Dorothy M. Johnson

Dans l'intimité de loges indiennes ou celle de ranchs à peine construits, à travers les plaines, derrière les murs des forts militaires ou dans les rues de villes nouvelles, pionniers, Indiens et cow-boys sont confrontés à la dure loi de l'Ouest. Dotés d'un formidable instinct de survie, ces hommes et ces femmes résistent à la destruction de leurs foyers, de leurs croyances et de leurs rêves. Ces onze nouvelles - dont deux restaient inédites en français - racontent les incidents devenus légendaires et les paysages encore sauvages de cette terre de frontières…

Elizabeth a dix-neuf ans lorsque son père l'entraîne dans sa fuite vers l'Ouest, avec l'espoir d'une vie nouvelle. Mais au coeur de ces contrées désertiques, l'attaque de leur diligence la laisse bientôt orpheline, blessée et sans avenir. La jeune femme est recueillie à Skull Creek, un campement dans lequel règne l'incessant vacarme de la ruée vers l'or. Là, un médecin et un ancien voleur de pépites désormais à son service la prennent sous leur protection. Car partout le danger la menace. La Colline des potences, accompagnée dans ce recueil de neuf autres nouvelles, fait partie de ces textes mythiques qui ont forgé l'imaginaire de l'Ouest américain.

Elderly U.S. Senator Ransom "Rance" Stoddard (Stewart) and his wife Hallie arrive by train in the small western town of Shinbone, to attend the funeral of an apparent nobody, a local rancher named Tom Doniphon. As they pay their respects to the dead man at the undertaker's establishment, the senator is interrupted with a request for…

A pivotal moment in the development of southern soul – as the album was one of the first really big hits to come out of the growing Malaco scene in Jackson, Mississippi. The style of the record is a mix of older female southern soul styles, plus some of the warmer mellow production that was coming out of the Alston/Miami scene at the same time. And although Malaco mostly moved into cheesy blues during the early 80s, this one's very much in a popular crossover soul style. Features the title hit "Misty Blue", plus "It's So Good", "Too Much Love", "Ain't That A Mother's Luck", "Enough Woman Left (To Be Your Lady)", and "The Only Time You Ever Say You Love Me".

When it came to belting out R&B and Jump Blues, the men didn’t always have it their own way. As I’M A BAD, BAD GIRL proves, there were any number of raucous chanteuses ready, willing & able to make their presence felt. These women were strong, independent and sassy, and knew precisely what they wanted. Most of the time it was for their man to be either under their thumb, or atop their bed – and they made no bones about it! This is predominantly rootin’, tootin’, bootin’ stuff, with the brass sounding, the horns wailing, and the guitarist getting just the occasional look-in. But to add shade to this comprehensive 3-CD set, there are cooler sides from singers like Betty Hall Jones, Ella Mae Morse and Myra Taylor, and Gospel, from Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Faye Adams.

When it came to belting out R&B and Jump Blues, the men didn’t always have it their own way. As I’M A BAD, BAD GIRL proves, there were any number of raucous chanteuses ready, willing & able to make their presence felt. These women were strong, independent and sassy, and knew precisely what they wanted. Most of the time it was for their man to be either under their thumb, or atop their bed and they made no bones about it! This is predominantly rootin’, tootin’, bootin’ stuff, with the brass sounding, the horns wailing, and the guitarist getting just the occasional look-in. But to add shade to this comprehensive 3-CD set, there are cooler sides from singers like Betty Hall Jones, Ella Mae Morse and Myra Taylor, and Gospel, from Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Faye Adams. Every important Lady singer of the era is included, ranging from the well-known - e.g. Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Ruth Brown, ‘Little’ Esther Phillips, LaVern Baker, Big Maybelle - to names familiar, perhaps, primarily to specialist collectors - e.g. Little Sylvia, Fluffy Hunter, Pearl Traylor, Tiny Davis, Zilla.