Mordicai Jones

Mordicai Jones
Studio album by Link Wray
Released 1971
Recorded 1971, at Wray's Shack 3 Track, Accokeek, Maryland by Ray Vernon & Chuck Irwin
Genre Roots rock, country rock, blues rock, folk rock, americana
Length 39:28
Label Polydor
Producer Steve Verroca
Link Wray chronology
Link Wray
(1971)Link Wray1971		 Mordicai Jones
(1971)		 Be What You Want To
(1973)Be What You Want To1973
Professional ratings
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Allmusic[1]

Mordicai Jones is the 1971 album by pioneer Rock & Roll guitarist, and Shawnee Indian Link Wray. The album was credited to mysterious singer Mordicai Jones, who was Link's piano/mandolin player Bobby Howard. It was recorded under supervision of producer Steve Verocca at Wray's Shack Three Track studio in Accokeek, Maryland during the Link Wray/Beans and Fatback sessions by Link's brother Vernon "Ray Vernon" Wray and Chuck Irwin.

History

This Link's album was credited to lead vocalist Mordicai Jones, alias for Bobby Howard.[1] That music is an Americana blend of blues, country, soul, and folk rock. The same casual and laid-back sound was used on the Link Wray/Beans and Fatback sessions. Some tracks from the album later surfaced on the compilation Guitar Preacher: The Polydor Years, and it was included in its entirety together with other "shack" recordings of '71 (Link Wray and Beans and Fatback) on Wray's Three Track Shack 2CDs compilation.[1][2][3]

Track listing

All songs written by Link Wray and Steve Verroca, except where noted.

  1. "Walkin' in the Arizona Sun" - 2:53
  2. "Scorpio Woman" - 3:47
  3. "The Coca Cola Sign Blinds My Eye" (Link Wray, Steve Verroca, Mordicai Jones) - 6:24
  4. "All I Want To Say" - 3:12
  5. "All Because of a Woman" - 3:20
  6. "On the Run" (Wray, Verroca, Jones) - 5:45
  7. "Son of a Simple Man" - 4:22
  8. "Precious Jewel" (Roy Acuff) - 2:14
  9. "Days Before Custer" - 4:01
  10. "Gandy Dancer" - 3:30

Personnel

Production

  • Producer: Steve Verroca
  • Recording Engineer: Ray Vernon (a.k.a. Vernon Wray), Chuck Irwin
  • Mixing: Chuck Irwin
  • Photography: unknown
  • Art Design: unknown

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mordicai Jones at AllMusic
  2. ↑ John Collins: Notes in a booklet of "Link Wray - Wray's Three Track Shack" (Acadia/Evangeline Recorded Works Ltd./Universal Music, 2005)
  3. ↑ Mark Deming:All Music Guide review of "Wray's Three Track Shack"
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