Latest Release
- OCT 1, 2023
- 30 Songs
- Cadillac Boogie (Digitally Remastered) - Single · 1948
- Jump Blue: Rockin' the Jukes · 1998
- American Blues Pioneers · 1953
- Boogie Woogie King · 1978
- The Definitive Blues Collection, Vol. 4 · 2000
- Boogie Woogie King · 2023
- Boogie Woogie King · 1948
- Lookin' Better Every Beer · 1996
- The Definitive Blues Collection, Vol. 11 · 1978
- Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' · 1996
Albums
Singles & EPs
Compilations
- 2023
About Jimmy Liggins
Another of the jump blues specialists whose romping output can be pinpointed as a direct precursor of rock & roll, guitarist Jimmy Liggins was a far more aggressive bandleader than his older brother Joe, right down to the names of their respective combos (Joe led the polished Honeydrippers; Jimmy proudly fronted the Drops of Joy). Inspired by the success of his brother (Jimmy toiled as Joe's chauffeur for a year), the ex-pugilist jumped into the recording field in 1947 on Art Rupe's Specialty logo. His "Tear Drop Blues" pierced the R&B Top Ten the next year, while "Careful Love" and "Don't Put Me Down" hit for him in 1949. But it's Liggins' rough-and-ready rockers -- "Cadillac Boogie," "Saturday Night Boogie Woogie Man," and the loopy one-chord workout "Drunk" (his last smash in 1953) -- that mark Liggins as one of rock's forefathers. His roaring sax section at Specialty was populated by first-rate reedmen such as Harold Land, Charlie "Little Jazz" Ferguson, and the omnipresent Maxwell Davis. Liggins left Specialty in 1954, stopping off at Aladdin long enough to wax the classic-to-be "I Ain't Drunk" (much later covered by Albert Collins) before fading from the scene. ~ Bill Dahl
- HOMETOWN
- Newby, OK, United States
- BORN
- October 14, 1922
- GENRE
- Blues