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Leon Chappel is Leon Chappelear, the 1930s Western swing artist whose early recordings inspire some interest among jazz collectors. Chappelear shortened his name to Chappel for the 26 recordings on Automatic Mama, which were made for Capitol Records from 1950-1953. Chappel had no hits during this period and the recordings are in no way seminal or essential, but are sturdy examples of uncompromising country music made more interesting by the insights it gives into the course of Chappel's career. Chappel's hokum blues at first seem like an uncommercial throwback to the '30s, but on the other handmore…, his sock rhythm and plain instrumentation put him in the general neighborhood of honky tonk contemporaries like Hank Williams. The backing is very basic — only guitar, bass, and fiddle in some cases — with Chappel's casual vocals in the foreground. The songs themselves are old-fashioned compositions of the sort Jimmie Davis would have sung years earlier (Davis co-wrote several of the songs here), with frequent mentions of good gals, sweet mamas, do-right daddies, and and true-blue papas. A few titles are remakes of songs Chappel recorded years earlier, which adds to the retrograde aura. One of the best and most contemporary-sounding songs is "True Detective," written by Big Bill Lister and Red River Dave in reference to the popular detective magazine. In combing the Capitol vaults, Bear Family also uncovered a half-dozen previously unreleased recordings that make their commercial debut here. Automatic Mama is another high-quality reissue of neglected material aimed at a highly specialized collectors market.

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Leon Chappel - Automatic Mama (1999) Retail CD

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