SNOOKS EAGLIN THE CRESCENT CITY COLLECTION
Audio CD May 22, 2001 
Label: Varese Sarabande
Format: Flac



Snooks Eaglin, born Fird Eaglin, Jr. (January 21, 1936 – February 18, 2009), was a guitarist and singer in New Orleans. He was also referred to as Blind Snooks Eaglin in his early years.
His vocal style is reminiscent of Ray Charles; indeed, in the 1950s, when he was in his late teens, he would sometimes bill himself as "Little Ray Charles". Generally regarded as a New Orleans R&B artist, he played a wide range of music: blues, rock and roll, jazz, country, and Latin. In his early years, he also played some straight-ahead acoustic blues.
His ability to play a wide range of songs and make them his own earned him the nickname "the human jukebox." Eaglin claimed in interviews that his musical repertoire included some 2,500 songs.
At live shows, he did not usually prepare set lists, and was unpredictable, even to his bandmates. He played songs that came to his head, and he also took requests from the audience.


Tracklist
1. Red Beans 
2. Baby You Can Get Your Gun 
3. Teasin' You 
4. Cheeta 
5. Lavinia 
6. I'm Slippin' In 
7. Little Mae 
8. I Went to the Mardi Gras 
9. My Love Is Strong 
10. Oh Sweetness 
11. Baby Please Come Home 
12. Lipstick Traces 
13. Nobody Knows 
14. Oh Lawdy, My Baby 
15. Soul Train 
16. Mailman Blues