Henry Stone Music

Little Beaver Black Rhapsody

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TRACKLISTING
1. A Tribute To Wes
2. Blues For Mama
3. Hit Me With Funky Music
4. Loosen Up
5. Summertime
6. Just My Imagination
7. Never Can Say Goodbye
8. Let’s Stay Together

ALL INSTRUMENTAL

Anyone who has followed the course of modern music, even on a casual basis, is aware of the vast influence that the guitar has played. From the beginning, it has set the pace for new musical trends.

In this “age of the guitar” we have discovered yet another impressario of this art form; one who has traveled the same roads that gave us the likes of B.B. King and Wes Montgomery. His names is Willie (Little Beaver) Hale.

Born in Arkansas, Beaver made his way to Miami, Florida. He was brought to us one day by Willie Clark to maybe do some session work and ended up doing all of the guitar parts to Betty Wright’s “Clean Up Woman”, Willie Clarke then produced Beaver on his first hit single, “Joey”.

Al Kooper (of Blood, Sweat, & Tears fame) was so excited about Little Beaver after using him on some sessions, he asked if we would send him some of Beaver’s first album (Cat 1601) so Kooper could turn his friends on to Little Beaver.

Beaver has long been a highly regarded songwriter, as numerous successes on the charts have already indicated, but in this album we are trying to bring you another side of the multi-talented individual, Little Beaver.

As you’ll hear in this instrumental album, Beaver’s unique style and approach to both writing and playing reflect deep feelings and emotions with a rare simplicity that will make you a Little Beaver fan forever.

Originally produced and engineerd by Richard Finch. Henry Stone and Steve Alaimo were the original executive producers at Henry Stone’s Hialeah studios.

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