Show Me the Way Home, Honey

Eden & John's East River String Band - Drunken Barrel House Blues

Styles: String Band, Acoustic Blues
Label: East River Records
Released: 2009
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 97,8 MB
Time: 42:42
Art: front

1. Drunken Barrel House Blues - 3:32
2. The Rain Don't Fall On Me - 3:40
3. Johnson Boys - 2:58
4. The Fate of Talmadge Osborne - 3:02
5. Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues - 3:34
6. Last Kind Words Blues - 3:31
7. Gonna Raise A Ruckus Tonight - 3:13
8. I Wish I Were A Mole In the Ground - 2:43
9. Yellow Bee - 3:16
10. Too Tight Blues - 3:26
11. Corrina Blues - 3:18
12. Devilish Mary - 3:02
13. The Spasm - 3:21


Notes: Eden and John's East River String Band are white city folk - singer/ukulele player Eden Brower and singer/guitarist John Heneghan from New York's East Village - who cover black country blues from the 78-rpm era with crisp fervor and a natural flair that suggests loving study and a respect for the hard lives and fight for joy on the original records. ~David Fricke, Rolling Stone

The 3rd release from the New York City based duo Eden & John's East River String Band (Eden Brower - vocals, ukulele and guitar/John Heneghan - vocals, guitar,mandolin and kazoo). It features their 2nd cover by underground comic legend Robert Crumb (The Book Of Genesis, Heroes Of The Blues, American Splendor). This record includes performances from special guests Dom Flemons (The Carolina Chocolate Drops), Eli Smith (Down Home Radio Show, The Dust Busters) and Pat Conte ( The Otis Brothers, The Secret Museum Of Mankind). Their previous CD/LP release "Some Cold Rainy Day also featured a cover by R. Crumb and received critical acclaim which led to tours of the U.S. and Europe. "Drunken Barrel House Blues" features classic Country and Blues masterpieces by legends such as Charlie Patton, Memphis Minnie and Ernest V. Stoneman.

Drunken Barrel House Blues



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Oznake: Eden & John's East River String Band, String Band, Acoustic Blues

Various - Classic Appalachian Blues From Smithsonian Folkways

Styles: Delta Blues, Acoustic Blues, Folk-Blues Folk
Label: Folkways
Released: 2010
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 152,0 MB
Time: 66:23
Art: full

1. Sticks McGhee - My Baby's Gone - 3:45
2. Big Chief Ellis with Cephas and Wiggins - Louise Blues - 5:14
3. Doc Watson - Sitting on Top of the World - 2:57
4. John Jackson - Railroad Bill - 3:34
5. Bill Williams - Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - 2:15
6. Pink Anderson - You Don't Know My Mind - 2:35
7. J. C. Burris - Blues Around My Bed - 2:54
8. Reverend Gary Davis - Hesitation Blues - 3:15
9. Brownie McGhee - Pawn Shop Blues - 3:01
10. Archie Edwards - The Road is Rough and Rocky - 3:23
11. Carl Martin, Ted Bogan and Tommy Armstrong - Hoodoo Blues - 5:13
12. Lesley Riddle - Red River Blues - 2:04
13. Sam Jackson - Walking Cane Peg Leg - 2:30
14. Etta Baker - One Dime Blues - 3:43
15. Roscoe Holcomb - Mississippi Heavy Water Blues - 2:13
16. Josh White - Outskirts of Town - 3:02
17. Baby Tate - See What You Done Done - 2:31
18. Marvin and Turner Foddrell - I Got a Woman - 2:50
19. John Tinsley - Girl Dressed in Green - 1:56
20. E.C. Ball - Blues in the Morning - 3:36
21. Sticks McGhee - Wine Blues (Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee) - 3:42


Credits

Notes: The "mountain cousin" of the Delta blues, Appalachian blues bears the stamp of a distinctive regional blend of European and African styles and sounds born at the cultural crossroads of railroad camps, mines, and rural settlements. Drawn from deep within the Folkways collection and from historic live recordings at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the music of bedrock blues performers such as Pink Anderson, Lesley Riddle, Etta Baker, John Jackson, and Doc Watson shines bright, claiming Appalachia as a key cradle of American acoustic blues. 21 tracks, 66 minutes, 40-page booklet.
This is the 18th release overall and the fourth blues release in the Classic series from Smithsonian Folkways. Click here to learn more about this enjoyable introduction to the diverse repertoire of American music.

Classic Appalachian Blues From Smithsonian Folkways



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Oznake: Various, Delta Blues, Acoustic Blues, Folk-Blues, folk

Various - Back Porch Blues [King Snake]

Styles: Contemporary Blues, Acoustic Blues, Swamp Blues, Acoustic Harmonica Blues
Released: Jun 3, 1997
Label: King Snake
File: mp3 @320kbps
Size: 115 MB
Time: 48:57

1. Sugar Mama Blues performed by Bob Nelson
2. Arthritis performed by Floyd Miles
3. Standing in the Fire performed by Bill Wharton
4. Credit Card Blues performed by Smokehouse
5. Dead Cat Luck performed by Eric Culberson
6. Head in the Bottle performed by Ace Moreland
7. Whole Lotta Ash performed by Troy Turner
8. Flyright performed by Mark Hodgson
9. Short Hair Woman performed by Bob Nelson
10. Way off in That Jazz performed by Jeff Howell
11. Cocky Rooster performed by Floyd Miles
12. Screamin' Woman performed by Bill Wharton
13. Them Jelly Blues performed by Smokehouse
14. Big Foot Woman performed by Mark Hodgson
15. Gates of Hell performed by Ace Moreland

Notes: Great find if you can get it because it is a lot of rare songs on it that's just beautiful to hear haven't seen in 20 years ago and it still is important today as it was then totally awesome everybody should have it.

Back Porch Blues



• Kat Danser - Baptized By The Mud •
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Oznake: Various, Contemporary Blues, Acoustic Blues, Swamp Blues, Harmonica Blues

Juke Boy Bonner - Life Gave Me A Dirty Deal

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 70:01
Size: 165.6 MB
Styles: Country blues, Acoustic Texas blues
Year: 1992
Art: Front

[3:32] 1. Life Gave Me A Dirty Deal
[2:59] 2. Going Back To The Country
[3:05] 3. Sad, Sad Sound
[2:48] 4. She Turns Me On
[2:59] 5. Hard Luck
[3:12] 6. Trying To Be Contented
[2:29] 7. Life Is A Nightmare
[3:29] 8. It's Time To Make A Change
[3:21] 9. Stay Off Lyons Avenue
[3:11] 10. My Blues
[2:25] 11. I'm Getting Tired
[3:24] 12. Over Ten Years Ago
[2:52] 13. I Got My Passport
[3:32] 14. I'm In The Big City
[2:40] 15. Houston, The Action Town
[2:34] 16. Running Shoes
[2:37] 17. Just A Blues
[2:58] 18. It Don't Take Too Much
[2:51] 19. Struggle Here In Houston
[2:47] 20. Railroad Tracks
[3:04] 21. Watch Your Buddies
[2:49] 22. When The Deal Goes Down
[4:13] 23. Being Black And I'm Proud


Juke Boy Bonner (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Alvin J. Simon, Alan Simon (drums).

Likely the most consistent and affecting collection you'll encounter by this singular Texas bluesman, whose strikingly personal approach was stunningly captured by Arhoolie's Chris Strachwitz during the late '60s in Houston. Twenty-three utter originals include "Stay Off Lyons Avenue," "Struggle Here in Houston," "I Got My Passport," and the title track. Bonner sang movingly of his painfully impoverished existence for Arhoolie, and the results still resound triumphantly today. ~Bill Dahl

Life Gave Me A Dirty Deal

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Oznake: Juke Boy Bonner, Country Blues, Texas Blues

Dean Haitani - Guitar And Harmonica Blues (feat. Kenny Sutherland)

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 48:34
Size: 111.2 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues, Harmonica blues, Roots
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[5:52] 1. Strong Persuader
[4:07] 2. A Letter From Nashville
[5:21] 3. Muddy Waters
[5:07] 4. Kenny's Bag
[7:49] 5. The House Of The Rising Sun
[4:07] 6. Time
[4:06] 7. Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms
[5:10] 8. Multiply
[4:05] 9. Starting Time
[2:45] 10. Isn't She Lovely


Australian Dean Haitani's first introduction to blues music and a big influence on Dean’s blues guitar style was B.B. King’s “Live In Cook County” Album. Practicing 10 hours a day, Dean submerged himself in B.B. and any other music he could get his hands on. Major music influences include: Mark Knofler, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Tommy Emmanuel, Albert Collins, Johnny Winter, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Billy Joel, Les Paul, Charlie Christian, Miles Davis, George Benson, The Gypsie Kings and The Bondi Cigars.

Dean’s solo acoustic shows comprise of foot percussion, a variety of guitars (plus octave, delay, distortion, phaser & wah effects), vocals & harmonica. Dean’s band shows range from raw 3 piece to full band (Keys, backup vocals, horn sections). Stylistically, Dean’s music is Roots Music (a melting pot of funky rhythms, jazzy influenced progressions, folk subtleties, country flavours & blues grit.) His music is contemporary, forever pushing the musical envelope, his tasteful, original songs are stories are from the heart & mind, with compassion for humanity. “I always try to look at the world in a positive way with all it’s marvels and flaws”, he says.

Guitar And Harmonica Blues

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Oznake: australia, Dean Haitani, Kenny Sutherland, Acoustic Blues, Harmonica Blues, Roots

Carl Leyland & Kim Cusack - Stompin' Upstairs (With Beau Sample & Alex Hall)

Size: 140,2 MB
Time: 59:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Blues Jazz, Boogie Woogie, Ragtime
Label: Rivermont Records
Art: Full

01. At At Georgia Camp Meeting (4:18)
02. Blue Prelude (5:15)
03. Cherokee (4:30)
04. Corrina Corrina (3:27)
05. If I Had You (4:50)
06. The Blue Room (4:14)
07. Upstairs Boogie (4:31)
08. We Three (4:48)
09. The Love Nest (4:50)
10. Tangerine (4:22)
11. Ramblin' Mind Blues (3:53)
12. Whispering (4:33)
13. Tell It To The Judge (6:10)

Personnel;
Carl Sonny Leyland - Piano, Vocals
Kim Cusack - Clarinet
Beau Sample - Bass
Alex Hall - Drums

Boogie-woogie pianist extraordinaire Carl Sonny Leyland and ace clarinetist Kim Cusack (of The Salty Dogs) have teamed up with bassist Beau Sample and drummer Alex Hall (of The Fat Babies in Chicago) for an exhilarating album of ragtime, boogie-woogie, blues, and jazz. Old favorites like "Whispering," "Corrina, Corrina," "Cherokee," and "The Blue Room," romp joyously alongside the dark and sultry "Blue Prelude" or "Ramblin' Mind Blues." Leyland, Cusack, Sample, and Hall play the tunes with respect, but also with infectious verve and enthusiasm. 13 selections; one full hour of music.

Stompin' Upstairs



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Oznake: Carl Leyland, Kim Cusack, Blues Jazz, Rag, Boogie Woogie

Bjorn Berge & Jan Flaaten - Berge/Flaaten

Styles: Acoustic Blues
Released: 1994
Label: Bonnier Amigo Music
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 88 MB
Time: 38:50
Art: Front

1. Nobody's Fault But Mine - 4:17
2. Why Did I Do It - 3:00
3. Driftin' Blues - 4:27
4. My Way Or The Highway - 2:21
5. Devil's Waltz - 3:19
6. Just A Kid - 4:53
7. Rattlesnake Tounge - 3:13
8. Twilight To Dark - 5:33
9. Too Bad - 4:33
10. Dark Is The Night - 3:09

Personnel:
Bjorn Berge - guitar, vocals
Jan Flaaten - harmonica, vocals


Notes:Bjřrn Berge is a locomotive of an artist, and this evening there will be tough bein fingerpicking with one of the hottest guitarists. Vocalist, guitarist and composer, b. 23.09.1968 in Sveio, but resident in Haugesund. The foremost interpreters of the "delta blues". His unique playing style - which is to turn both rhythm and play the melody lines on the guitar while he tramper with your feet on a box - have given him the label of "one-man band." Bjřrn Berge started his career so far with the electric guitar, but switched this quickly against a banjo after hearing bluegrass band Gone At Last practice in the neighborhood. He was completely hooked on acoustic blues when he heard Robert Johnson. Then purchased a 12-string National steel guitar, and succeeded in a short time to make his mark as a musician out of the ordinary. Joined with Jan Flĺten (vocals, harmonica) in 1994, and debuted on record with him. After the cooperation with Jan Flĺten was completed in 1996, Berge has focused on a solo career. This has led him beyond the borders of the country, including to Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, where he enjoys great respect. All of the discs to Bjřrn Berge contains a mixture of own and others songs.

Berge/Flaaten



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Oznake: Bjorn Berge, Jan Flaaten, Acoustic Blues, Norway

Country Blues Project - All by Myself

Styles: Contemporary Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues
Label: Shamrock
Released: 1996
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 125,1 MB
Time: 54:36
Art: front + back

1. All by Myself - 2:30
2. Sleeping All My Myself - 3:55
3. The Detroit Special - 5:08
4. Blues Everywhere I Go - 5:15
5. Jackson Stomp - 2:59
6. Will I Ever Get Back Home - 4:26
7. Guitar Rag - 2:55
8. From Four Till Late - 2:45
9. When I Take My Vacation in Harlem - 3:00
10. Ticket Agent Blues - 3:01
11. Medicine Blues - 3:42
12. Chattanooga Mama - 2:47
13. Your Bisquits Are Big Enough for Me - 2:59
14. Stop Trucking and Suzy Q - 3:09
15. Tuff Luck Blues - 3:21
16. I'll Be Here a Long, Long Time - 2:36

Recorded at Downstairs Studios, Tübingen 1995

Personnel:
Fritz H. Blessing - guitar, vocals
Rudie Blazer - bass, guitar, mandolin
Wolf Abromeit - guitar, bass

Notes: Any information about these guys is helpful

All by Myself



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Oznake: Country Blues Project, Contemporary Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues, Germany

Kelly Joe Phelps - Roll Away The Stone

Styles: Slide Guitar Blues, Folk-Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues
Recorded: 1996
Released: Aug 26, 1997
Label: Rykodisc
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 136,2 MB
Time: 58:56
Art: front + back

1. Roll Away The Stone - 4:50
2. Sail The Jordan - 6:04
3. When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder - 5:55
4. Hosanna - 8:52
5. Without The Light - 4:48
6. Footprints - 4:35
7. Go There - 4:22
8. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - 6:56
9. Cypress Grove - 6:46
10. That's Alright - 3:29
11. Doxology - 2:14

Personnel:
Kelly Joe Phelps - vocals, 6- & 12-string lap slide guitars, 6-string guitar


Note: The Blues aren't dead yet
There are very few acoustic blues musicians around who are capable of doing anything other than rehashing Robert Johnson. One modern master who does not fall prey to that criticism is Kelly Joe Phelps.
Compliments of my parents, I grew up listening to Robert Johnson, Son House, Charley Patton, etc. As I got older, I grew bored with pure blues. Blind Willie Johnson, for example, just used the same melody over and over again with different lyrics. I turned to jazz, blues-influenced folk such as John Fahey, and the occasional blues-based rock of modern geniuses like Chris Whitley and Ben Harper. Occasionally, I listen to jam bands like the Allman Brothers or Widespread Panic, but that's about as close to pure I blues as I usually get these days. The only old blues that still holds my attention comes from the odd-balls like Mississippi John Hurt and Skip James. Then I heard Kelly Joe Phelps' "Shine Eyed Mister Zen" and I had to re-evaluate my position. I immediately went out and bought all three of Phelps' albums, and I am currently collecting other albums on which he makes guest appearances (one to note is Tony Furtado's "Roll My Blues Away"- a wonderful blend of blues, folk, bluegrass, and even some Celtic). Phelps plays with such soul, technical skill and integrity that he has restored my faith in blues. I recently realized that the difference between Phelps and the other blues revivalists (aside from Phelps' preternatural skill) is that Phelps stays true to the sound and the feel of blues, but his compositions are structured more like jazz. Kelly Joe Phelps is simply the best. ~ Nobody important

Roll Away The Stone



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Oznake: Slide Guitar Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues, Kelly Joe Phelps

'Philadelphia' Jerry Ricks - Deep In The Well

Styles: Modern Acoustic Blues
Label: Rooster Blues
Released: 1996
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 158,0 MB
Time: 69:00
Art: front

1. James Alley Blues - 6:06
2. No Place For Me - 6:58
3. Down In Luck - 3:53
4. Empty Bottle Blues - 6:20
5. Change Your Ways - 6:32
6. Born With The Blues - 4:34
7. New Pallet On The Floor - 5:47
8. When A Man Gets In Trouble - 4:46
9. New Avalon - 5:14
10. Ain't Afraid Of These Blues - 4:11
11. Gary Davis Medley - 3:00
12. Troubles - 5:26
13. Troubled, Lord - 2:37
14. Swing Low Sweet Chariot - 3:31


Notes: Born and raised in Philadelphia, Jerry Ricks is currently living and performing in the Delta. Jerry Ricks has lived everywhere. He has played with such revered Bluesmen as Son House, Brownie McGhee, Mance Lipscomb, Sleepy John Estes, Skip James, Furry Lewis, Bukka White, and many others.
During the blues revival of the 60s Jerry was booking traditional Delta Blues men into the coffeehouse where he washed dishes in Philadelphia. They taught him about the Blues and became life long influences in both his music career and his personal life.
He spent much of the 70's and 80's hopping back and forth across the Atlantic. As with many bluesmen during this period, Jerry found new audiences in Europe when the Blues jobs seemed to be on hiatus in the states.
In the early 90's he decided to come home. Not just home but home to the Delta. Not his home of youth but the home of his music and the many many bluesmen who had been his friends and mentors along the years.
Ricks has two albums out on the Rooster Blues label, the critically acclaimed Deep in the Well and Many Miles of Blues, a 2000 release. Deep in the Well, released in 1998, garnered Ricks W.C. Handy Blues Award nominations in three categories: Acoustic Blues Artist of the Year; Acoustic Album of the Year, and Comeback Blues Album of the Year, the last because Ricks had spent so much time overseas and American audiences were largely unfamiliar with him. Despite a 13-album discography in Europe, Deep in the Well was Ricks' first U.S. release. He credits the great classic bluesmen of the 1960s for helping him to keep the faith (and enthusiasm) for live performing through the years. "I already knew how to play guitar when I met a lot of them," he explained, "and I had figured out a lot of stuff from their old records. Mainly, they talked to me about how to keep my head together and not run off on some kind of trip."

Deep In The Well



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Oznake: 'Philadelphia' Jerry Ricks, Modern Acoustic Blues

Fabrizio Poggi & Chicken Mambo - Spirit Of Mercy: A Collection

Size: 133,0 MB
Time: 56:45
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Blues Gospel, Harmonica Blues
Label: Ultra Sound Records
Art: Front

01. Mercy (Feat. Garth Hudson) (1:09)
02. You Gotta Move (4:05)
03. Needed Time (Feat. Ponty Bone) (4:36)
04. I'm On My Way (Feat. The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Charlie Masselwhite) (5:32)
05. I Heard The Angels Singin' (Feat. Eric Bibb, Garth Hudson) (4:33)
06. Spiritual (Feat. Debbi Walton) (5:31)
07. Nobody's Faul But Mine (Feat. Rob Paparozzi) (3:34)
08. Glory Glory (Feat. Guy Davis, Augie Meyers) (3:53)
09. The Soul Of A Man (Alternate Take) (5:01)
10. Precious Lord (3:39)
11. Jesus On The Mainline (Feat. Flaco Jimenez) [Alternate Take] (4:41)
12. Amazing Grace (1:13)
13. I Want Jesus To Walk With Me (Feat. Garth Hudson) (3:28)
14. I Shall Be Released (5:43)

Spirit of Mercy is a collection of blues and spiritual songs from the high praised Mercy and Spirit & Freedom albums (now out of print). It includes two alternate takes of Jesus on the mainline and The soul of a man.

Spirit Of Mercy: A Collection



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Oznake: Fabrizio Poggi, Chicken Mambo, Gospel, Harmonica Blues

VA - Chicago Blues: The Chance Era

Size: 164,3+166,0 MB
Time: 69:14+69:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1998
Styles: Chicago Blues, Delta Blues, Memphis Blues
Label: Charly Records
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. John Lee Hooker - Miss Lorraine (3:01)
02. John Lee Hooker - I Love To Boogie (3:10)
03. Little Walter - That's Alright (Ora Nelle Blues) (2:37)
04. Homesick James - Lonesome Old Train (2:52)
05. Homesick James - Williamson Shuffle (2:37)
06. Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - About To Lose My Mind (2:29)
07. Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - My Baby Left Me (2:32)
08. Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - Some Day Little Darling (3:07)
09. Lazy Bill Lucas - She Got Me Walking (3:00)
10. Lazy Bill Lucas - I Had A Dream (2:55)
11. JB Hutto - Price Of Love (2:59)
12. JB Hutto - Pet Cream Man (2:26)
13. JB Hutto - Lovin' You (2:29)
14. Homesick James - Whiskey Headed Woman (2:41)
15. Homesick James - 12th Street Station (2:39)
16. Homesick James - Wartime (2:55)
17. Johnny Williams - Silver Haired Woman (2:40)
18. Johnny Williams - Fat Mouth (2:32)
19. Willie Nix - Nervous Wreck (2:28)
20. Willie Nix - No More Love (2:49)
21. Homesick James - The Woman I Love (My Home Is In Georgia) (2:40)
22. Homesick James - Dirty Rat (2:19)
23. Jimmy Eager - Baby Please Don't Throw Me Down (2:58)
24. Jimmy Eager - I Should Have Loved Her More (2:55)
25. John Lee Hooker - Graveyard Blues (3:12)

CD 2:
01. John Lee Hooker - Road Trouble (2:53)
02. John Lee Hooker - Talkin' Boogie (3:04)
03. Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her (2:26)
04. Homesick James - Homesick (3:04)
05. Homesick James - Williamson Boogie (2:52)
06. Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - Which One Do I Love (Sometimes I Wonder) (2:50)
07. Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - Rhythm Rock Boogie (2:36)
08. Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - Tired Of Being Mistreated (2:26)
09. Willie Nix - Just Can't Stay (2:38)
10. Willie Nix - All By Myself (2:48)
11. Lazy Bill Lucas - My Baby's Gone (2:41)
12. Lazy Bill Lucas - I Can't Eat,can't Sleep (2:44)
13. JB Hutto - Combination Boogie (2:14)
14. JB Hutto - Dim Lights (2:42)
15. JB Hutto - Things Are So Slow (3:04)
16. Homesick James - Johnnie Mae (2:44)
17. Homesick James - Farmer's Blues (3:07)
18. Homesick James - Lonesome Blues (2:46)
19. Sunnyland Slim - Roll,tumble And Slip (I Cried) (3:19)
20. Sunnyland Slim - Train Time (4 O'clock Blues) (3:14)
21. Homesick James - Long Lonesome Day (2:22)
22. Homesick James - Late Hours At Midnight (2:18)
23. JB Hutto - Now She's Gone (3:12)
24. Jimmy Eager - Please Mr. Doctor (2:50)
25. John Lee Hooker - 609 Boogie (2:50)

The opening two or three cuts on this 50-song, 140-minute compilation sound ominously rough and ragged, and I'm not talking about the music, but the sources. But then the quality rights itself, and the rest is above-average quality early Chicago blues. Chance Records was never as big as Chess, though they shared a few artists like John Lee Hooker (as John L. Booker) and Sunnyland Slim (as "Delta Joe") in common, but it managed to get its share of worthwhile blues and R&B records out during its four years of active life. John Lee Hooker opens disc one with a pair of wildly chaotic, raw blues tracks, "Miss Lorraine" and "I Love to Boogie," that were probably recorded in the back of a local record store. A single side by Little Walter dating from 1947, originally cut for Ora Nelle Records and issued by Chance as "Ora Nelle Blues," is another primordial treasure contained on this CD, and the surface noise of these early sides can be forgiven under the circumstances. Arthur "Big Boy Spires" stood to be Chance's answer to Muddy Waters, based on "Some Day Little Darling" and "My Baby Left Me," but the big surprise on these sides is Lazy Bill Lucas, an Arkansas-born bluesman, who attacks his songs (especially "I Had a Dream") with bristling aggressiveness at the piano and the microphone, ably backed by Louis Myers in a searing set of guitar workouts. J.B. Hutto only cut six commercial sides for Chance before vanishing into the relative obscurity of club performances in Chicago, and then re-emerging on the folk-blues revival scene courtesy of Vanguard Records a decade later. The six sides here are worth their weight in gold -- loud, defiant blues that manage to be both raw in sound and smooth in execution, with a crunchy yet dexterous guitar sound and wonderfully expressive vocals -- check out "Lovin' You," maybe the best piece of blues ever cut in Chicago that didn't come from Chess. The 14 cuts by Homesick James (John Williamson Henderson) here represent more of this man's music than almost anyone has heard in 45 years -- he also appears to have been the first artist to actually record for Chance. And lo and behold, Tampa Red also shows up -- sans guitar, alas -- as Jimmy Eager, doing a trio of cuts that outclass much of the rest of his late career output; cut in 1953, they mark the tail end of Red's commercial career as a full-time bluesman, and one only wishes that he, and not Vee Jay Records alumnus L.C. McKinley, were playing the guitar on those cuts, but he was signed to Victor, and they were even less amused than companies like Chess about label-hopping by their artists. ~Review by Bruce Eder

Chicago Blues: The Chance Era CD 1
Chicago Blues: The Chance Era CD 2



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Oznake: Various, Chicago Blues, Delta Blues, Memphis Blues

Blind Willie McTell - Statesboro Blues: Secret History Of Rock 'n' Roll

Styles: Prewar Country Blues, Piedmont Blues, East Coast Blues, Country Blues, Acoustic Blues
Recorded: Oct 18, 1927-Feb 22, 1932
Released: 2003
Label: RCA Victor
File: mp3@160K/s
Size: 57,3 MB
Time: 50:06
Art: Full covers

1. Statesboro Blues - 2:38
2. Mama, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day - 3:06
3. Drive Away Blues - 3:23
4. Loving Talking Blues - 2:39
5. Lonesome Day Blues - 3:17
6. Mama, Let Me Scoop For You - 3:15
7. Love Changing Blues - 3:17
8. Dark Night Blues - 2:55
9. Stole Rider Blues - 3:12
10. Mr McTell Got The Blues - 2:21
11. Three Women Blues - 2:47
12. Rollin' Mama Blues - 3:04
13. Writin' Paper Blues - 3:15
14. Searching The Desert For The Blues - 3:07
15. Teasing Brown - 2:43
16. This is not the Stove to Brown your Bread - 2:33
17. Mr McTell Got the Blues (Take 2) - 2:26

Personnel:
Blind Willie McTell - Guitar, Vocals, Guitar (12 String)
Bethenea & Alfoncy Harris - Vocals (15, 16)
Ruby Glaze - Vocals (11-14)
Willie Shorter - Banjo (15)
Curley Weaver - Guitar (11, 12)


Note: "Statesboro Blues" is the ninth item in the "Secret History Of Rock n' Roll" series, and it presents 17 classic performances by singer/guitarist Blind Willie McTell.
These tracks were recorded between late 1927 through February 1932 for RCA Victor, and while there are other more comprehensive Willie McTell-compilations, this one is a very good starting place for anyone not familiar with the prewar blues master.

McTell was a magnificent guitarist and a fine, expressive singer, and songs like "Writin' Paper Blues", "Stole Rider Blues", "Love Changing Blues", and the classic "Statesboro Blues" are not just among his best singles, they're simply some of the finest, most sophisticated prewar blues singles ever recorded. And the beautiful slide guitar-workout "Mama 't'Ain't Long Fo' Day" is perhaps the most inspired song of the lot, one of the most remarkable blues tunes you'll ever hear, played by a true master of his craft.
This is an excellent appetizer. And no, there aren't two or three guitarists playing, just Blind Willie McTell.

Statesboro Blues: Secret History Of Rock 'n' Roll



• The Blue Rider Trio - Harp, Steel And Guts •
• Mick Martin - Revelator •

Oznake: Blind Willie McTell, Prewar Blues, Piedmont Blues

Archie Edwards - Blues 'n Bones

Styles: Piedmont Blues
Released: 1994
Label: Mapleshade
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 79.4 MB
Time: 51:21
Art: front + back

1. John Henry (Traditional) - 4:16
2. Meet Me in the Bottom (Traditional) - 4:32
3. I Called My Baby Long Distance (Edwards) - 3:34
4. That Won't Do - 3:30
5. My Old Schoolmates (Edwards) - 5:25
6. Hen's Cackle - 2:02
7. Saturday Night Hop - 3:50
8. Baby, Please Gimme a Break - 3:34
9. T for Texas (Blue Yodel N°. 1) (Rodgers) - 3:45
10. Sitting on Top of the World (Chatmon, Vinson) - 4:10
11. Payday - 3:15
12. Take Me Back, Baby - 3:37
13. Little Girl - 5:51

Recorded at Mapleshade Studio, Upper Marlboro, Maryland from April to October, 1989. Includes liner notes by Dr. Barry Lee Pearson.


Personnel:
Archie Edwards - Guitar, Ukulele, Vocals, Voices
Richard "Mr. Bones" Thomas - Bones
Mark Wenner - Harmonica

Notes: Guitarist Archie Edwards, one of the rare blues ukulele players and surviving Piedmont stylists, didn't have an abundance of recordings in print when he stepped to the microphone in 1989 for this session. But the few dates he made had long ago outlined his boisterous style, exuberant manner, and defiant attitude. These qualities help make Blues 'n Bones something more than just a respectful date; it's got a vitality and freshness that are even more apparent when harmonica player Mark Wenner steps forward and provides some youthful energy and enthusiasm, along with the resourceful drumming of Vernell Fournier. The prickly, dry, rhythmically terse sounds Richard Thomas gets from his "bones" are alone worth the price of the platter.
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Blues 'n Bones



• Mr. Matthew James - Worried Blue •
• Blind Willie McTell - Searching The Desert For The Blues •

Oznake: Archie Edwards, Piedmont Blues

VA - Blues, Blues Christmas Vol. 3 (1927-1962)

Size: 116,1+125,7 MB
Time: 49:49+53:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Blues, Country, Gospel, Do-wop, Rockabilly
Label: Document Records
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Lead Belly - Christmas Is Coming (1:04)
02 Rev. J.M. Gates - Gettin' Ready For Christmas Day (2:55)
03 Victoria Spivey - I Ain't Gonna Let You See My Santa Claus (3:00)
04 John Lee Hooker - Blues For Christmas (3:26)
05 Dee Dee Ford - Good Morning Blues (2:33)
06 The Penguins - Jingle Jangle (2:20)
07 Magnolia Five - The Holy Baby (2:37)
08 Fairfield Four - Go Tell It To The Mountain (2:37)
09 Cordell Jackson - Rock And Roll Christmas (2:47)
10 Coy McDaniel & Shorty Warren - Christmas Choo Choo Train (2:31)
11 Davies Sisters - The Christmas Boogie (2:10)
12 Thelma Cooper - I Need A Man (1:49)
13 Jimmy McCracklin - Christmas Time Part 1 (2:19)
14 Bumble Bee Slim - Santa Claus Bring Me A New Woman (2:36)
15 Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordon - Baby Its Cold Outside (2:41)
16 Amos Milburn - Christmas Comes Once A Year (2:23)
17 Freddy King - Christmas Tears (2:46)
18 Jo Poovey - Santa's Helper (1:56)
19 Fiddlin' John Carson - Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over (2:46)
20 Dexter Gordon - Jingle Jangle Jump (2:21)

CD 2:
01 Lightnin' Hopkins - Santa (3:45)
02 Jimmy McCracklin - Christmas Time Part 2 (2:14)
03 Hop Wilson - Merry Christmas Darling (3:07)
04 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy) (3:02)
05 Ozie Ware With Duke Ellington's Hot Five - Santa Claus, Bring My Man Back (2:56)
06 Rev. Rice's Sanctified Singers - Who Do You Call That Wonderful Counsellor (2:45)
07 Spartanburg Famous Four - Go Where I Send Thee (2:24)
08 The Ravens - Silent Night (2:49)
09 The Youngsters - Christmas In Jail (2:03)
10 Jackson Trio - Jingle Bell Hop (2:29)
11 Cordell Jackson - Be-Boppers Christmas (1:58)
12 Vernon Dalhart - Santa Claus That's Me! (2:43)
13 Lil McLintock - Don't Think I'm Santa Claus (3:10)
14 Walter Davis - New Santa Clause (3:03)
15 B.B. King - Christmas Celebration (2:36)
16 The Larks - Christmas To New Year's (2:31)
17 The Five Keys - It's Christmas Time (2:49)
18 Oscar Mclolli & His Honey Jumpers - Dig That Crazy Santa Claus (2:31)
19 Billy Ward & His Domioes - Ringing In A Brand New Year (2:12)
20 Ella Fitzgerald - The Secret Of Christmas (2:44)

You hold in your hands the third volume of Blues, Blues Christmas, our most wide-ranging collection yet, jumping genres from blues, gospel, jazz, rock, doo-wop and country spanning the 1920's through the 1960's, many songs which have not been anthologized before. Now that you have all three volumes, you do of course?, you have hours and hours of music for that next Christmas party, enough music until the eggnog runs out!

Hooray for Christmas!
Christmas comes but once a year, and to me it brings good cheer,
And to everyone, who likes wine and beer
Happy New Year is after that, happy I'll be that is a fact
That is why I like to hear, folks I say that Christmas is here

Those lines were Sung by Bessie Smith when she recorded “At The Christmas Ball” in November 1925 for Columbia which not only kicked off a tradition of Christmas blues songs, hundreds of which have been recorded through the years, but looked back to an older tradition. Most of the pre-war Christmas blues recordings have been collected on our first two anthologies but there are a few leftover gems by Bumble Bee Slim, Victoria Spivey, Lil McClintock and Walter Davis. From the post-war era some fine Christmas blues from Leadbelly, Amos Milburn, B.B. King, Jimmy McCracklin, John Lee Hooker and Thelma Cooper. We hear from a fine contingent from the Lone Star State including Lightnin' Hopkins, Hop Wilson and Freddy King. We turn our attention to the religious side with selections by Rev. JM Gates, Rev. D.C. Rice, Magnolia Five, The Fairfield Four and the Spartanburg Famous Four.
Jumping across the tracks we spotlight some fine country and rockabilly performers including Joe Poovey, Cordell Jackson, Fiddling' John Carson, Coy McDaniel & Shorty Warren, the Davis Sisters and Vernon Dalhart. If you're talking about country, real country music, the first of what we know today as "country music" was broadcast by radio and recorded for phonograph by Fiddlin' John Carson. We bring you a batch of Christmas vocal group numbers I know all too well by the Penguins, The Ravens, The Five Keys, The Larks, Billy Ward and His Dominoes, The Youngsters and The Jackson Trio. In the late 1940's, early 1950's the clear delineation between blues, R&B and vocal group music got a little fuzzy with groups becoming harder to classify, eventually morphing into rock and roll. From that era we feature holiday platters by Dee Dee Ford and Oscar McLolli. We jump to the jazz side of the street with selections by Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan, the Wardell Gray/Dexter Gordon Quintet and a pair by Duke Ellington.

Merry Xmas to all

Blues, Blues Christmas Vol. 3 1927-1962



• VA - Blues, Blues Christmas Vol. 2 (1926-1958) •
• VA - Blues Blues Christmas Vol. 1 (1925-1955) •

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Oznake: Various

Jorma Kaukonen - Christmas

Styles: Folk-Rock
Label: Relix
Released: 1996
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 105,6 MB
Time: 44:02
Art: front

1. Downhill Sleigh Ride - 3:35
2. Christmas Rule - 4:01
3. What Child Is This - 2:58
4. Christmas Blues - 4:37
5. Journey Of The Three Wise Men - 4:37
6. Baby Boy - 3:47
7. You're Still Standing - 3:28
8. Silent Night - 4:53
9. Holiday Marmalade - 11:40
10. Holiday Segue - 0:19


Notes: Christmas With Jorma Kaukonen is a collection of folk-rock Christmas songs written and performed by Kaukonen and his musical partner Michael Falzarano. These original numbers should appeal to Kaukonen's fans, but may also extend past that to other folk-rock listeners. Curious buyers may want to take a chance on this album, few Christmas albums contain as many original songs as this one does.

Christmas



• John Hiatt - Crossing Muddy Waters •
• Michael Hakanson-Stacy - Bottle On My Finger ...Blues To My Shoes •

Oznake: Jorma Kaukonen, folk-rock

Memphis Minnie - Queen Of The Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 50:02
Size: 114.5 MB
Styles: Chicago blues, Memphis blues
Year: 1997
Art: Front

[3:08] 1. When the levee breaks
[3:06] 2. Joliet Bound
[3:07] 3. He's In The Ring (Doing The Same Old Thing)
[2:48] 4. Joe Louis Strut
[2:58] 5. New Orleans Stop Time
[2:49] 6. Blues Everywhere
[2:54] 7. Please Don't Stop Him
[2:43] 8. Has Anyone Seen My Man
[2:47] 9. I'd Rather See Him Dead
[2:22] 10. Call The Fire Wagon
[2:28] 11. Bad Outside Friends
[2:50] 12. Lonsome Shack
[2:32] 13. Pig Meat On The Line
[2:35] 14. Looking the world over
[2:41] 15. When You Love Me
[2:37] 16. Love Come And Go
[2:57] 17. Fashion Plate Daddy
[2:29] 18. Killer diller blues


Eighteen stellar selections recorded between 1929 and 1946 that clearly show what a potent musical force this woman truly was. Working with second and third husbands Kansas Joe McCoy and Ernest "Little Son Joe" Lawlars, this was a prime period for Minnie's creativity, going from the lowdown blues of "Has Anyone Seen My Man?" to the celebratory novelty of "Joe Louis Strut." Three of the tracks here ("Fashion Plate Daddy," "Killer Diller Blues" and "Please Don't Stop Him") are previously unissued, and the disc transfers are clean and sharp throughout. This perfect little primer set also includes the original version of "When the Levee Breaks," later recorded and partially credited to Led Zeppelin. ~Cub Koda

Queen Of The Blues

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Oznake: Memphis Minnie, Chicago Blues, Memphis Blues

Moreland, Arbuckle & Floyd - Floyd's Market

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 48:12
Size: 110.4 MB
Styles: Acoustic/electric blues
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[4:39] 1. Locomotive
[4:59] 2. Long Past Midnight
[4:37] 3. Fo'
[2:54] 4. Place To Be
[1:37] 5. Unsung
[4:56] 6. So Low
[5:26] 7. Meet Me In The City
[3:45] 8. Variations On Juke
[3:46] 9. Future Blues
[3:39] 10. Date With The Devil
[3:57] 11. Long Way Home
[3:52] 12. Meltdown


Second record release from Moreland, Arbuckle & Floyd. Their debut effort "Caney Valley Blues (2005)" was hailed around the globe as an instant success.

"Floyd's Market" finds this trio in the hottest shape to date. Strong songwriting, immpeccable taste, grooves galore and several superb special guests make this record a must for the blues enthusiast. "Floyd's Market" is primarily an electric record with focus on the group's authentic and persuasive Mississippi blues stylings. Nevertheless, listeners have been delighted to enjoy several acoustic tracks.. keeping the spirit alive in both realms.

One of the very few blues acts out there able to fully grasp electric AND acoustic blues.

Floyd's Market

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Oznake: Acoustic Blues, Moreland Arbuckle & Floyd

Memphis Sheiks - Diamond In The Bluff

Styles: Country Blues, Acoustic Blues
Released: 1995
Label: Inside Sounds
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 96.2 MB
Time: 42:01
Art: full

1. Send Me An Angel Down - 3:47
2. I Watch My Stuff - 3:15
3. Memories - 3:07
4. Head To My Shoes - 4:30
5. Mr. Crump Don't Like It - 3:56
6. Don't Feel Like Talkin' Today - 4:30
7. Cheese 'N Eggs - 5:13
8. 21st Century Blues Man - 2:55
9. Tons Of Love - 2:19
10. Land Of Make Believe - 3:43
11. Diamond In The Bluff - 4:42

Personnel:
Robert Nighthawk II - Harmonica, Organ, Piano
Delta Joe Sanders - Guitar, Vocals
Richard James Hite - Bass
Daren Doltin - Drums

Notes: Delta Joe Sanders grew up on Glover Plantation in Desoto County, Mississippi. His father ran the 10,000 acre peration where the family lived and at an early age, Joe developed a kinship with the help, who also lived on the plantation.
"My first [musical] influence was the farm help playing the blues. When I was about ten I remember one day out walking in the cold. I came upon one of the houses on the plantation. They invited me in to get warm. The kitchen was smelling right. Everyone was sitting around the table."
His lyrics, often deceptively simple, range from humourous anectdotes of love-gone-wrong to insightful reflections of the struggle to survive in a fast pace world far removed from the earthiness of the Mississippi Delta. Joe describes his songwriting this way: "A song starts working on me, sort of how pearls are made. They just start agitating. . . "
In 1980, Joe began playing professionallly in a country band in Mississippi. It was only a matter of time before he decided to follow his heart and get back to the blues. For most of the 80's he played solo gigs in Memphis, where he resided until his father's death while Joe wa in high school. Knowing the difficulty of finding musicians dedicated to traditional delta blues, Joe was content to play acoustic solo gigs until one night in 1991 when Robert Nighthawk II asked to sit in on harmonica. The chemistry between the bluesman was so strong that they have been playing together ever since. A high profile musician in the Memphis blues scene, Robert Nighthawk II has fronted The Wampus Cats since forming the band in 1978. Having recorded at Inside Sounds with The Wampus Cats, Robert invited Joe to the studio in 1993 to cut a few tracks. The result was Slow-Cooked Pig Meat, the debut recording of The Memphis Sheiks. Two more CD's are already near completion and scheduled for release in 1995. The Memphis Sheiks are on a mission: when Robert Nighthawk II is heard saying (as he often does) "let's go forth and make a joyful noise," he's not just whistling Dixie

Diamond In The Bluff



• Eugene Powell - Blues At Home 3 •
• Robert Wilkins - The Original Rolling Stone •

Oznake: Memphis Sheiks, Country Blues, Acoustic Blues

Rag Mama Rag - Shake It One More Time

Styles: Country Blues
Released: 2005
Label: Independent
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 126.7 MB
Time: 55:20
Art: full

1. Traveling Hobo's Blues - 3:50
2. You Can`t Get The Stuff No More - 2:40
3. In The Pines - 4:09
4. It Hurts Me To - 3:08
5. Let`s Get Drunk Again - 3:44
6. Shake It One More Time - 2:22
7. Sitting On Top Of The World - 4:11
8. Waiting For My Girl To Call - 3:37
9. She Moved Through The Fair - 2:23
10. Can`t Make Somebody Love You - 4:41
11. Canicule Blues - 3:33
12. Your Cheatin` Heart - 4:09
13. Swim Against The Tide - 3:56
14. Twelve Gates To The City - 2:23
15. Beggar's Waltz - 2:59
16. Shake Shake Mama (Cherry Ball) - 3:26


Personnel:
Ashley Dow (Henderson Acoustic Guitar, National & Dobro Resonator, Bottleneck Guitars, Weissenborn Acoustic Lap Steel, Ukulele, Vocals)
Deborah Dow (Harmonica, Washboard, Percussion, Backing Vocals)

Notes: Formed in 1991, the English duo Rag Mama Rag have slowly and consistently built up their reputation as one of Europe’s finest Country Blues acts, making use of an interesting and wide range of instruments.
Rag Mama Rag create an exceptionally full and hard driving rhythmic sound which soon has audiences feet tapping. Their repertoire is 20's and 30's Blues based, but extremely varied, encompassing Mississippi Blues, East Coast Ragtime sounds, early White Country tunes, Original Compositions, and many other regional styles of the 20's and 30's period.
Touring non stop in Europe during the last ten years Rag Mama Rag have clocked up well over 2000 concerts and have played at many major festivals in France, Belgium and Germany.
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Shake It One More Time



• Little Miss Higgins - Live: Two Nights In March •
• Sam Chatmon - Blues At Home 2 •

Oznake: England, Country Blues, Rag Mama Rag

David 'Honeyboy' Edwards - I've Been Around

Styles: Delta Blues
Released: 2000
Label: 32 Blues
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 113.3 MB
Time: 49:29
Art: full

1. Pony Blues - 2:38
2. Sad & Lonesome - 4:56
3. Hambone Blues - 3:18
4. Ride With Me Tonight - 3:44
5. I'm A Country Man - 4:22
6. Banty Rooster - 2:38
7. Take Me In Your Arms - 2:45
8. You're Gonna Miss Me - 3:31
9. I Feel So Good Today - 4:05
10. Things Have Changed - 2:52
11. Big Fat Mama - 3:33
12. Eyes Full Of Tears - 3:50
13. The Woman I'm Loving - 3:55
14. Big Road Blues - 3:14


Personnel:
David 'Honeyboy' Edwards (vocals, guitar, harmonica)
Eddie El (guitar)
Walter Horton (harmonica)

Notes: This fine solo project features Edwards recorded down in Bruce Iglauer's cellar in 1974. On "Sad & Lonesome," "Take Me in Your Arms," "I Feel So Good Today," and "Big Road Blues," Edwards is backed by Big Walter Horton on amplified harmonica while Honeyboy plays electric guitar. On "Ride With Me Tonight," "Things Have Changed," and "The Woman I'm Loving," Honeyboy's idiosyncratic timing is helped out by the addition of Eddie El on second guitar. A very solid session by this seldom-recorded artist. ~ Cub Koda
Recorded at Gator Basement Studios, Chicago, Illinois between 1974 and 1977. Originally released on Trix (3319). Includes liner notes by Pete Lowry, Amy O'Neal and Steve Schoen.

I've Been Around



• Son House & J.D. Short - Blues From The Mississippi Delta •
• Dead Shrimp - Dead Shrimp •

Oznake: David 'Honeyboy' Edwards, Delta Blues

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



• Harlem Slim - Delta Blues & Piedmont Ragtime •
• Mick Martin - Revelator •

Oznake: Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, John Jackson, Piedmont Blues, Prewar Blues

The Blue Rider Trio - Harp, Steel And Guts

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 47:15
Size: 108.2 MB
Styles: Country blues, Delta blues, Piedmont blues
Year: 2000/2010
Art: Front

[2:42] 1. Salty Dog
[4:02] 2. Easy Rider
[3:43] 3. Last Fair Deal Goin' Down
[4:22] 4. Death Have No Mercy In This Land
[4:29] 5. Ride Till I Die
[3:34] 6. Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
[3:05] 7. Black Betty
[4:13] 8. Stagolee
[5:06] 9. Sweet Home Kokomo
[3:50] 10. Silver City Bound
[2:26] 11. Long Tall Momma
[2:47] 12. See See Rider
[2:49] 13. Diddy Wa Diddy


Mix in a few measures of folk country blues with Georgia red clay with an occasional rock rhythm and you have the Blue Rider Trio's first album in nine years. They have come a long way, showing greater confidence and ease with the music. They're tough when they have to be, and tender, too. The program is a conglomerate of traditional tunes mixed in with original material. All of them are handled by the rough, down-to-earth voice of Ben Andrews. He also employs a mournful howl from time to time for emphasis. The traditional material is delivered with imagination and given new character. Don't think of Ray Charles as you listen to Andrews do "See See Rider." The version here has an almost Western country gait to it rather than the mournful blues feeling often heard with this tune. A favorite of New Orleans jazz musicians, "Make Me a Down Pallett" takes on a different meaning when done with that good old country boy feel to it. There can be a lot of fun in the blues, which seems to be a contradiction in terms. But the bouncy "Diddy Wa Diddy" is just that -- a good time. There seems to be stronger story telling ingredients than in the traditional blues as in Andrews' vocal recitation of the downfall of the mean "Stagolee." The entire proceeding is bounded by Andrews' hard-sounding steel guitar and Mark Wenner's crying harmonica weaving in, out, and around the melody. English piano player Larry Willis sits in with the group for three cuts. His piano takes the edge off some of the trio's roughness. Eight years is a long time to wait for a second album. But here the hanging in there was worth it. Recommended. ~Dave Nathan

Harp, Steel And Guts

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Oznake: Blue Rider Trio, Country Blues, Delta Blues, Piedmont Blues

Big Joe Williams - Walking Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 74:42
Size: 171.0 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues, Delta blues, Pre-war blues
Year: 1961/1992/2007
Art: Front

[5:05] 1. Levee Camp Blues
[2:56] 2. Low Down Dirty Shame
[4:45] 3. Gambling Man
[2:13] 4. Ain't Gonna Rain No More
[4:02] 5. Feel So Good
[3:35] 6. Prowling Ground Hog
[3:23] 7. Back Home Again
[4:10] 8. Sugar Babe
[3:01] 9. Tell Me Mama
[3:14] 10. Studio Blues
[3:01] 11. I'm A Fool About My Baby
[2:42] 12. 38 Pistol Blues
[2:42] 13. Pearly Mae
[2:41] 14. Walking Blues
[4:13] 15. Highway 45
[3:29] 16. Meet Me At The Bottom
[2:54] 17. Skinny Mama
[2:50] 18. Jockey Ride Blues
[3:22] 19. Coal And Iceman Blues
[3:08] 20. Army Man Blues
[4:09] 21. Black Gal You're Sure Looking Warm
[2:58] 22. Pallet On The Floor


Unless you are a serious blues historian or blues aficionado, this 22-track collection of tracks by Big Joe Williams is all you are ever going to need. All of these tunes were recorded in New York on October 7, 1961, and issued as two separate LPs on Prestige's Bluesville imprint. The first ten tracks here were released as Studio Blues (catalog number 1083) and the rest as Blues for 9 Strings (catalog number 1056). Right, they are presented here in reverse release order, but they were all recorded during the same session. Williams is accompanied throughout by Willie Dixon on bass and Larry Johnson on harmonica. Williams plays his trademark nine-string guitar with its wild tuning on all but three tunes here. All of his well-known numbers are presented, though they are obviously later dates, but they lack no passion or proficiency given that this was the real beginning of the blues revival on this side of the Atlantic. The folk revival had not yet begun to wane, and many young men were heading for the East Coast in station wagons to find the bluesmen they had heard on either Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music or similar recordings. Williams and his friends show incredible stamina in running through these songs, and producer Kenneth S. Goldstein does a great job of presenting them raw and rugged. This is a party record if there ever was one. ~Thom Jurek

Walking Blues

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Oznake: Big Joe Williams, Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues, Prewar Blues

Carolina Chocolate Drops - Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind

Styles: Neo-Traditional Country, Contemporary Country, String Bands, Jug Band, Neo-Traditional Folk
Label: Music Maker
Released: 2007
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 109.7 MB
Time: 47:55
Art: front

1. Starry Crown - 2:57
2. Dona Got a Ramblin' Mind - 2:47
3. Rickett's Hornpipe - 2:34
4. Ol' Corn Likker - 4:10
5. Little Sadie - 3:36
6. Little Margaret - 2:06
7. Dixie - 1:41
8. Black Annie - 3:15
9. Tom Dula - 3:29
10. Georgie Buck - 3:01
11. Old Cat Died - 2:29
12. Another Man Done Gone - 2:15
13. Black-Eyed Daisy - 3:58
14. Short Life of Trouble - 2:47
15. Sally Ann - 3:19
16. Sourwood Mountain - 3:21


Personnel:
Rhiannon Giddens - fiddle, banjo
Dom Flemons- guitar, jug, harmonica, percussion, banjo
Justin Robinson - fiddle
and
Sule Greg Wilson - percussion

Notes: Some 80 years after its initial era, traditional string-band/jug-band folk music of the kind played by Gid Tanner and Uncle Eck Dunford in the 1920s and '30s was a rarity in itself, but the fact that the Carolina Chocolate Drops are young African-Americans rather than aged Caucasians makes them stand out even more. The trio employs fiddle, acoustic guitar, banjo, and--yes--jug, for a sound that's full of reverence for first-generation string-band music but breathes with plenty of sonic vitality. Unsurprisingly, there are traditional tunes aplenty on the band's debut album, DONA GOT A RAMBLIN' MIND, and the Chocolate Drops tear into them with the same reckless abandon that made their musical heroes' music so immediately appealing so many years earlier.

Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind



• The 2nd South Carolina String Band - Southern Soldier: Favorite Camp Songs of the Civil War •
• Old Crow Medicine Show - Carry Me Back •

Oznake: Carolina Chocolate Drops, Contemporary Country, String Bands, Jug Band, Contemporary Folk

Colin James - National Steel

Styles:Modern Acoustic Blues, Contemporary Blues
Released:Jun 30, 1998
Label:WEA
File:flac i mp3 @160kbps
Size:58.6 MB?
Time:50:51

1. Shout Baby Shout (Rachell) - 3:16
2. Rollin' Stone (Waters) - 3:23
3. National Steel (Burgess, James, Ward) - 4:54
4. These Arms of Mine (Redding) - 4:43
5. Going up to the Country (Mahal) - 4:10
6. Fixin' to Die (White) - 4:28
7. Somebody Have Mercy (Cooke) - 3:32
8. Postman's Sack (Bradshaw) - 1:41
9. Please Baby (Chatmon) - 3:41
10. Ride and Roll (McGhee) - 2:39
11. I Live the Life I Love (Dixon) - 3:41
12. My Mind Is on Vacation (Allison) - 3:35
13. Before the Dawn (Linden) - 4:26
14. Kind-Hearted Woman (Johnson) - 2:40


Personnel:
Norm Fisher - Bass
Colin James - Mandolin, Pedal Steel, Vocals, Slide Guitar
Colin Linden - Guitar (Acoustic), Mandolin, Producer, Slide Guitar
Campbell Ryga - Sax
Johnny Ferriera - Sax


Notes: Colin James is somewhat of a chameleon. He has released everything from swing-blues to pop to R&B.
On this CD, James, in my opinion, is at his best. He is joined for this all acoustic session by his friend and fellow canadian, Colin Linden ("Through the Storm" and "Raised By Wolves").
The song selections are good, mixing some originals with the tunes of Yank Rachell, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Robert Johnson and even soul man Sam Cooke. Together, both Colins' guitar playing is excellent and their vocals harmonize and blend well.
To date, this is my favorite Colin James CD. If you are looking for some good acoustic playing, this CD should meet your needs. ~ deepbluereview

National Steel



• Taj Mahal - Recycling The Blues & Other Related Stuff •
• Mountain Men - Hope •

Oznake: Colin James, Modern Acoustic Blues, Contemporary Blues

The Blues Preachers - Next Stop Beulah Land

Styles: Acoustic Blues, Prewar Blues, Rag
Label: Independent
Released: 2007
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 150,5 MB
Time: 54:08
Art: front

1. Daniel - 3:52
2. Wabash Rag - 3:15
3. Louis Collins - 2:43
4. Sittin' On Top Of The World - 4:16
5. Saint James Infirmary - 5:41
6. Plant The Seed - 3:29
7. Goin' Up The Country - 3:58
8. Nobody's Fault But Mine - 7:03
9. Trimmed & Burning - 3:58
10. Trouble - 3:56
11. Chump Man Blues - 3:53
12. Mystery Train - 3:16
13. Prodigal Son - 4:41


Notes: The Blues Preachers began their traditional Delta/country blues journey in the early 1990s. A highlight of the project was their performance at the Byron Bay Blues Festival in 1993, which was featured on ABC TVs Blue Moon Over Byron.
The Blues Preachers will take you to another place & time, somewhere between 1920 & 1940. Their music paints a landscape of pre-war struggle & determination with sounds reminiscent of the Deep South.
The Blues Preachers perform blues, rags, gospel & hillbilly folk music. The powerful simplicity of driving finger style guitar, slide guitar & harmonica combined with old school vocal harmonies create a traditional un-tarnished sound that will have you on the edge of your seats.
The Blues Preachers will make you dance with their joyful country and ragtime blues and send a shiver up your spine with their atmospheric feels which echo & pay homage to the sacred sounds of early artists such as Blind Willie Johnson.
The Preachers are: Brother John on guitar, banjo and vocals, and Captain Bluetongue on harmonica, mountain dulcimer and vocals.
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Next Stop Beulah Land



• Funny Papa Smith - The Original Howling Wolf, 1930-1931 •
• Tommy McClennan - I'm a Guitar King 1939-42 •

Oznake: The Blues Preachers, Acoustic Blues, Prewar Blues, Rag, australia

Bex Marshall - Kitchen Table

Styles: Contemporary blues-country, Roots
Label: House of Mercy
Released: 2008
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 83,5 MB
Time: 36:29
Art: full

 1. Kitchen Table - 3:53
 2. Red Light - 2:32
 3. Hot Headed Man - 3:24
 4. Black Curtain - 3:53
 5. Stand Up - 4:40
 6. Here Is My Heart - 4:29
 7. Little Bird - 3:36
 8. Bad Bad Girl - 3:29
 9. Too Much Rock & Roll - 3:14
10. Head In The Clouds - 3:13


Personnel:
Bex Marshall (vocals)
Don Wayne Reno (banjo)
Dale Reno (mandolin)
Josh Hillman (violin)
Seymour Milton (piano, keyboards)
Barry Payne (bass guitar)
Gary Johnston (drums)

Recording information:
Boogieback Studios, North London, England (2007)
Deluxe Studios, North London, England (2007)
House Of Mercy, North London, England (2007).

Notes: This is a superb collection of 10 self penned tracks. Its blues with a country and folk tinge and is a very authentic and well crafted set of songs. Marshall has been likened to a range of different artists including Janis Joplin and Maggie Bell for her vocal prowess and Ry Cooder, Bonnie Raitt, Lowell George and Rory Gallagher for her guitar playing amongst others.
Kitchen Table is Bex's second UK album and her first international release, yet she sounds so assured in her guitar playing, vocals and her song writing.
The two guitars that Marshall plays on the album are her 1973 Gibson Hummingbird and 2006 Ozark resonator with often a slide on her little finger. The title track is the opener and is an upbeat number featuring Bex on both electric and acoustic guitar and lyrically it is a call for the return of the kitchen table as the traditional meeting place of the family - no TV dinners on this album! Red Light is a slow acoustic delta blues song, just Bex and her guitar. Hot Headed Man starts slow but becomes a frantically paced slide guitar number, in which she is backed with Don and Dale Reno from the band Hayseed Dixie. The song is about a man and too much whisky! The same drink is mentioned in Black Guitar, but this is a very different type of song, and it's a stunner. A tale of a man in a failed relationship - "every night he drinks whatever he can afford, he takes a black guitar ... plays it for the Lord".
Musically it is superb with Marshall's haunting slide guitar.
A far more lyrically positive song is the playful Bad Bad Girl, while Little Bird is a standout track where she speaks of the emotion of letting someone go, from the initial sadness of the lyrics comes quite an uplifting feeling. Stand Up combines gospel with blues, while Here Is My Heart is extremely soulful. Too Much Rock n Roll is where the likeness to Rory Gallagher is most apparent and lyrically it refers to the self inflicted passing of a friend.
Simon J Alpin produced the album with Bex and he adds some mandolin to Head in the Clouds the closing and most commercial track on the album. Highly recommended!

Kitchen Table (Mirrorcreator)
Kitchen Table (Ziddu)



• Steve Howell & The Mighty Men - Yes, I Believe I Will •
• Tracy Nelson - The Best Of Tracy Nelson/Mother Earth •

Oznake: Bex Marshall, Acoustic Blues, Roots, England

VA - Blues, Blues Christmas Vol. 2 (1926-1958)

Size: 147,0+146,5 MB
Time: 61:33+61:19
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2009
Styles: Various
Label: Document Records
Art: Front

CD 1:
01 Lloyd Glenn - (Christmas) Sleigh Ride (1:51)
02 Blind Lemon Jefferson - Christmas Eve Blues (2:55)
03 Heavenly Gospel Singers - When Was Jesus Born (3:13)
04 The Voices - Santa Clause Boogie (2:38)
05 Lightnin' Hopkins - Merry Christmas (2:34)
06 The Moonglows - Hey Santa Claus (2:22)
07 Lowell Fulson - Lonesome Christmas, Pt. 1 (2:27)
08 Blind Blake - Lonesome Christmas Blues (3:42)
09 Mickey Champion & The Nic Nacs - Gonna Have A Merry Xmas (2:57)
10 Reverend Charles Watkins - Christmas Morn' (2:44)
11 Jesse Thomas - Xmas Celebration (2:33)
12 Leo Watson - Jingle Bells (2:37)
13 Cecil Grant - It's Christmas Time Again (2:47)
14 The Pilgrim Travellers - I'll Be Home For Chrismas (2:29)
15 Reverend Emmett Dickinson - Christmas, What Does It Mean To You (2:51)
16 Lucy Smith Jubilee Singers - There Was No Room At The Hotel (3:02)
17 Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Silent Night, Holy Night (2:36)
18 Lil' Son Jackson - New Year's Resolution (3:03)
19 Charley Jordan & Verdi Lee - Christmas Tree Blues (2:56)
20 Lionel Hampton - Merry Christmas Baby (3:19)
21 Bubber Johnson - It's Christmas Time (3:05)
22 Chuck Berry - Run Rudolph Run (2:42)

CD 2:
01 Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers - God Gave Us Christmas (3:13)
02 Lowell Fulson - Good Party Shuffle (Christmas Party Shuffle) (2:50)
03 Lester Williams - Winter Time Blues (2:33)
04 The Marshall Brothers - Mr. Santa Boogie (2:29)
05 Wings Over Jordan - Sweet Little Jesus Boy (3:11)
06 Fats Waller - Swingin' Them Jingle Bells (2:59)
07 Lucy Smith Jubilee Singers - Seeking For Me (2:48)
08 Smokey Hogg - My Christmas Baby (2:21)
09 Gatemouth Moore - Christmas Blues (2:50)
10 The Orioles - Oh Holy Night (2:07)
11 Alphabetical Four - Go Where I Send Thee (2:42)
12 Mary Harris - No Chrsitmas Blues (3:03)
13 Little Willie Littlefield - Merry Xmas (2:53)
14 Reverend A.W. Nix - Begin A New Life On Christmas Day, Pt. 1 (3:04)
15 Casey Bill Weldon - Christmas Time Blues (2:39)
16 Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - Merry Christmas Baby (2:41)
17 Sister Rosetta Tharpe - When They Ring The Golden Bell (2:29)
18 Elkins-Payne Jubilee Singers - Silent Night Holy Night (3:00)
19 Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly - Christmas Time Blues (2:46)
20 The Voices - Santa Claus Baby (2:27)
21 Chuck Berry - Merry Christmas Baby (3:12)
22 The Orioles - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve (2:52)

The idea of Christmas themed blues and gospel numbers stretches back to the very dawn of the recorded genres. "Hooray for Christmas" es Bessie Smith to kick off her soon to be classic "At The Christmas Ball" , which inaugurated the Christmas blues tradition when it was recorded in November 1925 for Columbia. A year later, circa December 1926, the gospel Christmas tradition was launched when the Elkins-Payne Jubilee Singers recorded Silent Night, Holy Nightť for Paramount Records. After these recordings it was off to the races with numerous Christmas blues numbers recorded by singers of all stripes, a pace that continued as blues evolved into R&B and then rock and roll. For some reason there are far fewer gospel Christmas songs although there were plenty of Christmas sermons in the 1920s and 1930s when recorded sermons rivalled blues in popularity among black audiences.

Going hand in hand with Christmas is quite a number of New Year songs, a good vehicle for juxtaposing the problems of the past year with the glimmer of hope that the upcoming year will bring better fortune. Whether these artists sung these numbers as part of their regular repertoire is unclear but it is almost certainly the case that many of these songs were recorded at the prompting of the record companies. Like any business they were always looking for a new angle or gimmick to sell records and advertised these boldly, often with full-page ads, in black newspapers like the Chicago Defender.

Perhaps you think this is a bit cynical but then you probably still believe in Santa Clause and good will towards men! Well, sit back, tip a glass of holiday cheer and enjoy our survey of Yuletide classics spanning the 1920s through the 1950s, a simpler, more wholesome time!

Blues, Blues Christmas Vol. 2 1926-1958 CD 1
Blues, Blues Christmas Vol. 2 1926-1958 CD 2



• VA - Blues Blues Christmas Vol. 1 (1925-1955) •
• Various Artists - Fonotone Records 1956-1969 (5 Disc Box set) •

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Oznake: Various

Old Crow Medicine Show - Old Crow Medicine Show

Styles: Jug Bands, String Bands, Neo-Traditional Folk, Contemporary Folk
Label: Nettwerk Records
Released: 2004
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 83,7 MB
Time: 36:17
Art: front

1. Tell It To Me - 2:48
2. Big Time In The Jungle - 2:50
3. Poor Man - 3:35
4. Tear It Down - 2:11
5. Hard To Love - 2:30
6. CC Rider - 3:50
7. Trials & Troubles - 2:57
8. Hard To Tell - 3:15
9. Take 'Em Away - 3:35
10. We're All In This Together - 4:51
11. Wagon Wheel - 3:52

Personnel:
Critter Fuqua - Banjo, Guitar, Vocals, Bottleneck Guitar
Kevin Hayes - Guitar
Morgan Jahnig - Bass (Upright)
Ketcham Secor - Banjo, Fiddle, Harmonica, Vocals
Willie Watson - Banjo, Guitar, Vocals
and
David Rawlings - Guitar, Producer
Gillian Welch - Drums


Notes: Old Crow Medicine Show is an all-acoustic quintet from four states whose members met in New York City and currently reside in Nash Vegas. Their storied beginnings include a North American cross-continent ramble while they learned their instruments and how to play together, eventually ending up playing on the street in front of the Grand Ole Opry before being asked to the stage some weeks later. Their self-titled debut album is equal parts Woody Guthrie's dust bowl weariness and Cisco Houston's rambling code of the road, Phil Ochs' view of a passing America, the Kingston Trio's wide-eyed enthusiastic earnestness, the New Christy Minstrels' sense of community, Doc and Merle Watson's home-grown blues as informed by Bill Monroe, Beat Generation lamentations, forlorn 1960s idealism, and the musical mindset that fueled America's original folk revival from the 1950s as it moved toward rockabilly. In other words, this record is informed by ghosts but executed in flesh, blood, sweat, and laughter. Whether the tunes are covers from antiquity ("CC Rider," "Poor Man," "Tell It to Me") or originals by fiddler and vocalist Ketch Secor and his songwriting and singing partner, Willie Watson ("Trials & Troubles," "Hard to Tell," "We're in This Together"), the feel is the same: passion, humor, and relentless drive to get to the heart of the tune and put it across. There is so much enthusiasm here, so much willingness and fire, that it would be hard to do anything but want to sing along. Thoroughly enjoyable, wonderfully raw and sinewy, Old Crow Medicine Show may be evoking the sounds of the old string bands, but they do it with a crackling rock & roll energy. ~ Thom Jurek

O.C.M.S.



• Abbie Gardner - Hope •
• Jeff Lang - Half Seas Over •

Oznake: Old Crow Medicine Show, Jug Band, String Bands, Contemporary Folk

Bukka White - The Complete Bukka White

Styles: Pre-War Blues, Country Blues, Delta Blues
Label: Legacy
Released: 1994
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 89,7 MB
Time: 39:10
Art: full

1. Pinebluff, Arkansas - 2:48
2. Shake' Em On Down - 3:01
3. Black Train Blues - 2:58
4. Strange Place Blues - 2:53
5. When Can I Change My Clothes? - 2:59
6. Sleepy Man Blues - 2:52
7. Parchman Farm Blues - 2:39
8. Good Gin Blues - 2:23
9. High Fever Blues - 2:51
10. District Attorney Blues - 2:42
11. Fixin' To Die Blues - 2:49
12. Aberdeen Mississippi Blues - 2:35
13. Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - 2:39
14. Special Streamline - 2:57


Notes: Here it is all in one place, all 14 of Bukka White's legendary Vocalion recordings. Kicking off with his lone 1937 single of "Pinebluff, Arkansas" and "Shake "Em on Down," the set continues with the marathon 12-song session from 1940 which produced such classics as "Sleepy Man Blues," "Parchman Farm Blues," "Fixin' to Die Blues," and "Bukka's Jitterbug Swing." This is personal blues, hitting on a number of subjects usually too stark for blues lyrics, but all on open-wound display here. Powerful stuff, indeed.

The Complete Bukka White



• Lonnie Johnson & Elmer Snowden - Blues And Ballads •
• Gus Cannon - Jug Band Blues Essentials •

Oznake: Bukka White, Prewar Blues, Country Blues, Delta Blues

David Graybeard - One More Shot Of The Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 34:45
Size: 79.6 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues, Roots
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[2:48] 1. Walking Away
[3:29] 2. Sweet Roll
[2:24] 3. Bushwhacking
[3:16] 4. Just One
[2:58] 5. Tweet That
[3:27] 6. Tossing And Turning
[3:46] 7. One More Shot
[2:33] 8. Up Time Blues
[1:49] 9. Not So Blues
[3:37] 10. Little Bit Of Heaven
[2:28] 11. One More New Years
[2:05] 12. Take Me Mama

Oznake: David Graybeard, Acoustic Blues, Roots

Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 35:03
Size: 80.2 MB
Styles: Folk, Country, Appalachian
Year: 1989
Art: Front

[1:41] 1. Wilson rag
[2:46] 2. Freight train
[2:12] 3. Going down the road feeling bad
[1:14] 4. I don't love nobody
[0:57] 5. Ain't got no honey baby now
[2:33] 6. Graduation march
[2:15] 7. Honey baby your papa cares for you
[2:11] 8. Vastopol
[3:49] 9. Here old rattler here / Sent for my fiddle sent for my bow (Sent for my fiddle sent for my son) / Georgia Buck
[2:19] 10. Run...run / Mama your son done gone
[3:03] 11. Sweet bye and bye / What a friend we have in Jesus
[4:43] 12. Oh babe it ain't no lie
[2:51] 13. Spanish Flang Dang
[2:23] 14. When I get home

Bukka White - The Sonet Blues Story

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 41:36
Size: 95.3 MB
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[4:09] 1. Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
[4:47] 2. Baby Please Don't Go
[3:42] 3. New Orleans Streamline
[2:52] 4. Parchman Farm Blues
[2:19] 5. Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home
[3:51] 6. Remembrance Of Charlie Patton
[3:29] 7. Shake 'em On Down
[3:41] 8. I Am In The Heavenly Way
[5:52] 9. The Atlanta Special
[3:50] 10. Drunk Man Blues
[3:00] 11. Army Blues


Booker White (his name was misspelled on the label for Shake 'Em on Down when it was issued on Vocalion in 1937, and it stuck) turned his vigorous guitar style, heavy voice, and considerable songwriting abilities into 20 classic blues tracks between 1930 and 1940. Then, following a last session for Vocalion in 1940 when he recorded the striking and passionate group of songs on which his reputation rests (including the ultimately revelatory "Aberdeen Mississippi Blues"), White effectively dropped off the public radar. Until 1963, that is, when graduate students and blues fans John Fahey and Ed Denson sent a letter addressed to "Bukka White, Old Blues Singer, c/o General Delivery, Aberdeen, MS," in an effort to locate the man who had recorded a 78 rpm called "Aberdeen Mississippi Blues" some 20 years earlier. Amazingly, the letter actually reached White, who was still alive, although he had since moved from Mississippi to Memphis. The two budding blues scholars rushed to Memphis to meet him, recording the songs found on this collection one afternoon in the singer's room. These historic recordings. released as The Sonet Blues Story, reveal that White's robust guitar playing and his gruff, thundering voice had lost none of their vitality in the intervening years, and the bluesman delivers impassioned versions of some of his key tunes, including "Shake 'Em on Down," and the song that led to his rediscovery, "Aberdeen Mississippi Blues." White even takes a surprisingly nimble turn at the piano for "Drunk Man Blues." These sessions were originally released on Fahey's Takoma label, and although White went on to do other recording dates for small labels, he never sounded quite this intimate and impassioned again. The only minor complaint about this reissue is that the haunting version of "When Can I Change My Clothes" included here is mislabeled as "Parchman Farm Blues." Blues historian Samuel Charters eventually included these recordings in his Legacy of the Blues series, which in turn were released by a small Stockholm jazz and blues label founded in the '50s called Sonet Records. Listeners should start with White's stunning 1940 sides to get a real sense of this powerful musician, but these initial rediscovery tracks are only a notch or two less combustive, and are easily the best of White's later years. ~Steve Leggett

The Sonet Blues Story

Mo' Albums...
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Oznake: Bukka White, Delta Blues

Edwin 'Buster' Pickens - The 1959 To 1961 Sessions

Size: 122,6 MB
Time: 52:16
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Piano Blues
Label: Document Records
Art: Front

01. Boar Hog Blues (Texas Alexander) (0:35)
02. You got good buisness (1:45)
03. Santa Fe Train (4:02)
04. Rock Island Blues (4:33)
05. Ain't Nobody's Business (3:15)
06. Colorado Springs Blues (3:54)
07. She Caught the L & N (2:28)
08. Remember Me (4:20)
09. Mountain Jack (4:21)
10. D.B.A. Blues (3:36)
11. Hattie Green (2:57)
12. Backdoor Blues (4:32)
13. Santa Fe Blues (1:51)
14. The Ma Grinder No.2 (3:15)
15. You better stop your woman (from tickling me under the chin) (2:14)
16. Jim Nappy (2:08)
17. Women In Chicago (2:21)

Blind Lemon Jefferson famously sang that “the blues came to Texas loping like a mule” but a better metaphor might have been the freight train. It was the railroad that linked the far flung Texas towns where the bluesman, particularly the piano players, plied their trade. In one of the greatest train blues, "Railroadin' Some", Henry Thomas, who made a living singing along the Texas and Pacific and Katy lines, recites a litany of rail stops including Rockwall, Greenville, Denison, Grand Saline, Silver Lake, Mineola, Tyler, Longview, Jefferson, Marshall, Little Sandy, and his birthplace, Big Sandy. Similarly the railroad is the recurring theme in the blues of Buster Pickens in such songs as “Santa Fe Train”, “Rock Island Blues”, “She Caught the L. & N.”, “Mountain Jack” and “Santa Fe Blues.” ”This is to be expected”, Paul Oliver wrote, “for the life of the barrelhouse pianist in the vast state of Texas is strongly influenced by the railroads which link the centers.” As Pickens confirms: “I traveled by freight trains. I rode freight trains practically all over the country. I flag rides and so forth. I might go to Tombell an' I might stay there until things dull down. Then I hear of another camp where it's booming. I leave there and probably go to Raccoon Bend-oil field. Then I leave there and probably go to Longview...Kilgore...Silsbee.., just wherever it was booming. …These other piano players-Son Becky, Conish Burks, Black Boy Shine, Andy Boy, and all these men-they went out different routes-hardly ever paired up. Each lookin' for his own bread. ...Up and down the Santa Fe tracks in those days was known as the barrelhouse joints. These places was located in the area where the mill was in, and you played all night long in those days. They danced all night long. And the blues was all they wanted; they didn't want anything else.”

The sessions that comprise this collection were organized by Paul Oliver for the Blues Research and Recording Project with the recording done by Mack McCormick and Chris Strachwitz. In the summer of 1960 Oliver came to the United States with the aid of a State Department grant and BBC field recorder with the idea, as he writes of “putting on tape the conversation and music of blues artists in the country and the cities, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes. Some of the blues singers were famous, or had been, whilst others were unknown and destined to remain so.” As Oliver's journey progressed west he teamed up with Strachwitz and McCormick who had been roaming around Texas looking for blues singers. The recording of Buster Pickens was a result of this collaboration.

Pickens lone album, for Heritage (HLP 1008), the self-titled Buster Pickens, was recorded over several sessions in 1960 and 1961 and released in 1962, subsequently reissued in 1977 on the Flyright label as Back Door Blues and now appears on CD for the first time here. It was Oliver who wrote the liner notes and interviewed Pickens, some of which has been transcribed by Oliver in his groundbreaking Conversation With The Blues. Two other songs allegedly by Pickens, (one is more likely a recording Texas Alexander) again reissued on CD for the first time, were recorded in 1959 and come from the album The Unexpurgated Folk Songs of Men collected by Mack McCormick.

The 1959 To 1961 Sessions



• St. Louis Jimmy Oden - St. Louis Jimmy Oden Vols 1 & 2 •
• Champion Jack Dupree - Champion Of The Blues •

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Oznake: Edwin 'Buster' Pickens, Texas Alexander, Piano Blues

Son House & J.D. Short - Blues From The Mississippi Delta

Styles: Delta Blues
Label: Folkways Records
Released: 1964
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 85,4 MB
Time: 37:19
Art: front

1. J.D. Short - So Much Wine - 4:13
2. J.D. Short - Train, Bring My Baby Back - 3:49
3. J.D. Short - You Been Cheating Me - 3:00
4. J.D. Short - Charlie Patton - 1:15
5. J.D. Short - Fighting For Dear Old Uncle Sam - 5:23
6. Son House - My Black Woman - 3:01
7. Son House - Sun Goin' Down - 5:00
8. Son House - I Ain't Goin' To Cry No More - 2:57
9. Son House - The Key of Minor - 1:33
10. Son House - This War Will Last You For Years - 2:55
11. Son House - Was I Right or Wrong? - 1:49
12. Son House - County Farm Blues - 2:17


J.D. Short's tracks recorded July 3, 1962, St. Louis, Missouri.
Son House's tracks from the Archives of The Library of Congress.
©1963 by Folkways Records & Service Corp.

Notes: This album presents the distinctive blues born from the hardships of life—especially African-American life—in northern Mississippi. In addition to their music, this collection includes the men's speech: J. D. Short, who died shortly after this recording was made, contributes his memories about Charlie Patton, and Son House presents a description of "the key of minor."~Folkways Records

Son House and J.D. Short are two blues men from the early 20th century. Son House is the more well known of the two and is without doubt one of the more influential and most powerful blues men. Son House is credited with influencing and associating with other blues greats like Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters and the infamous Willie Brown. Son House's blues are solid and religiously influenced, not musically but emotionally. Son House sings from his soul and draws strongly on deep notes and cries. Son House is one of the most important musicians to grace music and to play the guitar. His side of this collection is particularly interesting and create a relaxed, bluesy atmosphere.
J.D. Short is a little known blues man who plays guitar as well as harmonica. He also can be found playing harmonica with Big Joe Williams on one of his records. Although Son House's songs are priceless and amazing, J.D. Short is the least recorded of the two and this compilation contains a particularly emotional and fueled performance from him. J.D. Short sings "I Drink So Much Wine", like a man who has struggled and been dealt hard times. His guitar is raw and straight-forward, he fills in between the vocals with harmonica like Bob Dylan and gives the superior of the two performances on this compilation, although both performances are indispensable and some of the most important music made in America and especially by African-American men.~amazon

Blues From The Mississippi Delta



• Son House - The Original Delta Blues •
• Sam Chatmon - Blues At Home 2 •

Oznake: Son House, J.D. Short, Delta Blues

Marshall Lawrence - Blues Intervention

Styles: Acoustic Blues
Label: Independent
Released: 2010
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 95,2 MB
Time: 41:34
Art: full

1. So Long Rosalee - 3:42
2. Traveling Blues - 2:39
3. Your're Gonna Find The Blues - 3:21
4. Lay Down My Sorrow - 3:35
5. If I Had A Nickel - 3:52
6. Your Woman Quit You - 3:02
7. Going Down To Louisiana - 2:22
8. Going To The River - 1:59
9. Detroit "Motor City" Blues - 3:57
10. Love Like Heroin - 3:39
11. Once Loved A Cowgirl - 3:37
12. Walking Blues - 3:01
13. Going Down The Road Feeling Bad - 2:41


Notes: When spring looks like it is going to stick and stay on the prairies, what comes with it is almost a feeling of salvation for those of us who plodded through another long winter. As calendar pages flip to the last weekend of April, many fine roots music practitioners and fans descend on a charming place slightly off the beaten path. The place is East Coulee, Alberta and the East Coulee Spring Festival announces the arrival of everything that isn't snow or bone chilling winds blowing across everything east of the Rocky Mountains. Arriving in East Coulee is like being transported back to 1958. An old hotel, an old schoolhouse and store fronts from another era stand a few hundred metres from a lazy and beautiful river.
On this late April day bluesman Marshall Lawrence brought his brand of acoustic blues to East Coulee. With resonator guitar in hand, perched on a stool with one leg resting comfortably on a vintage suitcase, Lawrence dug into a batch of new original tunes, many of which are tied to decade's old Delta grooves, yet sewn to his lyrics embracing timeless themes. It was a memorable evening, in a year that had been remarkably memorable for Marshall Lawrence. The singer-songwriter, interpreter and performer had, a few months earlier, received the nod from the national blues community through being nominated for a prestigious and national Maple Blues Award. This nomination pushed this hard working and passionate musician’s profile up a couple of plateaus, and deservedly so.
Lawrence had also been working hard in the studio with two of his respected peers, harmonica player Sherman Doucette and onetime B.B. King bassist Russell Jackson. At those Edmonton recording sessions Lawrence captured his best recorded performances to date, which is what you are listening to now. Assisted by award-winning engineer Barry Allen, Lawrence found his comfort zone and dispensed his acoustic blues with conviction, and a voice that is distinctly his own. The four participants also produced a disc with fine dynamics where the instrumental interplay was given room to breath.
While listening to this disc, picture an old, character school house in a magical prairie hamlet, and an attentive audience soaking up the sounds of a prairie bluesman who for an hour or so owns the stage, and that all involved are loving this traditional sound that is announcing a new beginning.
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Blues Intervention



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Oznake: Marshall Lawrence, Acoustic Blues, Canada

Dead Shrimp - Dead Shrimp

Size: 84,7 MB
Time: 35:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues
Label: Ali Buma Ye! Records
Art: Front

01. Woman (3:06)
02. Devil In My Head (3:32)
03. Compulsive Shag (3:32)
04. The Rambler (3:34)
05. Chained (2:57)
06. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning (4:00)
07. From 19 To 20 (3:01)
08. Shake 'em Ondown (3:01)
09. Mary (6:09)
10. Kokomo Blues (2:58)

Dead Shrimp nasce a Roma, nel novembre 2010, dall'incontro tra Alessio Magliocchetti Lombi e Sergio De Felice, e dall'amore di entrambi per la musica piů scarna, profonda e potente che conoscano: il blues nato nel delta del Mississippi agli inizi del Novecento. Da subito attivo in numerosi club della capitale il duo predilige il momento della performance live, spaziando dal delta blues al gospel, dal ragtime ai canti di lavoro, interpretando gli stessi in modo strettamente personale, moderno, eppure fedele alla tradizione.
Dal gennaio 2012 Dead Shrimp vede l'ingresso informazione di Gianluca Giannasso (Fabio Cinti; Starla) alla batteria e alle armonie vocali, e cosě crea e consolida ad ogni live il proprio sound di band.
Tra il 2012 e il 2013la band si esibisce in alcuni importanti festival (Mojo Station Blues Festival, Pontinia Rock 'n blues festival, Trasimeno Blues Festival, Casa del Jazz) dividendo il palco con artisti del calibro di Luke Winslow King, Mariem Hassan, Hollowbelly, 24 pesos.
Nel febbraio 2013 termina le registrazioni del proprio disco d'esordio la cui uscita č prevista per settembre/ottobre 2013.

Dead Shrimp is:
Alessio Magliocchetti Lombi: Dobro & National guitars
Sergio De Felice: Voice, bells.
Gianluca Giannasso: Drums, Washboard, Backing vocals

Dead Shrimp



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Eden & John's East River String Band - Take A Look At That Baby

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 49:30
Size: 113.3 MB
Styles: String bands, Jug Bands
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[4:30] 1. Where You Been So Long
[3:10] 2. Next Week Sometime
[3:03] 3. Too Tight Rag
[3:08] 4. Pony Blues
[3:43] 5. Got A Letter From My Darling
[3:08] 6. I'm So Glad
[2:19] 7. Old Jaw Bone
[5:28] 8. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
[3:19] 9. Take A Look At That Baby
[3:53] 10. Baby How Can It Be
[3:17] 11. Big Road Blues
[3:42] 12. Diamond Joe
[3:02] 13. How You Want You Rollin' Done
[3:43] 14. Nothing In This World For Me


Helmed by intrepid guitarist, mandolinist, vocalist and dedicated record collector John Heneghan along with kazoo, resonator ukulele and fetching vocalist Eden Brower, the East River String Band’s delightful fourth CD release is, once again, introduced to us by some inventive cover art courtesy of the legendary cartoonist and Cheap Suit Serenader, Robert Crumb. Crumb also adds his infectious fretwork to four of the fourteen traditional titles revived here, including entertaining renditions of both the James Cole String Band’s eternal question “Where You Been So Long?” and “Too Tight Rag,” originally committed to shellac in the early 1930’s by a group of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky coal miners led by one Everett Eugene Hack. Other old-time influenced musicians accompanying the irrepressible Brower and Heneghan include harmonica whiz Ernesto Gomez (Brotherhood Of The Jug Band Blues), Pat Conte and Blind Uncle Otis (Massapequa Parkaneers), banjo and quills ace Dom Flemons (Carolina Chocolate Drops) and mouth-harpist Joe Bellulovich of the Otis Brothers. Jackson Lynch of the Down Hill Strugglers also adds fiddle accents to a rousingly good-timey recall of Bo Carter’s “Baby How Can It Be.” Heneghan and company particularly shine on their blues numbers – favorites are Charley Patton’s “Pony Blues,” Tommy Johnson’s “Big Road Blues” and Skip James’ “I’m So Glad” – as well as on all-out shenanigans like “Old Jaw Bone,” “Diamond Joe” and “Got A Letter From My Darling.” Recalls the wildly energetic and appealingly eclectic music created by the Alan Wilson-helmed Canned Heat outfit in the 1960’s, record collectors all as well. ~Gary von Tersch

Take A Look At That Baby

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Buddy Moss - Essential Blues Masters

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 60:58
Size: 139.6 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[3:27] 1. Bye Bye Mama (Future Blues Mix)
[3:14] 2. Bye Bye Mama
[2:49] 3. Broke Down Engine
[3:25] 4. Cold Country Blues
[3:15] 5. Daddy Don't Care
[2:43] 6. Midnight Rambler
[2:53] 7. Red River Blues
[2:55] 8. T.B.'s Killing Me
[2:58] 9. When I'm Dead And Gone
[3:03] 10. B & O Blues, No. 2
[3:05] 11. Broke Down Engine No. 2
[2:40] 12. Dough Rolling Papa
[2:34] 13. Insane Blues
[2:36] 14. Love Me, Baby, Love Me
[2:35] 15. New Lovin' Blues
[2:41] 16. Oh Lordy Mama
[2:54] 17. Shake It All Night Long
[2:33] 18. Sleepless Night
[2:42] 19. Some Lonesome Day
[2:52] 20. Tricks Ain't Walking No More
[2:54] 21. When The Hearse Roll Me From My Door


Eugene "Buddy" Moss was, in the estimation of many blues scholars, the most influential East Coast blues guitarist to record in the period between Blind Blake's final sessions in 1932 and Blind Boy Fuller's debut in 1935. A younger contemporary of Blind Willie McTell and Curley Weaver, Moss was part of a near-legendary coterie of Atlanta bluesmen, and one of the few of his era lucky enough to work into the blues revival of the '60s and '70s. A guitarist of uncommon skill and dexterity, he was a musical disciple of Blind Blake, and may well have served as an influence on Piedmont-style guitarist Blind Boy Fuller. Although his career was halted in 1935 by a six-year jail term, and then by the Second World War, he lived long enough to be rediscovered in the '60s, when he revealed a talent undamaged by time or adversity.

Moss was one of 12 children born to a sharecropper in Jewel, a town in Warren County, Georgia, midway between Atlanta and Augusta. There is some disagreement about his date of birth, some sources indicating 1906 and many others a more recent vintage, 1914. He began teaching himself the harmonica at a very early age, and he played at local parties around Augusta, where the family moved when he was four and remained for the next ten years. By 1928, he was busking around the streets of Atlanta. "Nobody was my influence," he told Robert Springer of his harmonica playing, in a 1975 interview. "I just kept hearing people, so I listen and I listen, and listen, and it finally come to me."

By the time he arrived in Atlanta, he was good enough to be noticed by Curley Weaver and Robert "Barbecue Bob" Hicks, who began working with the younger Moss. It was Weaver and Hicks who got him his first recording date at the age of 16, as a member of their group the Georgia Cotton Pickers. On December 7, 1930 at the Campbell Hotel in Atlanta, the group did four songs for Columbia: "I'm on My Way Down Home," "Diddle-Da-Diddle," "She Looks so Good," and "She's Comin' Back Some Cold Rainy Day." The group that day consisted of Barbecue Bob and Curley Weaver on guitars and Moss on harmonica. Nothing more was heard from Moss on record until three years later. In January of 1933, however, he made his debut as a recording artist in his own right for the American Record Company in New York, accompanied by Fred McMullen and Curley Weaver, cutting three songs cut that first day, "Bye Bye Mama," "Daddy Don't Care," and "Red River Blues." ~Excerpt from the bio by Bruce Eder

Essential Blues Masters

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Jack Owens and Bud Spires - It Must Have Been The Devil

Styles: Delta Blues
Label: Testament
Released: 1995
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 134,1 MB
Time: 58:34
Art: full

1. Can't See, Baby - 6:08
2. Jack Ain't Had No Water - 4:43
3. Cherry Ball - 3:53
4. Nothin' But Notes - 1:33
5. Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl - 4:44
6. I Love My Baby - 4:52
7. Catfish Blues - 7:47
8. It Must Have Been The Devil - 9:48
9. Hard Times - 5:13
10. Ain't No Lovin', Ain't No Gettin' Along - 5:10
11. I Won't Be Bad No More - 4:37


Personnel:
Jack Owens : vocals and guitar
Benjamin 'Bud' Spires : harmonica

Notes: Although this album is credited to Owens and Bud Spires, it's really Owens' show; Spires adds some harmonica accompaniment to Jack's playing and singing. Although David Evans (who produced these recordings) intimates that Owens is better than Skip James in his liner notes, it's really not that hard to figure out why James is better known; James' songs are simply better written, more gripping, and more memorable, and Owens tends to ramble pleasantly. If you're looking for the Bentonia sound, though, this is certainly a down-home, well-recorded representation, and has an advantage over those vintage James (or any vintage blues) sides in that the fidelity is much, much clearer. Recorded in 1970, the 1995 CD reissue adds five previously unreleased tracks.


It Must Have Been The Devil



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Luther Dickinson And The Sons of Mudboy - Onward & Upward

Styles: Traditional Folk, Folk-Blues, Gospel Blues
Released: 2009
Label: Memphis International
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 90.0 MB
Time: 39:19
Art: front

1. Let It Roll - 4:16
2. Angel Band - 2:05
3. Where the Soul of a Man Never Dies - 3:17
4. Leaning On the Everlasting Arms - 3:01
5. Jis Eye Is On the Sparrow - 2:17
6. You've Got to Walk That Lonesome Highway - 3:01
7. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed & Burning - 4:08
8. Softly & Tenderly - 2:27
9. Up Over Yonder - 3:12
10. In the Garden - 2:30
11. Back Back Train - 4:35
12. Glory Glory - 4:25


Personnel:
Luther Dickinson - vocals, guitar
Sid Selvidge - guitar, vocals
Jimmy Crosthwait - washboard, vocals
Jimbo Mathus - guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals
Steve Selvidge - guitar, dobro, vocals
Paul Taylor - washtub bass
Shannon McNally - vocals

Notes: Just three days after the death of his father, Memphis (and Muscle Shoals and Miami) music legend Jim Dickinson, Luther Dickinson opened the doors to the family s Zebra Ranch studio in Independence, Mississippi and recorded Onward and Upward, an album of gospel songs and hymns over the course of a few hours. Luther, one third of the North Mississippi All-Stars and now a member of The Black Crowes, was joined by an ad hoc group dubbed The Sons of Mudboy (an homage to his late father s influential rock band Mudboy and the Neutrons) who were all close to Dickinson the elder and wished to address his loss in a musical way. The Sons of Mudboy include two veterans of the original Mudboy: Sid Selvidge (guitar, vocals) and Jimmy Crosthwait (washboard, vocals). Also on the session were Jimbo Mathus (guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals) formerly of the Squirrel Nut Zippers and of the South Memphis String Band, Steve Selvidge (guitar, dobro, vocals) and Paul Taylor (washtub bass) as well as vocalist Shannon McNally.
Inspired by Dickinson pater familias, Luther and company duplicated the sound of mid-Century era reel-to-reel filed recordings, using only two microphones plugged directly into a two-track ˝ inch tape recorder: no mixing after the fact. Ardent s John Fry mastered the tracks directly from the two track to the mother stamper from which (vinyl) pressings were sourced. Most of the songs were nailed in just one take with just a few exceptions and those were completed in no more than three takes. That s just how we do it, Luther muses.
Onward and Upward will be released on November 10 by Memphis International, the label for which Jim Dickinson, as his performing alter ego James Luther Dickinson, released his last three album, Jungle Jim and the Voodoo Tiger (2006), Killers From Space (2007) and this year s Dinosaurs Run in Circles.
The songs are part of Luther s musical heritage. He grew up hearing Softly and Tenderly and Leaning on the Everlasting Arms at the Second Avenue Baptist Church in Memphis where his paternal grandmother played piano. He learned His Eye Is On The Sparrow from a hymnal that his father shared with him his mom, Mary Lindsay Dickinson, actually sang it to him in the hospital where her husband was being treated during his last days. Mississippi Fred McDowell s album Amazing Grace is the source of both Back Back Train and Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning and Luther had been known to perform them with the late Otha Turner who closed every show with Glory Glory, also included on Onward and Upward. Let It Roll is an original that sprang to Luther s mind at the moment he was loading in the analog tape machine on the day of the recordings. Another original, Up Over Yonder was written the day Luther s grandmother passed away.
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Onward & Upward



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Oznake: Luther Dickinson, The Sons of Mudboy, Traditional Folk, Folk-Blues, Gospel

Eugene Powell - Blues At Home 3

Size: 159,6 MB
Time: 68:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Country Blues
Label: Mbirafon
Art: Front

01. Pony Blues (Santa Fe) (3:24)
02. Forty-Four Blues (Take 4) (1:51)
03. Forty-Four Blues (Take 1) (4:15)
04. Texas Blues (3:09)
05. Untitled Blues (4:20)
06. Meet Me In The Bottom (3:20)
07. Poor Boy Blues (Take 1) (4:16)
08. Poor Boy Blues (Take 2) (3:10)
09. Poor Boy Blues (Take 3) (1:31)
10. Old Home Blues (2:15)
11. M & O Blues (3:22)
12. Big Fat Mama Rag (1:27)
13. I've Been A Dog In My Family (4:59)
14. Blues Jumped A Rabbit (3:26)
15. Dark Road Blues (2:25)
16. Hesitation Blues (2:50)
17. See See Rider (1:57)
18. Boogie-Woogie (1:17)
19. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (1:32)
20. My Lonesome Song (2:22)
21. Don't Tear My Clothes (1:24)
22. Buddy Neal Blues (4:02)
23. So Cold In China (2:58)
24. Eugene Powell Discusses His Music (2:42)

The third volume of the Mbirafon “Blues At Home” Collection focuses on Eugene Powell, an outstanding but hitherto relatively neglected exponent of the Delta Blues. Born in 1908 in Utica, Mississippi, he took up the guitar at the age of seven and soon developed a formidable technique that won him the respect of contemporaries such as Charley Patton, Bo Carter, and Sam Chatmon. In 1936 he recorded six of his own songs, which were released on the Bluebird label under his adopted name of Sonny Boy Nelson, including the original version of “Pony Blues.” Recorded at informal sessions in his Greenville, Mississippi, home between 1976 and 1982, this CD includes a variety of songs and instrumentals. Excerpts of interview material in which he sheds light on his life and music are featured in volume 15 of the “Blues At Home” Collection. All tracks have been fully digitally remastered in 2013 from the original tapes. ~Giambattista Marcucci

Blues At Home 3



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Oznake: Eugene Powell, Country Blues

Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Alone & Acoustic

Styles: Acoustic Chicago blues
Label: Alligator
Released: 1991
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 136,9 MB
Time: 59:35
Art: full

1. Give Me My Coat And Shoes - 3:45
2. Big Boat (Buddy And Junior's Thing) - 5:14
3. Sweet Black Girl - 3:33
4. Diggin' My Potatoes - 4:27
5. Don't Leave Me - 3:42
6. Rollin' And Tumblin' - 4:33
7. I'm In The Mood - 3:24
8. High Heel Sneakers - 4:54
9. Wrong Doing Woman - 3:00
10. Cut You Loose - 4:04
11. Sally Mae - 2:29
12. Catfish Blues - 3:32
13. My Home's In The Delta - 3:07
14. Boogie Chillen - 4:00
15. Medley: Baby What You Want Me To Do / That's Allright - 5:43


Notes: The classic pairing of Buddy Guy and Junior Wells has been captured many times on vinyl, cassette, and disc over the years, but rarely with such intimacy and subtle, restrained energy as on this wonderful collection. Buddy Guy plays mostly 12 string guitar, and Junior laces his signature lines through the songs, engaging Guy in the kind of musical dialogue that only old friends can have. This is acoustic street-corner blues at its best, performed with incredible expressiveness, ease, and joy. One gets the feeling these two are just sitting down for a friendly jam session on a Saturday afternoon, and when things get loose, their laughter flows almost as freely as the music. Guy really shines on some of these tracks, his guitar lines fast, smooth, percussive, and seemingly effortless. Wells, always tasteful, plays counterpoint to Guy in the classic style and sings with honesty and conviction. What resulted is some absolutely fantastic music.

Alone & Acoustic



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Nathan James & Ben Hernandez - Make A Change Sometime

Styles: Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues, Country Blues
Label: Independent
Released: 2005
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 138,4 MB
Time: 60:10
Art: full

1. Get Right Church - 3:52
2. Everybody Make A Change Sometime - 5:12
3. Hard Time Here - 4:35
4. Lonesome - 3:58
5. Mama Let Me Lay It On You - 3:01
6. Curley's Clues - 2:58
7. Please Baby - 3:49
8. Keepin' To Herself - 3:15
9. Europe Blues - 3:39
10. Pains My Heart To Love You - 3:11
11. Rub-A-Dub - 3:10
12. Here's Your Breakthrough - 2:00
13. Mistreatin' Mama - 3:28
14. Converted - 3:59
15. The Well - 3:45
16. Finished Last - 6:10


Personnel:
Nathan James (vocals, guitar, foot percussion)
Ben Hernandez (vocals, harmonica, kazoo, washtub bass, jug, spoons)
Gene Taylor (piano - tracks 4, 16)
Sara Watkins (fiddle – tracks 7, 15)
James Harman (vocal, harmonica track 12)

Notes: Everybody who loves country blues will welcome the arrival of a great acoustic duo from southern California. Nathan James and Ben Hernandez introduce their debut album Make A Change Sometime this month.
The new CD runs the gamut from a bit of gospel, jug and string band styles with the emphasis on Delta blues. The songs include material from Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Boy Williamson, Sleepy John Estes plus a half dozen penned by the duo.
Guitarist Nathan James is a California native who has spent a decade playing the country blues. Joining the James Harman band as a teenager, Nathan James gained a truckload of experience, not only in playing the blues, but also in business management of a band. The Harman outfit toured widely and recorded often. His old boss joins the duo on this debut recording with his original song aptly titled "Here's Your Breakthrough."
Ben Hernandez is a musical "jack of all trades." Still in his twenties, the young musician entertains on harmonica, spoons, washtub bass and kazoo. His jug playing is second only to the style of the venerable Fritz Richmond. Hernandez cites Sonny Terry and Sonny Boy Williamson as his first influences. The young musician penned three tunes for this project, "Europe Blues", "Pains My Heart To Love You" and the remarkable "Finished Last." The latter features the piano of Gene Taylor of Fabulous Thunderbirds fame. Nathan James lends some beautiful guitar licks and Taylor lays down a Jimmy Yancey style bass figure, plus his usual treble attack. Ben Hernandez offers a lowdown kazoo solo and handles the vocal. It's a great track!
Violinist Sara Watkins of the bluegrass trio Nickel Creek lends a hand on Nathan James' tune, "The Well," and on a Mississippi Sheiks number titled "Please Baby." The young fiddler reminds this reviewer of the veteran Richard Green who played with Jim Kweskin, Seatrain, Maria Muldaur and The Blues Project. Watkins is a truly gifted performer.
The duo of James and Hernandez planned this release carefully and the result is a notch above many self-produced debut recordings. Our favorites are "Everybody Make a Change Sometime", "Please Baby", "Finished Last" and "Here's Your Breakthrough." Nathan James and Ben Hernandez deserve your attention. Checkout the sound samples at their website. It's good blues! ~ jazzreview.com

Make A Change Sometime



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Lonnie Johnson & Elmer Snowden - Blues And Ballads

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 43:59
Size: 100.7 MB
Styles: Pre-war blues, Acoustic blues
Year: 1960/1991
Art: Front

[5:02] 1. Haunted House
[4:21] 2. Memories Of You
[5:07] 3. Blues For Chris
[4:36] 4. I Found A Dream
[3:05] 5. St. Louis Blues
[4:33] 6. I'll Get Along Somehow
[4:14] 7. Savoy Blues
[5:07] 8. Backwater Blues
[3:35] 9. Elmer's Blues
[4:15] 10. He's A Jelly Roll Baker


This beautiful album was engineered by Rudy Van Gelder in his Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, home studio where so much jazz history was made. It features guitar innovators Lonnie Johnson and Elmer Snowden together for the first time--despite a friendship going back to the 1920s when both appeared on some of the earliest jazz and blues 78s. Johnson, the father of single-note six-string soloing, is in marvelous voice on this selection of blues, ballads, and jazz, crooning the double-entendre "Jelly Roll Baker" and the heartache-laden "Back Water Blues" (a Bessie Smith tune he first cut in 1927) with a marksman's sense of pitch and chilling nuance. Snowden serves mostly as accompanist. But these men play so closely that they seem to be sharing every breath. --Ted Drozdowski

Blues And Ballads

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Little Miss Higgins - Live: Two Nights In March

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 52:16
Size: 119.7 MB
Styles: Country blues, Electric-acoustic blues
Year: 2009
Art: Front

[4:20] 1. The Dirty Ol Tractor Song
[1:09] 2. Intro To Velvet Barley Bed
[5:02] 3. Velvet Barley Bed
[3:38] 4. In The Middle Of Nowhere
[4:05] 5. Slug On My Boot
[5:11] 6. Snowin' Today A Lament For Louis Riel
[2:50] 7. Broadcast Boogie
[5:01] 8. I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuits
[2:51] 9. How & Why & When
[1:36] 10. The Story Of The Long Creek Saloon In Radville
[4:14] 11. Radville
[3:26] 12. Killer Diller
[3:31] 13. The Silvertone Swing
[5:15] 14. Romance In The Dark


Over the past five years, Little Miss Higgins has built a strong national reputation throughout Canada, appearing in clubs and on festival stages in Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal, Owen Sound, and Canso, Nova Scotia performing most often as a duo with partner and guitar player, Foy Taylor. As a songwriter, she has been influenced by a range of artists from Memphis Minnie, Billie Holiday, Big Bill Broonzy to Joni Mitchell, Dolly Parton and Bob Dylan.

Her first two studio albums “Cobbler Shop Sessions” (2006) and “Junction City” (2007) superbly showcase Little Miss Higgins as a highly-developed songwriter as well as a remarkable country blues performer in a style gracefully highlighted by her partner, guitarist Foy Taylor and occasionally a handful of other roots musicians. The release of “Junction City” resulted in a handful of honours for Little Miss Higgins including JUNO and Maple Blues Awards nominations and won as Outstanding Blues Recording at Western Canadian Music Awards and Favourite Blues Artist/Group or Duo of the Year category of the 8th Annual Indies Awards.

To her fan’s delight, there was the 2009 release “Little Miss Higgins Live: Two Nights In March”. The album was recorded at Amigo’s Cantina in Saskatoon, and Engineered Air Theatre in Calgary. The album features such favourite performance fare as “The Dirty Ol Tractor Song,” “Velvet Barley Bed,” “In The Middle Of Nowhere” and “I’m Gonna Bake My Biscuits.” As well as a couple of previously unreleased songs including “Snowin’ Today: A Lament For Louis Riel.”

Live: Two Nights In March

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Harrison Kennedy - Shame The Devil

Size: 119,7 MB
Time: 51:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2011
Styles: Acoustic/Electric Country Blues, Blues Soul
Label: Electro-Fi Records
Art: Front

01. Cats In The Window (2:58)
02. Trouble (4:26)
03. Hound And Rabbit (4:39)
04. Shame The Devil (3:47)
05. That's Just Stupid (4:39)
06. How Long (3:20)
07. Musta Bin The Devil (3:21)
08. Hard Time Blues (3:14)
09. Snakes Lie (3:09)
10. Music To My Ears (3:04)
11. Fo' Day Train (4:52)
12. Stay (2:54)
13. Shake Em Free (4:12)
14. You Don't Know Me (3:18)

Personnel:
Harrison Kennedy - Vocals, guitar, slide guitar, harmonica, banjo, mandolin, percussion
Keith 'Happy' Lindsay - Keyboards, accordian, percussion
Alec Fraser - Bass
Matt King - Electric guitar

Harrison Kennedy has always been seen as being 'different'. Different - but in a good way. While riding high as part of Chairmen of the Board - one of Detroit's smoothest soul acts of the early '70s - no less than Edward Holland, Jr. of famed writing & production trio, Holland-Dozier-Holland, singled Kennedy out, had him buy a $75 guitar and asked him to write some 'story songs'.

“Write what you feel”, he told him. Kennedy's been indebted to him since, as this detour has taken him down a lifelong path of mastering 3-4 minute story songs, evidenced over the past six releases. He won't admit to it, but he's on a personal mission. Harrison writes to serve others. Regular people, working people, people dealing with their own problems and people in need of help or, at least, a moment of personal reflection. He loves the blues but he also loves country music and he often equates the two as both lean heavily on storytelling, revolving around real folks & their problems - but his pedigree includes the R&B, gospel, funk and soul he grew up with - with an emphasis on the soul. A prolific songwriter, everything here is his own save a cover by his hero, Ray Charles. Nothing he does sounds repetitive, each song driven by its message, his messages driven by a big-hearted desire to help. He's honed a rich, deep-down blues yet he prefers to think of what he does as real roots music because of where it comes from. You won't find exhaustive guitar solos or power chords here - or anything handed down by way of Chicago. Instead, you'll find something to identify with and this, coupled with Kennedy's high-energy, rhythmic, always upbeat delivery, will make you feel good all over for the listening. His contemporary blues is always rooted in current events, just as all great blues was about what was happening then. An urban street poet, his secret is found in a relentless ability to achieve intimacy despite the passion and uncommon soulfulness that fires each song. He's incapable of casting negativity on his subject matter - there's real love in his love songs and sincere hope in his darkest hour. His songs are never about him. They're about you and me. His is an irrepressible voice whose soulful assault on the blues begins with everyday observations transformed into positive, uplifting teachings, chipping away at one's conscience, showing a better way. Across these 14 tracks you get it all, with varying degrees of accompaniment. Kennedy plays guitar, slide guitar, banjo, harmonica, mandolin & percussion while long-time keyboard wizard, Keith Lindsay, adds B3, accordion and percussion. Alec Fraser plays bass while Matt King adds a modicum of electric guitar as required.

Shame The Devil



• Harrison Kennedy - Soulscape •
• Champion Jack Dupree - Champion Of The Blues •

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Oznake: Harrison Kennedy, Acoustic Blues, Soul-Blues

Babajack - The Maker

Styles: Acoustic Blues, British Folk, Traditional Folk
Label: Independent
Released: 2008
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 95,4 MB
Time: 41:40
Art: full

1. Life Is A Struggle - 5:14
2. Standing On The Corner - 4:04
3. Coming Home - 5:02
4. A Thousand Angels - 3:25
5. Mary - 4:09
6. Daddy's Gone - 4:11
7. Stones In My Shoes - 3:09
8. I Wish - 4:21
9. The Lady baby Stomp - 4:16
10. But I'm Happy - 3:46


Notes: 'The Maker' finds Trevor Steger laying down guitar, dobro, harmonica and vocals and Becky Tate providing drum, percussion, stompbox and vocals; two become one, Steger and Tate are BabaJack! This is a ten track work that's right up there with the best; well crafted songs delivered with complete unity and mutual understanding of exactly what's required to produce the goods. BabaJack absolutely nail it! I reviewed a demo from this duo earlier in the year which showed great potential but possibly also showed a little recording naivety - 'The Maker', however, is well recorded and is blessed with great clarity and just the right balance throughout. BabaJack's 'The Maker' is a little gem in fact!
'The Maker' brings together several facets of roots blues and suggests that BabaJack can be a force to reckoned with on the blues circuit. BabaJack keep it all relatively simple but make the most of their stripped back approach; there's nothing at all showy about BabaJack and their subtle style only emphasises their nicely syncopated way. The songs are nicely crafted and Steger and Tate seem more than a little happy in each others musical company - their strength is in their 'compact' approach and their unified belief in each other - oh, and the fact that they can write, play and sing to a very high standard .
With 'The Maker', BabaJack have seriously impressed me - I already knew that they were capable but 'The Maker' takes BabaJack to the next level and makes them very competitive and majorly saleable. I can only offer praise to this tasty duo and hope that others will see the bigger picture through this excellent album. 'The Maker' by BabaJack puts Steger and Tate fully in the frame - hopefully BabaJack will continue to grow and get themselves on the road with some serious belief in themselves and show that roots blues is fully workable in this stripped down, two 'man' form. Impressive work this from a truly dedicated twosome - and I can't help but feel that this is just the start of much bigger things from the excellent BabaJack.
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The Maker



• Jim Kweskin - Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) •
• Scott Ainslie - You Better Lie Down •

Oznake: Babajack, Acoustic Blues, British Folk, Traditional Folk, England

Ry Cooder - My Name Is Buddy

Styles: Contemporary Blues, New Acoustic, Political Folk, Progressive Folk
Released: 2007
Label: Nonesuch
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 162.3 MB
Time: 70:53
Art: full

1. Suitcase In My Hand - 2:54
2. Cat & Mouse - 5:02
3. Strike! - 5:08
4. J. Edgar - 2:37
5. Footprints In The Snow - 3:07
6. Sundown Town - 2:57
7. Green Dog - 7:33
8. The Dying Truck Driver - 4:56
9. Christmas In Southgate - 3:27
10. Hank Williams - 4:09
11. Red Cat Till I Die - 3:08
12. Three Chords And The Truth - 5:02
13. My Name Is Buddy - 3:12
14. One Cat, One Vote, One Beer - 4:16
15. Cardboard Avenue - 4:34
16. Farm Girl - 3:54
17. There's A Bright Side Somewhere - 4:49


Personnel:
Ry Cooder (vocals, guitar, bajo sexto, banjo, mandola, keyboards, bass); Buddy Red Cat (vocals, guitar); Roland White (vocals, mandolin); Julliette Cammagere, Bobby "Blanco" King, Bobby King , Juliette Commagere (vocals); Paddy Moloney (whistling, whistle, Uilleann pipe); Lefty Mouse (fiddle); Reverend Tom Toad (tambourine); Terry Evans (vocals); Mike Seeger (banjo, fiddle, harmonica); Pete Seeger (banjo); Flaco Jiménez (accordion); Jon Hassell (trumpet); Jacky Terrasson, Van Dyke Parks (piano); Joachim Cooder (keyboards, drums, percussion); Jim Keltner (drums)

Notes: With a concept that could have failed on so many levels in lesser hands, Ry Cooder stuns once again in MY NAME IS BUDDY and demonstrates why he is one of America's most adventurous musicians. His chosen material is a loose collection of animal character sketches--the titular Buddy is a cat--based on labor struggles and the lower class in Depression-era America. Think of it as Woody Guthrie meets Beatrix Potter.
While an odd construct on page for a man that jammed with Beefheart, the Stones, and the Buena Vista Social Club, MY NAME IS BUDDY flies with every track. The stellar cast of musicians includes the brothers Seeger, Van Dyke Parks, Jim Keltner, Paddy Moloney of the Chieftains, and Flaco Jimenez, and grounds the fairy tale atmosphere with musical blood and guts. The ensembles tear through early-19th-century forms (country blues, bluegrass, and old-time arrangements) with a rollicking flair.

My Name Is Buddy



• Markus James - Snakeskin Violin •
• Various Artists - Fonotone Records 1956-1969 (5 Disc Box set) •

Oznake: Ry Cooder, Contemporary Blues, New Acoustic, folk

The Chieftains - Down The Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions

Styles: Traditional Irish Folk, Traditional Celtic, Traditional Folk, Celtic Folk, Traditional Country, North American Traditions, Appalachian
Released: 2002
Label: RCA/Victor Records
File: mp3@224K/s
Size: 88.1 MB
Time: 54:58
Art: full

1. The Chieftains & John Hiatt/Bela Fleck - Down The Old Plank Road - 2:04
2. The Chieftains & Buddy Miller/Julie Miller - Country Blues - 3:17
3. The Chieftains & Earl Scruggs - Sally Goodin - 3:17
4. The Chieftains & Vince Gill - Dark As A Dungeon - 3:27
5. The Chieftains & Ricky Skaggs - Cindy - 2:40
6. The Chieftains & Alison Krauss - Molly Ban (Bawn) - 4:50
7. The Chieftains & Lyle Lovett - Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - 2:44
8. The Chieftains & Bela Fleck - Bela's Reels - 4:19
9. The Chieftains & Patty Griffin - Whole Heap Of Little Horses - 2:49
10. The Chieftains & Del McCoury - Rain And Snow - 2:54
11. The Chieftains & Martina McBride - I'll Be All Smiles Tonight - 4:32
12. The Chieftains & Jeff White - Tennessee Stud - 3:11
13. The Chieftains & Gillian Welch/Dave Rawlings - Katie Dear - 4:30
14. The Chieftains & Various Artists - Give The Fiddler A Dram (finale) - 10:18


Note: This a companion disc to an earlier release of 2002, THE WIDE WORLD OVER, celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Chieftains.
DOWN THE OLD PLANK ROAD was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Folk Album. "Sally Goodin" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Country Instrumental Performance.
Those eclectic ambassadors of Irish music are at it again, this time taking their act to Nashville for sessions with some of country music's most popular artists. On the one hand, you'd think that the most famous Irish folk group in the world would spend more time simply playing Irish music instead of guesting with artists from and dipping into seemingly every other conceivable genre. On the other, when you've recorded as much amazing Irish traditional music as exists in these guys' back catalog, you've pretty much got carte blanche to do whatever the hell you want.
Anyway, Irish music played a major role in the coalescing of early country music, so DOWN THE OLD PLANK ROAD turns out to house a pretty good musical fit. Still, there are plenty of musical surprises afoot. It might not be a revelation to hear Lyle Lovett singing a traditional tune like "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down," but to hear it with added Celtic flavoring is quite an ear-turner. The lads work similar magic with everyone from Gillian Welch to venerable bluegrass patriarch Del McCoury, showing that this is one Irish outfit that refuses to be pinned down to a predictable sound.

Down The Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions



• Barbara Dane - Anthology Of American Folk Songs •
• Jack Klatt and the Cat Swingers - Mississippi Roll •

Oznake: The Chieftains, Traditional Irish Folk, Traditional Folk, Traditional Country

Brian Blain - New Folk Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 39:11
Size: 89.7 MB
Styles: Folk-blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[4:15] 1. The Day Coke Saved The Blues
[3:37] 2. The Old Whaler's Confession
[4:04] 3. Treasure Beach
[5:30] 4. Forgotten
[3:43] 5. Another Song About Alice
[5:16] 6. Ramene Moi Demain
[4:28] 7. Don't Blame The Bass Player
[4:07] 8. Last Time I Saw Lenny
[4:08] 9. Ghost Of Clinton's Tavern

“Brian Blain, born in rural Quebec and active in the music scene for forty years, possesses a “northern” style that gives him a cool edge that just can’t be found in any other artist. His easy blend of folk and blues is a running commentary on life as he sees it. He combines his sardonic wit with his soulful guitar skills and crafts it into a unique musical perspective…Want to know how folk blues is played in Toronto? “Colorblind” Brian Blain, will show you how it’s done. Overqualified for the blues? Maybe so, but this man’s music is real. It is unpretentious and understated, yet intelligent and gently intricate, reflecting the very fabric of life and the very essence of the blues, folk, country and yes, even jazz. “ – Veronica Timpanelli

New Folk Blues

Mo' Albums...
• John Brim - (Jake's Blues)
• Bonnie Raitt - The Lost Broadcast Philadelphia 1972 (Deluxe Version)

Oznake: Brian Blain, Folk-Blues

Abbie Gardner - Hope

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 36:58
Size: 86.5 MB
Styles: Electric/acoustic blues, Modern folk
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[4:12] 1. Break it Slow
[3:30] 2. Liar
[3:08] 3. Comes Love
[3:26] 4. I Can't Be Good for You
[4:41] 5. Hope
[3:14] 6. It's You
[2:38] 7. Bang Bang
[2:02] 8. Do It (feat. Craig Akin)
[3:02] 9. Nellie
[3:35] 10. Walkin' Cane
[3:24] 11. Too Soon


Coming five years and three Red Molly albums after her last solo CD, Hope is Abbie Gardner's latest solo recording. The CD features her versatile voice backed by 3 types of slide guitar (dobro, lap steel, and National bottleneck) and a band comprised of not only her father, Herb Gardner (piano), but also her sister, Sarah Gardner, on organ. Ben Wittman (the drummer on Red Molly's James) locks in with upright bassist Craig Akin, who is featured on the first instrumental Abbie has ever recorded (a bass and dobro duet). The songs range from heartache to hope, from gritty lap steel to singing cellos, courtesy of Emily Hope Price. Folk sweetheart Robby Hecht lends his voice to three tracks and fellow member of Red Molly, Laurie MacAllister, is heard throughout. Longtime friends and collaborators Fred Gillen, Jr. and Beaucoup Blue also lend their voices.

"I feel like the songs revolve around Hope, both the song and the idea. Rather than having all hopeful songs, this CD reflects the glimmer of hope we all look for when in the midst of darkness."-Abbie Gardner, talking about her new solo CD Hope.

Hope

Mo' Albums...
• The Crudup Brothers - Franktown Blues
• Mike Stevens & Matt Andersen - Piggyback

Oznake: Abbie Gardner, Acoustic Blues, Contemporary Folk

Sam Chatmon - Blues At Home 2

Size: 100,8 MB
Time: 42:59
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Delta Blues
Label: Mbirafon
Art: Front

01. Open Your Book, Your Daddy Got To Read With You (1:43)
02. St. Louis Blues (2:18)
03. That's All Right (3:31)
04. Stoop Down Baby, Let Your Daddy See (Complete Version) (3:20)
05. Baby Please Come Back To Me (3:58)
06. Brownskin Woman (Big Road Blues) (2:32)
07. Prowling Ground Hog (3:09)
08. Go Back Old Devil (2:23)
09. Black Night (2:56)
10. I'm Crazy About Her Loving (1:58)
11. Last Time Shaking In The Bed With Me (4:04)
12. I Get The Blues When It Rains (1:05)
13. Good Eating Meat (3:18)
14. Let's Get Drunk Again (1:50)
15. P Stands For Push (2:04)
16. Sam Chatmon Discusses Good Eating Meat (0:32)
17. Sam Chatmon Mentions Musicians And Producers (2:09)

Cut in a relaxed session held on August 6th, 1976, at his private home in Hollandale, Mississippi.

Second volume of the Blues at Home series, the CD features one of the major blues rediscoveries of the 60s. Son of a fiddler ex-slave, Sam Chatmon belonged to a large family of Mississippi Delta musicians. His brother Bo Chatmon (aka Bo Carter) made numerous records in the 30s. The Chatmon brothers, and their associate Walter Vincent, founded before World War II the string band called The Mississippi Sheiks; playing for both white and black audiences, they acquired great popularity. Among the titles they recorded, 'Sitting on Top of the World' and 'Stop and Listen' became blues standards. Starting to play music at the early age of five, Sam developed a complex guitar technique, coupled with a highly expressive vocal style. His huge repertoire encompasses pre-blues influences, ragtime and popular songs, to spirited renditions of blues hits of the 50s and 60s, as well as his own original compositions.

Blues At Home 2



• Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee - Hometown Blues •
• Little Doc Thornton - Hurricane •

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Oznake: Sam Chatmon, Country Blues, Delta Blues

Ash Grunwald - Introducing Ash Grunwald

Styles: Delta Blues
Label: Head records
Released: 2002
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 126,6 MB
Time: 54:03
Art: full

1. Just Can't Help Myself - 3:05
2. Just Be Yourself - 3:59
3. Open Road - 3:03
4. Smokestack Lightning - 3:50
5. The Sky is Crying - 4:00
6. If You Don't Mind - 2:51
7. Grinin' in Your Face - 2:03
8. So Long - 4:08
9. Tobacco Road - 3:14
10. Ocean Liner - 5:59
11. Is There A Reason? - 3:48
12. Baby Please - 2:32
13. Rolling and Tumbling - 3:26
14. Baby Please Don't Leave Me - 2:44
15. Dolphin Song - 5:12

Personnel:
Ash Grunwald - Does it all

Notes: It is too simplistic to describe Ash Grunwald as just a blues musician.
While it’s true that his music is steeped in the Delta blues tradition of the legendary acoustic musicians who proliferated in pre-World War II America’s deep South and the giants of electric blues who shaped rock and roll, it’s the young Victorian’s willingness to combine these influences with grooves and sounds common in contemporary music that sets him apart.
A soulful singer and guitar player, Ash immediately drew attention with the release of 2002’s ‘Introducing … Ash Grunwald’ a collection of originals and blues standards that included ‘Smokestack Lightnin’ (Howlin’ Wolf) ‘The Sky Is Crying’ (Elmore James) and ‘Rolling And Tumbling’ (Robert Johnson) recorded live with only acoustic guitar and foot percussion consisting of a stomp box and tambourine.
The album’s most revealing track is ‘Dolphin Song’, a true story of dolphins saving a surfer (Ash) from a shark attack. The tale is exciting, humorous and real and in the context of a blues based album, liberating.
The positive response to Ash’s debut resulted in two Victorian Blues awards for Emerging Talent and Album Of The Year.
The following year he scored two Australian Blues awards for Male Vocalist Of The Year and Best New Talent in addition to the MBAS’ Blues Performer Of The Year. He also reached the final of the International Blues Performer Of The Year in Memphis.
In 2004 Ash released his follow up album ‘I Don’t Believe’, once again recorded solo and live.
Since his initial release he’d been made aware of 2 Tom Waits albums, ‘Swordfishtrombones’ (’85) and ‘Bone Machine’ (’92). In a daring move he emulated Waits’ experimental bang and clang percussion using hammers, spanners, pots etc, in addition to a boss loop station as a bed for his lap steel, dobro and acoustic guitars.
The album included 6 originals, 2 Waits’ compositions, ‘Going Out West’ and ‘Jesus Gonna Be Here’ (a-cappella with handclaps) and blues standards ‘Walking Blues’ and ‘Cross Roads’ (Robert Johnson), ‘Empire State’ (Son House) and ‘How Many More Years’ (Howlin’ Wolf).
On the strength of this release Ash won an ARIA award nomination for Best Blues And Roots Album, and the Victorian Blues award for Male Vocalist Of The Year (equal with Lloyd Spiegel) and in 2005 the MBAS Vic / Tas award for Solo / Duo Of The Year (equal with Dave Hogan).
For the ‘Live At The Corner’ album (songs from his first two releases plus Willie Dixon’s ‘Spoonful’ featuring Ian Collard on harmonica) Ash won the 2005 MBAS Vic / Tas and Australian Blues award’s Album Of The Year in addition to being nominated once again for the Best Blues And Roots album at the ARIA’s.
Ash has built a substantial following performing at countless live venues around the country and at major festivals including Byron Bay, Port Fairy, Falls, Apollo Bay, Fremantle, Cockatoo Island and Margaret River.
In May 2005, Ash was invited to take over the reins as host of Triple J’s popular Thursday night show Roots ‘N All.
Ash Grunwald continues to forge his own identity with the release of twelve original songs on album number four, ‘Give Signs’ recorded on his own label Delta Groove Records. As usual it will be live and solo. And as usual, it is another terrific offering from this talented performer.

Introducing Ash Grunwald



• Salty Dog - Steel to Steel •
• Jeff Lang - Half Seas Over •

Oznake: Ash Grunwald, Delta Blues, australia

Leroy Carr - Complete Recorded Works Vols. 4-6 of 6

Style: Piano Blues
Released: 1996/2005
Label: Document
File: mp3@320 K/s
Size: 164.2 MB

1 Gone Mother Blues - 3:04
2 Midnight Hour Blues - 3:07
3 Moonlight Blues - 3:11
4 The Depression Blues - 3:05
5 Mean Mistreatin' Mama - 3:07
6 Mean Mistreatin' Mama - 2:57
7 Mean Mistreatin' Mama No. 2 - 3:30
8 Court Room Blues - 3:14
9 Hurry Down Sunshine - 3:37
10 Corn Likker Blues - 3:41
11 Hold Them Puppies - 3:39
12 Shady Lane Blues - 3:44
13 Blues She Gave Me - 2:39
14 Yo Can't Run My Business No More - 3:08
15 Blues Before Sunrise - 3:04
16 Blues Before Sunrise - 3:14
17 I Ain't Got No Money Now 3:35
18 Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child - 3:38
19 Stormy Night Blues - 3:11
20 Take a Walk Around the Corner - 2:45
21 Baby Come Back to Me - 2:27
22 Blue Night Blues - 2:58
23 My Woman's Gone Wrong - 2:31

Notes: People living in the early 21st century would do well to consider complete immersion in more than an hour's worth of vintage Vocalion blues records made during the darkest days of the Great Depression by pianist Leroy Carr and guitarist Scrapper Blackwell. Vol. 4 in Document's Complete Recorded Works of Leroy Carr contains 23 sides dating from March 1932 through August 1934, with three takes of "Mean Mistreatin' Mama" (suffused with a mood that almost certainly inspired Big Maceo's sound) and an extra version of Carr's beautifully straightforward "Blues Before Sunrise." This is not a "get up and shake your butt" kind of collection, and anyone who complains that it isn't has missed the entire point of historic blues appreciation altogether. In order to connect with this music you need to take a few deep breaths and let these men work on your nervous system with songs that hover and contemplate existence in the middle of the night (as in "Midnight Hour Blues"' "when the blues creep up on you and carry your mind away"), sometimes upgrading to the purposeful lope or the brisk walk, depending on what kind of real-life stuff is being processed. "Hold Them Puppies" and "You Can't Run My Business No More" seem to pulse with energy born of the friction that sometimes arises between two people who don't always see eye to eye. "Court Room Blues" is a boogie with complications in the air; "Take a Walk Around the Corner" is a boogie with murder in its eye. "I Ain't Got No Money Now" is a handsome cousin to Clarence "Pinetop" Smith's "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out." As for "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child," Carr has borrowed the title from the bedrock of African-American spirituals, but the song itself, like "Hurry Down Sunshine," "Moonlight Blues," and more than half the material on this collection, is a slow bluesy rumination on the difficulties of life in the world.

Leroy Carr - Vol. 4 (1932-1934)

Oznake: Leroy Carr, Piano Blues

Robert Wilkins - The Original Rolling Stone

Styles: Acoustic Memphis Blues, Country Blues, Pre-War Country Blues
Label: Yazoo
Released: 1990
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 102,2 MB
Time: 44:09
Art: front

1. I'll Go with Her Blues - 3:07
2. Rolling Stone, Pt. 1 - 2:53
3. Get Away Blues - 3:33
4. Alabama Blues - 2:38
5. I Do Blues - 3:38
6. Long Train Blues - 3:06
7. That's No Way to Get Along - 2:53
8. Falling Down Blues - 2:38
9. Jailhouse Blues - 3:33
10. Losin' Out Blues - 3:11
11. Rolling Stone, Pt. 2 - 3:30
12. Old Jim Canan's - 2:58
13. Nashville Stonewall Blues - 3:24
14. Police Sergeant Blues - 3:01


Notes: Yazoo's Original Rolling Stone is a wonderful disc containing 14 of the 17 sides Robert Wilkins recorded before the war. Wilkins was one of the great country-blues artists, and these songs -- including "Rollin' Stone," "That's No Way to Get Along," "Jailhouse Blues" and "I'll Go with Her" -- became legendary, not only because the songs were terrific (which they are) but also because the performances are intense and haunting. Original Rolling Stone features these songs in the best fidelity possible, along with some fairly good liner notes, making this the best package of his most influential recordings.

The Original Rolling Stone



• Sherman Lee Dillon - 309 Blues •
• Memphis Willie B. - Hardworking Man Blues (Remastered) •

Oznake: Robert Wilkins, Memphis Blues, Country Blues, Prewar Blues

Celso Salim & Rodrigo Mantovani - Diggin' The Blues

Size: 91,3 MB
Time: 38:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Label: GRV
Art: Front

01. East St. Louis Blues (3:14)
02. 300 Pounds Of Joy (3:26)
03. All By Myself (3:04)
04. Money Tree Blues (4:55)
05. Truckin' My Blues Away (2:33)
06. Weeping Willow (3:29)
07. 16 Tons (2:44)
08. Travelin' Girl (Feat. Sergio Duarte) (4:55)
09. No Man Can Trust (3:39)
10. You're Gonna Miss Me (3:04)
11. Weak Brain, Narrow Mind (3:48)

Após uma intensa pesquisa nas raízes do Blues, além de seis anos dividindo palcos, sendo tręs destes anos no formato dobro, baixo acústico e voz, Celso Salim e Rodrigo Mantovani preparam sua primeira parceria: o disco Diggin’the Blues. O Trabalho é inteiramente acústico e teve sua maior parte gravada ao vivo, com um estúdio móvel montado na casa do próprio guitarrista Celso Salim. No repertório estăo cançőes compostas entre as décadas de 30 a 60 de autores como Big Bill Broonzy, Willie Dixon, Muddy Waters e Blind Boy Fuller entre outros. O CD conta também com algumas composiçőes próprias.

Utilizando instrumentos tradicionais do Blues, o duo mostra uma seleçăo de músicas que, apesar de pouco conhecidas, săo clássicos do Country Blues. Assim, os músicos apresentam e representam com grande destreza os antecessores do Blues elétrico que muitos năo conhecem. Rodrigo apresenta um estilo de tocar que pouco se encontra por aqui, com influęncia dos primeiros baixistas que acompanharam os Blueseiros gravados no início do século passado. Celso canta e toca dobro em diferentes afinaçőes e domina o slide como poucos no Brasil.

Celso Salim (dobro e voz), Rodrigo Mantovani (baixo acústico e voz).

Diggin' The Blues



• Harry Manx & Friends - Live at the Glenn Gould Studio •
• Sherman Lee Dillon - 309 Blues •

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Oznake: Celso Salim, Rodrigo Mantovani, Acoustic Blues

Leroy Carr - Complete Recorded Works Vols. 1-3 of 6

Style: Piano Blues
Released: 1992/2005
Label: Document
File: mp3@320 K/s
Size: 173 MB

1 My Own Lonesome Blues 3:02
2 How Long, How Long Blues Carr 3:05
3 Broken Spoke Blues 2:57
4 Tennessee Blues Carr 3:00
5 Truthful Blues 2:53
6 Mean Old Train Blues 2:59
7 You Got to Reap What You Sow Carr 2:49
8 Low Down Dirty Blues Carr 3:04
9 How Long, How Long Blues, No. 2 Carr 2:44
10 How Long, How Long Blues, Pt. 3 Carr 3:08
11 Baby Don't You Love Me No More Guernsey, Thompson 3:11
12 Tired of Your Low Down Ways Carr 3:10
13 I'm Going Away and Leave My Baby Carr 3:05
14 Prison Bound Blues Carr 3:05
15 You Don't Mean Me No Good 3:13
16 How About Me? 3:26
17 Straight Alky Blues, Pt. 1 Carr 2:59
18 Think of Me Thinking of You 3:04
19 The Truth About the Thing 3:13
20 Straight Alky Blues, Pt. 1 Carr 3:20
21 Straight Alky Blues, Pt. 2 Carr 3:19
22 Lifeboat Blues 2:57
23 Gambler's Blues 3:05
24 There Ain't Nobody Got It Like She's Got It Carr 3:19

Notes: Completists, specialists and academics take note -- Document's Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1928-1929) offers an exhaustive overview of Leroy Carr's early recordings. Less dedicated listeners will probably find the long running time, exacting chronological sequencing, poor fidelity (all cuts are transferred from original acetates and 78s), and number of performances a bit off-putting, even though the serious blues listener will find all these factors to be positive.

Leroy Carr Vol. 1 (1928-1929)

Oznake: Leroy Carr, Piano Blues

Charley Patton - Founder of the Delta Blues 1929-1934

Styles: Delta Blues
Label: Yazoo
Released: 1989
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 173,1 MB
Time: 74:22
Art: full

1. Screamin' and Hollerin' The Blues - 3:03
2. Down the Dirt Road Blues - 2:53
3. Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues - 3:06
4. Green River Blues - 3:07
5. A Spoonful Blues - 3:09
6. Moon Going Down - 3:14
7. Tom Rushen Blues - 3:04
8. Elder Green Blues - 3:00
9. When Your Way Gets Dark - 3:06
10. Dry Well Blues - 3:19
11. High Water Everywhere Part I - 3:05
12. High Water Everywhere Part II - 3:05
13. Shake It and Break It - 3:07
14. Bony Blues - 2:58
15. Bird Nest Bound - 3:09
16. Some These Days I'll Be Gone - 3:13
17. Banty Rooster Blues - 3:01
18. 34 Blues - 2:57
19. High Sheriff Blues - 3:09
20. Stone Pony Blues - 2:49
21. Hammer Blues - 3:13
22. It Won't Be Long - 3:21
23. Going to Move to Alabama - 3:02
24. Poor Me - 2:57


Notes: Although the title of founder might not be exactly accurate, Patton does cast a giant shadow over Mississippi blues. His background as a medicine show entertainer made him more than the typical brooding bluesman. Much of his repertoire was upbeat and just plain fun. Take, for instance, his rendition of "Shake It and Break It": the gravelly voiced Patton snaps his strings and taps out the rhythm on his guitar while not missing a beat. His slide numbers like "High Sheriff" and "When Your Way Gets Dark" are beautiful melodic pieces seldom matched by his peers. He was also an early mentor of Robert Johnson, who probably picked up his trademark descending bass run from Patton. Charley was one of the true greats and is required listening for Delta blues fans. --Lars Gandil

Patton was the key figure in the transition between traditional folk and what came to be known as the Mississippi Delta blues. A flamboyant, popular performer, he recorded a satchelful of titles between 1929 and 1934, two dozen of which appear in this collection. He sang tales of hardship, freedom, topical events, and other matters in a rough voice that stormed with turmoil. His guitar picking was of a piece: skillfully nuanced in expression and, above all, rhythmically imperative. Yazoo's typically conscientious mastering makes the sound of primitively recorded 78s acceptable. -- © Frank John Hadley 1993

Founder of the Delta Blues



• Harlem Slim - Delta Blues & Piedmont Ragtime •
• Charley Patton - Dirt Road Blues •

Oznake: Charley Patton, Delta Blues

St. Louis Jimmy Oden - St. Louis Jimmy Oden Vols 1 & 2

Few blues songs have stood the test of Father Time as enduringly as "Goin' Down Slow." Its composer, St. Louis Jimmy Oden, endured rather impressively himself -- he recorded during the early '30s and was still at it more than three decades later.

If not for a fortuitous move to St. Louis circa 1917, Oden might have been known as "Nashville Jimmy". He fell in with pianist Roosevelt Sykes on the 1920s Gateway City blues circuit (the two remained frequent musical partners throughout the ensuing decades). Oden enjoyed a fairly prolific recording career during the '30s and '40s, appearing on Champion, Bluebird (where he hit with "Goin' Down Slow" in 1941), Columbia, Bullet in 1947, Miracle, Aristocrat (there he cut "Florida Hurricane" in 1948 accompanied by pianist Sunnyland Slim and a young guitarist named Muddy Waters), Mercury, Savoy, and Apollo.

Scattered singles for Duke (with Sykes on piano) and Parrot (a 1955 remake of "Goin' Down Slow") set the stage for Oden's 1960 album debut for Prestige's Bluesville subsidiary (naturally, it included yet another reprise of "Goin' Down Slow"). Oden was backed by guitarist Jimmie Lee Robinson and a swinging New York rhythm section. As much a composer as a performer, Oden wrote "Soon Forgotten" and "Take the Bitter with the Sweet" for Muddy Waters. ~bio by Bill Dahl

Album: St. Louis Jimmy Oden Vol. 1 1932-1944
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 77:44
Size: 178.0 MB
Label: Document
Styles: Chicago blues, Piano blues
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[3:13] 1. I Have Made Up My Mind
[3:06] 2. Sitting Down Thinking Blues
[3:34] 3. Patrol Wagon Blues
[3:21] 4. Warning Spirit Blues
[3:32] 5. My Dream Blues
[3:06] 6. Six Feet In The Ground
[3:16] 7. Pipe Layin' Blues
[2:42] 8. Some Sweet Day
[2:47] 9. Silk Worm Blues
[3:03] 10. The Road To Ruin
[3:12] 11. Thick And Thin
[3:13] 12. Monkey Face Blues
[2:59] 13. Come Day Go Day
[3:02] 14. Lost Ball Blues
[3:13] 15. Going Down Slow
[2:55] 16. Old Vets Blues
[2:57] 17. St. Louis Woman Blues
[3:13] 18. Poor Boy Blues
[3:01] 19. Back On My Feet Again
[2:56] 20. Nothing But Blues
[3:01] 21. Soon Forget You
[3:05] 22. Can't Stand Your Evil Ways
[3:03] 23. Strange Woman Blues
[2:54] 24. One More Break
[3:06] 25. My Story Blues

St. Louis Jimmy Oden Vol. 1 1932-1944

Oznake: St. Louis Jimmy Oden, Chicago Blues, Piano Blues

Scott Ainslie - You Better Lie Down

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 40:49
Size: 95.0 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues, Gospel
Year: 2002
Art: Front

[3:56] 1. You Better Lie Down
[3:13] 2. Don't Let The Devil Ride
[3:30] 3. Big Fat Mama
[3:15] 4. Pay Day
[3:08] 5. I'll Be Rested
[4:16] 6. Broken Levee Blues
[3:26] 7. Phonograph Blues
[2:52] 8. Losing Faith In You
[3:20] 9. Bring It On Home To Me
[3:14] 10. When You've Got A Good Friend
[2:56] 11. I Will Trust In The Lord
[3:35] 12. Wade In The Water


What a title for a blues and gospel record! "You Better Lie Down" is a collection of songs learned from Ainslie's fieldwork and the field recordings of Dwight Devane, formerly the State Folklorist of Florida, who followed quite literally in the footsteps of Zora Neale Hurston. From a little heard B.B. King song (Losing Faith In You) to a stripped down bluesy version of Sam Cooke's "Bring It On Home to Me", this album talks to the brain stem. This is very emotional stuff for Ainslie and for the rest of us.

Ainslie plays acoustic guitars, his vintage Nationals, mandolin, and fretless electric bass and sings his heart out. The gospel here is that non-evangelical, soulful stuff that lies so close to the blues traditions. And Ainslie's notes about Willie Malloy's "I Will Trust In The Lord" are not to be missed. (Check out cattailmusic for those).

Ainslie's work as an acoustic blues performer has a different spin from most. In addition to good chops on slide and ragtime blues guitar and strong vocals; he's bringing twenty years of scholarship, and fieldwork with older blues and gospel musicians. His live shows include enough of the stories and background on the tunes to allow the songs to take their full-size in the experience of the audience. People go home slyly better educated about the history and genesis of the music, and I believe--knowing something of their origins--are moved more deeply by the tunes.

In addition to his performing life, Ainslie wrote 'the book' on Mississippi Blues legend Robert Johnson, "Robert Johnson/At The Crossroads" which contained complete transcriptions of his recordings, complete annotated lyrics with all the black idioms explained, a biography and historical notes introducing each song. It lasted a decade in the fickle music press and he's hoping to have it back in a second edition in 2005.

Ainslie also has a teaching video, "Robert Johnson's Guitar Techniques," on Starlicks 'Master Sessions' series and three blues CDs ["Jealous of the Moon", "Terraplane", and "You Better Lie Down". He tours widely playing festivals, clubs, community concert series, and works in educational settings as a visiting artist with programs on the African roots of American music, using live performances of Delta and Ragtime blues, gospel, and jazz to illustrate the history of American roots and pop music.

You Better Lie Down

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Oznake: Scott Ainslie, Acoustic Blues, Gospel

Leroy Carr - Whiskey Is My Habit, Women Is All I Crave: The Best Of Leroy Carr (2-Disc set)

The 40 tracks compiled on this two-disc set represent the entire span of pianist and singer Leroy Carr's recording career that spanned a brief seven years, from 1928-1935. The material represented here -- all but one of these tracks were recorded for the Vocalion label -- features accompaniment by guitarist Scrapper Blackwell on all but one selection, and Josh White on a handful as well. Carr's material here ranges from the classic piano blues of the era that spawned Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith to vaudeville and hokum tunes made popular by artists like Tampa Red and Georgia Tom. Carr's voice is the haunting thing here; it's higher and very clear, sweet almost, as evidenced by most of these sides. But there was an edge, too; one that belied a kind of pathos underneath even the most cheery material -- check "Mean Mistreater Blues" or "Bread Baker." But the darker material such as "Suicide Blues" (one of six previously unissued performances), "Straight Alky Blues," or "Shinin' Pistol," is strange and eerie given Carr's smooth approach. Carr may not be the most well-known bluesman of the era, but his contribution is profound and lasting. This collection puts to shame almost all others with the exception of the multi-volume complete recordings on Document. But given the fact that these sides are wonderfully remastered, and 40 tracks are enough for virtually anybody but the hardest core blues punter, this is the set to have. ~ Thom Jurek

Recording information: Chicago, IL (06/19/1928-02/25/1935); Indianapolis, IN (06/19/1928-02/25/1935); New York, NY (06/19/1928-02/25/1935); St. Louis, MO (06/19/1928-02/25/1935).

Leroy Carr (vocals, piano); Leroy Carr; Josh White (guitar); Scrapper Blackwell (guitar).

This album is posted by azzul at The River Club 18. Nov 2011. Since some links are working there is no need for new ones

Oznake: Leroy Carr, Josh White, Scrapper Blackwell, Piano Blues

Dave Van Ronk - Two Sides Of

Styles: Folk Revival
Label: Fantasy
Released: 1963/1981
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 179,1 MB
Time: 78:13
Art: front + back

1. Cake Walkin' Babies From Home - 2:59
2. Ace In The Hole - 2:53
3. St.Louis Tickle - 3:25
4. Death Letter Blues - 4:48
5. All Over You - 3:33
6. Whoa Back Buck - 3:39
7. Sister Kate - 3:04
8. Kansas City Blues - 2:10
9. Green, Green Rocky Road - 3:39
10. See See Rider - 5:18
11. Rocks And Gravel - 4:28
12. Hesitation Blues - 3:32
13. God Bless The Child - 4:25
14. Sunday Street - 3:20
15. Sportin' Life - 4:56
16. Cocaine - 4:30
17. St. James Infirmary - 5:00
18. You've been A Good Ole Wagon - 2:52
19. Spike Driver Blues - 4:15
20. Gaslight Rag - 2:13
21. Candy Man - 3:04

Recorded in London at Livingstone Studios, 1963, 1981
Remastered Fantasy Studos Berkeley, 2002.

Personnel:
Dave Van Ronk (guitars, vocals)
with
Red Onion Jazz Band (1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 12)

Notes: This two-on-one single-CD pairing of sessions from 1963 and 1981 isn't the most logical chronological mating, but Van Ronk's style was consistent enough throughout his career that it's not jarring, though neither album is among his very best. The first half of the disc is devoted to the whole of the 1963 In the Tradition album, which was evenly split between tracks on which the singer is backed by the Dixieland jazz-style combo the Red Onions and by more customary acoustic folk-blues solo guitar. That 1963 session isn't too much different from much of the rest of his catalog, other than in the balanced mixture between jazz and folk approaches. Of the trad jazz cuts, the item that might attract the most collector interest is the jaunty "All Over You," which is certainly one of the most obscure (and atypical) early Bob Dylan covers; Dylan would never release his own version, though a demo he did of the tune in 1963 has appeared on bootlegs. It's not much of a song, but its basic joie de vivre fits in well with the jazz segment of this program, on which Van Ronk's gravelly vocals credibly echo (especially for a white singer) the spirit of early New Orleans jazz vocalists like Louis Armstrong. Among the acoustic numbers are "Green, Green Rocky Road" and "Rocks and Gravel," both of which would be recorded by several other major talents of the '60s folk scene. The CD also contains all but two songs ("In the Midnight Hour" and "Stagolee") from a solo acoustic album he recorded in a single-night session in London in 1981, Your Basic Dave Van Ronk. If you'd been following Van Ronk up to that point, it wouldn't have contained anything in its approach that you hadn't heard before; indeed, some of the songs ("God Bless the Child," "Cocaine," "St. James Infirmary," "Candy Man") had been included on Van Ronk albums released many years prior to 1981. Still, Van Ronk's powers as an excellent folk-blues interpreter were fully intact, and it did include two original Van Ronk compositions in "Sunday Street" and "Gaslight Rag," the latter an homage to the famed Gaslight club in Greenwich Village. ~ Amg

Two Sides Of



• The Even Dozen Jug Band - Jug Band Songs Of The Southern Mountains •
• Dave Van Ronk - Ragtime Jug Stompers •

Oznake: Dave Van Ronk, Folk Revival

Taj Mahal - Recycling The Blues & Other Related Stuff

Styles: Modern Acoustic Blues, Contemporary Blues
Released: 1972/1991
Label: Mobile Fidelity/Columbia
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 103.7 MB
Time: 46:28
Art: front + back

1. Conch Introduction - 1:10
2. Kalimba - 2:25
3. Bound To Love Me Some - 5:15
4. Ricochet - 4:17
5. A Free Song (Rise Up Children Shake The Devil Out Of Your Soul) - 4:11
6. Corinna - 2:56
7. Conch Close - 0:38
8. M'Banjo - 4:38
9. Cakewalk Into Town - 2:35
10. Sweet Home Chicago - 6:49
11. Texas Woman Blues - 2:57
12. Gitano Negro - 8:33

Personnel:
Taj Mahal - Banjo, Guitar, Harmonica, Guitar (Steel), Vocals, Kalimba, Handclapping, Producer, Conch, Bass (Upright)
Howard Johnson - Tuba, Handclapping
The Pointer Sisters - Vocals (bckgr)

Notes: "Recycling the Blues and Other Related Stuff" is most likely Taj's best album and definitely his best album side. At a time that blues meant listening to a wailing electric guitar, Taj swam against the current, and produced an awesome minimalist format. The first cut, "Cakewalk into Town" is adorned with Howard Johnson's tuba and some handclaps. Nobody but Taj could have pulled that off. You see great guitarists like Mark Knopfler use steel guitars as album cover ornaments, and Johnny Winter even cut a song with one, but Taj really knows what to do with one. In fact, whether it's an upright bass, banjo, or whatever, he will get incredible sounds out of it. Brian Jones move over. The album's version of "Sweet Home Chicago" is a simply definitive version, dare I say it, blowing away the track we have of Robert Johnson. Why this song and this version of this song isn't Chicago's theme song instead of The Chairman's is pretty obvious. The Pointer Sisters' background vocals are perfect. Ditto on "Texas Woman Blues," but the striking aspect of this song is the listener's recognition of how Taj has changed the texture of his voice from an edgy gravelly sound in the previous songs to a rich warm baritone. Anyone that picked up on the cd issue of "The Real Thing" will notice this quality throughout that album. And of course, on both albums, Taj shows us he can whistle better than anyone else. He is just so musically talented, especially during this period of his career, as to be disgusting. What is truly disgusting is that this cd is out of print and wasn't reissued with the reissues of his other early albums. The only cd version from 1991 fetches incredible prices. I guess I should be grateful for the issue of "The Real Thing," as it commemorates an incredible tuba breakdown that will have you running to the audio store to buy a subwoofer (rationalizing the expense as a partial savings on laxatives). And "Natural Blues" has that banjo mini-solo (or whatever you want to call it) in the middle of "Corinna." But I want more. I implore the record industry gods to hear my plea and produce a quality remastered cd version of "Recycling the Blues and Other Related Stuff." ~ Leo H. Stakemiller

Recycling The Blues & Other Related Stuff



• John Dee Holeman - John Dee Holeman & The Waifs Band •
• John Hammond - John Hammond Live •

Oznake: Taj Mahal, Modern Acoustic Blues, Contemporary Blues

Shawn James - Shadows

Size: 107,3 MB
Time: 46:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Acoustic Blues Folk, Blues Soul
Label: Shawn James
Art: Front

01. The Wanderer (2:09)
02. The Shadow (3:43)
03. Funny Little Feeling (3:34)
04. No Rest (3:04)
05. Eating Like Kings (3:46)
06. Through The Valley (3:40)
07. Flow (2:52)
08. If That's Love (3:46)
09. Insane (2:04)
10. The Thief And The Moon (3:10)
11. Midnight Dove (4:36)
12. Along Our Way (9:34)

I started this review with no idea who Shawn James was. I had no clue as to whether I was about to listen to Norwegian death metal or Dave Matthews. I had no preconceived notion about what it was that I was going to be reviewing. So when I say that I am impressed, blown away, and completely envious about the talent displayed on Shawn James’ debut album SHADOWS, rest assured I’m not engaging in any hyperbole whatsoever. This album is that good.

Shawn James deserves to be famous. His songwriting is clever and deep, his singing is superlative, and his songs are well-crafted and faultlessly executed. The production is top-notch, capturing atmosphere and the nuances of each instrument, without managing to sound overproduced or canned. What follows is my impressions of each song from the album. In any review that I’ve done so far, I’ve not ever gone so far as to encourage anyone to spend money. Times are tough for everybody. But if you love music that can stir your very soul, buy this album. Make this artist as famous as he deserves to be. Yes, I’m that impressed.

Shadows



• Cotton Belly's - This Day... •
• Harrison Kennedy - Soulscape •

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Oznake: Shawn James, Folk-Blues

Taj Mahal - An Evening of Acoustic Music

Styles: Electric Country Blues, Contemporary Blues, Acoustic Blues
Recorded: 1994
Released: 1997
Label: Ruf
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 161 MB
Time: 70:26
Art: front + back

1. Stagger Lee - 3:50
2. Dust My Broom - 5:08
3. Take This Hammer - 3:58
4. Blues With A Feeling - 5:04
5. Big Legged Mamas Are Back In Style Again - 4:31
6. Crossing - 4:58
7. Come On In My Kitchen - 6:25
8. Candy Man - 4:18
9. Satisfied 'N' Tickled Too - 6:58
10. Sittin' On Top Of The World - 4:22
11. Cake Walk Into Town - 2:35
12. Ain't Gwine To Whistle Dixie Anymo' - 4:00
13. Big Kneed Gal - 5:47
14. Texas Woman Blues - 3:36
15. Tom & Sally Drake - 4:49

Personnel:
Taj Mahal - Guitar (Electric and Acoustic), Vocals, Piano, Banjo
Howard Johnson - Tuba (11, 13, 14, 15), Penny Whistle (12)

Notes: If you've ever caught Taj live solo, this recording, cut during an appearance in Germany, is what you've been waiting for. His sublime performances of "Satisfied and Tickled Too" and "Candy Man" are out of this world. While the inclusion of tuba on a few tracks does prove somewhat annoying, for the most part this is an excellent example of what makes Taj a treasure.

An Evening of Acoustic Music



• Terry Garland - The One To Blame •
• Steve James - Art and Grit •

Oznake: Taj Mahal, Country Blues, Contemporary Blues, Acoustic Blues

Bonnie Raitt - The Lost Broadcast Philadelphia 1972 (Deluxe Version)

Size: 150,0 MB
Time: 65:15
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2012
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Label: Left Field Media
Art: Front

01. Mighty Tight Woman (3:51)
02. Rollin' & Tumblin' (3:49)
03. Any Day Woman (4:12)
04. Woman Be Wise (3:09)
05. Thank You (2:49)
06. Bluebird (3:23)
07. Finest Lovin' Man (5:29)
08. Big Road (4:39)
09. Stayed Too Long At The Fair (3:10)
10. Under The Falling Sky (4:14)
11. Walkin' Blues (4:02)
12. Can't Find My Way Home (3:07)
13. Richland Woman Blues (2:57)
14. Blender Blues (4:37)
15. Since I Fell For You (3:41)
16. Sugar Mama (3:54)
17. Runaway (4:04)

A great radio broadcast from February 1972 featuring mainly Bonnie with Freebo on bass but also T. J. Tindle on lead guitar and John Davis playing harp on a couple of tracks. Captures Bonnie doing material from her first two albums as well as some songs that have never been officially released - Steve Winwood's 'Can't Find My Way Home', John Hurt's 'Richland Woman Blues' and her own song 'Blender Blues'. Although Bonnie sounds young (she was only 22) she also sounds very confident and relaxed, her voice is perfectly controlled and her guitar playing is particularly good on blues like Robert Johnson's 'Walking blues' and 'Richland Woman Blues'.

The Lost Broadcast Philadelphia 1972



• Mick Martin - Revelator •
• The Blue Rider Trio - Preachin' The Blues •

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Posted by kamane

Oznake: Bonnie Raitt, Acoustic Blues

Mike Stevens & Matt Andersen - Piggyback

Size: 126,4 MB
Time: 54:58
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2009
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Label: Busted Flat Records
Art: Front

01. I Wanna Be A Float Plane (4:29)
02. The Way You Move (3:35)
03. Hold Me With Both Hands (3:20)
04. Livin' In Sarnia (6:53)
05. Devil's Bride (4:05)
06. Going Home (3:23)
07. Storms Rollin' In (5:28)
08. Better Days (8:17)
09. I'll Tell You A Story (4:53)
10. Blue Celtic Rose (3:14)
11. Workin' My Way Home To My Girl (2:56)
12. You're A Best Seller Baby (4:21)

Every now and again you hear an artist that just pulls you up short, stops you dead in your tracks, like being on a top flight cutting horse that can stop on a dime, rollback and give you a nickel in change, Matt Andersen's voice did that to me the first time I heard it. He is the whole package and can play guitar, write relevant songs and present the songs in a way that will just bring you to a standstill you and make you listen up, just check this YouTube video. Now you are saying wait a minute this is a disc by Matt Andersen and Mike Stevens; well the disc came to me because of the effect that Matt had when I first heard him and started investigating who the guy is, which is what led me to this. And, so we are clear, Mike Stevens is a renowned harmonica virtuoso known mostly in Bluegrass and Experimental music circles more than holds up his end of the partnership on harmonica, songwriting and production. Just please forgive the excess on Matt as he is the one that drew me into this.

Mike Stevens and Matt Anderson wrote the twelve songs on this disc and there are some gems here that have a way of stretching the tension created between their respective instruments. There are times when you don't realize the sound is created by just guitar, both as a lead and rhythm instrument, and the harmonica wizardry of Mr. Stevens and the vocals of Mr. Andersen. The songs are in a variety of tempos that reflect in the emotions of each. There is the beautiful love song Hold Me With Both Hands, and the wonderful interplay of both instruments and voice in the Livin' In Sarnia that creates a pressure that is essential to the song. This is a disc that is going to fill you in every way; there are not often discs that fit together as a whole as well as this one does. It is going to put a smile on your face and have you tapping your toes if you're not actually up and dancing.

Piggyback



• Billy Flynn - Chicago Blues Mandolin •
• John Dee Holeman - Bull Durham Blues •

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Posted by kamane

Oznake: Mike Stevens, Matt Andersen, Acoustic Blues, Canada