- Format: CD
- Label: Ace
- Genre: Rock / Pop
• Along with his contemporaries Big Jay McNeely and Joe Houston, Chuck Higgins was one of the three kings of post-WWII Los Angeles R&B sax blasting.
• During the 1950s Higgins and his group the Mellotones cut around 100 slabs of mostly hot rockin' R&B for just about every LA R&B indie you could think of. This CD spotlights his work for Jake Porter's Combo Records and is full of the reckless, good-time rhythm & blues that everyone associates with that label's output.
• The earliest of the sides included here feature the first recorded vocal performances of Johnny "Guitar" Watson (then primarily known as a boogie piano man) - including the original master of 'Motor Head Baby', from which a certain famous heavy metal power trio got their name.
• Also featured are some classic early R&B rockers with vocals by Chuck's brother Fred - aka "Daddy Cleanhead" - all of which are highly prized by collectors of uptempo rhythm 'n' rock.
• Hardly any of these tracks have ever been on CD before - and three have never been issued before.
• A perfect companion to Ace's ongoing "The Central Avenue Scene" and "Mellow Cats And Kittens" series.
Track listing:1. IRON PIPE
2. BLUES AND MAMBO
3. LONG LONG TIME (Vocal by Frank Dunn)
4. BOYLE HEIGHTS
5. BLUE SAX
6. PAPA CHARLIE (Vocal by Daddy Cleanhead)
7. THE DUCK WALK
8. TORTAS
9. STORMY (VOCAL: JOHN WATSON)
10. HIGGINS BOUNCE (Take 2)
11. HIGGINS BLUES (Take 1)
12. COTTON PICKER (Vocal by Geechie Howard)
13. MOTOR HEAD BABY (Vocal by John Watson)
14. THE ROOSTER
15. WEST SIDE (Take 1)
16. I AIN'T GONNA LEAVE, BABY
17. I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU (Take 2) (Vocal by Ora Mae Garvin)
18. HIGGINS BOUNCE (Take 1)
19. HIGGINS BLUES (Take 2)
20. LOVE ME, BABY (Take 1)
21. JUST WON'T TREAT ME RIGHT (Vocal by John Watson)
22. CHUCK'S WIG
23. REAL GONE HOUND DOG (Vocal by Daddy Cleanhead)
24. BIG FAT MAMA (Vocal by Daddy Cleanhead)
