Mordicai Jones

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. 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.

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

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

Category:Link Wray albums
Category:1971 albums
Category:Polydor Records albums