Blues After Hours - 2001 IMPORT
Released: Jun 12, 2001
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Released: Jun 12, 2001
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There are much better annotated Pee Wee Crayton anthologies out there, but the dark horse import Blues After Hours offers an extremely well-rounded collection of material, compiling sides from...
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Modern Legacy, Vol. 2: Blues Guitar Magic
Released: Jun 26, 2000
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Released: Jun 26, 2000
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As a companion volume to The Modern Legacy Vol. 1 (also on Ace), this wraps up the label's comprehensive overview of Crayton's stint with Modern Records. With material from the end of the 1940s and...
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Early Hour Blues
Released: Jun 22, 1999
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Released: Jun 22, 1999
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A West Coast blues guitar hero, Crayton died shortly after these sessions, done primarily with Rod and Honey Piazza's band, or with jazz pianist Llew Matthews' quartet. The two dates show Crayton...
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Complete Aladdin & Imperial Recordings
Released: Mar 19, 1996
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Released: Mar 19, 1996
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Crayton was fading fast commercially by the time he cut these sides in the 1950s, though his vocal and instrumental skills, particularly his stinging guitar, were undimmed. Aside from two 1951...
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Blues After Hours - 2003 P-VINE JAPAN
Released: 1993
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Released: 1993
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There are much better annotated Pee Wee Crayton anthologies out there, but the dark horse import Blues After Hours offers an extremely well-rounded collection of material, compiling sides from...
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The Modern Legacy Vol. 1
Released: 1996
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Released: 1996
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As an overview of Crayton's work for Modern from 1948-51, this might not be ideal, as only about half of it appeared on singles during that time; the rest was mostly unissued until the 1980s and...
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