Show Me the Way Home, Honey

Reverend Robert Wilkins - Prodigal Son

Size: 130,9 MB
Time: 55:39
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1964/2014
Styles: Blues Gospel, Country Blues
Label: Bear Family
Art: Front

01. Jesus Will Fix It Alright (4:28)
02. Thank You, Jesus (4:52)
03. Just A Closer Walk With Thee (3:02)
04. Do Lord Remember Me (4:17)
05. Here Am I, Send Me (2:48)
06. The Prodigal Son (9:57)
07. Jesus Said If You Go (4:10)
08. I'm Going Home To My Heavenly King (2:35)
09. Old Time Religion (4:23)
10. I Wish I Was In Heaven Sitting Down (3:47)
11. It Just Suits Me (3:04)
12. The Gambling Man (3:29)
13. Biographical Statement (4:41)

It is quite obvious to anyone with functioning ears that Mick Jagger and Keith Richards had heard the late-'20s song entitled "That's No Way to Get Along" by the Reverend Robert Wilkins, because the Rolling Stones album track "Prodigal Son" is a direct copy, at least to the point in the road where the imitation of Wilkins' guitar style hits a technical roadblock. Yet the early pressings of the Stones' cover listed the writers as Jagger and Richards, a deception that was only corrected following legal action. According to the Stones, the mistake was inadvertent and happened because the original artwork for the Beggars Banquet album had to be redone. Because a publisher connected with the original Vocalion label had nabbed the actual collecting rights to the song, this unfortunately did not result in a financial windfall for Wilkins. And although he took great advantage of the '60s roots music revival and performed both concerts and new recordings in the absolute prime of his musical power, there is no way that every pimply high school kid who sat around listening to the Stones' "Prodigal Son" actually was lucky enough to get a taste of the real thing.

A mix of Afro-American and Cherokee Indian, Wilkins hailed from De Soto County, MS, famous stomping grounds for Delta blues. His later fight with the powerful Rolling Stones probably didn't seem like much of a hassle compared to what he went through growing up. His father was kicked out of the state due to bootlegging activities. His mother made a better choice with her second husband, the fine guitarist Tim Oliver, who taught his new stepson plenty. Other country blues musicians would come by the house to jam, the source of further musical knowledge hanging in the air. By the time he was 15, Wilkins was performing and making money at dances and parties. He relocated to Memphis with his mother when he was in his early twenties, this simple geographical movement north having the expected effect of an equal mix of the Delta blues and Memphis styles. He has stayed in Memphis ever since, mingling with many of the great blues talents who passed through, including Charley Patton and Furry Lewis. He taught Memphis Minnie a good deal of her guitar style. Wilkins' early performing life included touring with small vaudeville and minstrel shows. In 1928, he met Ralph Peer of the Victor label and was invited to cut four songs. One result of these releases was Wilkins being invited to perform on a one-hour radio program, making him apparently the first black artist to make a live radio appearance in Memphis. Vocalion, a main rival in the "race" records business, dispatched a microphone-toting field unit about a year later, doing the competition better by recording eight new Wilkins songs as the Roaring Twenties roared out. These sessions produced the aforementioned "That's No Way to Get Along," which he himself had no qualms about re-titling "Prodigal Son" on his own new versions of the song recorded in the '60s. The song's status as a hit gave him particular license as its creator to push it heavily during his later career revival and a ten-minute version recorded for the Piedmont album Memphis Gospel Singer is one of the rare masterpieces of extended blues. His first batch of recording activity continued in 1935, when he recorded five more blues songs, backed this time by a second guitarist and a wonderful spoons player. During this year, his philosophy of life went through a radical switch, the catalyst being the casual violence and sleazy atmosphere of one of the typical house party gigs that he played. Apparently, it was enough to make him believe this music really was an instrument of Satan. He joined the Church of God in Christ and became a minister with a speciality in healing and herbal remedies, his wares ranging from gospel to gingko.

Although it seemed like a radical change in lifestyle, the actual musical effects were almost nil. He went on playing guitar exactly the same way, but just stuck to a repertoire of gospel numbers. Often the meat of an old guitar arrangement would be re-cooked with a different broth. The sexy "My Baby" was changed into the devout "My Lord," for example. His efforts in this style hold up well in comparison to the monsters of gospel blues such as Blind Willie Johnson or Blind Joe Taggart, and Wilkins also has the light-fingered steel-string charm of Reverend Gary Davis or Mississippi John Hurt. The continuing guitar workout as a minister meant his chops were in plenty fine shape when he was "rediscovered" in the '60s. A better description would be to say he was lured from the churches back out into the secular concert world. Of all the blues musicians unearthed during this period -- some of whom looked like they had literally been pulled out of the ground -- Wilkins was one of the easiest to find. Based on a rumor that Wilkins had been corresponding with an elderly British blues collector, which he actually hadn't, another blues enthusiast checked the Memphis phone book and found Wilkins' name right there. Hmm, if only finding Blind Joe Death could be so easy. Wilkins performed recorded plenty of gospel material along with the blues, including cutting a full album devoted to sacred songs. The grandson of this great bluesman wrote a biography of Wilkins, entitled To Profit a Man, which was published in Memphis by Museum Publishing in 1995. ~Biography by Eugene Chadbourne

Prodigal Son



• Gus Cannon - Walk Right In [Stax] •
• Van Hunt - Blues At Home 1: Recorded In Memphis, Tennessee (1976-1978) •

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Oznake: Robert Wilkins, Country Blues

Terry 'Harmonica' Bean - Catfish Blues

Size: 130,0 MB
Time: 55:49
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Acoustic/Electric Blues, Mississippi Blues
Label: Wolf Records
Art: Front

01. I Want To Tell You What The Reason Is (4:56)
02. How Many More Years (5:30)
03. Shake Your Money Maker (4:34)
04. Catfish Blues (4:02)
05. Back Door Man (5:15)
06. Kind Hearted Baby (4:51)
07. Freight Train Blues (4:46)
08. I'm Going Back Down South (3:22)
09. Try Me One More Time (5:04)
10. I'm Worried 'bout My Baby (4:42)
11. I Just Want To Make Love To You (3:01)
12. I Wanna Know Who Will Be Your Sweet Man When I'm Gone (5:39)

Terry was born 1961 in Pontotoc, Mississippi. Besides the Burnsides and Kimbrogh Family he is the only musician left who plays the Hill Country Blues. Also there are just a few harp players left in Mississippi and he is the only one who plays harp & guitar together. The North of Mississippi got many famous names like Howling Wolf, Bukka White and Big Joe Williams, now there are just a few left. Terry plays traditional Country Blues with his personal touch! He played in Europe and on all important Blues Festivals in the US – like the Chicago Blues Festival!

Catfish Blues



• Snooks Eaglin - The Sonet Blues Story 1971 •
• Andy Squint - Down By The River •

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Oznake: Terry 'Harmonica' Bean, Delta Blues

Franc Robert - Ride The Iron Road

Size: 94,0 MB
Time: 39:40
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Label: Blue Chihuahua Records
Art: Front

01. Honey What's Wrong (1:33)
02. Ride The Iron Road (2:37)
03. These Low Down Blues (3:00)
04. Chihuahua Blues (2:27)
05. Dem Devil Bones (2:39)
06. Mississippi On My Mind (2:30)
07. Railroad Blues (2:13)
08. Tax Time Blues (2:48)
09. Traveling Bluesman (8:56)
10. Treat Me Right (2:05)
11. Mississippi Blues (3:02)
12. Never Felt More Alone (2:36)
13. Sunday Morning (3:07)

Ride The Iron Road finds Franc Robert going back to the basics…man and guitar facing an audience, no back-up, no second chances and no apologies. This is blues the way it was in the beginning and this is how Franc Robert has chosen to present himself now…raw, hardcore and real as the day is long. Robert is as good as any I’ve heard when it comes to slide guitar better than the vast majority. While I hate to draw comparisons I hear elements of John Hammond and more. This cat, great as he is, draws his strength from past experience and from the excitement of the moment. He is one of those guys who have honestly been around the block more than once. This is not some schoolboy “wannabe,” wanting to be the next Robert Johnson. This is someone who had been through the school of hard knocks, has had his share of bad times and a few good ones as well. He is an exceptional storyteller, telling his stories as only a man who has been there and done that can he weaves his tales in music and word, painting a vivid picture that stays with the audience long after the performance is over. The compositions on the disc are all written by Franc Robert with the exception of three traditional tunes reworked to fit his style with care taken to do justice to the originals. Robert plays with power and passion, telling his stories in such a way that the listener takes part in the memories, both good and bad. He sings of sin, redemption and social issues that take their toll on each and every one of us. What I ultimately find most interesting is the sheer honesty as he opens his heart, exposing his most private thoughts and feelings to the entire world. This is a true bluesman, one who sings from the deepest regions of his heart and soul. Seldom does an artist open himself up to this point but it is this honesty that gives his work its power and the ability to cut straight to the heart of his audience. With that said, I urge all of you who like blues in its purest form to look into it, give the samples listed below a listen and judge for yourself. This is one recording I can recommend highly and without reservation. From “Honey What’s Wrong?” which has a sound not unlike the early “field hollers” which were rhythmic and sung in the field to make the work move more smoothly, to the closing number, “Sunday Morning” which is an instrumental piece that says so very much without the use of words. I grow more impressed with Franc Robert with each new release. Whether solo or with his band, The Boxcar Tourists, this is blues through and through. – Bill Wilson

Ride The Iron Road



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

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Oznake: Franc Robert, Acoustic Blues

Duncan Street - Baptized By The Blues

Size: 94,5 MB
Time: 40:00
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Delta Blues
Label: 15 South Records
Art: Front

01. The Blues Comes In All Colors (3:44)
02. Go Right Back To Bed (3:35)
03. Tater Salad Woman (3:42)
04. Shakin' The Bacon Down (2:57)
05. Baptized By The Blues (3:51)
06. Love Me Tonite (3:09)
07. I Be's Troubled (3:32)
08. Sharpest Marble In The Drawer (4:05)
09. Color Me Blue (3:16)
10. Come To Mississippi (3:50)
11. Watermelon, Barbecue & Beer (4:14)

Dave Duncan found himself on a bench on 2nd street in Clarksdale, Mississippi one lazy late afternoon in May last year. Amusing himself by playing some lonesome blues on his open tuned dobro , his thoughts rambled as his bottleneck whined…

Duncan was stirred from his trance by a fellow spirit calling out an invitation to him.. as fate would have it, he had parked on a bench directly across the street from the Hambone Gallery. Folk artist and gallery owner Stan Street called over to invite the guitarist to that evening’s music event…some downhome blues to be played right there at the Hambone Gallery. Duncan crossed the street that warm summer night, introductions exchanged, grooves counted off..and the great new blues duo Duncan Street was rolling.

Writing new songs & playing gigs together in various locations throughout Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida thru the summer of 2013, the bluesy Duncan Street duo headed to Lafayette, Louisiana to record the best of their brand new original material. Duncan called on his old friend , multi Grammy award winning engineer, Tony Daigle, to direct the recordings. Three days later the album to be called Baptized By The Blues was in the can.

Stan Street plays wicked blues harmonica and is featured heavily on the recordings. As well as wailing like Little Walter, Street provides the driving rhythms by thumping the bass drum, whacking a cardboard box..and yes, even providing a little hamboning on the John Hurt inspired song, Love Me Tonite. Singing lead on the 2 songs he wrote on the record and sweet harmony on many others, Street further demonstrates his musical versatility with some very tasty , laidback tenor saxophone on The Blues Comes in All Colors.

Dave Duncan is a guitarist with a songwriting background. Having lived in Nashville for 20 years, his songs have been recorded by over 20 artists..including three songs by soul singer extraordinaire Curtis Salgado that were nominated for Blues Song of The Year in just the last 5 years.

Duncan has dug deeply into American Roots guitar music over the years...playing pedal steel guitar with cowboy singer Johnny Western, blazing the 6 string with rockabilly piano player SE Willis, cutting deep electric blues with the legendary Nashville guitar genius Jack Pearson, and cranking out long jams with cult favorites GooseCreek Symphony…as well as performing with his own band and as a solo act.

Stan Street wrote the title song Baptized By The Blues and along with the Dave Duncan penned Watermelon BBQ & Beer , these songs characterize the album in its steadily upbeat, rhythmic & joyful feel.. & its occasionally humorous (in a twisted kind of way ) lyrics. Good New Music. Good Upbeat Blues.

Baptized By The Blues



• Flávio Guimaraes - Flávio Guimaraes & Friends •
• Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Members Edition •

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Oznake: Duncan Street, Delta Blues, Harmonica Blues

John Mooney - Son & Moon: A Tribute To Son House

Size: 115,7 MB
Time: 49:13
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Delta Blues
Label: Fatback Records
Art: Front

01. Death Letter (4:16)
02. Dry Spell Blues (2:50)
03. Grinnin' In Your Face (3:18)
04. Good Morning Little School Girl (4:28)
05. Pearline (1:49)
06. Sacred Ground (4:51)
07. Wish I Was In Heaven (Sitting Down) (2:52)
08. John The Revelator (5:17)
09. Preachin' Blues (6:02)
10. Louise McGee (4:19)
11. Jinx Blues (4:07)
12. You Gotta Move (3:25)
13. That's All (1:34)

John Moony's first album release since 2006. This long awaited album is John's Tribute to Son House, who mentored John and show him much of his music first hand. This album contains some of the most authentic, masterful acoustic slide guitar playing that exists, which goes back to the source, Son House.
Son House and John Mooney met in 1971, this friendship shaped their lives forever. Was it serendipity that brought Son and John together? I believe they were destined to meet.
Son and Moon, this recording is about heritage. It’s what shapes and defines who we are. As the torch gets passed on, some of the flavors, wisdom,and attitude are inherited by the next generation.
This tribute showcases the songs of Son House,and you will hear the indelible mark his musicality left on John. One might say that the Moon is out, but the Son never set.

Son & Moon



• Al Cook - The Birmingham Jam •
• Doc MacLean - Narrow House •

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Oznake: John Mooney, Delta Blues

Carolina Chocolate Drops - Genuine Negro Jig

Styles: Neo-Traditional Folk, Piedmont Blues, Contemporary Country, Neo-Traditionalist Country, Country Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues, String Bands
Label: Nonesuch
Released: 2010
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 89,0 MB
Time: 38:41
Art: front

1. Peace Behind the Bridge - 2:35
2. Trouble in Your Mind - 2:56
3. Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine - 3:00
4. Hit 'Em Up Style - 3:57
5. Cornbread and Butterbeans - 3:10
6. Snowden's Jig (Genuine Negro Jig) - 3:52
7. Why Don't You Do Right? - 3:37
8. Cindy Gal - 2:28
9. Kissin' and Cussin' - 3:21
10. Sandy Boys - 2:25
11. Reynadine - 2:37
12. Trampled Rose - 4:37

Personnel:
Dom Flemons - 4 String Banjo, Drums, Foot Percussion, Guitar, Jug, Throat Singing, Vocals
Rhiannon Giddens - 5 String Banjo, Fiddle, Kazoo, Vocals
Justin Robinson - Autoharp, Beat Box, Fiddle, Foot Percussion, Handclapping, Vocals
Sule Greg Wilson - Frame Drum, Percussion, Tambourine

Notes: Carolina Chocolate Drops are one of the last exponents of Piedmont string’n’jug band music, an African-American rural style dating back to the early 20th century from the Piedmont Plateau, essentially the foothills of the southern Appalachian Mountains.
For the most part this album’s an unashamedly foot-stomping countrified fiddle-and-banjo racket, and with it the trio reclaim what is usually assumed to be exclusively hillbilly property. But this historic black style is mountain music with something more, as these 12 tracks show how it fits between the European quadrilles and the Anglo/Celtic folk that came across the Atlantic and the rural blues and ragtime jazz that grew out the American South, informing so much contemporary music. And in the hands of the Carolina Chocolate Drops this history lesson is far from dry.
The relatively youthful threesome learned their craft from original Piedmont players and swap instruments – banjo, fiddle, jug, harmonica, guitar, snare drum and kazoo – with ease, and although they all sing, the guys, Dom Flemons and Justin Robinson, leave most of the vocals to the opera-trained Rhiannon Giddens. Cleverly, the group mix traditional songs with original compositions and a couple of surprising covers, allowing them to honour the past, then subtly nudge it forward linking it to the modern music they grew up with.
Of the former, Cindy Gal, Cornbread and Butterbeans and Sandy Boys are joyous jigs, with lyrics about life in general, while Snowden’s Jig and the stunning, a cappella Reynadine show the pensive, bluesy side of the original style. New song Kissin’ and Cussin’ arranges the mountain instruments into what becomes an intriguing contemporary ballad, while their turning of Tom Waits’ Trampled Rose into syncopated country blues adds yet another layer of poignancy to an already heart-wrenching number.
The big surprise, though, is the pickin’, fiddlin’ and slappin’ version of Blu Cantrell’s Hit ‘em Up Style, which totally countrifies an urban classic to create a tune that would be just as at home in hoedown as any blinging city nightclub. It’s the highlight of an extraordinary and stylish album. ~ Lloyd Bradley 2010

Genuine Negro Jig



• Carolina Chocolate Drops - Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind
• VA - Violin, Sing The Blues For Me: African-American Fiddlers 1926-1949

Oznake: Contemporary Country, Piedmont Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues, String Bands, Carolina Chocolate Drops, folk, Country

Bjorn Berge - Stringmachine

Styles: Modern Acoustic Blues, Roots
Label: Wea
Released: 2001
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 88.02 MB
Time: 37:27
Art: front + back

1. Stringmachine
2. Changes
3. Who Do You Think You Are
4. Pink Slip
5. Am I Wrong
6. Good Thing
7. Look On Wonder Wall
8. Dig You Babe
9. Kind Hearted Woman
10. Run In On A Groove

Notes: On this record he is back to basic again, all by himself playing acoustic guitars, singing and foot stomping. This is as close as you can get the feeling to be at one of his live gigs.
Bjorn Berge received a Norwegian Grammy for "Stringmachine" as the best Norwegian Blues Album in 2001.
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Stringmachine



• Bjorn Berge & Jan Flaaten - Berge/Flaaten
• Bjorn Berge - Live In Europe

Oznake: Bjorn Berge, Modern Acoustic Blues, Roots, Norway

Jim Kweskin - Relax Your Mind

Styles: Folk Revival, Traditional Folk
Label: Vanguard
Released: 1965
File: mp3 @256K/s
Size: 82,6 MB
Time: 45:06
Art: front

1. Three Songs - A Look At The Ragtime Era (Sister Kate's Night Out) - 3:22
2. Hannah - 4:08
3. Bye And Bye - 3:39
4. The Cuckoo - 4:04
5. I Ain't Never Been Satisfied - 2:38
6. Eight More Miles To Louisville - 3:01
7. I Got Mine - 3:38
8. Buffalo Skinners - 5:28
9. Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor - 3:10
10. Guabi Guabi - 3:12
11. My Creole Belle - 4:41
12. Relax Your Mind - 3:58

Personnel:
Jim Kweskin - Guitar, Vocals
Mel Lyman - Harmonica
Fritz Richmond - Washtub Bass, Vocals (10)
Marilyn Kweskin - Vocals (5)

Notes: Released in 1966, Relax Your Mind finds Jim Kweskin taking a break from his jug band for a mellow solo effort. He's joined by harp player Mel Lyman and washtub bassist Fritz Richmond for what amounts to a stripped-down jug band on a dozen tracks. Two of the tracks, "I Got Mine" and a long version of "Buffalo Skinners," were recorded live at Club 47 in Cambridge. Even stripped down, the arrangements of traditional songs like "The Cuckoo" are quite lively when placed side by side with the one-singer/one-guitar approach preferred by some revivalists. Kweskin's guitar and Richmond's bass keep time and fill in the background while Lyman adds asides and flourishes to Mississippi John Hurt's "My Creole Belle" and Grandpa Jones' "Eight More Miles to Louisville." Richmond helps out on the vocal of "Guabi Guabi," an African folk song recorded a couple years earlier by Ramblin' Jack Elliott, and Marilyn Kweskin sings a fine lead on "I Ain't Never Been Satisfied." Overall, Relax Your Mind is a subdued recording, and lacks the irresponsible hijinks fans had come to expect from the Jim Kweskin Jug Band. Compared to other more traditional folk with barebones arrangements, however, Relax Your Mind is a lively affair. The album also shows that good folk recordings continued to be made after Dylan supposedly pulled the plug on the folk revival in 1965. The packaging of the 2003 reissue by Universe reprints the original liner notes and looks great. ~ AMG
More info (front and back Lp cover)

Relax Your Mind



• Sippie Wallace - Mighty Tight Woman
• Jim Kweskin - Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)

Oznake: Jim Kweskin, Folk Revival, Traditional Folk

Beige Fish - Beige Fish

Styles: Roots, Acoustic Country Blues
Label: Sky Productions
Released: 2010
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 105,4 MB
Time: 45:04
Art: front

1. Beige Fish - 3:37
2. The Sad Bag Of Shakey Jake - 3:52
3. Bootleg Booze - 2:43
4. Lonely - 5:21
5. Chain Gang - 4:13
6. Lay You Down - 4:05
7. Looking For Venus - 3:15
8. I Tip My Hat - 4:15
9. No Bad Guys Here - 2:58
10. China White - 3:19
11. Life´s Lonely Road - 4:27
12. Teepee Flats - 2:54

Notes: The first Beige Fish album includes several genres of acoustic slide guitar, blues and folk-rock tunes. Great song writing and lyrics written by various lyricists, soulful vocals, three part harmony and excellent slide guitar playing, is what you definitely will hear on this outstanding debut album.
John H. Schiessler produced and mixed this album at DEJOHN Studio / Munich - mastered by Bobby Altvater at Sky Studio for Sky Productions. John began playing acoustic and slide guitar at age 12 and worked his way through blues, folk and rock music, influenced by Fred McDowell, Ry Cooder or Stephen Stills.

Beige Fish



• Beige Fish - Wildcat Cafe
• Ramblin' Thomas - Hard Dallas

Oznake: Beige Fish, Roots, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues

David Grisman Quintet - Dawgnation

Styles: Progressive Bluegrass
Label: Acoustic Disc
Released: 2002
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 152,8 MB
Time: 66:13
Art: full

1. Citizens of Dawgnation - 0:24
2. Slade - 6:51
3. Mellow Mang - 6:29
4. Why Did the Mouse Marry the Elephant? - 3:47
5. Cha Cha Chihuahua - 6:21
6. Desert Dawg - 3:35
7. Twin Town - 4:11
8. Vivace - 5:08
9. Mr. Coolberg - 4:30
10. Dawgnation - 5:43
11. Bluegrass At the Beach - 6:08
12. Argentine Trio - 5:10
13. Dawg After Dark - 7:49

Notes: 25 years ago the David Grisman Quintet's first album revolutionized the world of acoustic string music and inspired a new generation of musicians. Now the David Grisman Quintet brings their imaginative blend of acoustic "dawg music" into the 21st Century with the genre-bending brilliance of Dawgnation. Opening with the powerful show-stopper "Slade" (dedicated to the late Charles Sawtelle), the DGQ is a lean and mean greyhound machine, putting all their musical expertise, passion and road-tested diligence into extreme focus.
From there the pace elegantly weaves a groove into the upbeat rock-samba "Mellow Mang," the Latin-laced "Cha Cha Chihuahua," the bluegrass-tinged "Twin Town," the dawg anthem title track from the Garcia-Grisman repertoire,the sly swing of the "Dawg After Dark," and seven other new Grisman originals.
Dawgnation celebrates the enduring quality of this longstanding Quintet. Bassist Jim Kerwin, multi-instrumentalist Joe Craven, flutist Matt Eakle and guitarist Enrique Coria each pair up with mandolin maestro Dawg in a series of duets showcasing their individual styles. ~ Acoustic Disc

Dawgnation



• John Sebastian & David Grisman - Satisfied
• The Even Dozen Jug Band - Jug Band Songs Of The Southern Mountains

Oznake: David Grisman Quintet, David Grisman, Bluegrass

Steve James - Fast Texas

Styles: Acoustic Blues
Label: Burnside Distribution
Released: 2003/2008
File: mp3 @256K/s
Size: 94,5 MB
Time: 51:34
Art: front

1. Fast Texas - 5:19
2. Texas Tommy - 3:27
3. Sukey - 3:22
4. Jack O' Diamonds - 5:16
5. Freestone County Blues - 3:19
6. Where Shall I Be - 1:20
7. Day's Lonesome - 3:34
8. Cocaine Blues - 3:09
9. Chicken Stuff - 3:01
10. Blues Come To Stay - 3:28
11. Fisherman's Reel - 2:48
12. 4 or 5 Times - 2:27
13. Rain Done Fell On Me - 3:06
14. Waiting For A Train - 2:09
15. Bye Bye Babie Blues - 3:14
16. Rain Done Fell On Me (Reprise) - 2:28

Personnel:
Steve James - vocals, 6- & 12-string acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin
Ruthie Foster - vocals
Cindy Cashdollar - acoustic & electric guitars, dobro
Del Rey - guitar
Cyd Cassone - vocals

Notes: With his new album "Fast Texas", Steve James pays tribute to the state that has been his home for over 25 years. The Texas experience is chronicled in James' original songs-from the animated title track to the brooding "Freestone County Blues". Also included are adaptations of songs by Lone Star roots regents like Hop Wilson, Milton Brown and Little Hat Jones.
To get his characteristic bare bones production values realized, Steve once again enlisted the help of some of Austin's best recording and mastering engineers, and used a small arsenal of acoustic and resophonic instruments (including a new custom-made 12 string guitar). "Best instrumental and vocal sounds I've gotten in the studio to date." opines James; whose guitar, slide guitar, mandolin, banjo and vocals are augmented on selected tracks by the sonorous string-work of Del Rey, the sinewy steel and Dobro of Cindy Cashdollar, and the soulful voices of Ruthie Foster and Cyd Cassone. Enjoy "Fast Texas"...and take your time doing it.
Since the release of his "Boom Chang" CD in the summer of 2000, Steve James has toured the US coast to coast with side trips to Mexico and Canada for festival dates, and three tours of Europe, which took him from the UK to Hungary and from Scandinavia to Italy and most recently, a month long tour in Australia. In June of 2001, he was heard on over 450 radio stations worldwide when he appeared on "A Prairie Home Companion" in Minneapolis, MN.
Acoustic Guitar/String Letter Press published "Inside blues Guitar", Steve's second book from them, along with several articles and lessons. "Learn to Play Blues Mandolin", featuring Steve with guitar support from john Sebastian, was added to the Homespun Tapes catalog alongside his previous guitar video. In addition, Steve taught at numerous guitar clinics and music camps including The Swannanoa Gathering Guitar week, Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch, the Centrum country blues and Heritage Week…and as host of his own guitar program at the Kerrville Folk Festival. Austin Texas even gave Steve his own "official Steve James day".
Steve James' guitar, slide guitar, mandolin and banjo were heard - live and in the studio - in support of artists as various as Kevin Russell of The Gourds and Howard Armstrong, senior inventor of Afro-American string band music. Steve appeared on compilations including the Grammy nominated "Preachin' the Blues… The Music of Mississippi Fred McDowell" (for which Steve also wrote the liner notes). His own retrospective CD, "Not For Highway Use… Austin Sessions 1988-95" is also now available from his website.
Steve's tour calendar for the coming year already includes multiple tours of Europe and North America and another West Coast tour with stage and studio duet partner Del Rey. The duo played to packed houses in Texas and on the West coast during spring/summer of 2002 and has recently recorded a 9-song (do-it-yourself) CD entitled "Twins", featuring a blend of classic and original tunes with guitar, slide guitar, uke and mandolin aplenty. ~ burnside records

Fast Texas



• Steve James - Art and Grit
• Maria Muldaur - Sweet Lovin' Ol' Soul

Oznake: Steve James, Acoustic Blues

Salty Dog - Jack Of Diamonds

Styles: Acoustic Blues, Country Blues
Label: Black Market Music
Released: 2008
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 108,9 MB
Time: 47:33
Art: front + back

1. Jack Of Diamonds - 2:31
2. Killin' Floor - 3:07
3. Rollin' And Tumblin' - 3:41
4. Chicago Breakdown - 3:24
5. Drop Down - 2:42
6. Rolling Stone - 3:32
7. Jumper On The Line - 3:10
8. Queen Bee - 3:28
9. Write Me A Few Lines - 3:09
10. He's Gone - 3:20
11. Poor Girl - 2:27
12. Last Night - 3:49
13. Come In This House - 3:15
14. Can't Be Satisfied - 2:39
15. The Things You Do - 3:11

Personnel:
Steve Plater: guitars, dobro, mandolin, banjo, stomp-box, fiddle, harmonica, vocals
Marion Turner: vocals, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, washboard, tub bass, percussion

Notes: I just stumbled on this CD and I'm really impressed! I don't know much about the artists (From Australia, I gather)but it is well worth a listen if you like your blues vintage & straight ahead. ~ BOZ

Jack Of Diamonds



• Salty Dog - Steel to Steel
• Salty Dog - Slap That Thing

Oznake: Salty Dog, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, australia

VA - Blues On My Radio

Size: 116,8 MB
Time: 49:11
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2003
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Label: Southwest Musical Arts Foundation Records
Art: Full

01. Lowell Fulson - Worried Life Blues (2:05)
02. Lazy Lester - Made Up My Mind (2:40)
03. Louisiana Red - Goin' Train Blues (3:34)
04. Johnny Dyer - Nine Below Zero (4:15)
05. Charlie Musselwhite - Baby-O (Blues On My Radio) (3:44)
06. Rick Estrin - Sonny Boy Jump (2:59)
07. Bernie Pearl & Harmonica Fats - You Got Your Mouth Stuck Out (3:40)
08. Lazy Lester - Jambalaya (1:56)
09. Lazy Lester - Nothin' But The Devil (2:44)
10. Robert Lockwood Jr. - Dust My Broom - Ramblin' On My Mind (3:06)
11. Lowell Fulson - Big Leg Woman (Boar Hog Grind) (2:22)
12. Lowell Fulson - You Don't Know My Mind (2:33)
13. Lil' Ed - Midnight Burning (3:07)
14. Lazy Lester - Patrol Wagon Blues (3:53)
15. Louisiana Red - Sad Night (5:27)
16. Lowell Fulson - Those Lowdown Blues Theme (0:58)

Bob Corritore has worn a lot of hats. First off, he's a world-class blues harmonica player and blues scholar. He runs his own small record label. He books blues musicians for Phoenix, AZ's finest blues club, the Rhythm Room, and for the purposes of this wonderful little CD collection, he also hosts a blues show called Those Lowdown Blues on Sunday nights from Phoenix's KJZZ 91.5 FM, often bringing in the very touring artists he books for the club to play studio sets on his show, which is where these 16 tracks came from. Each one is an informal, intimate gem, and performances here like Louisiana Red's version of "Goin' Train Blues," Lazy Lester's harmonica rendition of Hank Williams' "Jambalaya," and Lowell Fulson's stately take on "Worried Life Blues" all have a casual urgency about them. This is simply a delightful set. ~Review by Steve Leggett

Blues On My Radio



• Flávio Guimaraes - Flávio Guimaraes & Friends •
• Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - Members Edition •

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Oznake: Various Artists, Lowel Fulson, Bob Corritore, Acoustic Blues, Louisiana Red, Lazy Lester

Sleepy John Estes - Stone Blind Blues / Live In Japan With Hammie Nixon

Album: Stone Blind Blues
Size: 166,1 MB
Time: 70:46
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1999
Styles: Country Blues
Label: Catfish Records
Art: Front & Back

01. Broken Hearted, Ragged and Dirty Too (3:19)
02. Floating Bridge (3:10)
03. Lawyer Clark Blues (3:07)
04. Harlem Bound (2:03)
05. Divin' Duck Blues (3:12)
06. Liquor Store Blues (2:27)
07. Watcha Doin' (3:01)
08. Working Man Blues (2:58)
09. Someday Baby Blues (3:00)
10. The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair (2:56)
11. Special Agent Blues (2:50)
12. Easin' Back to Tennessee (2:41)
13. Stone Blind Blues (3:00)
14. Milk Cow Blues (3:01)
15. Clean up at Home (2:35)
16. Tell Me How About It (2:26)
17. I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More (3:04)
18. Jack and Jill Blues (2:38)
19. You Shouldn't Do That (2:32)
20. Stop That Thing (2:42)
21. Hobo Jungle Blues (2:55)
22. Brownsville Blues (3:07)
23. Drop Down (2:45)
24. Everybody Oughta Make a Change (2:48)
25. Time Is Drawing Near (2:22)

Sleepy John Estes wasn't a great singer, and he was a barely passable guitarist, and yet he managed to sustain an intermittent career in the blues for over 50 years. He was able to do that because he was an amazingly subtle songwriter, with a clear grasp of characterization, location, and metaphor, traits not usually associated with the country blues. This fine single-disc collection of his early 78s has several examples of Estes' deceptive skill, including the blues classic "Diving Duck Blues," which sports the immortal lines "if the river was whiskey/and I was a diving duck/I'd dive to the bottom/and I never would come up," lines that have since shown up in countless other blues songs. Other gems on this anthology from Catfish Records include a bit of domestic advice ("Better Clean Up at Home"), some self-analysis ("I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More"), and even a study in pop dynamics ("Time Is Drawing Near"). The deceptively simple "Brownsville Blues" equates a stalled car with a stalled life, while the haunting "Floating Bridge" is a magnificent bit of cautionary autobiography, complete with a metaphoric (and almost literal) death and resurrection. Time after time one finds that these songs, which appear so simple and calm on the surface, reveal surprising depth and unexpected lyrical turns when closely examined. There is simply no one else in country blues quite like Estes. ~Review by Steve Leggett

Thanks to DrPeak.
Stone Blind Blues

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Album: Live In Japan With Hammie Nixon
Size: 171,5 MB
Time: 73:22
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Country Blues
Label: Delmark
Art: Front

01. Corrina Corinna (3:53)
02. Broke And Hungry (4:37)
03. You Shouldn't Say That (3:38)
04. Tin Pan Alley (6:06)
05. Holy Spirit, Don't You Leave Me (1:27)
06. I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascall You (4:05)
07. Stop That Thing (3:30)
08. The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair (4:08)
09. Divin' Duck Blues (4:18)
10. When Your Mother Is Gone (2:12)
11. When The Saints Go Marching In (2:06)
12. Introduction (0:21)
13. Mary Come On Home (5:40)
14. Rats In My Kitchen (5:12)
15. Potato Diggin' Man (2:43)
16. Fox Chase (1:40)
17. Sleepy John's Twist (3:04)
18. Welcome (0:20)
19. Love Grows In Your Heart (6:28)
20. Brownsville Blues (6:02)
21. Jesus Is On The Mainline (1:43)

Tennessee blues poet Sleepy John Estes made his recorded debut in 1929 with the song ""Broken Hearted, Ragged and Dirty Too"". In '35 John teamed up with Hammie Nixon and they went on to record many classic sides together until WWII. After a twenty-year absence Delmark's Bob Koester rediscovered John and presented him to the new blues audience in `62. This led to a series of LPs and a reinvigorated career. This album was recorded in November of 1974 at concerts in Japan, one of the very first tours of that country by a blues artist - preceded only by a B.B. King State Department appearance. The Estes tour was a great success and even resulted in an Estes track appearing on the Japanese Top 100 chart!

Live In Japan With Hammie Nixon



• Sleepy John Estes - Broke And Hungry •
• Pink Anderson - Pink Anderson Vol. 1: Carolina Bluesman •

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Oznake: Sleepy John Estes, Country Blues

Brownie McGhee - Not Guilty Blues

Styles: Country Blues, East Coast Blues, Piedmont Blues
Label: Magnum America
Released: 1996
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 115,2 MB
Time: 50:20
Art: front + back

1. Picking My Tomatoes - 2:49
2. Born For Bad Luck - 2:55
3. I'm Callin' Daisy - 2:41
4. My Barkin' Bulldog Blues - 2:38
5. Let Me Tell You 'Bout My Baby - 2:44
6. Be Good To Me - 2:51
7. Step It Up And Go - 2:48
8. Not Guilty Blues - 2:40
9. Money Spending Woman - 2:55
10. Death Of Blind Boy Fuller - 2:44
11. Barbecue Any Old Time - 2:50
12. Million Lonesome Women - 2:37
13. Workingman's Blues - 2:50
14. Dealing With The Devil - 2:38
15. Key To My Door - 2:51
16. I'm A Black Woman's Man #2 - 2:53
17. Try Me One More Time - 3:05
18. Swing Soldier Swing #2 - 2:43

Notes: Here's an 18-track collection of McGhee's earliest recordings, all of it emanating from sessions held in 1940 and the following year. Brownie's recordings as Blind Boy Fuller #2 are here, as well as the first recordings pairing him with longtime future partner Sonny Terry. His work with washboard player Oh Red and the mysterious Jordan Webb playing harmonica is every bit as effective, though, and tracks like "Picking My Tomatoes" and "Born For Bad Luck" get this set off to a wonderful start; the musical quotient stays high all, the way to the end. Everything is pulled off of old, beat-up 78s, and the quality is up and down on every track, but this as fine an early Brownie McGhee set as you'll come across.

Not Guilty Blues



• Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee & Big Bill Broonzy - The Bluesmen
• Brownie McGhee - The Story Of The Blues

Oznake: Country Blues, East Coast Blues, Piedmont Blues, Brownie McGhee

Dave Van Ronk - Down in Washington Square (3 disk set)

Styles: British Folk, Folk Revival, Folk-Blues
Label: Folkways
Released: 2013
Art: full

Notes: Called “The Mayor of MacDougal Street,” Dave Van Ronk (1936-2002) was a leading figure in the Greenwich Village music scene for more than four decades. He epitomized the urban “folksinger”— apprenticing through immersion in the music revival’s New York City epicenter of Washington Square Park. Drawing from and developing a wide repertoire of songs, guitar techniques, and performing skills, he mentored younger musicians and songwriters such as Bob Dylan, Jack Hardy, Suzanne Vega, Christine Lavin, and many others. Down in Washington Square includes 16 never-before-released recordings coupled with tracks from the Smithsonian Folkways archive, spanning early live recordings made in 1958 (one year before his first Folkways album) to his final studio recordings in 2001, just months before his death. It paints a musical mosaic of Van Ronk’s artistry and expands his legacy, keeping alive the genius of a legendary performer who inspired audiences, musicians, and a major motion picture — Inside Llewyn Davis, written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Three CD box set, 54 tracks, nearly three hours of music, 40-page booklet with extensive notes.~Folkways
The very template of the urban folk singer in the late '50s and early '60s, Dave Van Ronk was born and grew up in Brooklyn, learning to play ukulele, banjo, and guitar at an early age. Initially drawn to jazz, he was influenced, like so many others, by Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, and began spending time at the famous impromptu Washington Square Park folk jam sessions. He developed a gruff, bluesy, intelligent, and authentic-sounding urban folk style that made him the Dean of New York's folk singers. This three-disc set spans Van Ronk's career, beginning with early live recordings he made in 1958 in advance of his first Folkways album, through his final studio recordings in 2001 just months before his death.~AMG
Read liner notes at Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Disc 1

1. Duncan and Brady - 3:06
2. River Come Down (Bamboo) - 3:48
3. Spike Driver Blues - 3:15
4. John Henry - 2:29
5. Backwater Blues - 3:04
6. K.C. Moan - 3:03
7. Haul on the Bowline - 1:21
8. Just a Closer Walk With Thee - 3:03
9. Gambler's Blues - 2:46
10. Sweeet Substitute - 2:34
11. Bed Bug Blues - 2:48
12. Winin' Boy - 2:40
13. Georgie and the IRT - 3:33
14. Betty and Dupree - 3:38
15. Come Back, Baby - 3:55
16. My Baby's So Sweet - 2:36
17. Black Mountain Blues - 4:04
18. Ya-Yas-Yas - 2:06

File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 125,2 MB
Time: 53:57

Down in Washington Square [Disc 1]

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