George Davis - Politricksians Give Us a Break '2020

Tracks list

A songwriter, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist, New Orleans native George
Davis was a member of the Hawketts, who recorded the classic Crescent City hit
Mardi Gras Mambo for the Chess label. Additionally, he played on numerous
sessions, including the ones that birthed Willie Tees Teasin You and Lee Dorseys
version of Allen Toussaints Working in the Coal Mine. Around the time those
songs were released, Davis teamed with saxophonist Alvin Red Tyler and ex-school
teacher Warren Parker to start a production company. Davis childhood friend
Aaron Neville was their first signee. Songwriting partner Lee Diamond gave Davis
a song idea, basically a title, for him to work on. The idea developed into Tell
It Like It Is, recorded by Neville. Davis shopped the song to record labels in
New Orleans and New York, but it was rejected, which prompted Davis and his
partners to start the Par-Lo label. In 1966, Tell It Like It Is was given a
small pressing, about 2,000 copies, some of which were taken to local radio
stations. The song, which featured Davis not only as the co-songwriter but as
the arranger and baritone saxophonist as well, took off; it held the number one
Billboard R&B spot for four weeks and went to number two pop. Par-Lo shortly
folded thereafter, but the song became a soul classic and was covered by dozens
of artists, including Otis Redding and Carla Thomas, George Benson, Nina Simone,
and Heart. Davis moved to New York in 1970 and worked with the likes of Joe
Zawinul, Sarah Vaughan, and Duke Ellington. He died of heart failure in 2008.

Tracklist:
01. George Davis - Ragga Rasmas (3:44)
02. George Davis - Jazz Reggae Blues (6:02)
03. George Davis - Legalisation of Herbs (6:08)
04. George Davis - Zenkutsu (5:15)
05. George Davis - Politicians (6:39)
06. George Davis - Sweet Mount Zion (3:35)
07. George Davis - Keep on Grooving (5:04)
08. George Davis - Black Saturday (5:08)
09. George Davis - Babylon Fall (4:29)
10. George Davis - Andreano Salsa (6:11)
11. George Davis - I Noh Winnie (5:16)
12. George Davis - Political War (5:04)
13. George Davis - Mind Your Own Business (Myob) (4:42)
14. George Davis - Baby I Dont Want to Be Rude (4:17)

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