Young Jessie - Im Gone '2009

Tracks list

Tracklist
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01. Mary Lou
02. Lonesome Desert
03. Rabbit On A Log
04. Dont Think I Will
05. Well Baby
06. Nothing Seems Right
07. Down At Haydens
08. I Smell A Rat
09. Why Do I Love You
10. Pretty Soon
11. Oochie Coochie
12. Dont Happen No More
13. Hit, Git And Split
14. Here Comes Henry
15. Hot Dog
16. Do You Love Me
17. Well Baby
18. Pretty Soon
19. Do You Love Me
20. Station Id For The Mad Lad On Kmda
21. Hit, Git And Split
22. I Hear You Knocking
23. Maybellene

This overview of Young Jessies Modern recordings has a bunch of his mid-1950s
singles, the 1953 Rabbit on a Log/Down at Haydens single he did as part of the
Hunters (which also included Richard Berry), and a few leftovers that werent
issued until subsequent compilation LPs, as well as a couple of unissued tracks
that make their debut here. Im Gone offers fun, witty, sometimes wise-guy R&B
that should appeal to fans of Richard Berry, the Robins, and the early Coasters.
Young Jessie had a lower, throatier voice than many of his peers, (but not a
worse one), which meshes well with the typically accomplished Modern house band
backups led by Maxwell Davis. As is the case with many such compilations of
minor R&B/early rock & roll singers from the time, the material could stand to
be more diverse. The original version of Mary Lou, Young Jessies best and most
famous recording, is here in a version that is notably cheerier in melodic
structure and delivery than Ronnie Hawkins subsequent rockabilly hit cover.
Leiber-Stoller fans will want to check this out for three of their more obscure
tunes: I Smell a Rat (originally written for Big Mama Thornton), Hot Dog (also
done by Elvis Presley, though the Young Jessie version didnt come out until
1982), and Here Comes Henry (which Leiber-Stoller co-wrote with G. Motola).

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