Show Me the Way Home, Honey

Steve James - American Primitive

Styles: Contemporary Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues, Acoustic Country Blues
Released: 1994
Label: Antone's
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 108,8 MB
Time: 47:31
Art: Front

1. Greasy Greens (Bumble Bee Slim) - 3:34
2. My Last Good Car (Brown, James) - 3:34
3. Talco Girl (James) - 3:33
4. Ragged and Dirty (Brown) - 3:54
5. Banker's Blues (James) - 3:33
6. Frankie Jean (That Trottin' Fool) (Memphis Minnie) - 2:55
7. Hadacol Boogie (Penny) - 2:28
8. Midnight Blues (James) - 2:53
9. Boogie Woogie Dance (Tampa Red) - 2:53
10. All In, Down and Out Blues (Macon) - 2:43
11. Grain Alcohol (James) - 2:21
12. The Change (James) - 6:55
13. Will and Testament Blues (James) - 3:19
14. Guitar Medley (James) - 2:44

Personnel:
Danny Barnes - Banjo, Guitar, Tenor Banjo, Guitar (Tenor)
Steve James - Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals, Producer, Slide Guitar
Gary Primich - Harmonica
Mark Rubin - Bass

Note: Utilizing a jug band of fellow Austinites Danny Barnes (tenor guitar and banjo) and Mark Rubin (stand-up bass and Sousaphone -- both of the Bad Livers) and harpist Gary Primich on some tracks, James sounds more mature here, evidenced by six originals (the John Hurt-esque "Talco Girl" is particularly nice) and one collaboration with bassist/songwriter Sarah Brown ("My Last Good Car") and effective rather than affected vocals. Stellar guitar throughout, with an added treat: James's blues mandolin on "Midnight Blues."
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American Primitive



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Oznake: Modern Acoustic Blues, Contemporary Blues, Country Blues, Steve James

Various - Times Ain't Like They Used To Be Vol. 8

Styles: Country Blues, Prewar Blues, Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues, Old-Timey, String Bands, Piedmont Blues, Traditional Folk
Label: Yazoo
Released: 2003
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 157,0 MB
Time: 68:36
Art: full

1. Vaughan Quartet - It's Just Like Heaven - 3:12
2. Red Headed Fiddler - The Steeley Rag - 2:36
3. Gitfiddle Jim - Paddlin' Blues - 3:19
4. Dilly & His Dill Pickles - Sand Mountain Drag - 3:23
5. Dock Boggs - Sugar Baby - 3:00
6. King Solomon Hill - My Buddy Blind Papa Lemon - 3:11
7. Stripling Brothers - The Lost Child - 3:07
8. Frank Hutchinson - The Train That Carried My Girl From Town - 3:04
9. Bo Weavil Jackson - You Can't Keep No Brown - 2:52
10. Wright Brothers Quartet - Mother Is With The Angels - 2:59
11. Dick Reinhart - Rambling Lover - 2:53
12. Skip James - 4 O'Clock Blues - 2:52
13. Da Costa Woltz's Southern Broadcasters - Yellow Rose Of Texas - 2:53
14. Johnny Barfield - Gonna Ride Till The Sun Goes Down - 2:54
15. Ed Bell - Mamlish Blues - 2:36
16. Ted Sharp, Hinman and Sharp - Robinson County - 3:10
17. Dennis McGee - Valse Des Vachers - 2:39
18. David Miller - Jailhouse Rag - 2:43
19. Tommy Johnson - I Want Someone To Love Me - 2:57
20. Uncle Dave Macon and McGee Bros. - Tennessee Tornado - 3:16
21. Frank Jenkins - Roving Cowboy - 2:59
22. Shelor Family - Big Bend Gal - 2:49
23. Rev. W.M. Mosley - Yes Tis Me - 3:01

Notes: Each volume in Yazoo Records' Times Ain't Like They Used to Be series (this one is the eighth installment) collects 1920s and '30s commercial 78s that, taken together, project a vital and energetic rural, early 20th century America of jug and string bands, country blues players, fiddlers, banjoists, sacred singers, and musical roustabouts of every conceivable rustic style imaginable. This process makes each volume remarkably similar even as the particular artists and songs included on each may be tremendously different. Volume 8 is a little heavier on the blues side of things and includes such rare gems as Dock Boggs' banjo blues set piece "Sugar Baby," Skip James' haunting rendering of "4 O'Clock Blues" (made especially precious by sounding like it was recorded in a hail storm), Frank Hutchison's sleek and timeless "The Train That Carried My Girl from Town," and Francis Jenkins' ancient sounding fiddle ballad, "Roving Cowboy," which sounds a bit like an inland sea shanty. Since everything is drawn from exceedingly rare 78s, many of which were played to death by their original owners, there is a fair amount of ambient needle noise on most of these tracks, but that only adds to the overall feel of history actually coming alive that is inherent to these kinds of compilations. Well selected, varied, and artfully sequenced, Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, Vol. 8 is a welcome addition to a hopefully never-ending series.

Times Ain't Like They Used To Be Vol. 8



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• Blind Willie McTell - Blind Willie McTell 1927-1933

Oznake: Country Blues, Prewar Blues, Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues, Old-Timey, String Bands, Piedmont Blues, Traditional Folk, Various

Various - Times Ain't Like They Used to Be Vol. 7 of 8

Styles: Country Blues, Prewar Blues, Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues, Old-Timey, String Bands, Traditional Folk
Label: Yazoo
Released: 2003
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 160,5 MB
Time: 70:07
Art: full

1. Dilly & His Dill Pickles - Bust Down Stomp - 3:18
2. Jimmie Tarlton - Dixie Mail - 3:22
3. King Solomon Hill - Times Has Done Got Hard - 3:14
4. East Texas Serenaders - Mineola Rag - 2:44
5. Sheffield Male Quartet - Christ Arose - 3:03
6. 'Gitfiddle Jim' - Rainy Night Blues - 3:14
7. Three Tobacco Tags - Good Gal Remember Me - 3:01
8. Red Headed Fiddlers - Texas Quickstep - 2:53
9. Ed Bell - Ham Bone Blues - 2:49
10. David Miller - Cannonball Rag - 2:48
11. Fiddlin John Carson & His Virginia Reelers - Little More Sugar medley - 3:07
12. Bo Weavil Jackson - Devil and my Brown Blues - 2:57
13. Stripling Brothers - Horseshoe Bend - 3:00
14. Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers - Primrose Hill - 2:56
15. Skip James - Hard Luck child - 3:06
16. Uncle Dave Macon & Sam McGee - Go On, Nora Lee - 3:09
17. Dennis McGee - Jeunes Gens Campagnard - 2:44
18. Jay Bird Coleman - I'm Gonna Cross The River Of Jordon Some Of These Days - 3:09
19. Uncle Pete & Louise - Only A Tramp - 3:01
20. Ben Jarrell & Frank Jenkins - Jack of Diamnds - 2:48
21. Son House - Dry Spell Blues, part 1 - 3:11
22. 'Ted' Sharp, Hinman & Sharp - Pike's Peak - 3:10
23. Old Southern Sacred Singers - I'll Go Where You Want Me To Go - 3:15

Notes: Each volume in Yazoo Records' Times Ain't Like They Used to Be series (this one is the seventh installment) collects 1920s and '30s commercial 78s, and taken together they project a vital and energetic rural, early 20th century America of jug and string bands, country blues players, fiddlers, banjoists, sacred singers, and musical roustabouts of every conceivable rustic style imaginable. This process makes each volume remarkably similar even as the particular artists and songs included on each may be tremendously different. Volume 7 includes such rare gems as Jimmie Tarlton's impressive "Dixie Mail," Skip James' haunting "Hard Luck Child," an unhinged fiddle and banjo duet by Ben Jarrell and Francis Jenkins on "Jack of Diamonds" and the first part of Son House's classic two-part 78 rpm recording of "Dry Spell Blues." Since everything is drawn from exceedingly rare 78s, many of which were played to death by their original owners, there is a fair amount of ambient needle noise on most of these tracks, but that only adds to the overall feel of history actually coming alive that is inherent to these kinds of compilations. Well selected, varied, and artfully sequenced, Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, Vol. 7 is a welcome addition to a hopefully never-ending series.

Times Ain't Like They Used to Be Vol. 7



• Alan Lomax - Texas Folk Songs
• The 2nd South Carolina String Band - Hard Road

Oznake: Country Blues, Prewar Blues, Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues, Old-Timey, String Bands, Traditional Folk, Various

Rick Taylor - Lucky Room

Styles: Acoustic Blues, Dirty Blues
Label: Voluteer Records
Released: 2010
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 88,2 MB
Time: 37:51
Art: front

1. By Myself - 2:33
2. Murmur Low - 3:00
3. Six Cold Feet Of Ground - 3:40
4. I See My Baby - 3:42
5. Tough Times - 2:56
6. Blind Fiddler - 4:24
7. Monday Morning Blues - 3:58
8. Rattlesnake - 3:23
9. You Can't Live Long - 3:24
10. Drop Down Mama - 2:39
11. Baby Please Don't Go - 4:06

Notes: Not content to rest on his laurels, and on the heals of his critically acclaimed 2008 release “The Wonky Years”, and the moving finger style guitar work on his 2005 release “Clown River”, Rick Taylor has returned home; to the blues. This gritty solo collection of 11 songs is recorded in the spirit of the 20’s and 50’s blues masters. It covers the road from Mississippi to Chicago in a stirring tribute to the roots of the music that has driven pop music for decades. With a bourbon stained voice that sounds as if it could be coming through the torn radio speaker of a 1927 Buick, Lucky Room was recorded on vintage acoustic and electric guitars and amplifiers. Close your eyes and you will find yourself sitting at a table in a juke joint, somewhere along Highway 61.
Selected by The Great Lakes Blues Society to showcase at the 2010 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee and long regarded as one of Canada’s finest blues and finger style guitarists, Rick Taylor brings a high level of energy to the stage and recording studio. A 40 year veteran of the guitar, Rick cut his teeth on early delta and Chicago blues and immersed himself in the genre. As a young musician Rick got the chance to see many of the early blues masters first hand and developed his own unique style and syncopated voicings on the guitar. He is often in demand as a studio musician and sideman and has two solo CD’s to his credit. His rich, expressive baritone voice, quirky and novel songwriting styles and unforgettable “guitarnastics" has made Rick a crowd favorite at festivals and clubs for many years. ~ cdbaby
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Lucky Room



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Oznake: Rick Taylor, Acoustic Blues

Luther Dickinson - Rock 'N Roll Blues

Size: 81,7 MB
Time: 34:33
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Blues Rock, Folk Rock
Label: New West Records
Art: Full

01. Vandalize (2:53)
02. Blood 'N Guts (3:19)
03. Yard Man (3:07)
04. Goin' Country (3:18)
05. Mojo, Mojo (5:18)
06. Rock 'N Roll Blues (2:46)
07. Bar Band (2:43)
08. Stone's Throw (4:15)
09. Some Ol' Day (3:20)
10. Karmic Debt (3:30)

Luther Dickinson enters a new phase of his storied musical career with his rollicking and raw new solo album, Rock ‘n Roll Blues. From the propulsive beat and unbridled sound of opener Vandalize, to the insanely catchy Bar Band, it’s clear this is a unique chapter in the acclaimed Southern musician’s songbook. More informed by a youth spent listening to punk rock than the blues and boogie rock of his revered band North Mississippi Allstars, the record consists mostly of acoustic guitar, stand up bass and drums and although not punk in sound, it is in spirit and the DIY ethos. In essence, an autobiography set to music, the 10-track LP traces Luther’s journey from excitable teen to tour-van vet and offers a side of himself seldom seen before.

The son of the late great producer and musician Jim Dickinson, Luther made his recording debut at age 14 and has recorded with a who’s who of musicians including The Replacements, Beck, Jon Spencer, John Hiatt, Levon Helm, Mavis Staples, Ry Cooder and Patty Griffin. He is the lead guitarist and vocalist for the North Mississippi Allstars and widely known as both a talented musician and producer with four Grammy® nominations to prove it - three in the contemporary blues category and one in traditional folk.

Thanks to MapleBlues.
Rock 'N Roll Blues



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Oznake: Luther Dickinson, Acoustic Blues, folk-rock, blues-rock

Steve James - Two Track Mind

Styles: Modern Acoustic Blues, Acoustic Country Blues
Released: 1993
Label: Discovery
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 86,2 MB
Time: 37:38
Art: full

1. Milwaukee Blues (Poole) - 3:06
2. Rocks and Gravel (Lipscomb) - 3:15
3. Guitar Rag (Weaver) - 3:10
4. Frankie and Albert (Traditional) - 3:15
5. Huggin' and Chalkin' (Goell) - 1:28
6. Amos Johnson Rag (McGee) - 2:24
7. Bachelor Blues (Moore) - 4:20
8. Railroad Blues (McGee) - 2:24
9. Blues in the Bottle (Hunt) - 2:26
10. Variations on the Saturday Night Rub (Broonzy) - 2:21
11. Don't Seem Right (Faust) - 3:08
12. County Line Road (James) - 3:38
13. Spanish Fandango (Traditional) - 2:01

Note: A rarity in today's field of acoustic blues pickers; a guitarist with encyclopedic knowledge who never sounds academic. James embraces a wide scope of fingerpicking styles -- Piedmont school ragtime, hokum ("Huggin' and Chalkin'"), country (Sam McGee is the source of two tunes here), and slide (his showstopping take on Sylvester Weaver's "Guitar Rag") with super technique, humor, and a relaxed ease that borders on cockiness. Only one original here, but that situation was to be rectified on Steve's follow-up.

Two Track Mind



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• Nico Wayne Toussaint & Michel Foizon - On The Go

Oznake: Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Steve James

Various - Times Ain't Like They Used To Be Vol. 6 of 8

Styles: Country Blues, Prewar Blues, Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues, Old-Timey, String Bands, Piedmont Blues, Traditional Folk
Label: Yazoo
Released: 2002
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 157,5 MB
Time: 68:47
Art: full

1. Birkhead & Lane - Robinson County - 3:06
2. Floyd County Ramblers - Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party - 3:09
3. Mississippi Moaner - It's Cold In China - 2:51
4. Parker & Dodd - Sail Away Lady - 2:59
5. Uncle Dave Macon & The Fruit Jar Drinkers - I'm Goin' Away In The Morn - 3:08
6. Tenderfoot Edwards - Seven Sister Blues - 2:55
7. Virginia Mountain Boomers - Cousin Sally Brown - 2:54
8. Girls Of The Golden West - Whoopee-Ti-Yi-Yo Git Along Little Doggies - 2:46
9. Skip James - Cherry Ball Blues - 2:50
10. Roy Harvey & Jess Johnston - Milwaukee Blues - 3:20
11. Weems String Band - Davy - 2:55
12. Eli Framer - God Didn't Make Me No Monkey Man - 3:13
13. Eck Robertson - Sally Gooden - 3:11
14. Jess Johnston & Byrd Moore - My Trouble Blues - 3:10
15. Charley Patton - Prayer Of Death - Part 2 - 2:49
16. Red Headed Fiddlers - Cheat 'Em - 2:33
17. Dewey & Gassie Bassett - Jesus Paved The Way - 2:42
18. Louie Lasky - Caroline - 2:51
19. The Swamp Rooters - Swamp Cat Rag - 3:07
20. Reaves White County Ramblers - Ten Cent Piece - 3:03
21. Blind Joe Reynolds - Ninety Nine Blues - 2:40
22. Jess Hillard & His West Virginia Hillbillies - Rolling River - 3:27
23. Turney Brothers - At The Cross - 2:56

Notes: Each volume in Yazoo Records' Times Ain't Like They Used to Be series (this one is the sixth installment) collects 1920s and '30s commercial 78s, and taken together they project a vital and energetic early-20th century rural America of jug and string bands, country blues players, fiddlers, banjoists, sacred singers, and musical roustabouts of every conceivable rustic style imaginable. This process makes each volume remarkably similar even as the particular artists and songs included on each may be tremendously different. Vol. 6 includes such rare gems as Isaiah Nettles' (listed here under his moniker "the Mississippi Moaner") quirky "It's Cold in China Blues," Skip James' haunting "Cherry Ball Blues," an energetic "Davy" by the Weems String Band, and the second part of Charley Patton's two-part 78-rpm recording of "Prayer of Death." Since everything is drawn from exceedingly rare 78s, many of which were played to death by their original owners, there is a fair amount of ambient needle noise on several of these tracks, but that only adds to the overall feel of history actually coming alive that is inherent to these kinds of compilations. Well selected, varied, and artfully sequenced, Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, Vol. 6 is another welcome addition to a hopefully never-ending series.

Times Ain't Like They Used To Be Vol. 6



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Oznake: Country Blues, Prewar Blues, Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues, Old-Timey, String Bands, Piedmont Blues, Traditional Folk, Various

Bad Temper Joe - Sometimes A Sinner

Size: 143,5 MB
Time: 62:10
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Label: Timezone Records
Art: Front

01. Why Do I Choose To Suffer (5:11)
02. Lead Me, Great Jehova (4:00)
03. Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (6:59)
04. Next To You (3:06)
05. Where Is Home (5:16)
06. Waiting For Jimmy (7:24)
07. That Is That (4:04)
08. Love Is Evil (4:21)
09. True-Hearted (6:48)
10. Broken Bottle Top (6:07)
11. Sleeping Giant Blues (3:47)
12. Where My Sorrow Goes (5:02)

Slide guitar, blues harp and a rough, memorable voice - that's Bad Temper Joe .

The 21 year old artist has already made a name within a short time on the blues stage. Powerful guitar and harmonica playing with expressive voice combining knows Joe to pull through his extraordinary stage presence every blues and folk audience under his spell.

A wide repertoire of original compositions that have to hide not from the songs of his idols , Robert Johnson, Leadbelly , or even Bob Dylan, he presents in his concerts. Here, Joe relies on the simplicity of his songs . What counts is the deliberately kept simple music because complicated arrangements you will not find in the minimalist instrumented songs. These texts , influenced by whiskey, women and the Bible , sometimes ironic , sometimes inviting for reflection, little stories from the life and about life telling . This leaves the listener in particular , to engage in the deep , gravelly voice and skillful guitar playing.
Bad Temper Joe is without question one of the most promising young talents in the region. And he lives a music which is quite a young face to shame.

Sometimes A Sinner



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Oznake: Bad Temper Joe, Acoustic Blues, Germany

Snooks Eaglin - The Sonet Blues Story 1971

Size: 99,8 MB
Time: 41:58
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1971/2005
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Louisiana Blues
Label: Universal
Art: Full

01. Boogie Children (2:55)
02. Who's Loving You Tonight (3:03)
03. Lucille (3:16)
04. Drive It Home (2:56)
05. Good News (2:29)
06. Funky Malaguena (3:57)
07. Pinetop's Boogie-Woogie (2:27)
08. That Same Old Train (2:57)
09. I Get The Blues When It Rains (2:56)
10. Young Boy Blues (2:32)
11. Tomorrow Night (3:04)
12. Little Girl Of Mine (2:59)
13. Shake A Hand (Bonus Track) (2:28)
14. Shake, Rattle And Roll (Bonus Track) (1:44)
15. Win Your Love For Me (Bonus Track) (2:07)

This 1971 date by New Orleans guitarist Snooks Eaglin was recorded in the Crescent City and produced -- insofar as such a thing exists on a solo date like this -- by Samuel Charters, who has written new liner notes for the Sonet Blues Story series -- he produced the entire range of blues sessions for the European label in the early '70s. These 15 cuts capture Eaglin and his considerably understated and under-appreciated artistry -- Eaglin was a guitarist's guitarist and could play jazz, blues, rhythm & blues, and soul with equal acumen. The high points here are his originals such as "Who's Lovin You Tonight," "&Funky Malaguena" and "That Same Old Train." However, his covers, especially of Phil Spector's and Doc Pomus' "Young Boy Blues," and Charles E. Calhoun's "Shake, Rattle and Roll," are also high points -- the latter of which is one of two bonus cuts included here. Sound is spectacular, and remastered in 24-bit sound. Eaglin's soulful voice is every bit as attractive and compelling as his guitar playing. One listen to "Little Girl of Mine," or Sam Cooke's "Win Your Love for Me," (another bonus track) is enough to make any blues fan sit up and take notice. This is one of the brightest volumes in the Sonet Blues Story series. ~Review by Thom Jurek

Thanks to MrWalker.
The Sonet Blues Story 1971



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Oznake: Snooks Eaglin, Louisiana Blues

Ash Grunwald - I Don't Believe

Styles: Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues
Released: 2004
Label: Phantom
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 114.8 MB
Time: 50:08
Art: front

1. Everyday - 3:35
2. Hey Baby - 2:51
3. Whispering voice - 2:44
4. 1976 Coaster - 2:51
5. Keep it real - 4:09
6. Going out west - 5:45
7. How many more years - 4:44
8. Cross Roads - 5:01
9. I don't believe - 3:06
10. Empire State - 2:34
11. Dangerous Ground - 3:51
12. Jesus gonna be here - 2:49
13. Walking Blues - 3:57
14. Everyday Reprise - 2:05

Notes: Ash Grunwald is an inimitable modern blues talent, with soulful vocals and acoustic blues guitar. 'I Don't Believe' is a modern blues and roots album, featuring percussion, using a foot controlled sampler, guitars, tambourine, beat boxing and claps. Over this Ash layers his trademark guitar grooves and stunning vocals. In his usual style, Ash recorded this album completely live in the studio, capturing the essence of his live show.Head Recor. 2006

I Don't Believe



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Oznake: Acoustic Blues, Ash Grunwald, australia, Delta Blues

Alec Seward - Late One Saturday Evening

Styles:Country Blues
Release:May 21, 1996 (1966)
Label:Blues Alliance
File:mp3@320kbps
Size:102 MB
Time:42:39

1. What Has Annie Got - 3:09
2. Risin' Sun Shine On - 3:00
3. Her Ways Are So Sweet - 5:18
4. C.C. Rider - 4:47
5. Goin' Down Slow - 3:05
6. Rock Me Darlin' - 2:58
7. Late One Saturday Evening - 3:33
8. Blues All Around My Head - 2:50
9. Feel So Good - 1:37
10. Blues All Around My Head - 3:10
11. Trouble In Mind - 1:54
12. Creepin' Blues (Guitar Slim) - 2:40
13. Cousin John - 1:55
14. I Wish I'd Listened - 2:49

Personnel:
Alec Seward - Guitar, Vocals
Sonny Terry - Harmonica
Brownie McGhee - Guitar
Julia Carr - Vocals
Washboard Doc - Washboard

Notes: Informal without being slapdash, “Late One Saturday Evening” presents Alec Seward as he was: a consummate musician who most often performed for friends. While not aurally perfect, the disc imparts the boisterous, house-party intimacy that always separates the best ‘field’ recordings from most studio efforts. Seward’s skills are shown to be largely undiminished in comparison to his 1940s recordings as Guitar Slim with the duo Guitar Slim and Jelly Belly (check out Arhoolie LP 2005). On roughly half the cuts he plays guitar and sings solo; on the rest he is accompanied by various combinations of Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Washboard Doc, and singer Julia Carr. ~ Peter R. Aschoff, LIVING BLUES

Late One Saturday Evening



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Oznake: Alec Seward, Country Blues, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee

Various - Times Ain't Like They Used To Be Vol. 5

Styles: Country Blues, Prewar Blues, Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues, Old-Timey, Regional Blues, String Bands, Traditional Folk
Label: Yazoo
Released: 2002
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 158,6 MB
Time: 69:16
Art: full

1. Sam McGee - Railroad Blues - 3:17
2. Floyd County Rambler - Step Stone - 3:02
3. Skip James - Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues - 2:50
4. Weems String Band - Greenback Dollar - 3:10
5. Jimmie Davis - Doggone That Train - 2:48
6. Eli Framer - Famer's Blues - 3:06
7. Roy Harvey & Jess Johnston - No Room For A Tramp - 3:15
8. Garland Brothers & Grinstead - Just Over The River - 2:49
9. Ben Covington - Mule Skinner Moan - 3:03
10. Reaves White County Ramblers - Shortening Bread - 2:54
11. J.P. Nestor & Norman Edmonds - Black-Eyed Susie - 2:59
12. Buddy Boy Hawkins - A Rag Blues - 3:00
13. Roy Harvey & Jess Johnston - Railroad Blues - 3:22
14. Grayson County Railsplitters - Way Down In North Carolina - 2:31
15. The Swamp Rooters - Citaco - 3:04
16. Unknown - Pistol Blues - 3:02
17. Murphy Brothers Harp Band - Boat Song March - 3:02
18. Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers - I've Got No Honey - 2:59
19. Wilmer Watts & Lonley Eagles - Bonnie Bess - 2:57
20. Blind Joe Reynolds - Cold Woman Blues - 2:57
21. Wyzee, Tucker & Lecroy - Hamilton's Special Breakdown - 2:54
22. Bull Mountain Moonshiners - Johnny Goodwin - 2:56
23. Charley Patton - Some Happy Day - 3:09

Notes: Each volume in Yazoo Records' Times Ain't Like They Used to Be series (this one is the fifth installment) collects 1920s and '30s commercial 78s, and taken together they project a vital and energetic early-20th century rural America of jug and string bands, country blues players, fiddlers, banjoists, sacred singers, and musical roustabouts of every conceivable rustic style imaginable. This process makes each volume remarkably similar even as the particular artists and songs included on each may be tremendously different. Vol. 5 includes such gems as Sam McGee's bright "Railroad Blues," Skip James' classic and striking "Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues," a breakneck version of "Black-Eyed Susie" by string band great J.P. Nestor, and a unusually hopeful blues treatment of "Some Happy Day" from Charley Patton. Since everything is drawn from exceedingly rare 78s, many of which were played to death by their original owners, there is a fair amount of ambient needle noise on several of these tracks, but that only adds to the overall feel of history actually coming alive that is inherent to these kinds of compilations. Well selected, varied, and artfully sequenced, Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, Vol. 5 is yet another welcome addition to a hopefully never-ending

Times Ain't Like They Used To Be Vol. 5



• Various - Times Ain't Like They Used to Be Vol. 1 of 8
• Various Artists - Times Ain't Like They Used To Be Vol. 2 of 8

Oznake: Various, Country Blues, Prewar Blues, Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues, Old-Timey, Regional Blues, String Bands, Traditional Folk

Jimmy James - Cookin' With Hot Grease

Styles: Americana
Label: Independent
Released: 2010
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 92,4 MB
Time: 40:21
Art: front

1. Cookin' With Hot Grease - 2:16
2. Night Time Blues - 3:23
3. I Packed My Bags - 2:35
4. My Sweet Guitar - 3:13
5. Lovely To Me - 4:16
6. Layin' Em Down - 3:37
7. Hearts Of Stone - 2:51
8. Chicken Pickin' - 2:49
9. Precious Is A Visit - 3:12
10. Gotta Break Out - 2:41
11. Twisted By The Wind - 2:35
12. Old Honky Tonkin' Blues - 3:17
13. Walk In The Light Don't Run - 3:30

Notes: I have always been attracted to music. It allows me to travel without really going anywhere and it lifts my spirit. Most of my life I have been a big fan of Southern music and the artists who present it. At some point words for songs began to come to me and I would write down verses from time to time. Then I had a close call with the end which had a rather profound impact on me. While at home recovering my wife started encouraging me to get up and play my guitar. Then I stopped by Chip Tanner's studio to let him hear my stuff. Providence put us together and the rest is history. This is the work that came out of the year long session at “The Keeping Room” recording studio.
All songs recorded at The Keeping Room Studio, Quitman, GA
All songs performed by Jimmy James Sineath and the Hot Grease Band
Chip Tanner: guitar, mandolin, banjo, dobro, drums, harmonica and vocals, Johnnie Stacks: guitar, Sip Tanner: guitar, Eddie Claxton: bass, Will York: drums on Chicken Pickin'
Mixed by Chip Tanner at The Keeping Room Studio, Quitman, GA
Mastered by Gary Dibenedetto at Sudio D, Moultrie, GA
Photography by Lane Autrey, Apalachicola, FL ~ cdbaby

Cookin' With Hot Grease



• John Hiatt - Crossing Muddy Waters
• Los Super Seven - Los Super Seven

Oznake: Jimmy James, Americana

Flávio Guimaraes - Flávio Guimaraes & Friends

Styles: Harmonica Blues
Label: S2 Group
Released: 2012
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 131,8 MB
Time: 57:34
Art: full

1. Blues Before Sunrise - 5:20
2. Washboard Shuffle - 3:57
3. Gospel Trail - 2:17
4. Santa Teresa's Boogie - 5:35
5. C. C. Rider - 4:56
6. Madcat's Yodel Blues - 3:10
7. Muddy's Ukulele - 3:37
8. Jamming With The Nightcats - 3:51
9. Gary's Swing - 3:07
10. Joe's Reggae - 2:45
11. Blues For Rio - 7:35
12. Harp Talk - 6:20
13. Good Times With Charlie - 4:59

Notes: Once again the talents of Flavio are on display--this time in the company of some of the best contemporary harp players on the blues scene......sturdy traditional blues played right!!!!
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Flávio Guimaraes & Friends



• Dry River - Lost In The World
• Fabrizio Poggi & Chicken Mambo - Spirit Of Mercy: A Collection

Oznake: Flavio Guimaraes, Harmonica Blues

Dave Van Ronk - Sunday Street

Styles: British Folk, Folk Revival, Folk-Blues
Label: Philo
Released: 1976/1999
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 101,9 MB
Time: 44:07
Art: front

1. Sunday Street - 3:31
2. Jesus Met the Woman at the Well - 5:38
3. Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning - 3:55
4. Maple Leaf Rag - 4:04
5. Down South Blues - 4:41
6. Jivin' Man Blues - 3:08
7. That Song About the Midway - 3:37
8. The Pearls - 4:33
9. That'll Never Happen No More - 3:53
10. Mamie's Blues - 4:24
11. Would You Like to Swing on a Star? - 2:38

Notes: This album, originally released in 1976, may or may not be, as annotator (and former Dave Van Ronk guitar student) Elijah Wald claims, "Dave's greatest single album" (frankly, Van Ronk has made so many albums for so many fly-by-night labels that it is hard to endorse so sweeping a statement), but it is certainly a very good one. Van Ronk had made various efforts in recent years to accommodate pop and rock music on his albums, but this one was a return to his usual repertoire of folk-blues tunes and jazz and ragtime transcriptions for guitar, with one Joni Mitchell song ("That Song About the Midway") and an original, the title song, thrown in. And it was a solo album on which Van Ronk sang and accompanied himself on acoustic guitar. Thus, it approximated what a good set in a club by this artist would sound like, minus the singer's witticisms, of course. Van Ronk never hid his influences, but he never sounded exactly like them, either, and on this album he was very much himself. Maybe it is his greatest single album; it is certainly one of his most representative.

Sunday Street



• Dave Van Ronk - Two Sides Of
• Jim Kweskin - Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)

Oznake: British Folk, Folk Revival, Folk-Blues, Dave Van Ronk

Various - Times Ain't Like They Used to Be Vol. 4 of 8

Styles: Prewar Blues, String Bands, Acoustic Blues, Blues Revival, Country Blues, Old-Timey, Traditional Country, Traditional Folk
Label: Yazoo
Released: 1999
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 161,7 MB
Time: 70:37
Art: full

1. Jimmie Tarlton - Lowe Bonnie - 3:24
2. William Harris - Early Morning Blues - 2:51
3. Burnett & Rutherford - Billy In The Lowground - 3:10
4. Dixon Brothers - Rambling - 3:13
5. Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley - Every Day In The Week Blues - 2:57
6. Sweet Brothers - I Got A Bulldog - 2:52
7. Cliff Carlisle - Tom Cat Blues - 2:54
8. Hi Henry Brown - Preacher Blues - 3:29
9. Kessinger Brothers - Salt River - 3:09
10. Golden Melody Boys - Blushing Bride - 2:31
11. Georgia Yellow Hammers - Kiss Me Quick - 2:52
12. Charlie Patton - Magnolia Blues - 3:13
13. Anglelas Le Jeunne - Perrodin Two Step - 3:02
14. Fiddling John Carson - Bachelor's Hall - 3:08
15. Tommy Johnson - Walking Shoes - 3:06
16. Stripling Brothers - Wolves Howling - 3:28
17. James Cole & His Washboard Band - Mistreated The Only Friend You Had - 3:12
18. Martin & Hobbs - Havana River Guide - 3:08
19. Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers - I Want Two Wings To Veil My Face - 2:46
20. Jess Hillard & His West Virginia Hillbillies - Make Down The Bed And We'll Sleep Together - 3:15
21. Skip James - Special Rider Blues - 3:03
22. Watts & Wilson - Walk Right In - 2:45
23. Rev. Rice & Congregation - Leaving All To Follow Jesus - 2:57

Notes: A collection of classic recordings from the 1920s and 30s featuring many all-time great performances of early American traditional music. This series is a fascinating overview of traditional American musical styles from the Civil War to the 1920s, including fiddle tunes, rags banjo songs, religious selections, old ballads, blues, etc.

Times Ain't Like They Used to Be Vol. 4



• The 2nd South Carolina String Band - Hard Road
• Luther Dickinson And The Sons of Mudboy - Onward & Upward

Oznake: Prewar Blues, String Bands, Acoustic Blues, Blues Revival, Country Blues, Old-Timey, Traditional Country, Traditional Folk, Various

Various - Times Ain't Like They Used to Be Vol. 3 of 8

Styles: Delta Blues, Prewar Blues, String Bands, Acoustic Blues, Blues Revival, Country Blues, Old-Timey, Traditional Country, Traditional Folk
Label: Yazzoo
Released: 1999
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 159,9 MB
Time: 69:52
Art: full

1. Blind Willie Johnson - I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole - 3:06
2. Ashley's Melody Men - Bath House Blues - 2:53
3. Frank Hutchison - Worried Blues - 3:18
4. Jelly Jaw Short - Snake Doctor Blues - 3:26
5. East Texas Serenaders - Acorn Stomp - 2:53
6. Carlisle Brothers - Sal Got a Meatskin - 2:53
7. Sleepy John Estes - Streetcar Blues - 3:16
8. Luke Highnight & His Ozark Strutters - Fort Smith Breakdown - 2:47
9. Wilmer Watts & His Lonely Eagles - Sleepy Desert - 3:06
10. Son House - Walking Blues - 2:56
11. Allison's Sacred Harp Singers - Sweet Rivers - 3:11
12. Williamson Brothers - Gonna Die With My Hammer in My Hand - 3:26
13. Charlie Patton - Mean Black Cat - 2:57
14. Lowe Stokes - Billy in the Lowground - 3:04
15. Jelly Roll Anderson - Good Time Blues - 2:44
16. Fiddling John Carson - Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over - 2:53
17. Fruit Jar Guzzlers - Steel Driving Man - 3:05
18. Skip James - I'm So Glad - 2:50
19. Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers - Rok About My Sara Jane - 3:23
20. Cap, Andy & Flip - I'm Taking My Audition to Sing Up in the Sky - 3:11
21. Buster Johnson & James Cole's Washboard Band - Undertaker Blues - 3:03
22. Oscar Harper's Texas String Band - Sally Johnson - 2:34
23. Fa Sol La Singers - I'll Stay on the Right Road Now - 2:49

Notes: The beauty of the anthologies in this series is that the fine music is accompanied by liner notes that help the uninitiated to understand and savor the performers as well as the performances. When I was no longer able to stomach the latest packaged acts being spoon-fed to us by the music industry, I stopped listening to recorded music. Then, on a hunch, I started to explore roots music, much of it on the wonderful Yazoo label. These songs reward repeated listening accompanied by liner note reading and biographical books on favorite performers. So much of what is best in life is hidden, because when it becomes too popular, the commerce machine rushes in and spoils it. These recordings are immune to that phenomenon and will never be stripped of their human warmth, artistry, sincerity and emotional power. Newcomers should keep in mind that "blues" music as performed in most bars and clubs is far removed from its origins -- stripped down, rehashed, sanitized, electrified -- and ruined. I hate that kind of music, but I love the old recordings, where the soul still shines through on each performance. There are numerous sub-genres in roots music that are almost completely unknown to most people today. Shocking, even weird at first listen, they provoke the attentive listener's curiosity and present an opportunity for an adventure in personal exploration. Enjoy. ~ amazon
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Times Ain't Like They Used to Be Vol. 3



• Alan Lomax - Texas Folk Songs
• Various - White Country Blues 1926-1938

Oznake: Delta Blues, Prewar Blues, String Bands, Acoustic Blues, Blues Revival, Country Blues, Old-Timey, Traditional Country, Traditional Folk, Various

Al Cook - The Birmingham Jam

Styles: Delta Blues, Piano Blues
Label: Wolf
Released: 2004
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 169,1 MB
Time: 73:53
Art: full

1. The Birmingham Jam - 2:47
2. Comment A - 0:29
3. Movin' Back To Alabama - 2:59
4. Comment B - 0:32
5. Carolina Blues - 4:09
6. Comment C - 0:29
7. If You Can Dish It - 2:56
8. Comment D - 0:34
9. Young And Wild Blues - 4:42
10. Comment E - 0:33
11. 'Tain't What You Say Is What You Do - 3:41
12. Comment F - 0:15
13. They Got Wake Me In The Mornin' - 3:23
14. Comment G - 0:15
15. Moanin' The Blues - 4:22
16. Comment H - 0:31
17. Avachi Stomp - 4:49
18. Comment I - 0:45
19. The Low Down Blues - 4:25
20. Comment J - 0:19
21. Cotton Gin Blues - 1:42
22. Comment K - 0:42
23. Blind Lemon's Tap Dance - 2:24
24. Comment L - 0:35
25. John The Revalator - 2:42
26. Comment M - 0:32
27. Frisco Train - 4:24
28. Hot Ivories - 6:30
29. Belle Of St. Louis - 4:18
30. Early Mornin' Blues - 3:24
31. Four O'Clock Blues - 3:29

Notes: He was born February 27, 1945 in Bad Ischl, Austria. Afer watching a Elvis Presley movie, he wanted to become a musician. Till nowadays he is one of Austria's most prominent blues musicians.
This cd recorded between Nov 2003 and Jun 2004, at Al Cook Blues Kichen, Vienna, Austria.
Special thenks go to Miss Cristina Burkhardt from AKG Acoustics, for donating me two excellent C 3000 studio microphones.
Charlie Lloyd - piano (1)
and
Harry Hudson - vocals (1), washboard (1), tap-dance imitation (23),
my boys, who are with me for 20 years.
All these artists
Karin Daym - vocals (1,7,11), guitar (7,11)
Katie Kern - vocals (1,11), guitar (7,11)
Siggi Fassl - vocals (1,5), guitars (5)
Stephan Rausch - harmonica (21)
Sabine Pyrker - washboard (17)
Reverend Frank TT - vocals (1,25)
Chris Peterka - fiddle (3)
contributed with their heart and talents.

All comments by Al Cook and
vocals (1,3,9,13,15,19,27), guitars (1,3,7,9,13,15,19,23,23,27,30,31), piano (5,11,17,28,29,30,31), bass (3,9,19,27), washboard (3,13)
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The Birmingham Jam



• Skip James - I'd Rather Be The Devil
• Bukka White - Mississippi Blues

Oznake: Al Cook, Delta Blues, Piano Blues, austria

Various - Blues Roots, Vol.1: The Mississippi Blues

Styles: Delta Blues
Label: Storyville
Released: 1969
File: mp3 @320K/s (from vinyl)
Size: 79,3 MB
Time: 34:39
Art: front + back

A1 0:00 - Four O'Clock In The Morning
A2 2:53 - Bye Bye Baby Blues
A3 4:32 - Sugar Mama
A4 6:35 - I Don't Want You No More
A5 9:47 - I Can Seen My Baby In My Dreams
A6 11:47 - Big Road Blues
A7 15:52 - Someday Baby

B1 0:00 - Long Road Blues
B2 2:25 - Pony Blues
B3 5:18 - Rising Sun Blues
B4 7:40 - 21 Below Zero
B5 10:20 - Goin' Back Home
B6 12:55 - Down Here By Myself

Personnel:
Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires (Guitar B4), (Vocals B4)
Arthur Weston (Guitar A7), (Vocals A7)
Avery Brady (Guitar A4), (Vocals A4)
Big Joe Williams (Guitar A1, A3, A5, A7, B1, B3, B5), (Vocals B1)
Big John Henry Miller (Guitar B6), (Vocals B6)
Jimmy Brewer (Guitar A6), (Vocals A6)
Johnny Young (Guitar B2, B4), (Vocals B2)
Bert Logan (Vocals A1)
Ruby McCoy (Vocals B3)
Coot Venson (Harmonica A3, B1), (Vocals A3)
Willie Lee Harris (Harmonica A5, B5), (Vocals B5)
Jimmy Brown (Violin A5, B5), (Vocals A5)
Russ Logan (Washboard A1)
Roosevelt Charles (Guitar A2), (Vocals A2)
George Robertson (Harmonica A7)
Jimmy Lee Miller (Guitar B6)
Jimmy Brown (Violin A5, B5), (Vocals A5)

Blues Roots, Vol.1- The Mississippi Blues



• John Henry Barbee - I Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton
• Various - Blues Roots: Give Me The Blues

Oznake: Delta Blues, Big Joe Williams, Various

Various Artists - Times Ain't Like They Used To Be Vol. 2 of 8

Styles: Country Blues, Pre-War Blues, Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues, Old-Timey, String Bands, Traditional Folk
Label: Yazoo
Released: 1997
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 159,6 MB
Time: 69:44
Art: full

1. Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers - John Henry Blues - 3:13
2. Allen Shaw - Moanin' the Blues - 3:01
3. Ernest Stoneman & Kahle Brewer - Lonesome Road Blues - 3:00
4. Bobby Leecan & His Need More Band - Washboard Cut Out - 2:56
5. Henry Thomas - Bob McKinney - 2:57
6. Fiddling John Carson & His Virginia Reelers - Swanee River - 3:18
7. Richard 'Rabbit' Brown - James Alley Blues - 3:08
8. Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers - Sail Away Ladies - 2:59
9. Cannon's Jug Stompers - The Rooster's Crowing Blues - 3:03
10. A.A. Grey & Seven Foot Dilly - Tallapoosa Bound - 3:13
11. The Shelor Family - Billy Grimes the Rover - 2:46
12. The Massey Family - Brown Skin Girl Down the Lane - 2:45
13. Joe McCoy - You Know You Done Me Wrong - 3:14
14. Sid Harkreader & Gradey Moore - Old Joe - 2:53
15. Blind Alfred Reed - Beware - 3:11
16. Wilmer Watts & The Lonely - Knocking Down Casey Jones - 3:12
17. Tommy Bradley - Four Day Blues - 3:13
18. Georgia Crackers - Riley the Furniture Man - 3:06
19. Emmett Lundy & Ernest Stoneman - Piney Woods Girl - 2:46
20. Louie Blue - State Street Rag - 2:49
21. Tweedy Brothers - Sugar In The Ground - 3:07
22. Southern Moonlight Entertainers - Then I'll Move To Town - 2:51
23. Rev. D.C. Rice - Lord Keep Me With A Mind - 2:51

Notes: Like volume one, this presents 23 examples of early American rural music, mastered from rare 78s of the 1920s and 1930s. And like volume one, the names here will challenge the expertise of all but the most fanatical collector; only Uncle Dave Macon, Cannon's Jug Stompers, Henry Thomas, and maybe Blind Alfred Reed will be familiar. It's a valuable sampler of non-urban sounds as captured in the early days of the recording industry, when primitive technology and marketing naivete ensured that the music was virtually unadulterated. Fiddles, banjos, and plaintive, spirited vocals abound. Bobby Leecan's jugband romp "Washboard Cut Out" is the most exuberant track; Rev. D.C. Rice's gospel number "Lord Keep Me with a Mind" starts off in a more somber mood, but soon evolves into a jubilant New Orleans-styled arrangement.
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Times Ain't Like They Used To Be Vol. 2



• Various - Oh Brother, Best Of Southern Blues
• Corey Harris & Henry Butler - Vü-Dü Menž

Oznake: Country Blues, Pre-War Blues, Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues, Old-Timey, String Bands, Traditional Folk, Various

Al Cook - Barrelhouse Man

Styles: Country Blues, Delta Blues
Label: Wolf
Released: 2008
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 153,3 MB
Time: 66:57
Art: full

1. The Memphis Jamboree - 2:44
2. Early In the Mornin' - 2:53
3. Barefoot Blues - 3:49
4. The Barrelhouse Man - 4:35
5. Cotton Jane Blues - 4:39
6. Doggone My Good Luck Soul - 3:08
7. Shame And Scandal Blues - 2:31
8. Let Me Be Your Honeydripper - 3:13
9. 44 Blues - 4:00
10. Ice Cream Freezer - 4:28
11. Goin' Down Slow - 5:28
12. Muddy Water Blues - 4:02
13. You Don't Know - 4:42
14. That Bad Woman Blues - 4:08
15. Young And Wild Blues No.2 - 5:39
16. Last Fair Deal Gone Down - 3:01
17. Goin' Back To Memphis - 3:50

Personnel:
Al Cook - Guitars, Piano, Slide Guitar, Vocals
Karin Daym - Vocals
Harry Hudson - Drums
Cotton Jane - Vocals
Charlie Lloyd - Piano
Peter Strutzenberger - Bass
Reverend Frank TT - Guitar, Vocals

Notes: Al Cook was born as Alois Kurt Koch on February 27th, 1945 in Bad Ischl, Upper Austria.
At the close of the second World War, he was brought back to Vienna, where he was raised in a working-class family, where his life went the unspectacular and average way until he was 15.
Al wanted to become a scientist, studying astronomy and physics, but his family could not afford any higher education and he had to take a job as a mechanic in a nearby factory, that left him completely dissatisfied and certainly was not the place to live up to his being as a natural born individualist.
But inside the young boy grew a desirable power to take off from the ground and liberate himself from slaving among blockheaded proletarians and to live a life, he simply did not enjoy.
But the evening of his first day at work resulted in a do-or-die decision, when Al Cook dropped into a local movie-theater to watch Elvis Presley, playing the role of Deke Rivers in „Loving You“, a catchy teen melodram from 1957.
Al heard about Elvis, but at that time, he was still unaware of the singer's meaning in the world of his generation. But when he left the cinema, the idea of becoming a Rock n Roll Star in order to escape social inferiority, changed his attitudes for the rest of his life.
After several years of intensive studies of Elvis' recordings, Al bought a cheap „campfire“ guitar and made himself aquainted with the rudimentary requirements of self-backing.
On October 17th 1964, Al Cook was ready to perform at a local variety show, but his appearance failed to impact, because his music was played before the wrong audience. Younger people had already followed the upcoming advent of Beatlemania and Rock n Roll music simply turned obsolete.
Just at that time, the kick to another direction was given by listening to some odd tape recordings, containing vintage blues by black rural singers of the 20s and 30s.
From this day on, Al Cook was convinced, that this kind of music was the perfect vehicle to transcribe his feelings into song. The purity and primitive savageness of the country-blues seemed to take hold of the young man and he began to walk the rocky road of self-education.
There was neither anybody to teach him how to play and sing the blues, nor any educational material at local record stores.
When Al Cook purchased his first blues albums, he had to learn all that stuff by ear. Even the technique of the bottleneck and other slide guitar styles, then still unknown in the german-speaking countries had to be discovered by the aspiring bluesman...
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Barrelhouse Man



• Corey Harris - Between Midnight And Day
• Ramblin' Thomas - Hard Dallas

Oznake: austria, Al Cook, Country Blues, Delta Blues

Various - Times Ain't Like They Used to Be Vol. 1 of 8

Styles: Country Blues, Pre-War Blues, Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues, Old-Timey, String Bands, Traditional Folk
Label: Yazoo
Released: 1997
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 162,7 MB
Time: 71:04
Art: full

1. Prince Albert Hunt - Blues In A Bottle - 3:26
2. Charlie Jordan - Dollar Bill Blues - 3:00
3. Bascom Lamar Lundsford - Lost John Dean - 2:48
4. A.A. Gray & Seven Foot Dilly - Streak of Lean, Streak of Fat - 3:05
5. Richard 'Rabbit' Brown - Sinking Of The Titanic - 3:49
6. Dykes Magic City Trio - Tennessee Girls - 3:04
7. Bob Campbell - Shotgun Blues - 2:56
8. J.P. Nestor & Norman Edmonds - Train On The Island - 2:58
9. The Four Wanderers - The Fault's In Me - 3:13
10. Happy Hayseeds - The Tail Of Halley's Comet - 2:43
11. Oaks Family - Wake Up You Drowsy Sleeper - 2:58
12. Louie Lasky - How You Want Your Rollin' Done - 2:49
13. Frank Blevins & His Tar Heel Rattlers - Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss - 3:03
14. Memphis Jug Band - On The Road Again - 2:51
15. Buell Kazee - The Dying Soldier - 3:09
16. Buddy Boy Hawkins - Voice Throwin' Blues - 3:03
17. Wilmer Watts & The Lonely Eagles - Been On The Job Too Long - 3:13
18. Ken Maynard - Fannie Moore - 3:34
19. Nugrape Twins - I Got Your Ice Cold Nugrape - 2:57
20. Carson Brothers & Sprinkle - The Old Miller's Will - 3:02
21. Winston Holmes & Charlie Turner - Skinner - 2:50
22. Southern Moonlight Entertainers - How To Make Love - 3:15
23. Grayson & Whitter - Old Jimmie Sutton - 3:07

Notes: These are 23 rare 78s from the 1920s and 1930s, chosen to illustrate the wide range of "early American rural music" that made its way onto disc in the early days of the recording industry. This will not get nearly as much press as Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music box, yet it's on par with that ballyhooed re-release as an overview of the roots of American roots music, so to speak. Styles vary from country blues and fiddle hoedowns to banjo music and jug bands. The Memphis Jug Band is the only name here that might be familiar to more than the most well-versed folk historians. Highlights include J.P. Nestor and Norman Edmonds' "Train on the Island," a frenetic string band gallop; the Four Wanderers' eerie gospel tune, "The Fault's in Me"; and Ken Maynard's "Fannie Moore," a direct predecessor of country music in its vocal phrasing.
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Times Ain't Like They Used to Be Vol. 1



• Various - Roots of the Blues
• Jack Owens - Blues At Home 8: Recorded In Bentonia, Mississippi (1978-1982)

Oznake: Country Blues, Prewar Blues, Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues, Old-Timey, String Bands, Traditional Folk, Various

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Members Edition

Size: 143,7 MB
Time: 62:45
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1996
Styles: Acoustic/Electric Country Blues, Harmonica Blues
Label: Members Edition
Art: Full

01. Drinkin' In The Blues (5:01)
02. Po Boy (2:43)
03. Everybody's Blues (6:43)
04. Trouble In Mind (3:14)
05. I'm A Stranger Here (4:01)
06. Down By The Riverside (3:14)
07. Walk On (3:11)
08. Blues For The Lowlands (4:46)
09. Right On That Shore (2:49)
10. Blowin' The Fuses (6:05)
11. Daisy (2:57)
12. Draggin' My Heart Around (2:55)
13. Harmonica Hop (2:40)
14. Don't Dog Your Woman (3:04)
15. Rock Me Mama (3:51)
16. Dirty Mistreater (3:00)
17. Beautiful City (2:23)

The joyous whoop that Sonny Terry naturally emitted between raucous harp blasts was as distinctive a signature sound as can possibly be imagined. Only a handful of blues harmonica players wielded as much of a lasting influence on the genre as did the sightless Terry (Buster Brown, for one, copied the whoop and all), who recorded some fine urban blues as a bandleader in addition to serving as guitarist Brownie McGhee's longtime duet partner.

Saunders Terrell's father was a folk-styled harmonica player who performed locally at dances, but blues wasn't part of his repertoire (he blew reels and jigs). Terry wasn't born blind, he lost sight in one eye when he was five, the other at age 18. That left him with extremely limited options for making any sort of feasible living, so he took to the streets armed with his trusty harmonicas. Terry soon joined forces with Piedmont pioneer Blind Boy Fuller, first recording with the guitarist in 1937 for Vocalion.

Terry's unique talents were given an extremely classy airing in 1938 when he was invited to perform at New York's Carnegie Hall at the fabled From Spirituals to Swing concert. He recorded for the Library of Congress that same year and cut his first commercial sides in 1940. Terry had met McGhee in 1939, and upon the death of Fuller, they joined forces, playing together on a 1941 McGhee date for OKeh and settling in New York as a duo in 1942. There they broke into the folk scene, working alongside Leadbelly, Josh White, and Woody Guthrie.

While Brownie McGhee was incredibly prolific in the studio during the mid-'40s, Terry was somewhat less so as a leader (perhaps most of his time was occupied by his prominent role in Finian's Rainbow on Broadway for approximately two years beginning in 1946). There were sides for Asch and Savoy in 1944 before three fine sessions for Capitol in 1947 (the first two featuring Stick McGhee rather than Brownie on guitar) and another in 1950.

Terry made some nice sides in an R&B mode for Jax, Jackson, Red Robin, RCA Victor, Groove, Harlem, Old Town, and Ember during the '50s, usually with Brownie close by on guitar. But it was the folk boom of the late '50s and early '60s that made Brownie and Sonny household names (at least among folk aficionados). They toured long and hard as a duo, cutting a horde of endearing acoustic duet LPs along the way, before scuttling their decades-long partnership amidst a fair amount of reported acrimony during the mid-'70s.

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Members Edition



• Van Hunt - Blues At Home 1: Recorded In Memphis, Tennessee (1976-1978) •
• VA - Chicago Blues: The Chance Era •

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Oznake: Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Country Blues, Harmonica Blues

Gormacha - Libation

Size: 95,2 MB
Time: 40:38
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Blues Folk
Label: Gormacha
Art: Front

01. Pastures Of Plenty (2:26)
02. Out On The Western Plains (3:28)
03. Those Lasting Dreams (2:53)
04. Denomination Blues (3:20)
05. Mother's Lament (3:14)
06. Dark Was The Night (2:39)
07. Johnny I Hardly Knew You (3:31)
08. You Gotta Move (3:26)
09. Over The Hill (4:05)
10. Train (2:59)
11. Don't You Dare (4:22)
12. Hoodoo Snake Doctor Blues (4:10)

Gormacha:
Alison McGuinness, Singer
Rohan Young, Bodhran
Dermot Rooney, Dobro/Guitar

Gormacha play original compositions and their own distinctive arrangements of early folk and blues classics and lesser known works. There was a range and a complexity to much of the early blues music. At its best it seemed almost to issue forth from musicians; more something they were, rather than something they did. Gormacha play in an authentic American blues style, drawing on influences from the 1920s and 1930s. Yet their music also reflects Irish and indeed Belfast roots.

Alison McGuinness imparts songs with an acceptance of the message, rather than a need to convince and she has the most beautiful upper-mid range quality to her voice. Her reading of Blues is both elegant and fluent. She opened for Joan Armatrading during the Irish leg of her 2013 tour, but gormacha is her first major collaboration.

Rohan Young’s bodhrán work is breathtaking and he has adapted his drum expertly to the very different textures and patterns required from blues, sitting in rather than always driving the beat. Rohan performs with many of the finest Irish traditional players and works regularly as a session musician. He designs and builds his own bodhráns and is a highly respected teacher of the instrument. Rohan is also a master of the PANart Hang, a rare Swiss made drum.

Dermot Rooney plays slide guitar in a traditional Blues style that is both distinctive and unique. His main instrument is a Dobro, but he also plays acoustic guitar. Dermot was a founding member of the celebrated Belfast Balladeers, which was created by Glenn Simpson. He was for a time resident guitarist at the Rotterdam’s Sunday Blues night and he later toured ‘Sean Nos meets the Blues’, a project based around his slide guitar work. At the time Siobhán Long of the Irish Times described him as ‘an astounding bottleneck blues guitarist’ whose ‘ style...is marked by a modesty and attention to the fine detail that sets him apart’. Dermot was a regular contributor to the Castlebar Blues Festival, which was established by the late Larry Roddy.

The percussive rhythms of slide guitar can work extremely well with bodhrán and in more sparse material the drum can provide a voice somewhat like a bass guitar. Gormacha has been about roots musicians finding meaningful ways to present traditional blues music afresh. With the rapport between Dobro and bodhrán established throughout a range of material, the vocal story is told in a beguiling, yet understated way. This first recording is entitled Libation.

Libation includes several original compositions and the album updates a number of traditional American blues pieces as well as a couple of folk songs. Those tracks with guitar and vocal or with guitar and bodhrán were recorded in the studio together live; and, for tracks involving all three, the instruments were recorded live and vocal thereafter. So gormacha are able to play all that is presented here live. In mixing and in mastering great care has been taken to retain the intimate experience of a live recording.

Libation



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• Sara K. & Chris Jones - Are We There Yet? Live in Concert •

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Oznake: Gormacha, Folk-Blues

Alan Lomax - Texas Folk Songs (Digitally Remastered)

Styles: Traditional Folk, Traditional Country
Label: AudioSonic Music
Released: 1958/2009
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 108,9 MB
Time: 46:43
Art: front

Recorded by Peter Kennedy
Edited by Alan Lomax
Cover design by Elizabeth Clancy
Photo by Herb Greer © 1958

1. Rambling Gambler - 3:08
2. I'm Bound To Follow The Longhorn Cows - 3:43
3. Lord Lovell - 3:12
4. The Rich Old Lady - 3:24
5. Long Summer Days - 2:17
6. Ain't No More Cane On This Brazis - 3:11
7. All The Pretty Little Horses - 1:49
8. Billy Barlow - 2:46
9. The Wild Rippling Water - 3:12
10. Rattlesnake - 1:34
11. Sam Bass - 3:26
12. The Dying Cowboy - 3:23
13. Godamighty Drag - 3:14
14. Eadie - 3:54
15. Black Betty - 1:55
16. My Little John Henry - 2:28

Personnel:
Alan Lomax: Vocals
Guy Carawan: Guitar and Banjo
John Cole: Harmonica

Notes: Alan Lomax (January 31, 1915 – July 19, 2002) was an important American folklorist and musicologist. He was one of the great field collectors of folk music of the 20th century, recording thousands of songs in the United States, Great Britain, the West Indies, Italy, and Spain.
Lomax was son of pioneering musicologist and folklorist John Lomax, with whom he started his career by recording songs sung by prisoners in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. He attended The Choate School in Wallingford, Connecticut, and then went on to earn a degree in philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin and worked on the oral history project for the Library of Congress. To some, he is best known for his theory of cantometrics.
Lomax worked with his father on the Archive of Folk Culture, a collection of more than ten thousand recordings for the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress.
Lomax assembled a highly regarded treasure trove of American and international culture. He spent a lifetime collecting folk music from around the world, particularly from the American South. He also recorded substantial interviews with many musicians, including Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, Muddy Waters, Jelly Roll Morton, and Jeannie Robertson. He produced radio shows, had a regular television series, and played an important role in both the American and British Folk revivals of the 1950s.
He recorded Irish traditional musicians including some of the songs in English and Irish of Elizabeth Cronin in 1951.
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Texas Folk Songs (Digitally Remastered)



• Various - White Country Blues 1926-1938
• Various - Roots of the Blues

Oznake: Alan Lomax, Traditional Folk, Traditional Country

Pink Anderson - Pink Anderson Vol. 3: Ballad & Folksinger

Styles: Acoustic Blues, Prewar Country Blues, Piedmont Blues
Label: Original Blues Classics
Released: 1963
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 79,6 MB
Time: 34:46
Art: full

1. The Titanic - 4:09
2. Boweevil - 4:03
3. John Henry - 5:03
4. Betty and Dupree - 4:46
5. Sugar Babe - 2:46
6. The Wreck of the Old 97 - 4:42
7. I Will Fly Away - 3:48
8. The Kaiser - 2:07
9. In The Evening - 3:18

Notes: This release contains what is sadly the final volume in Bluesville's trilogy of long-players featuring the highly original Piedmont blues of Pink Anderson. As with the two previous discs, Ballad & Folk Singer was recorded in 1961. It is also notable that Anderson returns to his native South Carolina to document this set. The second installment -- Medicine Show Man -- had been compiled from a New York City session held earlier the same year. Astute listeners will note that three of the titles -- "The Titanic," "John Henry," and "The Wreck of the Old 97" -- were duplicated from Anderson's side-long contribution to Gospel, Blues & Street Songs. The other side featured another Piedmont native, Rev. Gary Davis. However Anderson's delivery is notably different when comparing the two performances. One of the primary discrepancies lies in the pacing. Here, the readings are more definite and seemingly less rushed. The same is true for the phrasing of Anderson's vocals, most notably on "John Henry." The intricate and somewhat advanced guitar-playing -- that became one of Anderson's trademarks -- is arguably more pronounced on these recordings as well. Again, "John Henry" displays the picking and strumming techniques that give his decidedly un-amplified vintage Martin acoustic guitar such a full resonance that it practically sounds electric. The instrumental introduction to "Betty and Dupree" exemplifies the walking blues or stride motif particularly evident and notable among Piedmont blues artists. Enthusiasts should also note that in addition to these latter recordings, Anderson also performed on four tracks with his mentor Simmie Dooley in the late '20s for Columbia Records. Those pieces can be found on the compilation Georgia String Bands (1928-1930). Anderson actively toured until a debilitating stroke forced him to retire in 1964.

Pink Anderson Vol. 3: Ballad & Folksinger



• Various - Ragtime Blues Guitar 1927 - 1930
• Baby Tate - See What You Done Done

Oznake: Pink Anderson, Acoustic Blues, Prewar Blues, Country Blues, Piedmont Blues

The Chicago Kingsnakes - Grassroots

Styles: Acoustic Blues
Label: Musicking
Released: 2003
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 88,0 MB
Time: 38:25
Art: front

1. Downtown Train - 2:46
2. Best Friend Blues - 5:12
3. Goodbye Louise - 3:08
4. Chili Con Queso - 5:07
5. Wolf In Sheep's Clothes - 4:25
6. I Remember - 5:10
7. One Turns Into Two - 4:57
8. Morning Booze Flu - 4:25
9. Tonti Train Wreck - 3:11

Personnel:
James 'Ang' Anderson - guitar, vocals
Ron Berry - bass
Nelson Keaton - harmonica
Tom King - percussions

Notes: The Chicago Kingsnakes Grass Roots Music King (2003) 60654 Recommended. This has all the elements of a Southern afternoon front porch jam and party with everything but the sound of friends whooping it up while dancing around the yard. The Chicago Kingsnakes may not be known far outside of their territory, but their latest, Grass Roots, is a follow-up to Blues Island and another winner. Consisting of James Anderson's superb guitar work and potent vocals, Nelson Keaton's solid harp, and Ron Berry's bass along with Tom King's uncluttered drumming, this stripped-back. all-acoustic affair is without a blemish (unless you consider the short playing time). Anderson dishes out fine work, whether on his National, Gibson, or Supro, and vocally, he's got a relaxing style. The Delta feel of Wolf In Sheep's Clothes is stunning while the instrumental, Chili Con Queso, works off a romping Latin groove, and Berry's Morning Booze Flu is a stark reminder to the after effects of a bit too much of the night before. Whether the hand-clapping fun of Downtown Train or the backwoods dirt of Best Friend Blues, this unplugged gem has plenty for fans of acoustic blues and roots music. (Blues On Stage - Review Date April 2004, by Craig Ruskey) Read more

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Grassroots



• Les Blouzayeurs - Blues De La!
• Molten Mike - Genuine Bluesman

Oznake: Acoustic Blues, The Chicago Kingsnakes

James 'Son' Thomas - Beefsteak Blues

Size: 106,7 MB
Time: 45:33
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1998
Styles: Delta Blues, Country Blues
Label: Evidence
Art: Full

01. Mama Don't 'low No Guitar Playin' Round Here (3:50)
02. Big Fat Mama (3:34)
03. Beefsteak Blues (3:46)
04. Rock Me Mama (2:09)
05. Catfish Blues (6:33)
06. Standing At The Crossroads (4:58)
07. Highway Sixty One Blues (3:18)
08. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl (2:53)
09. Stormy Monday (3:17)
10. Catfish Blues (4:03)
11. Smokey Mountain (3:06)
12. Hoochie Coochie Man/Tune In Next Time (4:03)

Down-and-dirty blues don't get any downer or dirtier than James "Son" Thomas. A former sharecropper and grave digger (as well as an accomplished sculptor) who was shot by an ex-wife, Thomas, to put it mildly, lived the blues life he sang about. Eventually his hard road took him all the way to the White House, where he sang the blues for the Reagans (those noted blues lovers) in 1982. This Evidence collection of early-'80s performances features Thomas accompanying himself on acoustic and electric guitar on a set of blues standards associated with his Mississippi Delta mentors Elmore James, Arthur Crudup, and Sonny Boy Williamson. Compare the two versions of "Catfish Blues" for an example of what "unexpurgated" really means. ~Review by Joel Roberts

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Beefsteak Blues



• Jack Owens - Blues At Home 8: Recorded In Bentonia, Mississippi (1978-1982) •
• Skip James - I'd Rather Be The Devil -The Legendary 1931 Session •

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Oznake: James 'Son' Thomas

Ilana Katz Katz - I've Got Something To Tell You

Size: 99,2 MB
Time: 42:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Electric/Acoustic Blues Folk
Label: Katz 'n Fiddle
Art: Front

01. Marlyn's Blues (Feat. Ronnie Earl & Jesse Williams) (3:40)
02. She's Long She's Tall (She Weeps Like A Willow Tree) (Feat. Ronnie Earl & Jesse Williams) (3:31)
03. Cruel Willie Blues (Feat. Marylou Ferrante) (2:52)
04. Take A Little Walk With Me (Feat. Ronnie Earl, Jesse Williams & Diane Blue) (5:50)
05. Old Medeira Waltz (Feat. Dotty Moore & Jesse Williams) (2:49)
06. Shove The Pig's Foot A Little Further In The Fire (Feat. Dotty Moore) (3:03)
07. Pb Cracker Blues (Feat. Jesse Williams & Ronnie Earl) (2:52)
08. Conan's Farewell (Feat. Marylou Ferrante) (2:30)
09. Runnin' In Peace (Feat. Jesse Williams, Ronnie Earl & Diane Blue) (4:07)
10. Johnny, Don't Get Drunk (Feat. Marylou Ferrante) (2:18)
11. Ain't Nothin' In Ramblin' (Feat. Marylou Ferrante) (3:17)
12. Frisco Town (Feat. Marylou Ferrante) (3:27)
13. Piney Ridge (2:05)

“I’ve Got Something To Tell You” showcase’s Ilana Katz Katz’s unique improvisational blues fiddling alongside a collaborative, well-chosen group of accompanists. Ilana brings new life to the blues from an uncommonly heard source in the modern blues: the violin or “the fiddle” as Ilana likes to call it. This is a must-have record for any blues lover, especially those Ronnie Earl fans who will hear those definitive Earl licks alongside the fiddle, in this unusually refreshing recording.
Ilana’s passionate bluesy style fits perfectly alongside Ronnie Earl’s unmistakable masterful guitar playing on their instrumental numbers. It makes you wonder why you don’t hear more violin with the blues. Those bended notes on the violin tear at your heart, making you want more. On the tracks that feature the soulful Diane Blue on vocals, alongside Jesse Williams on bass, you’ll be glad to hit the repeat button. Diane digs deep when singing the cover of Robert Lockwood’s ‘Take a Little Walk With Me’ alongside Ilana’s bluesy fiddling and Earl’s stunning licks. But Diane isn’t the only singer on this record as Ilana’s heartfelt vocals on John Lee Hooker’s ‘Willow Tree’ work well alongside Ronnie Earl’s foot-tapping low-end blues.

And that’s only half of what you’ll hear on this record.

There are Memphis Minnie cover tunes sung by Marylou Ferrante whose skillful acoustic blues guitar, intertwined with Ilana’s blues licks, will make you appreciate this old-timey blues duet style. Marylou’s voice, featured on two Memphis Minnie numbers, is both strong and beautiful. Ilana and Marylou also play two instrumentals. The first is a slow blues tune called “Cruel Willie Blues” and the other is a more upbeat old-timey number that offers the old-timey fiddle/banjo combination – again with Ilana’s bluesy undertones on an Appalachian traditional called ‘Johnny, Don’t Get Drunk.’

But there’s one more pairing that is at least as good as the rest and fits well with the mix. The lush twin fiddles of Ilana and the wonderful Dotty Moore is a beautiful treat. There’s the “Old Medeira Waltz” that is filled with harmonies that sound like magic. Ilana even manages to sneak her blue notes – tastefully – into those tracks. And it works. Jesse William’s bass adds the perfect touch to round out this track. Dotty accompanies Ilana on yet another fiddle tune, much more driving, but no less harmonious.

The record ends with Ilana playing in an altered violin tuning that brings the instrument down low. It’s a solo version of the traditional ‘Piney Ridge.’ Ilana’s own ending to this song is a nice cap to the story that this record tells.

I've Got Something To Tell You



• John Mooney - Telephone King •
• Barbara Dane - I Hate The Capitalist System •

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Oznake: Ilana Katz Katz, Folk-Blues

Nico Wayne Toussaint & Michel Foizon - On The Go

Size: 92,2 MB
Time: 39:16
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Electric/Acoustic Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues
Label: Gaztelupeko Hotsak
Art: Front

01. Go On Greyhound (3:56)
02. Don't Let Nobody Bring You Down (2:19)
03. Give Me Back The Key (2:44)
04. How Long To Heal (4:17)
05. Burning Light (3:07)
06. Lonely Number (3:14)
07. Shining Through (3:10)
08. You Can Leave Your Hat On (3:23)
09. Saint James Infirmary (4:05)
10. Alberta (3:01)
11. Can't You Tell (3:33)
12. When Will It Be (2:22)

Our French-American harp player and showman Nico Wayne Toussaint just realesed a damn roots and cracking bones blues with his pal Michel Foizon, a fantastic and very fine french guitarist. Both of them are inviting us in the deep south for a journey in the real big country and under a real "blue" sky… Harp playing, great singing, blue guitars and footstomping are the elements you'll find in this superb moment recorded in Miami by those great musicians!

On The Go



• Chris Whitley & Jeff Lang - Dislocation Blues •
• Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was The Night •

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Oznake: Nico Wayne Toussaint, Michel Foizon, Acoustic Blues

Pink Anderson - Pink Anderson Vol. 2: Medicine Show Man

Styles: Acoustic Blues, Prewar Country Blues, Piedmont Blues
Recorded: 1961
Released: 1962/1999
Label: Prestige/Bluesville
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 85.5 MB
Time: 39:34
Art: Front

1. I Got Mine - 4:05
2. Greasy Greens - 4:43
3. I Got A Woman 'Way Cross Town - 3:06
4. Travelin' Man - 4:40
5. Ain't Nobody Home But Me - 4:19
6. That's No Way To Do - 2:36
7. In The Jailhouse Now - 4:41
8. South Forest Boogie - 4:04
9. Chicken - 4:18
10. I'm Going To Walk Through The Streets Of The City - 2:58

Notes:Like volume one and three of the series of LP's Anderson did for Bluesville, this was recorded in 1961 (though it was recorded in New York City whereas the others were recorded in Spartanburg, SC). Volumes one and three were mostly traditional songs; this is all traditional songs in the public domain. It follows that if you liked volumes one and three, you'd probably like this too; if you want to choose just one, you're about as well off with any of the individual volumes. If you had to split hairs, it seems that Anderson sounds a bit more comfortable in the studio/recording setting on this one than on the others, and a tad less countrified and more urbane. The tone is cheerful and easygoing, like that of a well-loved man entertaining his neighbors. Which is not to say this is a throwaway; the phrasing and rhythms are crisp, and the ragtime-speckled folk/blues guitar accomplished. ~ Richie Unterberger

Pink Anderson Vol. 2: Medicine Show Man



• Lonnie Johnson - Blues Roots, Vol. 8: Swingin' With Lonnie
• Baby Tate - See What You Done Done

Oznake: Pink Anderson, Acoustic Blues, Piedmont Blues, Prewar Blues, Country Blues