Lowell Fulson - 1948-1949

The third volume in the Classics complete chronological recordings of Lowell Fulson presents a series of records he made for the Down Beat label in San Francisco and Los Angeles during 1948 and 1949, some of these sounding at times like rehearsal rather than master takes. The first eight tracks find Fulson in the company of a very jazzy rhythm section including bassist Arthur Robinson and Rufus J. Russell, a pianist who had made records with blues shouter Big Joe Turner. Why this take of "Highway 99" was released is anybody's guess, as 30 seconds into the tune the guitarist loses himself and generates a riff in direct opposition to that being articulated by the pianist. Read More