THE BIG DOOWOPPER (Cornell H. Williams)
Saturday, June 1st, 2003
Chicago Blues Festival
Front Porch Stage, Grant Park, Chicago, IL

Recorded by Roy Martin onto MiniDisc using a set of Sound Professionals Premium Binaurals.
Transferred from original MDs to WAV (44.1kHz/16-bit) digitally in December 2010.
Playback on Sony MDS-JE510 > Optical to S/PDIF converter > Microtrack 24/96.
Cool Edit Pro used for fades only. No EQ or other manipulation to the sound was conducted. Salt & pepper to taste.
Split into individual tracks using CD Wave Editor.
SBEs corrected using Trader's Little Helper ("-fixed" removed from the filenames).
Encoded to FLAC (Level 7) using Trader's Little Helper.

The Artists:

Cornell Williams, The Big DooWopper (piano & vocals)
Willie Samuels (bass)
Richie Davis (guitar)
Leon Joyce Jr. (drums)

The Jolly Joy Singers are Charles Wright, Roberta Thomas & Theresa Davis


Setlist (62:57)

[01] Dave Whiteis intro
[02] Don't It Make You Feel Bad
[03] Busy, Busy, Busy
[04] Ain't It Surprisin'
[05] Must Be Gonna Rain
[06] Drown in My Own Tears (with the Jolly Joy Singers)
[07] Your Love
[08] Betty Lou
[09] I'll Be in Trouble (with the Jolly Joy Singers)
[10] Purple Rain (with the Jolly Joy Singers)
[11] My Very Joy Is You (with the Jolly Joy Singers)
[12] Dig A Little Deeper


Cornell H. Williams, aka The Big Doowopper, was born on November 13, 1953, in Grenada, MS.
Born partially blind, he completely lost his sight at the age of 17 due to cataracts.
When he was six years old he started taking piano lessons before moving to Chicago with his parents.
Chicago exposed him to the thriving blues scene and earned him his nickname Doowopper,
singing with his mother, father, and some friends in a street corner doo wop group, while
his mother was a backup singer who toured with B.B. King, a big influence musically
and personally to Doowopper. While growing up, Doowopper was enrolled in Illinois School
for the visually handicapped, and he continued to build his singing and keyboard ability.
After high school graduation in the early '70s, he played live music sporadically throughout
the decade. By the early '80s, he was shopping around crude demos with little response, while
continuously performing on the sidewalks and train stations of Chicago, occasionally gaining
the odd paying club gig. When his demo finally reached the right hands in 1999, he was given
studio time to cut his impressive version of Prince's "Purple Rain," overdubbing his gospelized
keyboards and five part doo wop harmony! This break finally allowed the release of his first full
length recording All in the Joy on the Chicago based Delmark label in 2000.

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