Junior Parker, Tell It Like It Is (1967)

Junior Parker, Tell It Like It Is  (1967)

Monday's lunch record is a blues blast by Junior Parker. This album is on the Mercury record label. It contains 11 tracks of great full band blues. The Memphis blues horn section adds that large soft riffin' that makes this album stand out. Junior Parker learned the  blues under the tutelage of Sony Boy Robinson and Howlin' Wolf. Tracks include "Country Girl", "Wish Me Well", Hey Lawdy Mama" ((Reed),"Baby Please" (P. Mayfield), along with others. The YouTube sample song is "Cracked Up Over You" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nk2q2402nrQ . . bucko