Mordicai Jones

Mordicai Jones is a 1972 album by American guitarist Link Wray.^[2] The album was credited to mysterious singer Mordicai Jones, who was Link's piano player Bobby Howard. It was recorded under the supervision of producer Steve Verocca at Wray's Shack Three Track studio in Accokeek, Maryland, during the Link Wray / Beans and Fatback sessions.^[3]

Mordicai Jones
Studio album by Link Wray
Released	1972
Recorded	1971
Studio	Link Wray's Shack 3 Track, Accokeek, Maryland, by Ray Vernon & Chuck Irwin
Length	39:28
Label	Polydor
Producer	Steve Verroca
Link Wray chronology
Link Wray (1971) Mordicai Jones (1972) Be What You Want To (1973)

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AllMusic	[1]

History

It is credited to lead vocalist Mordicai Jones, an alias for Bobby Howard.^[1] The music is an Americana blend of blues, country, soul, and folk rock. The same casual and laid-back sound was used during the Link Wray / Beans and Fatback sessions. Some tracks from the album later surfaced on the compilation Guitar Preacher: The Polydor Years, and the album was included in its entirety, together with the other "shack" recordings of 1971 (Link Wray and Beans and Fatback), on Wray's Three Track Shack.^[1][4][5]

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