Artist:Baby Face Leroy
Song:Rollin' and Tumblin' Part 1
Album:Blues Masters Volume 2: Postwar Chicago Blues
Though Baby Face Leroy Foster only recorded a few singles, he was an important figure in the development of the Chicago blues scene and especially the early career of Muddy Waters. Foster was born Feb. 1, 1923 in Algoma, MS. He moved to Chicago in 1945 with Little Walter and pianist Johnny Jones. Foster played with Sunnyland Slim and Sonny Boy Williamson before getting together with Muddy Waters. After playing rhythm guitar on some of Waters' recordings, Waters returned the favor on some 1950 Baby Face Leroy singles for Parkway Records including Rollin' and Tumblin'. The band was Foster, Waters and Little Walter. Waters wrote Rollin' and Tumblin' and he had to record his own version when Leonard Chess found out that he had recorded it with Foster. You can get Rollin' and Tumblin' on this Rhino various artists comp. Foster released four singles for Parkway in the hopes of launching a solo career. But Parkway closed and after a 1951 single for the J.O.B. label, it is said that Foster drank himself to death. He died on May 25, 1958 at age 35. Here's a video for Rollin' and Tumblin' Part 1 by Baby Face Leroy.
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