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Lowell Fulson - Hung Down Head (1962)

Track listing:
  1. That's All Right [1957] 2:41
  2. I Still Love You, Baby [1957] 2:33
  3. Reconsider Baby [1954] 3:11
  4. I Want To Know [1960] 2:25
  5. Low Society [1960] 2:32
  6. Check Yourself [1955] 3:03
  7. It's Your Own Fault [1956] 2:37
  8. Do Me Right [1955] 2:55
  9. Trouble, Trouble [1957] 2:53
  10. Hung Down Head [1951] 2:58
  11. Tollin' Bells [1956] 9:49
  12. Don't Drive Me Baby [1957] 2:39
  13. Blue Shadows [1960] 2:29

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Lowell Fulson (March 31, 1921 – March 7, 1999) was a big-voiced blues guitarist and songwriter, in the West Coast blues tradition. Fulson was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He also recorded for business reasons as Lowell Fullsom and Lowell Fulsom. After T-Bone Walker, Fulson was the most important figure in West Coast blues in the 1940s and 1950s.

According to some sources, Fulson was born on a Choctaw reservation in Oklahoma. Fulson has stated that he is of Cherokee ancestry through his father, but he has also claimed Choctaw ancestry. At the age of eighteen, Fulson moved to Ada, Oklahoma, and joined Alger "Texas" Alexander for a few months in 1940, but later moved to California, forming a band which soon included a young Ray Charles and tenor saxophone player, Stanley Turrentine. He recorded for Swing Time in the 1940s, Chess Records (Checker Records) in the 1950s, Kent Records in the 1960s, and Rounder Records (Bullseye) in the 1970s.

Fulson was drafted in 1943, but left the United States Navy in 1945. His most memorable and influential recordings included: "3 O’Clock Blues" (now a blues standard), the Memphis Slim-penned "Everyday I Have the Blues", "Lonesome Christmas", "Reconsider Baby" (covered in 1960 by Elvis Presley; and later by Eric Clapton on his From the Cradle album; as well as by Joe Bonamassa), and "Tramp" (co-written with Jimmy McCracklin and later covered by Otis Redding and Carla Thomas).

"Reconsider Baby" came from a long term contract agreed with Chess Records in 1954. It was recorded in Dallas under Stan Lewis' supervision with a saxophone section that included David "Fathead" Newman on tenor and Leroy Cooper on baritone.

Jackie Brenston played in Fulson's band between 1952 and 1954.

Fulson stayed with Checker into 1962, but a change of record labels saw him move to the Los Angeles based, Kent Records. 1965's "Black Nights" became his first hit in a decade, and "Tramp," did even better, restoring the guitarist to R&B stardom.

Fulson was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 1993, and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album. His "Reconsider Baby" was chosen by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as one of the "500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll".

In 1993 at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland, California a show entitled "California Blues - Swingtime Tribute" opened with Fulson plus Johnny Otis, Charles Brown, Jay McShann, Jimmy Witherspoon, Jimmy McCracklin and Earl Brown.

A resident of Los Angeles, Fulson died in Long Beach, California in March 1999, at the age of 77. His companion Tina Mayfield stated that the causes of death were complications from kidney disease, diabetes, and congestive heart failure. He was the father of four and grandfather of thirteen.

Fulson was interred in Inglewood Park Cemetery, in Inglewood, California.


01. That's All Right
02. I Still Love You Baby
03. Reconsider Baby
04. I Want to Know
05. Low Society
06. Check Yourself
07. It's All Your Fault Baby
08. Do Me Right
09. Trouble, Trouble
10. Hung Down Head
11. Tollin' Bells