Jack McVea

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Inflation Blues 02:52 Tools
Open The Door, Richard! 03:45 Tools
Open The Door, Richard 03:01 Tools
Bartender Boogie 02:41 Tools
Frantic Boogie 02:58 Tools
Wine-O 02:59 Tools
Wino 02:41 Tools
On The Sunny Side Of The Street 03:13 Tools
Open The Door Richard! 02:58 Tools
Swing Man 02:52 Tools
Jack Frost 02:31 Tools
Bartener Boogie 02:58 Tools
Open The Door Richard 03:57 Tools
Trying To Tell Ya 02:13 Tools
Gone With The Wind 02:44 Tools
Let's Ride, Ride, Ride 02:14 Tools
O-Kay For Baby 03:07 Tools
Yaka Boo 02:12 Tools
Jam Boogie 03:06 Tools
Gaucho Hop 02:31 Tools
Tryin' To Tell Ya 02:07 Tools
Hoo Doo You Baby 03:19 Tools
Wine 03:19 Tools
Listen Baby Blues 03:07 Tools
Taquila Hop 02:35 Tools
Don't Bruise The Feeling 02:43 Tools
Opus Boogie 03:05 Tools
Ubie Dubie 02:28 Tools
Hey Hey Hey Baby 03:15 Tools
Wiggle Wiggle Woogie 02:49 Tools
F Minor Boogie 02:40 Tools
Fiddle Sticks 02:13 Tools
Naggin' Woman Blues 03:28 Tools
Don't Blame Me 03:11 Tools
Boulevard Boogie 02:50 Tools
You Brought Me Heartaches 02:57 Tools
Ooh Mop 00:00 Tools
House Party Boogie 02:54 Tools
B Flat Boogie 02:16 Tools
New Worried Life Blues 02:53 Tools
Chop Chop Boom 02:19 Tools
Silver Symphony 02:47 Tools
Two Timin' Baby 02:47 Tools
Groovin' Boogie 02:46 Tools
Wine O 02:59 Tools
Bulgin' Eyes 02:58 Tools
Then I've Got To Go 03:22 Tools
Tarrant Blues 02:38 Tools
Okay For Baby 02:59 Tools
Blues This Morning 02:58 Tools
Fish for Supper 02:41 Tools
Blues All Night 03:23 Tools
Wino - Take 1 02:41 Tools
Jump Jack 02:50 Tools
We're Together Again 03:25 Tools
Jack's Boogie 02:57 Tools
Richard Gets Hitched 03:00 Tools
Play It Over 03:04 Tools
Love Will Get You Down 03:04 Tools
Oh' How I Miss You Tonight 03:23 Tools
Groove Juice (I Need It Bad) 03:00 Tools
Inflation Blues (Delta Radio, 1940's) 02:49 Tools
New Deal 03:05 Tools
I'll Get Along Somehow 03:57 Tools
Blues With A Feeling 03:00 Tools
Tequila Hop 02:51 Tools
Carlos 02:44 Tools
It Never Should Have Been This Way 02:51 Tools
Scrub, Sweep And Mop 02:43 Tools
Rainy Day Blues 02:43 Tools
Frantic Boogie (1945) 02:59 Tools
Groovin´ Boogie 03:57 Tools
Fightin' Mama Blues 02:38 Tools
I'll Be True 03:17 Tools
Lonesome Blues 02:43 Tools
Frisco Blues 03:09 Tools
Darlin' It's Just Like a Dream 02:49 Tools
Slowly Goin' Crazy Blues 02:55 Tools
The Surch 02:27 Tools
Oh How I Miss You Tonight 00:00 Tools
Baby Look At You 02:57 Tools
Tatoe Pie 02:43 Tools
What's Happening 02:29 Tools
Ube Dubie 02:48 Tools
The Walls Come Tumblin' Down 02:59 Tools
It Should Never Have Been This Way 02:46 Tools
Two Timin' Baby Boogie 02:48 Tools
The Key's In The Mailbox 03:07 Tools
I Live True To You 03:06 Tools
Oh, How the Geese Did Fly! 02:43 Tools
The Crow's Boogie 03:05 Tools
Barrel House Boogie 02:38 Tools
Baby Make Up Your Mind 02:59 Tools
No, No, You Can't Do Dot Mon 02:59 Tools
Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying 02:59 Tools
My Business Is C.O.D. 03:00 Tools
Flying (All The Way) Home 02:59 Tools
The G Man Got The T Man 03:05 Tools
Dirty Money Blues 03:21 Tools
Walkin' And Talkin' Boogie 03:21 Tools
Crow's Being Evicted 02:59 Tools
Jack Mcvea - Inflation Blues 02:46 Tools
Mumblin' Blues 02:46 Tools
Blackout Boogie 02:46 Tools
Basses Boogie 02:46 Tools
Groove Juice 02:59 Tools
No, No, You Can't Do Dot Man 02:59 Tools
Oh That'll Be Joyful 03:05 Tools
The Key's in the Mail Box 03:05 Tools
Swing Man (feat. Sammy Yates) 03:05 Tools
On the Sunny Side of the Street (112 bpm) 03:21 Tools
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Jack McVea (November 5, 1914 – December 27, 2000) was an American swing, blues, and rhythm and blues woodwind player; he played clarinet and tenor and baritone saxophone. His father was the noted banjoist Satchel McVea, and banjo was Jack McVea's first instrument. Born John Vivian McVea in Los Angeles, California, and playing jazz in Los Angeles for several years, he joined Lionel Hampton's orchestra in 1940. From 1944 on he mostly worked as a leader. Perhaps his most impressive performance as a sideman in those years was at the first Jazz at the Philharmonic concert in 1944. From 1966 till his retirement in the 1980s he led a group which played traditional jazz at Disneyland, called "The Royal Street Bachelors" in New Orleans Square. McVea was leader of the Black & White Records studio band and was responsible for coming up with the musical riff for the words "Open the Door, Richard". Ralph Bass got him to record it in 1946 and it became immensely popular, entering the national charts the following year, and was recorded by many other artists. He is also known for his playing on T-Bone Walker's "Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just As Bad)." McVea also played on 1945's "Slim's Jam" by Slim Gaillard alongside Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. McVea died in December 2000, at the age of 86 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.