Andrew "Big Voice" Odom
Feels So Good
OOP on Black & Blue label
1982

Cut in France, the album pairs Odom with Magic Slim & the Teardrops as his backing unit, with Lucky Peterson handling keys and Little Milton turning up for a cameo on one number. Odom performs his own stuff ("Memo Blues," "Bad Feeling") and material by Lowell Fulson and B.B. King. Eminently capable of serving up spot-on imitations of both Bobby “Blue” Bland and B.B. King, Andrew Odom was a man of many interrelated nicknames: Big Voice, B.B., Little B.B., B.B. Junior. Regardless of his moniker, Odom was a journeyman Chicago singer who recorded relatively sparingly.

Like the majority of his peers, Odom started out singing spirituals but fell in with Albert King and Johnny O’Neal on the St. Louis blues scene of the mid-’50s and began plying his trade there. He made an unobtrusive recording debut in 1961, singing “East St. Louis” with the band of one Little Aaron for the highly obscure Marlo imprint. He arrived in Chicago around 1960, hooking up with Earl Hooker as the slide guitar wizard’s vocalist. A single for Nation Records in 1967 (as Andre Odom) preceded his debut album for ABC-BluesWay (cut in 1969).
 

1.  Feel So Good    (7:02)       
2. I Made up My Mind    (5:00)       
3.  Mother-In-Law Blues    (3:01)       
4.  Woke up This Morning    (8:53)       
5.  Memo Blues    (4:09)       
6.  Bad Feelin'    (3:40)         
7.  You Say That You Love Me Honey    (4:54)         
8.  Reconsider Baby    (6:09)


Didier Tricard        Producer
Dave Shirk        Engineer, Pre-Mastering Engineer
James Fraher        Photography
David Whiteis        Liner Notes
Brigette Charvolin        Photography
John Primer        Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
Andrew Odom        Vocals, Performer
Daniel Abraham        Engineer
Nate Applewhite        Drums
Big Voice Odom        Main Performer
Little Milton        Vocals, Associate Producer
Jerry Gordon        Producer, Reissue Producer
Nick Holt        Bass
Magic Slim        Guitar
Lucky Peterson        Organ, Piano

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