Issued under the rightful title, More Boss Black Rockers, The “Mojo” Man was charged with the (enviable) task of bringing these albums to life. To achieve such an outcome, More Boss Black Rockers Vol. 6: Everything’s Cool continues its exploration of Black African American rock ‘n’ roll by mining deep into the heart of a traditional rhythm and blues scene of 50’s America that eventually became rock ‘n’ roll, and where you will hear established artists rubbing shoulders with the obscure. This is merely one segment of the attraction here, because the sounds blaring from the adjacent speakers is often wild in nature, raw and dangerous, just as it is scintillating, not to mention unhinged rock ‘n’ roll. Let’s face it, it’s the kinds of sounds that no doubt left many a jaw gaping as rock ‘n’ roll was ushered into the world for the very first time upon an innocent public, before evolving into the next big thing and continuing to resonate in the present with an equally feisty presence.
Quick, another dime for the jukebox! Perusing the lengthy list of rock ‘n’ roll contenders from the setlist of More Boss Black Rockers Vol. 6: Everything’s Cool, any attempt to arrive at a favourite makes for an impossible task because, quite simply, there’s not a dud in the house. Such realisation dawns once this engine gets started and begins its journey with Roy Montrell and ‘Oooh-Wow’, and then followed by instant charmer ‘Rocket To The Moon’ by Lenny Welch. The charisma continues through a host of examples with no favouritism attached because this is all killer, and no filler from The Cues’ ‘Crazy Party’, Ted Taylor ‘Everywhere I Go’, Johnny Chef ‘Can’t Stop Moving’, and Joe Shepard ‘What’s The Matter Baby’. The rock ‘n’ roll intensity perseveres by way of more excellence from ‘Your Mama Knows What’s Right’ from Baby Washington, Billy Brooks’ ‘I’m Gone’, and it wouldn’t be rock ‘n’ roll without Chuck Berry and classic ‘Too Much Monkey Business’. Nathan Olsen-Haines (Koko Mojo Records)
More BOSS BLACK ROCKERS 6 - Everything's Cool
A1 Roy Montrell – Oooh-Wow (Montrell, Sandy) Speciality SP-583-45 1956
A2 Lula Reed – What Makes You So Cold (Reed, Thompson) Federal 45-12440 1961
A3 Lenny Welch – Rocket To The Moon (Sherlock) Decca 9-30637 1958
A4 The Cues – Crazy Crazy Party (Calhoun, Winley) Prep F104 1957
A5 Baby Washington – Your Mama Knows What’s Right (Tucker) Neptune 116 1960
A6 Ted Taylor – Everywhere I Go (Taylor) Ebb 113 1957
A7 Johnny Stewart – A Whole Lot Of Lovin’ (Tribble) Shelley 128 1961
A8 Chuck Berry – Too Much Monkey Business (Berry) Chess 1635 1956
B1 Billy Brooks – I’m Gone (Robey) Duke 145 1955
B2 Don & Dewey – Miss Sue (Don & Dewey) Shade 1000X45 1956
B3 Chuck Higgins – Too Smart (Higgins, Porter) Combo 176 1960
B4 Thurston Harris – You’re Gonna Need Me (Harris) Aladdin 45-3430 1958
B5 Pork Chops – Everything’s Cool (Kornegay) Herald 493 1957
B6 Joe Shepard – What’s The Matter Baby (Terry, Gray) End 1024 1958
B7 Johnny Chef – Can’t Stop Moving (Dunn) Fire 1036 1962
B8 Ernie Freeman – Jamboree (Freeman) Imperial X5541 1958
