Zuzu Bollin

Two 78s in the first ’50s along with a 1989 rediscovery record don’t soon add up to a lot of a recorded legacy. But Zuzu Bollin’s contribution towards the Tx blues legacy must not be overlooked — his T-Bone Walker-influenced sound typified postwar Lone Superstar blues guitar. Blessed A.D. Bollin, Zuzu paid attention to everyone from Blind Lemon Jefferson and Leroy Carr (on information) to Joe Turner and Count number Basie. He found his nickname within the music group of Texan E.X. Brooks; appears he previously a sweet teeth for the make of ginger snap cookies known as ZuZus. Bollin shaped his personal combo in 1949, offering youthful saxist David “Fathead” Newman. Following a stint with Percy Mayfield’s music group, Bollin resumed experimenting Dallas. In past due 1951, he produced his saving debut for Bob Sutton’s Torch logo design. Newman and saxist Leroy Cooper, both long term people of Ray Charles’ music group, performed on Bollin’s “THE TREND IS TO Eat Where You Slept YESTERDAY EVENING” and “Headlight Blues.” A Torch follow-up, “Stavin’ String”/”Cry, Cry, Cry,” discovered Bollin supported by Jimmy McCracklin’s combo. Forget about recording ensued from then on, though Bollin toured with bandleaders Ernie Areas and Joe Morris before chucking the music biz in 1964 to get into a more steady profession: dry washing. Bollin’s 1987 rediscovery was the Dallas Blues Society’s performing: they manufactured some gigs and finally an excellent 1989 recording, Tx Bluesman, that wonderfully showcased Bollin’s strategy. Their efforts had been barely with time — Bollin passed away in 1990.