Gene PhillipsIn Session CD A talented and innovative guitarist, Eugene Floyd Phillips landed on the West Coast with the famous Mills Brothers and remained to carve out his own career as a singer and bandleader with the Bihari brothers and theirfledgling Modern Records.Parallel to his own career, Phillips was an in-demand session musician regularly on call from the mid-1940s to top L.A. record producers such as Maxwell Davis, Lloyd Glenn and Jake Porter.This collection showcases the best of Phillips' session work on both standard electric guitar and the more unusual lap-steel.His picking enhanced early recordings by the likes of Wynonie Harris, Amos Milburn and Johnny Otis along with more obscure names such as Duke Henderson, Henry Hayes and Louise Beatty, all featured here - not to mentionPercy Mayfield's R&B chart hit, Strange Things Happening - along with a smattering of Phillips' own rare instrumental numbers. Tracklist BABY LOOK AT YOU - Wynonie Harris STRAIGHTEN HIM OUT - Wynonie Harris I GOTTA LYIN' WOMAN - Wynonie Harris TIME TO CHANGE YOUR TOWN - Wynonie Harris THEN I'VE GOT TO GO - Jack McVea LOVE WILL GET YOU DOWN - Jack McVea GENE JUMPS THE BLUES - Gene Phillips & His Rhythm Kings BLUES IN THE BACKGROUND - Duke Henderson WOMAN BLUES part one - Duke Henderson GET YOUR KICKS - Duke Henderson HAYES BOOGIE - Henry Hayes' Four Kings JUMPIN' WITH LLOYD - Lloyd Glenn TRAIN TIME BLUES - Amos Milburn TRAIN WHISTLE BLUES - Amos Milburn RAMPART STREET JUMP - Lloyd Glenn & His Joymakers GENE'S GUITAR BLUES - Gene Phillips & His Rhythm Kings HEY LITTLE BROWNIE - King Porter SHOULD HAVE RATIONED MYSELF - King Porter DAYS WORK - King Porter CHITLIN' BALL - King Porter MIDNIGHT BOOGIE - Lloyd Glenn BIG BUG BOOGIE - Gene Phillips BOOGIOLOGY - Lloyd Glenn & His Joymakers MY LUCK IS BOUND TO CHANGE - Amos Milburn HANGOVER BLUES - Johnny Otis LEVEE BLUES - Lloyd Glenn STRANGE THINGS HAPPENING - Percy Mayfield GETTIN' LUCKY - Louise Beatty
