Mordicai Jones

Mordicai Jones
Studio album by Link Wray
Released	1971
Recorded	1971, at Wray's Shack 3 Track, Accokeek, Maryland by Ray Vernon & Chuck Irwin
Genre	Roots rock, country rock, blues rock, folk rock, americana
Length	39:28
Label	Polydor
Producer	Steve Verroca
Link Wray chronology
Link Wray (1971) Mordicai Jones (1971) Be What You Want To (1973)

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Allmusic	[1]

Mordicai Jones is the 1971 album by pioneer Rock & Roll guitarist, and Shawnee Indian Link Wray. The album was credited to mysterious singer Mordicai Jones, who was Link's piano/mandolin player Bobby Howard. It was recorded under supervision of producer Steve Verocca at Wray's Shack Three Track studio in Accokeek, Maryland during the Link Wray/Beans and Fatback sessions by Link's brother Vernon "Ray Vernon" Wray and Chuck Irwin.

History

This Link's album was credited to lead vocalist Mordicai Jones, alias for Bobby Howard.^[1] That music is an Americana blend of blues, country, soul, and folk rock. The same casual and laid-back sound was used on the Link Wray/Beans and Fatback sessions. Some tracks from the album later surfaced on the compilation Guitar Preacher: The Polydor Years, and it was included in its entirety together with other "shack" recordings of '71 (Link Wray and Beans and Fatback) on Wray's Three Track Shack 2CDs compilation.^[1][2][3]

Track listing

All songs written by Link Wray and Steve Verroca, except where noted.

1. "Walkin' in the Arizona Sun" - 2:53
2. "Scorpio Woman" - 3:47
3. "The Coca Cola Sign Blinds My Eye" (Link Wray, Steve Verroca, Mordicai Jones) - 6:24
4. "All I Want To Say" - 3:12
5. "All Because of a Woman" - 3:20
6. "On the Run" (Wray, Verroca, Jones) - 5:45
7. "Son of a Simple Man" - 4:22
8. "Precious Jewel" (Roy Acuff) - 2:14
9. "Days Before Custer" - 4:01
10. "Gandy Dancer" - 3:30

Personnel

• Link Wray - electric guitar, dobro, steel guitar, bass guitar
• Doug Wray - rhythm guitar, proccnail can percussion, background vocals
• Mordicai Jones (a.k.a. Bobby Howard^[1]) - lead vocals, piano, mandolin, harp
• Bill Hodges - organ, piano, scratcher percussion, background vocals
• Steve Verroca - drums, background vocals
• John Grummere - electric rhythm guitar, background vocals
• Norman Sue - bass guitar, background vocals
• Ned Levitt - foot stomp, hand claps, background vocals

Production

• Producer: Steve Verroca
• Recording Engineer: Ray Vernon (a.k.a. Vernon Wray), Chuck Irwin
• Mixing: Chuck Irwin
• Photography: unknown
• Art Design: unknown

References

1. Mordicai Jones at AllMusic
2. John Collins: Notes in a booklet of "Link Wray - Wray's Three Track Shack" (Acadia/Evangeline Recorded Works Ltd./Universal Music, 2005)
3. Mark Deming:All Music Guide review of "Wray's Three Track Shack"