【レーベル型番 / KM-CD-218】
新品輸入盤CDです。ブルーズやR&Bの名演を裏で支えた名バッキング・ギタリストに焦点を充てたコンピ「RIGHT HAND MAN」シリーズの新作！コチラはシカゴ・ブルーズ界の職人肌、レフティ・ベイツによる1939〜60年の名演を集めた第一集！50年代後半の自己名義を含む稀少音源ばかりをコンパイル！ジャイヴィンな感覚を持ち合わせた個性派だ！
【収録曲目】
1.Tommy Powell & His Hi De Ho Boys/That Cat Is High
2.Aristo-Kats/Watch Yourself Baby
3.Aristo-Kats/Boogie In C
4.Big Bertha Henderson/Rock, Daddy, Rock
5.The Flamingos/You Ain't Ready
6.Jimmy Eager/Please Mr. Doctor
7.The Danderliers/Chop Chop Boom
8.Al Smith's Progressive Jazz/Beale Street Stomp
9.Ben Imon/I Really Love You
10.Al Smiths Combo/Foolin' Around Slowly
11.Honey Brown/No Good Daddy
12.The Moroccos/Bang Goes My Heart
13.The El Dorados & Al Smith Orchestra/Rock N Roll's For Me
14.Camille Howard/Rock N Roll Mama
15.Al Smith/One Two, Cha Cha Cha
16.Johnny Pate Quintet/The Elder
17.Priscilla Bowman/Sugar Daddy
18.Lefty Bates And His Band/Chicago Cha Cha
19.The Dells/A Distant Love
20.Lefty Bates And His Band/Somebody Will Understand
21.Lefty (Guitar) Bates And His Recording Band/Background
22.Earl Washington/Misirlou
23.The Chargers/Miss Letha Jones
24.The Spaniels/I Like It Like That
25.Lefty (Guitar) Bates & His Orchestra/Rock Alley
26.Horace Palm/ENA
27.Tiny Topsy/Just A Little Bit
28.Piney Brown/Sugar In My Tea