ROBERT PARKER - BAREFOOTIN' VIDEO FOOTAGE
TAKEN OFF THE!!!! BEAT VOLUME 4 SHOW 16 (1966) BORN IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA IN 1930, HE BEGAN HIS MUSICAL CAREER AS A SAX PLAYER FOR PROFESSOR LONGHAIR IN 1949. HE ALSO PLAYED BEHIND EARL KING, FATS DOMINO, ERNIE K-DOE, IRMA THOMAS, JOE TEX, EDDIE BO, FRANKIE FORD AND HUEY 'PIANO' SMITH. HE FIRST RECORDED HIS FIRST SINGLE JUNE TEENB/W LAWDY MISS CLAWDY FOR ACE IN 1958 AND HAD A REGIONAL HIT WITH AN INSTRUMENTAL ALL NIGHT LONG PARTS 1&2 FOR THE RON LABEL IN 1959. OVER THE YEARS HE WAXED SIDES FOR IMPERIAL AND BOOKER BEFORE SIGNING WITH NOLA RECORDS IN 1965. HIS FIRST RECORD FOR THE LABEL, 'BAREFOOTIN' B/W LET'S GO BABY (WHERE THE ACTION IS), WAS A MONSTER HIT GOING TO #2 R&B AND #7 POP IN 1966. CREDIT INFO FROM THE BOOKLET THAT ACCOMPANIED THE DVD
About J.O.E.
Alty George Nunes III, better known by his stage name J.O.E., and previously as Lil Joe, was a Jamaican reggae singer.
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