Sonny Rhodes
35833 ~ Are We Losing Our Thing
35834 ~ Hen Pecked Man sample
35834 ~ Hen Pecked Man sample
Cherrie 2380
56 Teresa St.
Dale City, CA 94014
produced by C. White
1975
Clarence Edward Smith, better known by his stage name Sonny Rhodes is an American blues singer and guitarist.
Born November 3, 1940 in Texas. He was influenced by such blues musicians as T-Bone Walker, Percy Mayfield, Pee Wee Crayton, L.C. Robinson and B.B. King. He plays lap steel guitar and also learned to play bass guitar.
His first record was as leader of The Daylighters on Domino Records. The Daylighters also backed white female singer Joyce Harris on the same label :
Joyce Harris and the Daylighters never played in public, only on records, so she was adamant about regular rehearsals before they stepped into the studio.
"One night, the Daylighters didn't show up, and so I got in my car and went looking for them," recalls Harris, a New Orleans native. There was a place over on "the Cuts," slang for East 11th Street, where the Daylighters liked to hang, and sure enough the musicians were coming out of the club when Harris pulled up. "Don't you remember, we've got a rehearsal?" she said. "Get in." But bandleader Clarence Smith and the other three hesitated. In Texas in 1961, black men didn't get in a car with a white woman, but Harris would have none of that. "Get in!" she said again, her tone amplified, and the band eventually complied, though it was an uneasy drive across town.
from Little indie label Domino laid down Austin sounds before scene's heyday
Note : has a few errors, notably the date of this Cherrie single.
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