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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
- Decca DE 7736
- Recorded March 19, 1940, New York City
- Gerry "The Wig" Wiggins(piano), Lucius Tyle (drums), (rest of the performers unknown)
- 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)
- Side B (67349 matrix): "Doctor Sausage's Blues" (Tyson, vocalist)
By Lucius Tyson (w&m)
(audio on YouTube)
OCLC 80133783
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- Decca DE 7776
- Recorded March 19, 1940, New York City
- Side A (67346 matrix): "Cuckoo Cuckoo Chicken Rhythm" (ensemble, vocalists)
By Lucius Tyson (w&m)
(audio on YouTube) - Side B (67348 matrix): "Birthday Party" (ensemble, vocalists)
(audio on YouTube)
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- Doc Sausage and his Mad Lads
- Regal 3248 (1950)
- Side A (1120 matrix): "She Don't Want Me No More"
By Lucius Tyson (w&m) - Side B (1121 matrix): "Please Don't Leave Me Now"
By Lucius Tyson (w&m)
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- Regal 3251
- Recorded 1950
- Earl Johnson (tenor sax), Charles Harris (piano), Charlie Jackson (guitar), and Jimmy Butts (bass)
- Side A (1141 matrix): "Rag Mop" (© 1950)
By Johnnie Lee Wills & Deacon Anderson (1925–2011) (w&m)
(audio on YouTube)
- 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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- Regal 3256
- Recorded February 1, 1950, Linden, New Jersey
- Earl Johnson (tenor sax), Charles Harris (piano), Charlie Jackson (guitar), Doc Sausage (drums)
- Side A (1144 matrix): "Sausage Rock" (© 1950)
Earl Johnson (tenor saxophone
By Lucius Tyson (w&m) - Side B (1143 matrix): "I've Been a Bad Boy" (© 1950)
By Lucius Tyson (w&m)
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- Doc Sausage
- 78 rpm) (1949)
- Side A (1122 matrix): "Poor Man's Blues"
By Lucius Tyson (w&m)
(audio on www.rapidmediafire .com )
OCLC 81021965 - 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
- Blue Moon Records, OCLC 720664403
- 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, BM-6012 (1995)
- Blue Moon Records, Barcelona, BMCD-6004 (CD)
- 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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- Jewel Records, San Rafael, California, JR-0199 (1999)
- OCLC 61717178
- The Swing Session
(1144 matrix): "Sausage Rock," RE 3256
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- P-Vine Special, Tokyo, PLP-9037 (1981)
- OCLC 62410188
- Sax Blowers & Honkers
(1144 matrix): "Sausage Rock," RE 3256
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- Proper Records, P1341–P1344 (2003)
- The Big Horn: The History of the Honkin' & Screamin' Saxophone
(1144 matrix): "Sausage Rock," RE 3256
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- Proper Records Properbox 61 (2003)
- OCLC 55637857
- The Big Horn: Boogie's The Thing
(1144 matrix): "Sausage Rock," RE 3256
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- OCLC 27869922
- Honkers & Bar Walkers (Vol. 1 of 3)
(1144 matrix): "Sausage Rock," RE 3256
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- Hoy Hoy Records (1992)
- OCLC 28744533
- The Rocking 40's
(1144 matrix): "Sausage Rock," RE 3256
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- Hoy Hoy Records (1993)
- OCLC 31050849
- Rock Before Elvis, Before Little Richard, Before Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley or Bill Haley
(1144 matrix): "Sausage Rock," RE 3256
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- Bear Family Records (2005)
- 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
- 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
- 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),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
- Natasha Imports, Margaretville, New York
- Jass Records, 611 Broadway, Suite 411, New York City
- Stash-Daybreak
- 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
- New York Age, December 3, 1949, pg. 25
- New York Times, November 23, 2003
- New York Sun, November 2003
- ^ "Cannes Clippings," Billboard, February 15, 1886, pg. 64