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Blues Unlimited #148 - Excello Records

From Steve c/o Ernest Franz | Part of the Blues Unlimited series | 01:58:59

We pay tribute to the great Nashville label, Excello, which issued some superb early '50s R&B, and also the legendary Louisiana Swamp Blues of Slim Harpo, Lazy Lester, Lonesome Sundown, Lightnin' Slim, and more.

Bu148_large_image_small In this episode of Blues Unlimited, we pay tribute to the legendary Nashville label that brought the Louisiana Swamp Blues of Slim Harpo, Lazy Lester, Lonesome Sundown, and Lightnin' Slim to prominence -- as well as some very fine R&B that proprietor Ernie Young cut in Nashville during the early 1950s. Although they never had a lot of R&B chart hits (compared to such other contemporary labels as Modern, Chess, Imperial, or Specialty), what they did have was a remarkably consistent product, a strong advertising presence on Nashville's 50,000 watt clear channel WLAC radio station, and a thriving mail order business.