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Lucius H. Tyson (aka Doc or Dr. Sausage Tyson; 7 March 1912 Brunswick, Georgia – September 1972) was a jazz drummer who flourished in New York from 1936 through the mid-1950s.

Selected performance venues

  • 1949, Doc Sausage and His Mad Hatters performed at John Murrain's Tavern in The Bronx on Boston Road; Jimmy Butts (bass), Earl Johnson (sax), Charlie Johnson (guitar), Charlie Harris (piano), Lucius Tyson (drums) [1]

Doc Sausage

Doc Sausage and His Tramp Band
  • On December 9, 1937, introduced a new dance step at Smalls Paradise called the "Buzz" (Lucius Tyson; born 7 March 1911 Brunswick, Georgia – died around 1958).
  • In 1938, members included Jimmy Harris and Robert White (born 1918)
  • Other members: Jimmy Butts and Gerry “The Wig” Wiggins
  • They recorded 2 singles for Decca Records in 1940, four more in 1950 for Regal (including a Top 10 R&B single with Rag Mop) and then were never heard from again
Doc Sausage and his Five Pork Chops
Doc Sausage and His Mad Lads

Death

At the time of Tyson's death, he had property on Roosevelt Street and at the corner of Poplar & McLean Streets, both in Hazleton, Pennsylvania

Selected extant discography

Singles

Doc Sausage and His Five Pork Chops
Recorded March 19, 1940, New York City
Gerry "The Wig" Wiggins (piano), Lucius Tyle (drums), (rest of the performers unknown)
  1. Side A (67347 matrix): "Wham" ("Re-Bop-Boom-Bam") (© 1939) (ensemble, vocalists)
        By Taps Miller (né Marion Joseph Miller; born 22 July 1915 Indianapolis) (w&m)
        By Eddie Durham (w&m)
        ( audio on YouTube)
        ( audio on YouTube)
         OCLC  182933147, 78164514
  2. Side B (67349 matrix): "Doctor Sausage's Blues" (Tyson, vocalist)
        By Lucius Tyson (w&m)
        ( audio on YouTube)
         OCLC  80133783

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Recorded March 19, 1940, New York City
  1. Side A (67346 matrix): "Cuckoo Cuckoo Chicken Rhythm" (ensemble, vocalists)
        By Lucius Tyson (w&m)
        ( audio on YouTube)
  2. Side B (67348 matrix): "Birthday Party" (ensemble, vocalists)
        ( audio on YouTube)

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Doc Sausage and his Mad Lads
  1. Side A (1120 matrix): "She Don't Want Me No More"
        By Lucius Tyson (w&m)
  2. Side B (1121 matrix): "Please Don't Leave Me Now"
        By Lucius Tyson (w&m)

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Recorded 1950
Earl Johnson (tenor sax), Charles Harris (piano), Charlie Jackson (guitar), and Jimmy Butts (bass)
  1. Side A (1141 matrix): " Rag Mop" (© 1950)
        By Johnnie Lee Wills & Deacon Anderson (1925–2011) (w&m)
        ( audio on YouTube)
         OCLC  794114382, 81417351
  2. Side B (1142 matrix): "You Got Me Cryin'" (© 1950)
        By Howard Biggs & Fred Madison (1917–2000) (w&m)
        ( audio on YouTube)
         OCLC  81134247

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Recorded February 1, 1950, Linden, New Jersey
Earl Johnson (tenor sax), Charles Harris (piano), Charlie Jackson (guitar), Doc Sausage (drums)
  1. Side A (1144 matrix): "Sausage Rock" (© 1950)
        Earl Johnson (tenor saxophone
        By Lucius Tyson (w&m)
  2. Side B (1143 matrix): "I've Been a Bad Boy" (© 1950)
        By Lucius Tyson (w&m)

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Doc Sausage
  1. Side A (1122 matrix): "Poor Man's Blues"
        By Lucius Tyson (w&m)
        ( audio on www.rapidmediafire.com)
         OCLC  81021965
  2. Side B (1119 matrix): "Doormat Blues"
        By Lucius Tyson (w&m)
        ( audio on www.rapidmediafire.com)
         OCLC  81526977

Compilations

Doc Sausage and His Five Pork Chops
  1. The Complete Recordings 1946–1949: Luke Jones & Doctor Sausage
        (67346 matrix): "Cuckoo Cuckoo Chicken Rhythm," DE 7776
        (67347 matrix): "Wham" ("Re-Bop-Boom-Bam"), DE 7736
        (67348 matrix): "Birthday Party," DE 7776
        (67349 matrix): "Doctor Sausage's Blues," DE 7736

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Doc Sausage and his Mad Lads
Blue Moon Records, Barcelona, BMCD-6004 ( CD)
OCLC  720669437, 431376428
  1. The Complete Recordings 1940–1953: Lem Johnson, Doc Sausage & Jo Jo Jackson
        (1119 matrix): "Door Mat Blues," RE 3283
        (1120 matrix): "She Don't Want Me No More," RE 3248
        (1121 matrix): "Please Don't Leave Me Now," RE 3248     (1122 matrix): "Poor Man's Blues" ("I'm A Poor Man") RE 3283
        (1141 matrix): "Rag Mop," RE 3251
        (1142 matrix): "You Got Me Cryin'," RE 3251
        (1143 matrix): "I've Been a Bad Boy," RE 3256
        (1144 matrix): "Sausage Rock," RE 3256

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OCLC  61717178
  1. The Swing Session
        (1144 matrix): "Sausage Rock," RE 3256

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  • P-Vine Special, Tokyo, PLP-9037 (1981)
OCLC  62410188
  1. Sax Blowers & Honkers
        (1144 matrix): "Sausage Rock," RE 3256

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OCLC  54535486, 939151547
  1. The Big Horn: The History of the Honkin' & Screamin' Saxophone
        (1144 matrix): "Sausage Rock," RE 3256

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OCLC  55637857
  1. The Big Horn: Boogie's The Thing
        (1144 matrix): "Sausage Rock," RE 3256

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OCLC  27869922
  1. Honkers & Bar Walkers (Vol. 1 of 3)
        (1144 matrix): "Sausage Rock," RE 3256

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  • Hoy Hoy Records (1992)
OCLC  28744533
  1. The Rocking 40's
        (1144 matrix): "Sausage Rock," RE 3256

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  • Hoy Hoy Records (1993)
OCLC  31050849
  1. Rock Before Elvis, Before Little Richard, Before Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley or Bill Haley
        (1144 matrix): "Sausage Rock," RE 3256

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OCLC  826851432, 780201535
  1. Blowing the Fuse: 28 (29) R&B Classics That Rocked the Jukebox in 1950
        (1141 matrix): " Rag Mop" RE 3251

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  • Stash Records STB 2516/17 ( CD) (1995)
OCLC  34508807
  1. The Hoy Hoy Collection: Rock Before Elvis
        (1144 matrix): "Sausage Rock," RE 3256
        Track 13, Disc 1 of 2

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  • Großer & Stein GmbH, Pforzheim, 223237-354 (2005)
Membran International GmbH
OCLC  255144311
  1. Rhythm 'n' Blues: Nasty (Disc 1 of 4)
        (1144 matrix): "Sausage Rock," RE 3256

Discography notes


Bear Family Records, in addition to being a record label, is a distributor for Delmark Records
Stash Records, also a record label, distributed for Hoy Hoy Records
Stash Records, Inc., which took its name from the subject of its first album, Reefer Songs (1976), [2] was founded in 1975, became a New York entity May 4, 1977, operated through the late 1990s, and dissolved as a corporation March 28, 2001. Initially located in Brooklyn, Stash moved to 611 Broadway, Suite 411, New York City, then to 140 West 22nd Street, 12 Floor, New York City, both in the West Village. Founded as an independent jazz label — focused on non-commercial vintage jazz and blues — Stash evolved, and produced new artists. In 1992, it launched its Stash Mail Order division. Bernard (Bernie) Brightman (1921–2003) was the founder and ran it until it closed. [3] In 1986, Stash announced a discovery of a tape featuring Charlie Parker in a hotel with sidemen from the 1943 Earl Hines band. [4] In 1994, Stash's Daybreak label released a recording of President Bill Clinton playing the saxophone with a six-piece jazz combo on a visit to Prague. Brighton founded and ran two other labels:
  • Jive
  • Daybreak M.O. Inc., a New York entity, incorporated April 29, 1994, dissolved December 29, 1999, doing business as Daybreak Express Records, an all-jazz mail-order company
Labels distributed
Personnel
President: Bernard Brightman
Vice President A&R: Fred Brightman
Vice President: Natasha Brightman
Vice President: Will Friedwald
CEO Mail Order Division: Jim Eigo
Office Manager: Amjad Ali
Labels Owned: Stash



Hoy Hoy

References

  1. ^ "Bronx Limited," by Les Matthews (1921–2003), New York Age, December 3, 1949, pg. 25
  2. ^ "Bernard Brightman, 82, Compiler of Albums About Sex and Drugs," by Peter Keepnews ( Orrin Keepnews' son), New York Times, November 23, 2003
  3. ^ "Bernard Brightman; Founder Stash Records," by Will Friedwald, New York Sun, November 2003
  4. ^ "Cannes Clippings," Billboard, February 15, 1886, pg. 64