Sidney Maiden: Trouble An' Blues (Prestige 1994) CD

Sidney Maiden – Trouble An' Blues CD

Label:Original Blues Classics – OBCCD-574-2, Prestige Bluesville – BV-1035

Format:CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo

Country:US

Released:1994

Genre:Blues

Style:Country Blues

Tracklist

1Buy Me An Airplane3:14

2Sweet Little Woman Written-By – Jesse Fuller 3:07

3My Black Name Written-By – Sonny Boy Williamson 3:42

4Sidney's Fox Chase2:23

5San Quentin Blues3:42

6Tell Me, Somebody2:47

7Blues An' Trouble4:59

8Hand-Me-Down Baby1:58

9Sidney's Worried Life Blues  Written-By – Maceo Merriweather 2:39

10Me And My Chauffeur  Written-By – Memphis Minnie 2:36

11Coal Black Mare3:03

12I'm Goin' Back Home3:11

Companies, etc.

• Remastered At – Fantasy Studios
• Published By – Tradition Music Co.
• Glass Mastered At – DADC – DIDX-023934

Credits

• Composed By – Sidney Maiden (tracks: 1, 4 to 8, 11, 12)
• Design – Don Schlitten
• Engineer – Robert C. DeSousa*
• Guitar – K.C. Douglas
• Liner Notes – Larry Cohn*
• Producer – Kenneth S. Goldstein
• Producer, Photography By – Chris Strachwitz
• Remastered By – Phil De Lancie
• Vocals, Harmonica [Mouth-harp] – Sidney Maiden

Notes

Recorded in Berkeley, CA; April 16, 1961.

Sidney Maiden

Born April 1917 DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, United States

Diedc. 1987 (age about 70) Arizona, United States

Genres Country blues

Occupation(s) Harmonica player, singer and songwriter

Instrument (s)Harmonica, vocals

Years active 1940s–1970

Sidney Maiden (April 1917 – c. 1987) was an American country blues musician. Maiden principally played harmonica accompaniment, but also sang on some of his own recordings, in addition to writing several compositions. His best known work is "Eclipse of the Sun" (1948).

Life and career[edit]

Maiden was born in Evelyn, DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, in 1917,[1] although some sources state 1923. By the early 1940s, he had relocated to California and met K. C. Douglas. They both steadfastly stuck to playing in a country blues style and performed in nightclubs on the West Coast. The K. C. Douglas Trio's first recording was "Mercury Boogie" (later renamed "Mercury Blues"), in 1948, which included Maiden playing the harmonica.[2] The B-side was "Eclipse of the Sun", which was also produced by the record label owner Bob Geddins and released on his Down Town label.[3] It was Maiden's vocal on the latter track.[4]

By 1952, Maiden recorded a session for Imperial Records, in which he was backed by the Blues Blowers, which included Douglas. Three years later, another Maiden track, "Hurry Hurry Baby", was released by Flash Records.[3][4] This was followed by "Hand Me Down Baby", recorded by Maiden with Al Simmons and Slim Green in Los Angeles in 1957.[4]

In April 1961, Maiden recorded his only album, Trouble an' Blues,[5] which was originally released by the Prestige Bluesville label, thus reuniting a partnership with Douglas that had started in the 1940s.[3][4] The same year, Arhoolie Records released the album Mercy Dee, by Mercy Dee Walton, recorded in Stockton, California.[6] It featured Walton plus Maiden on harmonica, Douglas on electric guitar and Otis Cherry on the drums.[7]

Afterwards Maiden performed occasionally in Fresno County, both as a solo performer and in various group settings.[3] His later life is largely unrecorded. According to the researchers Bob Eagle and Eric LeBlanc, he died in Arizona in the late 1980s;[1] some other sources date his death to 1970.[8][9]

Discography (reissue)[edit]

1995 Trouble an' Blues Original Blues Classics Recorded April 16, 1961

References[edit]

^ Jump up to:a b Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues: A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara, California: Praeger. p. 305. ISBN 978-0313344237. ^ Leadbitter, M.; Slaven, N. (1987). Blues Records 1943–1970: A Selective Discography, Volume 1: A–K (2nd ed.). London: Record Information Services. p. 362. ISBN 978-0907872078. ^ Jump up to:a b c d Campbell, Al. "Sidney Maiden: Artist Biography". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 12 November 2014. ^ Jump up to:a b c d "Sidney Maiden Discography". Wirz.de. Retrieved 12 November 2014. ^ Jump up to:a b "Sidney Maiden, Trouble an' Blues: Releases". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 12 November 2014. ^ Russell, Tony (1997). The Blues: From Robert Johnson to Robert Cray. Dubai: Carlton Books. p. 180. ISBN 1-85868-255-X. ^ Dahl, Bill. "Mercy Dee Walton: Artist Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 November 2014. ^ "Sidney Maiden". Discogs.com. Retrieved 12 November 2014. ^ "Sidney Maiden". Jukegh.blogspot.co.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2014.

External links[edit]

• Illustrated Sidney Maiden discography
• Unissued Imperial recordings, Youtube.com

• Artists
• MusicBrainz

Categories: 

• 1917 births
• 1980s deaths
• American blues singers
• American blues harmonica players
• Songwriters from Louisiana
• People from Mansfield, Louisiana
• 20th-century American singers
• Singers from Louisiana
• 20th-century American songwriters

• This page was last edited on 8 February 2024, at 02:53 (UTC).