That's All Right

Performer: Snooks Eaglin
Engineer: Dr. Harry Oster
Producer: Kenneth S. Goldstein
Distributor: Fantasy (distributor)

Notes: Recorded in 1961. Personnel: Snooks Eaglin (vocals, guitar, 12-string guitar); Percy Randolph (vocals, harmonica). Audio Remasterer: Phil DeLancie. Liner Note Author: Harry Oster. Recording information: New Orleans, LA (1961). Photographer: Harry Oster. Recorded during the time in which Eaglin was doubling as a blues/folk singer and a commercial R&B artist (for Imperial). He addresses the acoustic folk and blues side of his repertoire, performing everything solo on six and 12-string guitars. Time will probably judge these not to be as interesting as his full-band New Orleans R&B recordings. But this is warm, good-natured acoustic blues, with interpretations of traditional tunes, early blues by Robert Johnson, and then-recent R&B hits by Ray Charles, Arthur Crudup, and Amos Milburn. ~ Richie Unterberger

Sing Out! (11-12/94-1/95, p.132) - "...His late '50s Folkways debut album astounded blues fans with its combination of rolling Caribbean rhythms and fiery, flamenco-flavored runs. None of his later acoustic albums matched the power of that record's best moments, but this 1961 session comes awfully close and is more consistent overall..."

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