The Big Bear Stompers

“The Emperor Strikes Back”

PKCD-324

Personnel:

• Ben Cummings and Tony Davis, trumpets
• Mike Wills, clarinet, soprano sax
• Graham Hughes, trombone
• Perry Lock, piano
• Dave Moorwood, banjo, vocal on 8, 13
• John Arthy, sousaphone
• Andy Crisp, drums
• Judy Eames, vocal on 3, 4, 7, 10, 14, 16

1

Brother Lowdown

Murphy

4m 40s

2

Working Man Blues>

Oliver/Schoebel

5m 48s

3

On Revival Day

Razaf

4m 08s

4

At The Christmas Ball

Smith

5m 12s

5

Steamboat Stomp

Senter

3m 28s

6

Fussy Mabel

Morton

4m 39s

7

Of All The Wrongs You’ve Done To Me

Payton/Smith/Dowell

3m 48s

8

I Had Someone Else Before I Had You

Harris/Darcy/Stanley

3m 48s

9

Trombone Rag

Murphy

3m 42s

10

Poor Papa

Woods/Rose

4m 49s

11

Emperor Norton’s Hunch

Watters

4m 17s

12

If Someone Would Only Love Me

Morton

4m 38s

13

Do Something

Stept/Green

3m 45s

14

Birmingham Bertha

Clarke/Akst

5m 48s

15

Memphis Blues

Handy

4m 49s

16

Santa Claus Blues

Straight/Kahn

6m10s

17

Come On And Stomp, Stomp, Stomp

Smith/Waller/Mills

3m 47s

Recorded by Peter Kings at Lains Barn, Wantage, Oxfordshire on December 13th, 2007
Produced by P.E.K. Sound (Digital Location Recording), Congerstone, Nuneaton, Warwickshire
CV13 6LZ ENGLAND.  Telephone/Fax +44 (0)1827 880091

Big Bear image created by Pat Cliff