SHERRY STEVENS & TRIO - Boogie Blues (R.B. 63-301)
The R.B. label out of Midland, Texas seemed to have focused on jazzier sounds. And the idea of jazz in West Texas feels a bit odd.
Teen garage bands? Sure.
Full tilt rockabilly? Yep.
Honky tonk? For sure.
But the sounds heard on R.B. releases from music teacher Del Mourning (swingin' big band sounds ala the Goodman's or somesuch), croaky Robert Baugh, and the Sherry Stevens Trio are the sounds of a lounge or supper club somehwere. And it's late. The matrix correspond with years of release and from what I've seen that means the early 60s.
Sherry Stevens and her Trio cook like a 40s or early 50s combo but that ain't the case. 1963 would be the year of release and I can well imagine Stevens and her trio playing to the patrons of Midland's Egyptian Club. And I do believe this record to actually be a live recording though the label bears no mention of it as such. I do wonder who might be that Satchmo sounding cat in the background. Possibly Robert Baugh who gets a bit croaky on his own R.B. release. Pretty sure it is actually Robert's electric piano heard here. And the drummer? Certainly no Gene Krupa. But it is interesting that even in 1963 in Midland, Texas Gene was still big enough that people were cutting his songs. This certainly wasn't based on Anita O'day's second go-round with "Boogie Blues" from 1961.
In July of 1964 Billboard mentioned that a Sherri Stevens would soon be appearing at the Admiral Community Inn in Arlington, Texas. Surely the same Stevens.
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