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Released
  
1971

Producer
  
Steve Verroca

Release date
  
1971

Length
  
39:28

Artists
  
Link Wray, The Kid

Label
  
Polydor Records

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Recorded
  
1971, at Wray's Shack 3 Track, Accokeek, Maryland by Ray Vernon & Chuck Irwin

Mordicai Jones(1971)
  
Be What You Want To(1973)

Genres
  
Country rock, Folk rock, Blues rock, Roots rock, Americana

Link Wray albums
  
Beans and Fatback, Wray's Three Track Sh, Link Wray, Stuck in Gear, Guitar Preacher: The Poly

Mordicai Jones is the 1971 album by pioneer Rock & Roll guitarist, and Shawnee Indian Link Wray. The album was credited to mysterious singer Mordicai Jones, who was Link's piano/mandolin player Bobby Howard. It was recorded under supervision of producer Steve Verocca at Wray's Shack Three Track studio in Accokeek, Maryland during the Link Wray/Beans and Fatback sessions by Link's brother Vernon "Ray Vernon" Wray and Chuck Irwin.

Contents

History

This Link's album was credited to lead vocalist Mordicai Jones, alias for Bobby Howard. That music is an Americana blend of blues, country, soul, and folk rock. The same casual and laid-back sound was used on the Link Wray/Beans and Fatback sessions. Some tracks from the album later surfaced on the compilation Guitar Preacher: The Polydor Years, and it was included in its entirety together with other "shack" recordings of '71 (Link Wray and Beans and Fatback) on Wray's Three Track Shack 2CDs compilation.

Track listing

All songs written by Link Wray and Steve Verroca, except where noted.

  1. "Walkin' in the Arizona Sun" - 2:53
  2. "Scorpio Woman" - 3:47
  3. "The Coca Cola Sign Blinds My Eye" (Link Wray, Steve Verroca, Mordicai Jones) - 6:24
  4. "All I Want To Say" - 3:12
  5. "All Because of a Woman" - 3:20
  6. "On the Run" (Wray, Verroca, Jones) - 5:45
  7. "Son of a Simple Man" - 4:22
  8. "Precious Jewel" (Roy Acuff) - 2:14
  9. "Days Before Custer" - 4:01
  10. "Gandy Dancer" - 3:30

Personnel

  • Link Wray - electric guitar, dobro, steel guitar, bass guitar
  • Doug Wray - rhythm guitar, proccnail can percussion, background vocals
  • Mordicai Jones (a.k.a. Bobby Howard) - lead vocals, piano, mandolin, harp
  • Bill Hodges - organ, piano, scratcher percussion, background vocals
  • Steve Verroca - drums, background vocals
  • John Grummere - electric rhythm guitar, background vocals
  • Norman Sue - bass guitar, background vocals
  • Ned Levitt - foot stomp, hand claps, background vocals

    • Production

  • Producer: Steve Verroca
  • Recording Engineer: Ray Vernon (a.k.a. Vernon Wray), Chuck Irwin
  • Mixing: Chuck Irwin
  • Photography: unknown
  • Art Design: unknown

    • Songs

    1Walkin' In The Arizona Sun2:53
    2Scorpio Woman3:46
    3The Coca Cola Sign Blinds My Eyes6:21

    References

    Mordicai Jones Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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