Bad Lover Blues CD

Baby Boy Warren
Bad Lover Blues CD

Baby Boy Warren was born Robert Henry Warren in Lake Providence, Louisiana, and at the age of three months moved with his parents to Memphis, Tennessee.
He dropped out of school, having learned to play guitar from two of his older brothers, and went to work in WC Handy Peforming Arts Park, Memphis, with Howlin' Wolf, Robert Jr. Lockwood and Little Buddy Doyle, and appeared on the radio show King Biscuit Time with Sonny Boy Williamson around 1941.
In 1942, he moved to Detroit, where he worked for General Motors whilst also performing as a musician.
Warren's first recording sessions were in 1949 and 1950 in Detroit, with the five resulting singles being released on a number of labels.
Tracks recorded at a 1954 session accompanied by Sonny Boy Williamson were released on Joe Von Battle's JVB label and by Excello Records.
Further sessions the same year resulted in a single on the Blue Lake label, with Boogie Woogie Red on piano and Calvin Frazier on guitar, and a reworking of the Robert Johnson song Stop Breakin' Down for the Drummond label.
This 20 track CD presents his complete singles.