Teddy Reynolds and The Twisters
I Thought the War Was Over
1962 · Crown CLP 5245 · Houston, Texas
- Artist
- Teddy Reynolds and The Twisters
- Title
- I Thought the War Was Over
- Release
- The Twist
- Year
- 1962
- Label
- Crown # CLP 5245
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Houston, Texas, USA
- Genre
- Blues · R&B · Texas Blues
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Blues songs
Teddy Reynolds, Blues artists, especially known for playing the piano, born on 12 July 1931 in Houston, Texas, USA, and died on 1 October 1998 in Houston, Texas, USA. He grew up in Houston's 'Third Ward', played piano in bootleg houses and joined the house band at the Third Ward nightclub Shady's Playhouse, playing with Electric Texas Blues artists Johnny Copeland, Albert Collins and other Texas artists, such as Joe Medwick and Amos Milburn. He recorded in the 50s and 60s, especially as a session player at Houston's Peacock Records. He played with Grady Gaines & The Texas Upsetters on the 1990 album Gulf Coast Blues, Volume One.1 In 1962 he released the song "I Thought the War Was Over" (Crown Records # CLP 5245) - the narrator refers to the "last war" - which could be a reference to the Korean War or World War Two. In any case, "Mr. K said that don't mean a thing", a reference to President John F. Kennedy. In a resigned fashion, the narrator accepts "this world is all mixed up", and that he will be returning to the "old war plant".Sources1tshaonline.org: Reynolds teddy↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Track B5 'I Thought The War Was Over'. Mono LP, black label with multi-color Crown logo (Crown Records, Bihari brothers). A stereo issue exists as Crown CST 247 (no year on Discogs). Discogs styles: Twist, Rhythm & Blues. No writer credits on Discogs. A 2011 Master Classics Records digital reissue also exists.
About the artist
Teddy Reynolds was born on 12 July 1931 in Houston, Texas, lived in Los Angeles from the early 1960s, and died on 1 October 1998 in Houston; the Crown LP The Twist features Phillip Walker on guitar. [Source: blues-sessions.com]