Jr Medlow -1995- Thrill For Thrill.nfo
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Jr. Medlow - Thrill For Thrill
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Artist...............: Jr. Medlow
Album................: Thrill For Thrill
Genre................: Blues/Rock
Source...............: Flac
Year.................: 1995
Codec................: LAME 3.10
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Joint Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: , ID3 v2.3
Information..........: Thanks to the flac ripper
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Tracklisting
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1. Jr. Medlow - It Sho' Is A Movie To Me [03:20]
2. Jr. Medlow - I Only Have Love For You [03:39]
3. Jr. Medlow - (I'll Be) The First To Let You Know [04:25]
4. Jr. Medlow - Thrill For Thrill [05:09]
5. Jr. Medlow - Heartbreak [03:03]
6. Jr. Medlow - Worst Kind Of Way [06:16]
7. Jr. Medlow - See See Baby [03:03]
8. Jr. Medlow - Since I Found A New Love [02:51]
9. Jr. Medlow - You Really Make Me Happy [04:47]
10. Jr. Medlow - Hey Baby [06:20]
11. Jr. Medlow - Cold Sweat [04:35]
12. Jr. Medlow - Checkin' On My Baby [03:02]
Playing Time.........: 50:35
Total Size...........: 121.30 MB
NFO generated on.....: 2/2/2019 1:10:44 PM
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exclamation point at the end of a lifelong shout of joy. His long musical career
had a powerful influence on Texas music, including Chris Duarte and John
Jordan. Junior was as real as it gets, and then some!
Whenever Junior Medlow hit the stage, it was his show. His long arms spread
wide, his powerful singing and showmanship, always backed up by a bad-ass
guitarist, were from the gut and from the heart. He blew away audiences for
over twenty years in bands that were some of the most lethal to ever come
TAILSPIN HEADWHACK.
In August of 1953, Larry Medlow Williams, Jr,. was born in Lubbock, the
panhandle of Texas. Larry was always active in the church and Gospel music
and moved to Austin in 1973 to pursue his musical career. He played in a
band called Showdown and after a few years joined the Cobras, one of
had to leave the group, Stevie struck out on his own, too. The Cobras
regrouped with Denny Freeman on guitar and Junior Medlow on vocals and
rhythm guitar. Stevie Ray opened many shows for the Cobras. Junior Medlow
was with them from 1978-84.
Records. Recorded at the Continental Club, it has two elements that were
always present in every band Medlow was in: a red-hot guitarist and a tough
horn section. After the break-up of the Cobras in 1984, Medlow went back to
Lubbock for awhile.
time, Chris Duarte had struck out on his own with his group The Bad Boys.
With Jeff Hodges on drums, Paul Babb on bass, Sandy Allen on keyboards
and Chris, The Bad Boys had made quite a name for themselves in Austin.
One night at The Black Cat Lounge, Junior Medlow stopped by to check them
them ended up jamming together and things really clicked. Some local
promoters had scraped up some money to make an album of The Bad Boys.
in on some cuts. The chemistry was there. The Bad Boys were the perfect
band for Junior Medlow. Well known from his Cobra days, by the end of 1986
he had joined the band where it became Junior Medlow and The Bad Boys.
They quickly tore up Austin and became the baddest band in town, winning
the Austin Chronicle Music Awards several years in a row.
A Jr. Medlow & The Bad Boys show was a real rollercoaster ride through
several styles of music. Larry Medlow came from the great tradition of Black
American music, combining his soul, blues, funk, and gospel influences with
his own experiences to create a unique style of high-energy, soulful R&B. He
also wrote many great songs during this time which became Bad Boys
standards. The Bad Boys would open with some jazz or a killer shuffle, then
solos would veer off into shades of jazz, brush up against Hendrix or stop
Silverman or Alex Coke joined in on horns it was fully-loaded! By 1988 John
Jordan was also in the band. Jr. Medlow & The Bad Boys played until early
1990, when a variety of reasons caused the group to go their own ways.
Junior wanted to take a more pumped-up horns approach and Chris wanted
to strike out on his own. They remained close friends always after that.
Junior went back to Lubbock and created Tornado Alley. With Dave Hale on
guitar and a 3-piece horn section to boot, Junior pursued his funked-up,
rhythmic soul. Larry came closer to God after moving home and incorporated
His positive energy into the music even more.
In 1993, longtime fan and friend Tom McMickle got the money together to
other than the Cobras mini-LP and a couple live cuts on a rare Local Licks Live
album, the only official release of him. It is a fantastic recording and features
Chris Duarte sitting in on one cut. Throughout this time he kept performing
with the same boundless spiritual energy that he always had. He often sat in
with the Chris Duarte Group when they played in the Lubbock/Abilene area.
The audiences were treated to some very hot sets as Medlow would do stuff
from The Bad Boys days. He and his band, Tornado Alley, also went to
Europe and performed at blues festivals.
It was in June of 1994 that Medlow was diagnosed with lung cancer. That
the way to the end, always with a positive outlook and big heart. By 1997
the cancer had spread. He still performed when he had the energy, sitting in
with the Chris Duarte Group in February down in Buffalo Gap, Texas. Chris
Larry Medlow Williams, Jr. passed away peacefully in his sleep on April 17,
1997. Chris was one of the pallbearers at his funeral. The services at Mt.
Gilead Baptist Church in Lubbock were a joyous send-off, with no less than
five Reverends, a gospel choir and so many friends and family that not
everyone could fit into the church.
more than he was. His music always makes me smile when I hear it. It was
with Junior Medlow & The Bad Boys that I first heard a searing new guitar
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