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I recorded Louisiana Fog on a cassette tape back in the early eighties when I worked at a Hi-Fi store that had a library next to it. Still in my collection. I didn't know that Daryl Dragon from Captain and Tennielle fame was on it ! 

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From: bfrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
To: "harp-l" <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>, "Donnie MorTone" <harp_boy@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:59:34 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: RE: [Harp-L] Re: Charlie- Good Morning America 

'taking care of business' is also one of those great blues tunes you hear and go, "yes!" 
i heard charlie do 'coming home baby' on some obscure live compilation album and it immediately became a tune i played every gig. i've recorded it live 3 times. then i found it on a mel torme cd and it had lyrics! i knew i had to record that version, which you can hear on my myspace page. 
www.myspace.com/billfrainmusic 

charlie has certainly been a huge influence and inspiration to me. i just haven't been hit by his recent playing. as much power as possible to charlie musselwhite! 

maybe he's sort of mellowed with age, but piazza is about the same age and his harp has got plenty of intensity and tone...so... c'mon charlie! 
heck, i'm in that age group, 59, and i still play with intensity. so...c'mon charlie! kick some beeee-hind! 

---- Donnie MorTone <harp_boy@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
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> > Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:38:40 -0400 
> > From: bfrain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Re: Charlie- Good Morning America 
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> > i saw charlie at the golden bear in huntington beach, ca back in '70. seen him >several times since, of course. like i said before, give a listen to 'louisianna fog' 
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> >or most anything up to continental drifter. <snip> 
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> Still the Best CM recording that I simply cannot do without. 
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> Louisiana Fog was recorded in 1968, where Charlie employed 
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> some very young members of what would become "The Charles 
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> Ford Blues Band". Robben Ford, Pat Ford, Stan Poplin. He also 
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> used Tim Kaihatsu on rhythm guitar, and Daryl Dragon & Clay 
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> Cotton on piano. This LP originally came out on the Cherry Red 
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> Label, and was produced by Morey Alexander, who later moved 
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> on to Kent Records. Although the recordings are only a mere 
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> 34 minutes...there's not one filler...it's ALL killer. 
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> These recording made their way onto cd in 1994. It's also been 
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> reissued on CD in 96 as "Takin Care Of Business" on the Kent Label. 
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> Real High Praise for this particular CM session. 
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> Louisiana Fog 
> Charlie Musselwhite 
> Charlie Musselwhite, Robben Ford 
> (4:15) 
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> Takin' Care of Business 
> Rudy Toombs 
> Charlie Musselwhite, Robben Ford 
> (2:21) 
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> Big Leg Woman (With a Short Short Mini Skirt) 
> Jimmy Witherspoon 
> Charlie Musselwhite, Robben Ford 
> (4:48) 
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> Riffin' 
> Charlie Musselwhite 
> Charlie Musselwhite, Robben Ford 
> (4:15) 
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> Leavin' 
> Charlie Musselwhite 
> Charlie Musselwhite, Robben Ford 
> (2:17) 
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> Just a Little Bit 
> Buster Brown, Ralph Bass, Fats Washington, John Thornton 
> Charlie Musselwhite, Robben Ford 
> (2:53) 
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> Fell on My Knees 
> Charlie Musselwhite 
> Charlie Musselwhite, Robben Ford 
> (5:40) 
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> Directly from My Heart 
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> Charlie Musselwhite, Robben Ford 
> (3:32) 
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> Fat City 
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> 01. Louisiana Fog - 4:15 
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> 02. Takin' Care of Business - 2:21 
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> 03. Big Leg Woman - 4:48 
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> 04. Riffin' - 4:15 
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> 05. Leavin' - 2:17 
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> 06. Just a Little Bit - 2:53 
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> 07. Fell on My Knees - 5:40 
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> 08. Directly from My Heart To You - 3:32 
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> 09. Fat City - 4:38 
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> You can get it online just about anyplace. 
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> ~Donnie~ 
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