Pat Hare – I’m Gonna Murder My Baby – In Session 1952-1960

In a brief career, terminated by his imprisonment in 1963 for double-murder, AUBURN 'PAT' HARE was influential almost beyond measure.

An incendiary guitarist, he had an instantly recognisable style, alternating heavy power chords with single-string, Bluesy runs, which perhaps anticipated the sounds that Jimi Hendrix would elicit from his Stratocaster, fifteen years hence.

His playing on James Cotton's memorable 'Cotton Crop Blues' famously featured one of the first-ever recorded solos which demonstrated the potential of an over-amplified electric guitar.

Built around Hare's infamous 'I'm Gonna Murder My Baby' (which, of course, he eventually did), this compilation features him playing on sessions for Walter Bradford, Rosco Gordon, Little Junior Parker, James Cotton, Billy 'Red' Love, Bobby Bland, Muddy Waters, etc.

After murdering 'his baby' (and the cop who came to arrest him), Hare spent the last sixteen years of his life in jail, dying just before he was due to be paroled.

Track Listing

Walter Bradford & The Big City Four
1       REWARD FOR MY BABY
2       LOVE FOR ME BABY
L.C. Hubert
3       LUCY DONE MOVED
Rosco Gordon
4       AIN'T NO USE
5       WE'RE ALL LOADED (WHISKEY MADE ME DRUNK)
Big Memphis MaRainey
6       BABY NO NO!
Houston Stokes
7       BLUE AND LONESOME
Little Junior Parker & Bill Johnson's Blue Flames
8       CAN'T UNDERSTAND
James Cotton
9       MY BABY
Hot Shot Love
10     HARMONICA JAM
11     WOLF CALL BOOGIE alt take
Kenneth Banks
12     HIGH
Billy "Red" Love
13     HART'S BREAD BOOGIE
James Cotton
14     COTTON CROP BLUES
15     HOLD ME IN YOUR ARMS
Pat Hare   
16     I'M GONNA MURDER MY BABY
17     BONUS PAY (AIN'T GONNA BE THAT WAY)
Little Junior Parker & Bill Johnson's Blue Flames
18     I WANNA RAMBLE
Muddy Waters
19     FORTY DAYS AND FORTY NIGHTS
20     DON'T GO NO FURTHER
Little Junior Parker
21     PRETTY BABY
Muddy Waters
22     GOT MY MOJO WORKING
Bobby "Blue" Bland
23     FURTHER UP THE ROAD
Muddy Waters
24     EVIL
25     I WON'T GO ON
26     CLOSE TO YOU
27     HEY, HEY
28     I GOT MY BRAND ON YOU (live)