This is a shame as his final recordings contain some of the most warm-heated sunshine soul of the period. As a result, most scholars tend to write off Parker’s later, more soulful sound. Parker’s downhome late-’50s sides for Duke brought him success but when he moved away from hard blues he lost his audience. Mentored by Sonny Boy Williamson and Howlin’ Wolf and talent-spotted by Ike Turner, Parker started out as Little Junior who, with The Blue Flames cut the riotous Feelin’ Good and the eerie Mystery Train for Sun Records.

In between, he produced some of the most soulful blues of the ’50s and ’60s. He died tragically young, from a brain tumour in 1971. was born at the heart of the blues in Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1932. This is a vinyl rip (supplied by Mr.Moo ) of the original Groove Merchant LP including coversĪ1 Love Ain’t Nothin’ But a Business Goin’ On 3:20ī1 I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gon e 3:38 so many good tracks and great covers eg of Beatles ‘taxman’ is great and ‘outside man’ among others make this album a classic as well as the iconic artwork- a great all rounded. Yes his classics from Sun Records have there own place, but do not be misled by this man’s long history in the music business, this album from the 70s, is brilliant,wonderful soul, funk, blues etc.

Mr Magic Blues makes a ’70s soul classic and Mr.Moo kindly offer it to us. Junior Parker – 1971 – Love Ain’t Nothin’ But A Business Goin’ On

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