
Artiest: Big Maceo – Do You Remember Album: Dark Muddy Bottom Blues Label: P-Vine
Artiest: Bobo Jenkins – Democrat Blues Album: Blues For Big Town Label: Chess
Artiest: Baby Boy Warren – Stop Breakin’ Down Album: Stop Breakin’ Down Label: Official
Artiest: Calvin Frazier – Lillie Mae Album: Vintage Toledo Blues 1950-1980 Label: T-R-H
Artiest: Eddie Burns – Treat Me Like I Treat You Album: Chess Blues Guitar: Two Decades of Killer Fret Work 1949 to 1969 Label: MCA/Chess
Artiest: Johnny Wright – I Stayed Down Album: Battle of Hastings Street Label: Ace
Artiest: Sam Kelly – Ramblin’ Around Blues Album: Detroit Ghetto Blues 1948-1954 Label: Nighthawk
Artiest: Sylvester Cotton – I Tried Album: Blues Sensation – Detroit Downhome Recordings 1948-1949 Label: Ace
Artiest: Little Sonny – I Gotta Find My Baby Album: Duke 186 [45 rpm single] Label: Duke
Artiest: Eddie Kirkland & His Houserockers – I Must’ve Have Done Something Wrong Album: A Fortune of Blues Label: Regency
Artiest: John Lee Hooker – Canal Street Blues Album: The Complete J.L. Hooker Vol 3 1949-1950 Label: Body & Soul

Artiest: Charley Booker – Charley’s Boogie Woogie
Album: Modern Downhome Blues Sessions Vol 2 – Mississippi & Arkansas 1952
Label: Ace

Artiest: Elmore James – Where Can My Baby Be
Album: The Classic Early Recordings 1951-1956
Label: Ace

Artiest: Houston Boines – Superintendent Blues
Album: The Blue Horizon Story
Label: Blue Horizon

Artiest: Pine Top Slim And His Guitar – Poor Boy
Album: Anthology of the Blues – Blues From the Deep South
Label: Kent

Artiest: Howlin’ Wolf – I’m The Wolf
Album: Howlin’ Wolf Rides Again
Label: Ace

Artiest: Joe Hill Louis – The Way You Treat Me
Album: Anthology of the Blues – Memphis
Label: Ace

Artiest: Houston Boines – Going Home
Album: Modern Downhome Blues Sessions Vol 1 – Arkansas & Mississippi 1951-1952
Label: Ace

Artiest: Big Bill Dotson – Dark Old World
Album: Modern Downhome Blues Sessions Vol 4 – Southern Country Blues Guitarists 1948-1952
Label: Ace

Artiest: Alfred ‘Blues King’ Harris – Miss Darlene
Album: Modern Downhome Blues Sessions Vol 3 – Memphis On Down
Label: Ace

Artiest: Charley Booker – Rabbit Blues
Album: Modern Downhome Blues Sessions Vol 1 – Arkansas & Mississippi 1951-1952
Label: Ace

Artiest: Elmore James – Quarter Past Nine
Album: Anthology of the Blues – The Resurrection of Elmore James
Label: Kent

Artiest: Joe Hill Louis – Highway 99
Album: Boogie in the Park
Label: Ace

Artiest: Lightnin’ Hopkins – House Upon The Hill
Album: Anthology of the Blues – Legend In His Own Time
Label: Kent

Artiest: Howlin’ Wolf – The Sun Is Rising
Album: Howlin’ Wolf Rides Again
Label: Ace

Artiest: Boyd Gilmore – All In My Dreams
Album: The Modern Downhome Blues Sessions, Vol. 2: Mississippi and Arkansas
Label: Ace

Artiest: Arkansas Johnny Todd – Keep ‘Em Down
Album: Modern Downhome Blues Sessions Vol 4 – Southern Country Blues Guitarists 1948-1952
Label: Ace

Artiest: Elmore James – Hawaiian Boogie
Album: The Classic Early Recordings 1951-1956
Label: Ace

Artiest: Howlin’ Wolf – Passing By Blues
Album: Sings The Blues
Label: Ace

Artiest: Walter Horton – Walter’s Blues
Album: Mouth Harp Maestro
Label: Ace

Artiest: Willie Nix – Lonesome Bedroom Blues
Album: The Travelling Record Man
Label: Ace

Artiest: Elmore James – Canton Mississippi Breakdown
Album: Anthology of the Blues – The Legend of Elmore James
Label: Kent

Artiest: Big Walter Horton – Jumpin’ Blues
Album: Mouth Harp Maestro
Label: Ace

Artiest: Ike Turner – Prancin’ Album: Ike’s Instrumentals Label: Ace
Artiest: Smokey Wilson – I Wanna Do It To You Baby Album: 45RPM record Label: Big Town
Artiest: BB King – My Baby’s Comin’ Home Album: Mr. Blues Label: ABC Music
Artiest: Carol Fran & Clarence Hollimon – The Way I Used To Be Album: It’s About Time Label: JSP
Artiest: Junior Parker – Sweet Home Chicago Album: The Duke Recordings Label: MCA
Artiest: Lloyd Price – Peeping And Hiding Album: 45RPM record Label: Double-L Records
Artiest: Amos Milburn – One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer Album: Blues, Barrelhouse & Boogie Woogie Label: Capitol Blues Collection
Artiest: Arthur Big Boy Crudup – Rock Me Mama Album: Look on Yonder’s Wall Label: Delmark
Artiest: Floyd Dixon – Hey Bartender Album: Atlantic Blues: Piano Label: Atlantic
Artiest: Memphis Slim – Sassy Mae Album: Memphis Slim U.S.A. Label: Delmark
Artiest: Moose John – Wrong Doin’ Woman Album: Legendary Dig Masters Vol 2 – Dig These Blues Label: Ace
Artiest: Johnny Jones – Hoy Hoy [Alternate Take] Album: Messing with the Blues Label: Ace
Artiest: Annie Laurie – It´s Been A Long Time Album: The OKeh Rhythm & Blues Story Label: Columbia/Legacy
Artiest: Big Walter Price – Gamblin Woman Album: Stompin’ 29: 23 More Fifties R ‘n’ B Pounders! Label: Stompin’
Artiest: Guitar Slim – Guitar Slim Album: Sufferin’ Mind Label: Specialty
Artiest: Pee Wee Calyton – Do Unto Others Album: Pee Wee’s Blues – The Complete Aladdin & Imperial Recordings Label: Capitol
Artiest: Lowell Fulson – Too Many Drivers Album: Soul Label: Kent
Artiest: Ray Charles – It Should Have Been Me Album: Blowing The Fuse – 1954 Label: Bear Family
Artiest: Louisiana Red – Early In The Morning Album: The Best of Louisiana Red Label: Evidence
Artiest: Jimmy Reed – Knockin’ At Your Door Album: Soulin’ Label: Bluesway
Artiest: Morris Pejoe – Let’s Get High Album: Wrapped in My Baby Label: Delmark
Artiest: Buster Brown & His Rockin’ McVouts – My Baby Left Me Album: 45RPM record Label: Vest 827

Records on the Reb Rebel label were recorded by Jay D. Miller (also appearing on the label as the songwriter J. West), the influential Louisiana songwriter, studio operator, and record executive. Miller's biggest success as a songwriter was Kitty Well's breakthrough hit "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels". It was the answer he wrote to Hank Thompson's "Wild Side of Life". He was also Excello Record's biggest and best source of material. He stamped the label with a signature sound and style that has become Excello's best legacy. In the 1950s and '60s, Jay D. Miller recorded some of the finest downhome blues, R&B, rockabilly and swamp pop from it's stable of artists: Slim Harpo, Arthur Gunter, The Gladiolas, Lonesome Sundown, Al Ferrier, Guitar Gable, Johnny Jano, The Marigolds, Rudy Green, The Blues Rockers, Lazy Lester, Lightnin' Slim, Silas Hogan and many, many more.
 
Artiest: Bobby Charles - Alligator StompAlbum: Bayou BeatLabel: Flyright (lp 581)
Artiest: Lonesome Sundown - I'm Gonna Stick To You BabyAlbum: Bought Me A TicketLabel: Flyright (lp 529)
Artiest: Ramblin' Hi Harris - I Haven't Got A HomeAlbum: I Ain't Got No MoneyLabel: Flyright (lp 620)
Artiest: Wonder Boy Travis - Imitation Of LoveAlbum: Rock Me All Night LongLabel: Flyright (lp 606)
Artiest: Whispering Smith - Baby Left Me This MorningAlbum: Rooster Crowed For DayLabel: Flyright (lp 518)
Artiest: Leroy Washinton - Women Are TroubleAlbum: Wild CherryLabel: Flyright (lp 574)
Artiest: Blue Charlie - Don't Have No FriendsAlbum: Rooster Crowed For DayLabel: Flyright (lp 518)
Artiest: Sylvester Buckley - Mumblin' BluesAlbum: Gonna Head For HomeLabel: Flyright (lp 517)
Artiest: Silas Hogan- Born In TexasAlbum: I'm A Free Hearted ManLabel: Flyright (lp 595)
Artiest: Clarence Garlow - Foggy BluesAlbum: Rooster Crowed For DayLabel: Flyright (lp 518)
Artiest: Lightning Slim - Mean Old TrainAlbum: The Feature Sides 1954Label: Flyright (lp 583)
Artiest: Jimmy Anderson - I Wanna BoogieAlbum: Jambalaya On The Bayou Vol. 2Label: Flyright (lp 3503)
Artiest: Buddy Guy - I Hope You Come Back HomeAlbum: I Ain't Got No MoneyLabel: Flyright (lp 620)
Artiest: Mr. Calhoun - Hello Friends,Hello PalsAlbum: Gonna Head For HomeLabel: Flyright (lp 517)
Artiest: Katie Webster & Ashton Savoy - I Want You To Love MeAlbum: Whooee Sweet DaddyLabel: Flyright (lp 530)
Artiest: Slim Harpo - Harpo's BluesAlbum: Shake Your HipsLabel: Flyright (lp 593)
Artiest: Sonny Boy Williamson - Take Your Hand Out Of My PocketAlbum: King Cobras Chicago Kings Of The HarmonicaLabel: Flyright (lp 567)
Artiest: Otis Rush - It Takes TimeAlbum: Groaning The BluesLabel: Flyright (lp 560)
Artiest: Lonesome Sundown - Learn To Treat Me BetterAlbum: If Anybody AsksLabel: Flyright (lp 617)