Show Me the Way Home, Honey

John Jackson - Don't Let Your Deal Go Down

Styles:Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Prewar Country Blues, Piedmont Blues
Recorded: Apr 19, 1965-Oct 23, 1969
Release: 1995
Label: Arhoolie
File: mp3 @320kbps
Size: 166 MB
Time: 69:56
Art: front + back

1. Going Down in Georgia on a Horn (Odum) - 2:34
2. Black Snake Moan - 2:13
3. John Henry (Traditional) - 3:56
4. If Hattie Wants to Lu, Let Her Lu Like a Man - 2:03
5. Nobody's Business But My Own - 3:02
6. John's Rag (Jackson ) - 2:35
7. Boat's Up the River - 3:31
8. Rattlesnakin' Daddy - 2:30
9. Flat Foot and Buck Dance (Traditional) - 3:05
10. Bear Cat Blues (Public Domain) - 2:41
11. Reuben (Public Domain) - 1:51
12. Rocks and Gravel (Carter) - 3:20
13. Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad - 3:53
14. Police Dog Blues (Blind Blake, Jackson) - 3:33
15. Don't Let Your Deal Go Down (Jackson) - 2:07
16. Mule Skinner Blues (Jackson) - 3:29
17. I Bring My Money (Jackson) - 2:14
18. John's Ragtime (Jackson) - 1:55
19. Red River Blues (Jackson) - 3:05
20. Knife Blues (Jackson) - 2:14
21. Trucking Little Baby (Jackson) - 3:09
22. Blind Blake's Rag (Blind Blake, Jackson) - 2:26
23. Goodbye Booze (Jackson) - 2:04
24. Graveyard Blues (Jackson) - 2:50
25. Early Morning Blues (Jackson) - 3:42
26. You Ain't No Woman (Jackson) - 1:54


Notes: Twenty-six tracks running over 70 minutes, recorded by John Jackson between 1965 and 1969 and featuring the rural blues legend at the very top of his form on vocals, guitar, and even banjo on one instrumental ("If Hattie Wants to Lu, Let Her Lu Like a Man"). Jackson's repertory here includes standards like "John Henry" (in one of the most exciting versions ever done, with some killer slide) and "Muleskinner Blues," established parts of other bluesmen's repertories (Blind Boy Fuller's "Rattlesnakin' Daddy," Blind Arthur Blake's "Police Dog Blues" and "Early Morning Blues"), as well as originals, such as the dazzling acoustic pyrotechnic displays on "John's Rag," "Graveyard Blues," and "Knife Blues" (the latter a slide guitar showcase worth the price of the disc by itself), and adaptations of popular songs ("Blind Blake's Rag," which borrows at one point from "Has Anybody Seen My Gal"). Good as his playing is, Jackson's singing is also to be admired, as his baritone voice surges with a quiet power and forcefulness, and a rich tone -- "Boats Up the River," a children's song adapted from various traditional sources, is probably the vocal standout on this collection. The fidelity is excellent, these being modern recordings, and overall this CD is the best single overview of John Jackson's music, its value enhanced by the presence of detailed notes that have been updated to the 1990s. It's records like this that humble lots of young white bluesmen.

Don't Let Your Deal Go Down



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