Hosea Leavy Greasy Greens (blues)(mp3@320)[rogercc][h33t]

b]Hosea Leavy Greasy Greens
Label : Fedora
Recorded : Winter 1992- 1993
Format : [email protected][/b]



Guitarist-vocalist Hosea Leavy hailed from a small crossroads town called Althermer, Arkansas, located out about 26 miles from Little Rock. Born in 1927, he learned how to play guitar at an early age from his father, also a blues player in the 1920s and '30s, and soon started performing at house parties and work camps in the late 1940s. Drafted into the U.S. Army in 1950, Leavy honed his guitar skills performing at USO shows. In 1954 he formed a blues group featuring his younger brother, Calvin Leavy, who was a notable singer. In 1968 fame came to the Leavy brothers when Calvin recorded the blues classic "Cummins Prison Farm," based on the notorious prison work camp in Arkansas, and later made into a film called "Brubaker," starring Robert Redford. The record, released on Soul Beat/Blue Fox, sold over one million copies. The group toured extensively through much of the south with the success of the song. In 1969 Hosea released solo efforts on Riceland Records, backed by Mississippi harp player Willie Cobbs. In 1977 Hosea moved to West Fresno, California and continued his blues career. He has appeared on a number of CDs, including "You Gotta Move," on the New York-based label Fedora. He has performed at blues festivals in Europe.
Hosea Leavy died on Monday, August 12, 2008 of liver cancer. He was 80 years old.

Rare recording originally released on cassatte only

Tracklist :
1. Peepin and Hidin
2. Searchin
3. Going To The Dogs
4. Shake For Me
5. Red Rooster
6. Chicken Shack
7. Goin Back To The Country
8. Black Night
9. You Cant Miss What You Never Had
10. St Louis Blues
11. When I Was A Little Boy



Hosea Leavy Guitar and Vocals
Paul Simonton Guitar
Jivin Jeff Levine Piano
Jay Van Horn Harmonica
Jeff Henry Bass
Chris Millar Drums