NAME: Esquerita (Eskew Reeder Jr. or Esquetita Milochi)

BIRTH DATE/LOCATION:
1935, Greenville, South Carolina

DEATH DATE/LOCATION:
April 23, 1986, New York, New York


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  • IDENTIFICATION AND BIO:
    Rock and Roll Singer, Songwriter, Pianist

    WORKS:
    see Discography

    UNCOMPLETED WORKS:
    Unknown

    WRITINGS:
    Unknown

    SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY:

    Esquerita! - Capitol T-1186 (recorded Nashville, 1958, issued 1959)
        Hey Miss Lucy (Esquerita)
        She Left Me Crying (Esquerita)
        Hole In My Heart (Killen/Riley)
        Believe Me When I Say Rock & Roll Is Here... (Esquerita)
        I Need You
        Why Did It Take You So Long (Esquerita)
        Get Back Baby (Esquerita)
        I'm Battie Over Hattie
        Gettin' Plenty Of Lovin' (Esquerita)

    Wildcat Shakeout - UK Ember/Specialty SPE 6603 (1969)
    (first issue of many recordings made by Capitol in 1958)
        Rockin' The Joint (Esquerita)
        Hole In My Heart (Killen/Riley)
        Hey Miss Lucy (Esquerita)
        Get Back Baby (Esquerita)
        Baby You Can Depend On Me (McGibony)
        I'm Batty Over Hattie (McGibony)
        Crazy Crazy Feeling (Arnold)
        Gettin' Plenty Of Lovin' (Arnold/Esquerita)
        Esquerita And The Voola (Esquerita)
        Laid Off (Arnold/Esquerita)
        Believe Me When I Say Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay (Esquerita)
        Oh Baby (Esquerita)
        I Need You (McGibony)
        Why Did It Take So Long? (Arnold/ Esquerita)

    Capitol Collector's Series: Esquerita! - Capitol CDP 7918712 (1990)
    Rockin' The Joint - Collectables 2713 (1998)
    Featuring the complete recordings made for Capitol Records in 1958:
        Oh Baby (Esquerita)
        Please Come Home (Esquerita)
        Sarah Lee (Esquerita)
        I Live The Life I Love [Version 1] (Dixon)
        Katie Mae (Arnold/White)
        Wait A Minute Baby (Dixon)
        Rockin' The Joint (Esquerita)
        Golly Golly, Annie Mae (Esquerita)
        I Found Her (Carroll)
        Hey Miss Lucy (Esquerita)
        I'm Battie Over Hattie (McGibony)
        Crazy Crazy Feeling (Arnold)
        Esquerita And The Voola (Esquerita)
        She Left Me Crying (Esquerita)
        Why Did It Take You So Long (Arnold/Esquerita)
        Gettin' Plenty Of Lovin' (Arnold/Esquerita)
        Believe Me When I Say Rock & Roll Is Here... (Esquerita)
        Laid Off (Arnold/Esquerita)
        I Live The Life I Love [Version 2] (Dixon)
        This Thing Called Love (Esquerita)
        Get Back Baby (Esquerita)
        Baby Come Back (McGibony)
        Baby, You Can Depend On Me (Arnold/Esquerita)
        Just Another Lie (Suarez)
        You Can't Pull Me Down (Esquerita)
        I Need You (McGibony)
        Maybe Baby (Holly/Petty)
        Hole In My Heart (Killen/Riley)

    Sock It To Me Baby - Bear Family BCD #15504 (1987)
    (12 previously unreleased tracks recorded in 1965 for Atlantic Record's Herb Abramson; also includes a segment of an interview with Little Richard)
        Introduction by Little Richard
        Sock It To Me Baby
        Nobody Wants You (When You're Down and Out)
        Mississippi God-Damn
        Wig-Wearin' Baby
        I Can't Stand It Anymore
        Get Along Honey, Honey
        I Guess I'll Go Through Life Alone
        Never Again
        Until Then
        At The Dew Drop Inn
        (I Don't Want Nobody Gonna) Steal My Love From Me
        What's Wrong With You

    I Never Danced Nowhere! - Charly #224 (1990)
    Recorded New Orleans, 1962, including some tracks never previously released. Liner notes by Neil Slaven.
        Undivided Love
        I Waited Too Long
        The Flu
        Margie
        I Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On My Baby)
        Sarah Lee
        How Long
        Green Door
        10-4 (Calling All Cars)
        Like You
        Never Will I
        The Flu
        A Tear
        I Woke Up This Morning (With My Mind On My Baby)
        Mardi Gras in New Orleans
        Laid Off
        Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean

    Vintage Voola - Norton #202 (1998-LP, 1997-CD)
    Contains all seven of the surviving recordings from the Sellers Co. Recording Studio acetates which precede the Capitol recordings. Also included are two sides by Paul Peek of Gene Vincent's Blue Caps ("Sweet Skinny Jenny" and "The Rock-A-Round") with Esquerita accompanying on piano; plus "Dew Drop Inn" and an interview with Little Richard.
        Rockin' The Joint (Esquerita)
        This Thing Called Love (Esquerita)
        Please Come On Home (Esquerita)
        Oh Baby (Esquerita)
        Sarah Lee (Esquerita)
        I Got To Learn (Esquerita)
        What Was Wrong (Esquerita)
        Sweet Skinny Jenny (Peek)
        Rock-A-Round (Peek/Esquerita)
        Dew Drop Inn

    BIBLIOGRAPHY:

    • Interview by Billy Miller, Kicks Magazine (1983).
    • Carolina Dreams: The Musical Legacy of Upstate South Carolina by Michael B. Smith, Marshall Tucker Entertainment (1997). ISBN: 0966171802

    PERFORMING RIGHTS AFFILIATION:
    BMI

    RESOURCES:
    "Esquerita!":
    www.geocities.com/eskew_reeder

    MUSICAL EXECUTOR:
    Unknown

    OTHER CONTACTS:
    Unknown

    ARCHIVES:
    Unknown

     


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