Various Artists – Juicy Fruit | The Rudy Green Story

• Singer/guitarist RUDY GREEN(E), a decidedly elusive character, remains one of The Blues’ more mysterious, semi-mythical figures.
• Very little is known about him, even the dates and places of his birth and death, yet he was clearly a guitarist and singer of considerable worth.
• His recorded legacy, whilst fairly brief, features several memorable high points, most notably 1950s sides like ‘Love Is A Pain’, ‘The Letter’, ‘Highway No.1’, ‘Juicy Fruit’, ‘Lonesome’ and ‘Wild Life’.
• This unique compilation anthologises his own recordings between 1946-61, plus a handful of bonus tracks on which he played as a session guitarist, between 1952-55, backing Johnny Sellers, Bobby Prince and Bobbie James.
• This remains a remarkable body of work and leads you to wonder what else he may have conjured up, had he been given a few more sessions - particularly in the mid/late 50s.

Track Listing

RUDY GREENE TRIO
1. THIS HAPPENED WHEN I GAVE YOU MY HEART
2. EVIL MAN BLUES
3. NO GOOD WOMAN BLUES
4. DEEP IN MY HEART
and HIS ORCH
5. BUZZARD PIE
6. FLORIDA BLUES
RUDY GREEN with KING KOLAX ORCH
7. LOVE IS A PAIN
8. NO NEED OF YOUR CRYING
9. THE LETTER
10. IT’S YOU I LOVE
11. I HAD A FEELING
12. MEET ME BABY
RUDY GREENE or and THE FOUR BUDDIES
13. HIGHWAY NO.1
14. YOU MEAN EVERYTHING TO ME
RUDY GREEN
15. MY MUMBLIN’ BABY
16. COOL LOVIN’ MAMA
17. QUEER FEELIN’
18. TEENY WEENY BABY
19. LONESOME
20. WILD LIFE
21. JUICY FRUIT
22. YOU’RE THE ONE FOR ME
23. OH BABY
24. HURRY HURRY
JOHNNY SELLERS with KING KOLAX ORCH
25. BLUES, THIS AIN’T NO PLACE FOR YOU
26. MIGHTY LONESOME
CHARLES GONZALES (aka BOBBY PRINCE) with
NORMAN SIMMONS ORCH
27. I’M IN BAD SHAPE
BOBBIE JAMES with EDDIE CHAMBLEE COMBO and
THE FOUR BUDDIES
28. I NEED YOU SO
29. BABY I’M TIRED