Norridge Mayhams & The Blue Chips - Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1936

Published Monday 21st April 2008
Norridge Mayhams & The Blue Chips - Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1936
Norridge Mayhams & The Blue Chips - Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order 1936

STYLE: Gospel
RATING 5 5 5 5 5
OUR PRODUCT CODE: 21449-9756
LABEL: Document DOCD5488
FORMAT: CD Album
ITEMS: 1
RRP: £9.99

Reviewed by Tony Cummings

One of the obscurest acts to be re-issued by Document, this group recorded 17 sides as The Blue Chips, some of which were gospel ("Crying Holy Unto The Lord" and "Pray For Me Sometime") but others were a kind of close harmony blues of decidedly secular content ("I'm A Rattlesnakein' Daddy" and "Let's Get Drunk And Truck"). There are also six sides here released as by Norridge Mayhams & His Barbeque Boys with again decidedly unedifying material ("Sloppy Drunk Woman"). How sincere were these harmonisers about their faith? Goodness only knows.

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