Show Me the Way Home, Honey

Claus Sivert Thomsen - A Man & His Blues

Size: 103,8 MB
Time: 44:26
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Harmonica Blues, Acoustic Delta Blues
Label: SeaBird Production
Art: Front

01. Mighty Good Time (2:58)
02. Sbw #3 Rag (3:35)
03. Sb Unknown Blues (2:54)
04. Just How I Feel (2:41)
05. Letter To Red (In Memory Of Louisiana Red) (4:31)
06. The E(B) Harmonicats (4:09)
07. A Man And His Summertime Blues (5:01)
08. Pickin' Flowers And Playin' The Blues (2:38)
09. I Don't Know (3:22)
10. Fumblin' For Furry (1:58)
11. Greetings Mr. Toure (To Ali Farka And All The Mali Musicians) (4:08)
12. Talk To Me Mama (2:33)
13. Stomp Organ And Harp (3:54)

Any info will be welcome.

A Man & His Blues

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Oznake: Claus Sivert Thomsen, Harmonica Blues, Delta Blues

Bukka White - Mississippi Blues Giant

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 56:27
Size: 129.2 MB
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[2:57] 1. The New 'frisco Train
[3:07] 2. The Panama Limited
[3:01] 3. I Am In The Heavenly Way
[3:01] 4. Promise True And Grand
[3:00] 5. Shake 'em On Down
[2:51] 6. Pinebluff Arkansas
[2:53] 7. Po' Boy
[2:23] 8. Sic 'em Dogs On
[2:57] 9. Black Train Blues
[2:39] 10. Parchman Farm Blues
[2:52] 11. Strange Place Blues
[2:48] 12. Fixin' To Die Blues
[2:35] 13. Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
[2:51] 14. Sleepy Man Blues
[2:23] 15. Good Gin Blues
[2:51] 16. Special Stream Line
[2:40] 17. District Attorney Blues
[2:59] 18. When Can I Change My Clothes
[2:38] 19. Bukka's Jitterbug Swing
[2:51] 20. High Fever Blues

Oznake: Bukka White, Delta 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

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

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



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

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



• Violin, Sing The Blues For Me: African-American Fiddlers 1926-1949
• Emmett Miller - Minstrel Man From Georgia

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

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



• Ash Grunwald - Introducing Ash Grunwald
• Salty Dog - Steel to Steel

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

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

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...
Read more at Al Cook biography

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

Various - Broke, Black & Blue: An Anthology Of Blues Classics And Rarities

Styles: Delta Blues, Country Blues, Early American Blues
Released: 2005
Label: Proper
Art: full (booklet)

Broke, Black & Blue is an excellent combination of issues barrelhouse , boogie , vaudeville , and delta blues CDs gathered in four chronologically ordered and it also features a 40-page booklet filled with extensive data and multiple photos.
Edited by the label Proper , Broke, Black & Blue is divided into four parts: Volume 1, entitled "Up Country Blues", includes songs recorded between 1924 and 1928, stars like Frank Stokes and Tommy Johnson are with semi-strangers as Emery or Johnnie Glen Head. Also worth a mention the likes of Luke Jordan , Barbecue Bob, Sippie Wallace and Ishman Bracey .
The second volume, "Broke and Hungry Blues" begins with a theme of Rube Lacy dated in 1928 and continued until 1930, on this journey we find Henry Townsend , Peg Leg Howell , Joe Callicot, Son House and Lonnie Johnson and other not so well known artists to form a complete and wonderful repertoire.
Volume 3, "Good Whiskey Blues" is a good example of the blues in the decade of the 30: Blind Willie Reynolds, Carr & Blackwell, Big Joe Williams , Blind Boy Fuller, Jazz Gillum and Tommy McClennan , classics like "The Twelves (Dirty Dozens) "Kokomo Arnold, or" Back Door Blues "by Casey Bill Weldon rub shoulders with lesser-known topics such as "Never Mind Blues" (Georgia Boyd) or "Prisioners Blues" (George Clarke).
Finally, the fourth CD titled "Jumpin 'at the Club Blue Fame", contains the 40 issues. It is in this volume which includes unreleased tracks from Johnny Temple, the band of Jimmie Gordon and Lee Brown . Bukka White , Big Maceo and Memphis Slim are among those who complete the exquisite cast.
Broke, Black & Blue label is a true gem, many rarities only edited in the old 78's are just the icing for one of the best and most complete directories I can find a variety of blues. The information the script provides the theoretical note and data necessary for the set to become one of my most prized possessions labels.
This chronology of rare and authentic classic is absolutely essential for me and probably for scholars and lovers of country-blues. For the rest of us, this post and set of 4 CDs mentioned here is a diffuse cloud of unknown names, subjects with a horrible sound, voices from beyond the grave and tune instruments ... ~ bluescomentado

Oznake: Various, Delta Blues, Country Blues, Early American Blues

Doc MacLean - Narrow House

Styles: Contemporary Blues, Delta Blues, Acoustic Blues, Roots
Label: Independent
Released: 2006
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 102,5 MB
Time: 44:45
Art: front
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1. Bone Train - 4:21
2. By Degree - 4:01
3. Charlie James' Blues - 4:16
4. Johnson Terraplane - 4:01
5. Three Cards on a Coffin - 2:55
6. Angola Prison Rodeo - 4:28
7. Narrow House - 6:05
8. Dead Men Walking - 5:01
9. Ain't She Pretty - 4:00
10. Who's Gonna Love You - 5:32

Notes: Doc MacLean has recently completed a CD with bassist Larry Taylor and drummer percussionist Stephen Hodges, former section of the Tom Waits band. The album, Narrow House, was produced and recorded in Los Angeles and Nashville by Colin Linden. Other guests include Fats Kaplin and the Rev Joe Rice of the Fairfield Four. The disk was mastered by Ray Kennedy of Zen/Twangtrust- the guy who did those great sounding Steve Earle, Delbert McClinton projects, etc.
The year has also seen MacLean perform more than 200 shows including openers for Guy Davis, Big Bill Morganfield, Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater, BB King, Duke Robillard, Lucky Peterson, Magic Slim, Tony Furtado, Downchild, Slick Ballinger, Lil’ Ed, Paul Reddick, and Colin Linden.
Son of a civil rights lawyer and a fiddle player, MacLean was by his early teens playing harmonica and washboard in coffeehouses and festivals, and was appearing on radio and television variety shows. In 1972 he formed a duo with another young musician, Colin Linden, and became a popular opener for Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, Muddy Waters, and John Hammond.
In his travels Doc met and became friends with many older musicians including Son House, Tampa Red, 'Sippi Wallace, Yank Rachel, Robert Pete Williams, Rev Robert Wilkins and Bukka White. His work as an accompanist included tours and performances with Peg Leg Sam the Medicine Show Man, Blind John Davis, Sunnyland Slim, Little Brother Montgomery, Rev Pearly Brown, the Carter Family and Sam Chatmon.
MacLean, who now divides his time between Toronto and Atlanta, has appeared at significant North American folk and blues festivals from Winnipeg to New Orleans. Radio and television appearances have included national programming such as CNN Today, PBS Morning Pro Musica, CBC 90 Minutes Live, Touch the Earth, and Morningside. "Always on Tour." ~ cdbaby

Narrow House



• Various - Blues Roots: Give Me The Blues
• VA - Chicago Blues: The Chance Era

Oznake: Contemporary Blues, Delta Blues, Acoustic Blues, Roots, Doc MacLean

Various - Roots of the Blues

Styles: Blues Revival, Country Blues, Delta Blues, Field Recordings, Traditional Folk, Work Songs
Label: New World Records
Released: 1977
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 113,9 MB
Time: 49:46
Art: front

1. Henry Ratcliff, Bakari-Badji - Louisiana/Field Song from Senegal - 2:46
2. John Dudley - Po' Boy Blues - 2:32
3. Tangle Eye - Katie Left Memphis - 2:11
4. Leroy Miller & a group of prisoners - Berta, Berta - 2:57
5. Fred McDowell & Miles Pratcher - Old Original Blues - 4:11
6. Ed Young & Lonnie Young - Jim and John - 2:15
7. Alec Askew - Emmaline, Take Your Time - 1:08
8. Miles Pratcher & Bob Pratcher - Buttermilk - 3:23
9. Leroy Gary - Mama Lucy - 1:37
10. Miles Pratcher & Bob Pratcher - I'm Gonna Live Anyhow Till I Die - 2:35
11. Tangle Eye & a Group of Prisoners - No More, My Lord - 2:48
12. Rev. Crenshaw & the Congregation of New Brown's Chapel (Memphis) - Lining Hymn and Prayer - 3:37
13. Fred McDowell - Death Comes a-Creepin' in my Room - 3:17
14. Congregation of New Brown's Chapel (Memphis) - Church-House Moan - 1:54
15. Bessie Jones - Beggin' the Blues - 2:13
16. Rose Hemphill & Fred McDowell - Rolled and Tumbled - 2:54
17. Fred McDowell, Miles Pratcher & Fannie Davis - Goin' Down the Races - 4:18
18. Forrest City Joe - You Gotta Cut that Out - 3:00

Notes: This fine concept recording by Alan Lomax compares an American and a Senegalese (Africa) holler. It also includes elements of work songs, Black string bands, church music, and other styles that fed into the blues before moving on to early blues styles themselves. The rarity of most of the cuts would make this a gem, even without Lomax's analysis. AMG
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Roots of the Blues



• Various - Angola Prison Spirtuals
• Mississippi John Hurt - The Complete Studio Recordings

Oznake: Various, Blues Revival, Country Blues, Delta Blues, Field Recordings, Traditional Folk, Work Songs

Jack Owens - Blues At Home 8: Recorded In Bentonia, Mississippi (1978-1982)

Size: 177,2 MB
Time: 76:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Country Blues, Delta Blues
Label: Mbirafon
Art: Front

01. Hard Times (Take 1) (2:47)
02. Hard Times (Take 2) (2:45)
03. Hard Times (Take 4) (3:25)
04. Catfish Blues (Take 1) (2:55)
05. Catfish Blues (Take 2) (3:25)
06. Cherry Ball (Take 1) (3:00)
07. Cherry Ball (Take 2) (3:48)
08. Cherry Ball (Take 3) (3:47)
09. Cherry Ball (Take 4) (6:32)
10. Don't Sell My Monkey (Take 1) (2:21)
11. Don't Sell My Monkey (Take 2) (3:19)
12. The Devil (Take 1) (4:40)
13. The Devil (Take 2) (3:53)
14. The Devil (Take 3) (3:46)
15. The Devil (Take 4) (3:34)
16. Keep On Grumbling (Take 1) (4:30)
17. Can't See, Baby (3:36)
18. Keep On Grumbling (Take 2) (3:46)
19. Keep On Grumbling (Take 3) (3:17)
20. Give Me Your Money, Baby (Take 2) (1:58)
21. Give Me Your Money, Baby (Take 3) (3:04)
22. Ain't No Loving, Ain't No Getting Along (Take 4) (1:50)

The eighth volume of the “Blues At Home” Collection, this CD features one of the most important blues artists ever known. Born in 1904 in Bentonia, Mississippi, Jack Owens spent his whole life there farming. He was the master of a distinguished traditional blues style characterized by peculiar guitar tunings, vocal style, and repertoire. Along with his fellow-countryman Skip James and an old generation of Bentonian musicians, Owens represents the top-notch of the blues culture in the United States. Despite his importance, very little of his music has ever been recorded and released on record, leaving pieces that he used to play like “Baby Please Don't Go,” “Cypress Grove Blues,” or “Special Rider Blues” unrecorded. Discovered in 1966, Owens cut some outstanding material issued on Decca, Rounder, and Testament LP in the '60s and '70s, performing alone and with the accompaniment of the local harmonica player Benjamin “Bud” Spires. In 1978, 1980, and 1982, I had the chance to meet Owens at his home in Bentonia and to record, during several informal sessions, the material finally released on this CD, which mostly had remained unreleased for over 30 years. In 1978, Owens was also filmed by ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax and appears in the documentary film The Land Where The Blues Began. From the early '80s until his death in 1997, Owens participated in several public events and folk festivals, also receiving a congratulatory letter from then U.S. president Bill Clinton. The 1982 interview is featured in volume 15 of the series. All tracks have been fully digitally remastered in 2013 from the original tapes. ~Giambattista Marcucci

Blues At Home 8



• Jack Owens and Bud Spires - It Must Have Been The Devil •
• Cary Tate & Alonzo Burks - Blues At Home 5 •

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Oznake: Jack Owens, Delta Blues, Country Blues

Skip James - I'd Rather Be The Devil -The Legendary 1931 Session

Styles: Country Blues, Delta Blues
Label: Rev-Ola
Released: 2007
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 121,3 MB
Time: 52:58
Art: front

1. Devil Got My Woman - 2:58
2. Cypress Grove Blues - 3:11
3. Cherry Ball Blues - 2:49
4. Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues - 2:49
5. Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues - 2:51
6. If You Haven't Got Any Hay Get On Down The Road - 2:53
7. 22-20 Blues - 2:50
8. How Long Buck - 2:53
9. Be Ready When He Comes - 2:54
10. Drunken Spree - 2:38
11. I'm So Glad - 2:52
12. Special Rider Blues - 3:07
13. Hard Luck Child - 3:02
14. Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader - 3:00
15. Four O'clock Blues - 2:51
16. Illinois Blues - 3:02
17. Yola My Blues Away - 3:10
18. What Am I To Do Blues - 3:00

Notes: They've been reissued as a piece before, and no doubt they'll be reissued together in the future. But here they are again on this 2007 compilation: all 18 surviving tracks that Skip James recorded in February 1931 for Paramount Records, which in fact represented the totality of his output on disc before he was rediscovered in the '60s. It's gotten to the point that which iteration of these sessions you prefer is probably based on the art work and the liner notes, which are perfectly fine in the case of this anthology on the British Rev-Ola label. The music remains some of the most revered pre-World War II country blues, both for the quality of James' guitar work (though he occasionally backs himself on piano) and his haunting high vocals. "I'm So Glad" and, to a lesser degree, "Devil Got My Woman" remain the only songs familiar to a non-blues specialist audience, but many of the other tunes have similar qualities that will find favor with those who like those two classics. Alas, problems with surface noise remain, though on the whole it's not a significant distraction. That's not the fault of Rev-Ola; it's quite possible no one's ever going to figure out how to make some of the tracks sound crisp and clean with even the utmost state of the art remastering technology, such is the state of the only surviving source discs. But for all its unavoidable imperfections, this body of work is a cornerstone of the acoustic Delta blues form. AMG

I'd Rather Be The Devil: The Legendary 1931 Session



• Blind Arvella Gray - The Singing Drifter
• Cary Tate & Alonzo Burks - Blues At Home 5

Oznake: Skip James, Country Blues, Delta Blues

Molten Mike - Genuine Bluesman

Styles: Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues
Released: 1998
Label: Ranluron
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 85.7 MB
Time: 40:13
Art: front

1. Southbound Train Blues - 4:34
2. Wish I Had A Nickel - 2:50
3. Love The Way You Do - 2:32
4. Special Rider Blues - 2:54
5. We All Got To Love Somebody - 3:13
6. Ain't Seen My Baby - 3:07
7. The Girl Is Mine - 3:01
8. Wouldn't Treat A Dog Like That - 4:47
9. You'd Be The First To Go - 3:38
10. She's My Little Angel - 3:15
11. My Good Time Gal - 2:44
12. Let It Rain - 3:31

Notes: Molten Mike has received or nominated for 18 music awards including Best Blues Singer, Best Blues Guitar Player, Best Entertainer, and Best Singer/Songwriter in the Tampa Bay Area of Florida. Hes is a virtuoso player on National Steel Guitars and performs with a 1928 TriCone, a 1932 Duolean and a 1933 Style O National Steel Guitars.
He is also a Hot electric guitar player. His vocals are rich and the hooks are strong, telling stories of love gained, love lost, and other everyday events. He has a unique style that is completely his own. He has played over 70 engagements at the House of Blues in Orlando and Myrtle Beach and was the featured entertainment for the Millenium year 2000 New Years Eve Bash at the HOB in Orlando. Molten Mike has been the Pre Game Entertainment for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for 8 years in a row for all home games and recently played the World Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers parade party in Tampa, Fl in 2003 for an estimated crowd of 100,000,just prior to the Super Bowl Champs taking the stage to be revered by the fans.
His songs have been featured in the movie "Steal Wheels".
Molten Mike has produced 4 CD's: "Blues Meltdown", "Genuine Bluesman", "Molten Mike - The Movie" and his newest release in 2003 "Chameleon" His styles include Roots Blues, Electric Blues in the Chicago, Texas, Mississippi and Florida styles, Jazz, Pop, Latin, Rock and Love Songs.
The "Genuine Bluesman" Album is dedicated to Roots and Acoustic Blues afficiandos.He has received airtime in over 250 US markets as well as Japan, Australia, Belgium, Spain, France, England, Denmark, Sweden, and the Czech Republic. Molten Mike is available for Festivals Worldwide. ~ cdbaby.com

Genuine Bluesman



• Cat Iron - Jimmy Bell: The Blues Of Cat Iron
• Big Joe Williams - Big Joe Williams [Storyville]

Oznake: Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues, Molten Mike

Bukka White - Mississippi Blues

Styles: Delta Blues
Label: Sonet
Released: 1963
File: mp3 @320K/s (from vinyl)
Size: 95,1 MB
Time: 41:33
Art: front +back

1. Aberdeen Mississippi Blues - 4:09
2. Baby Please Don't Go - 4:47
3. New Orleans Streamline - 3:41
4. Parchman Farm Blues - 2:52
5. Poor Boy Long Way From Home - 2:19
6. Remembrance Of Charley Patton - 3:52
7. Shake 'Em On Down - 3:29
8. I Am In The Heavenly Way - 3:40
9. The Atlanta Special - 5:53
10. Drunk Man Blues (Piano) - 3:49
11. Army Blues - 3:00

Notes: There is not much information on this recording. Most of the back cover is taken up with a catalog listing, while the front cover photo is of a dried-up muddy riverbed, which actually looks like a blow-up of a small section of this artist's face. Bukka White is a name known to blues lovers since he was one of the group of early Delta blues recording artists that were rediscovered in the '60s. This album is one of the new recordings he made during this latter period. It is appropriate that White recorded a monologue at one point entitled "Mixed Water" for another label, because blues listeners tend to be mixed about this artist's output. The final analysis is usually in his favor, as he has a tremendously appealing voice, and while not a guitar virtuoso, he certainly creates an authentic Delta blues sound and keeps three or four rhythms that blues bar bands would die for. Sometimes listeners just expect too much from the man, such as a more extensive repertoire of styles or a more forceful guitar attack. Slide guitar and dobro playing have gone so far to the front and center in various types of music that some listeners are just used to hearing it that way, and won't comprehend why White's licks are sometimes simply chiming way in the background, like angels heard from a distance. Despite a lack of intensity -- he just sounds tired some of the time -- there are several classic performances on this recording. What is identified as "Parchman Farm" was actually recorded under the title of "Where Can I Change My Clothes" in the '40s for Vocalion. While he also recorded another song entitled "Parchman Farm" as well, neither is the blues song of this name that has become a standard. The incorrectly titled performance of "Where Can I Change My Clothes" here is brilliant, as is his intense "Army Blues." His "Baby Please Don't Go" and "Shake 'Em On Down" both display his unforced, calm method of delivery, the main point of focus being the twists and turns taken by his magnificently rich vocal as the guitar plays a very straightforward accompaniment. The distinctive plunk of the steel guitar or dobro is present here throughout; listeners that find this sound appealing will be in heaven, daydreaming of guitars with pictures of palm trees on their backs. The track consisting of stories about blues legend Charley Patton spoon-feeding him small amounts of whisky is amusing, but brings the side to a dead halt. by Eugene Chadbourne

Mississippi Blues



• Dead Shrimp - Dead Shrimp
• Jessie Mae Hemphill, Hezekiah & The House Rockers - Mississippi Blues Festival

Oznake: Bukka White, Delta Blues

John Henry Barbee - I Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton

Styles: Country Blues, Prewar Country Blues, Delta Blues
Recorded: 1964
Released: 1981/1989
Label: Storyville/Amiga
File: mp3@ 320K/s
Size: 91.6 MB
Time: 37:43
Art: Front

1. Dust My Broom (James) - 3:21
2. Hey Baby (Barbee) - 3:28
3. That's All Right (Crudup) - 3:35
4. Early Morning Blues, No. 1 (Barbee) - 3:33
5. I Heard My Baby (Barbee) - 4:05
6. I Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton (Barbee) - 4:26
7. Worried Life Blues, No. 2 (Major) - 3:24
8. Miss Nelly Grey (Barbee) - 3:15
9. Tell Me Baby (Broonzy) - 3:07
10. John Henry (Traditional) - 4:31

Personnel:
John Henry Barbee - Guitar, Vocals

Note: rec. Copenhagen, Denmark, Oct. 8, 1964 only one month before he died in jail.
This rec. released several times as
- Portraits in Blues Vol. 9 (Storyville 671171)
- I Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton (Storyville 616013)
- John Henry Barbee (Storyville/Teichiku ULS-1814-R)
- Blues Roots Vol. 2: Guitar Blues From The Memphis Area (Storyville/Teldec 6.23701)
also released in Serbia 1981 (PGP RTB 2220636)
- Blues Roots Vol. 3 (Storyville SLP 4037)
- Blues Collection Vol. 11 (Amiga 856281)
and finally
- Blues Masters Vol. 3 (Storyville STCD 8003) with bonus tracks

Same day Barbee rec. some tracks at the Folk Club in Copenhagen and that rec. released on album John Henry Barbee & Sleepy John Estes: Blues Live (Nov 1967).

I Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton



• Baby Tate - See What You Done Done
• Robert Wilkins - The Original Rolling Stone

Oznake: John Henry Barbee, Country Blues, Prewar Blues, Delta Blues

Pat Thomas - His Father's Son

Styles: Modern Acoustic Delta Blues
Label: Broke & Hungry
Released: 2008
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 92,4 MB
Time: 40:21
Art: front

1. Dance With The Red Dress On - 2:52
2. 61 Highway - 4:24
3. Big Fat Mama - 3:38
4. Standing At The Crossroads - 3:26
5. Mule Plow Line - 3:27
6. Sugar Mama - 3:08
7. Dimples - 4:30
8. Cairo Blues - 2:59
9. Rainbow At Midnight - 2:37
10. Leland's Burning Down - 2:10
11. The Woman I Love - 3:02
12. Beefsteak Blues - 3:28
13. Hidden Track - 0:34

Personnel:
Pat Thomas - Guitar, Vocals
Lee Williams - Drums (1,3,7,10,11)

Notes: Pat recently came to the attention of the wider blues world through his appearance in the critically acclaimed documentary 'M For Mississippi: A Road Trip Through The Birthplace Of The Blues'. Yet his appearance in the film only hints at the full depth of his talents. At 49, Pat could hardly be described as a young man. But in the world of rural bluesmen, where the median age is closer to 70, he’s practically a kid. Yet his music hearkens back to a much earlier time – an era when juke joints, house parties and free-flowing moonshine were more than a cultural artifact; they were a way of life. This is the music Pat grew up with; the music he learned at the feet of his father, the late great James 'Son' Thomas. The elder Thomas was one of the Delta’s most celebrated blues artists during the last several decades of the 20th century. He recorded numerous times for a wide variety of labels, and he played major festivals both at home and abroad. Of his 13 children, only his son Pat, has followed in his musical footsteps. Most of the songs in his repertoire are those he heard his father play. And although Son Thomas has been dead for more than 15 years, he is never far from Pat’s thoughts. Pat can often be found sitting by his father’s grave in Leland, Mississippi, playing his father’s songs on a battered guitar. As evidenced by the 12 tracks on 'His Father’s Son', Pat Thomas belongs to a very small club of truly traditional bluesmen. Although he’s heard playing an electric guitar on two tracks and is joined by drummer Lee Williams on a few more, most of the CD features just Pat on an old acoustic guitar, playing songs of an earlier age, many of which were old when his father began performing them a half century ago. Recorded over two days in August 2008, Pat’s debut CD offers strong proof that the old traditions die hard. Fans of down-home blues won’t want to miss this one. And those who know and love the music of James “Son” Thomas will find that Pat truly is his father’s son.

His Father's Son



• James 'Son' Thomas - Mississippi Delta Blues Man
• Jesse Fuller - Jazz, Folks Songs, Spirituals and Blues

Oznake: Pat Thomas, Delta Blues

The Blue Rider Trio - Early Morning Blues (Discs 1 & 2)

Ben Andrews, a talented guitarist and singer who performed in the North Carolina-Virginia-Maryland area, emerged in 1990 to make this superior set. Teamed in a trio with Mark Wenner on harmonica and bassist Jeff Sarli, Andrews performs vintage country blues by the likes of Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Leadbelly, Blind Blake, Mississippi John Hurt, and others, contributing two songs of his own ("Freight Train Boogie" and "She Don't Do Me Wrong"). Andrews captures the magic of the early era without merely copying the past, creating a set that fans of early country blues will definitely want to acquire. ~ Scott Yanow

Ben Andrews (vocals, acoustic guitar); Mark Wenner (harmonica); Jeff Sarli (bass).

Recording information: Mapleshade Studios. Personnel: Ben Andrews (vocals, guitar); Mark Wenner (harmonica); Jeff Sarli (electric bass).

Album: Early Morning Blues (Disc 1)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 49:43
Size: 113.8 MB
Styles: Country blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[4:29] 1. Gallows Pole
[4:18] 2. Preachin' The Blues
[4:40] 3. Stomp Down Rider
[2:56] 4. Old Blue Goose
[5:03] 5. Early Morning Blues
[3:59] 6. Cincinnati Rag
[6:15] 7. Pay Day
[3:30] 8. Walkin' Blues
[2:48] 9. Georgia Rag
[3:45] 10. Freight Train Boogie
[3:32] 11. Statesboro Blues
[4:24] 12. She Don't Do Me Wrong

Early Morning Blues (Disc 1)

Oznake: Blue Rider Trio, Piedmont Blues, Delta Blues

Various - Living Country Blues USA: An Antology (3 Disc set)

Styles: Country Blues, Delta Blues, Piedmont Blues, Pre-War Country Blues
Label: Evidence Music
Released: 1999
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 170,5 MB
Time: 73:35
Art: full

Distilled from a 14 record anthology originally issued only in Germany during the early 80’s the story behind this reissue is almost as intriguing as the music contained on its three silver platters. On a fall day in 1980, two Germans hopped into an old battered station wagon crammed full of portable recording equipment and a few borrowed guitars. Heading south they embarked on an odyssey (echoing Alan Lomax) to record the startling number of blues and gospel musicians contained on this set wherever they could find them. Their travels took them from vacant fields to cramped clapboard shacks, from rickety back porches to ramshackle juke joints. The majority of tunes were taped on Mississippi soil, but artists from D.C., Maryland, Louisiana, North Carolina and Tennessee also make appearances. Best of all many of the musicians have direct lineal connections to the early giants of the pre-War blues era and aren’t shy about showing off the influences.
There are the requisite guitar pickers, but also fife and drum bands, field hollers and a fair share of oddities including Lonnie Pitchford master of the one-string amplified diddley bow (basically a wooden plank twisted with baling wire and plugged into a tiny guitar amp). He crafts an incredible trance-inducing version of Hooker’s “Boogie Chillun” on his primordial axe. Several other tunes feature the jangling lead guitar and throaty vocals of one James “Son” Thomas backed by the scraping bass lines of Cleveland “Broom Man” Jones on broom handle. Other obscure but equally brilliant stylists abound. There’s raucous street corner testifying from the likes Cora Fluker, a woman who erected a wooden church in her front yard solely for the purpose of spreading the Lord’s message, and from Flora Molton and Her Truth Band, a motley aggregate that delivers the down-home message of brotherly love via guitar, casaba, tambourine, and harmonica. The impressive array of string stylists that populate the majority of selections are rounded out by the kitchen knife wielding slide lunatic Cedell Davis and a cantankerous backwoods preacher who answers to the name Boyd Rivers.
Overall, the set is akin to a prodigious sideshow for the more arcane realms of the blues bizarre. Many of the tunes are familiar but under the passionate labors of these musician they are recast in weird and wonderful ways. These are raw and primitive renderings to be sure, but ones that are brimming with plenty of the bare veracity that make the blues so contagious in the first place. The liners are magnificent and paint the colorful lives of these performers with vividly descriptive prose. The three and a half hours and 60 tracks housed on these discs may sound like a generous helping, but the into this deep river of song for an enlightening (and sometimes harrowing) swim down the realization that there were hundreds of hours taped will leave you craving to hear more. I could go on gushing praise about these discs, but it’s just as easy to offer up this summary advice. Shell out the thirty or so bucks; shuck down to your skivvies and dive lesser traveled tributaries of the blues. By DEREK TAYLOR

Oznake: Various, Pre-War Blues, Country Blues, Delta Blues, Piedmont Blues

Sam Chatmon - Blues When It Rains

Styles: Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Delta Blues
Released: 1977/2006
Label: Albatros
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 69,7 MB
Time: 30:27
Art: full Lp + Cd

1. St. Louis Blues - 2:25
2. That's All Right - 3:41
3. Stoop Down Girl - 3:02
4. Baby Please Come Back To Me - 4:06
5. I'm Foll About Her Loving - 2:07
6. Prowling Ground Dog - 3:22
7. Go Back Old Devil - 2:33
8. Used To Be - 3:08
9. Blues When It Rains - 1:09
10. Good Eating Meat - 3:23
11. Let's get Drunk Again - 2:19

rec. at Sam Chatmon's home in Hollandale Aug. 6 or 7, 1976

Notes: Sam Chatmon (c. 1899-1983), a celebrated singer and guitarist who spent most of his life in Hollandale, sometimes performed with his brothers in a renowned family string band billed as the Mississippi Sheiks. He embarked on a new solo career after coming out of musical retirement in the 1960s. Many local musicians have performed here on Simmons Street, known as “the Blue Front, ”once one of the most vibrant centers of blues activity in the Delta.
Hollandale Blues history dates back at least to the 1920s, when the Mississippi Sheiks, Sam Chatmon, Bo Chatmon (aka Bo Carter), Eugene Powell, Robert Nighthawk, and Houston Stackhouse performed at local drug stores, cafes, and other businesses, in addition to jukehouse parties and dances on nearby plantations. Most of the Mississippi Sheiks, a popular string band known for their hit recording “Sitting on Top of the World” (1930), were members of the Chatmon family, several of whom moved from their native Hinds County to the Hollandale area around 1928 and worked here as cotton farmers as well as musicians. In later years Sam Chatmon moved into town and took a job as a night watchman, while his brother Bo settled in Anguilla.
After blues enthusiasts began to seek Sam out in the 1960s, he traveled to play concerts and festivals around the country, most often in the San Diego area, and recorded several albums including Hollandale Blues and The Mississippi Sheik. He grew a long beard, as his fiddle-playing father had done, and endeared himself to new audiences who were entertained by his risqué double-entendre songs. In 2009 the city of Hollandale purchased Chatmon’s house at 818 Sherman Street to move it here to “Blue Front,” an area once famed for blues, liquor, and gambling. Chatmon sang about Blue Front in his song “Hollandale Blues,” but told friends he preferred less rowdy surroundings.
Author Kathy Starr, whose grandmother operated the Fair Deal café on Blue Front, wrote in The Soul of Southern Cooking: “Blue Front was a string of little cafes where everybody gathered on the weekend. It was the only place blacks had to go, to get rid of the blues after a week’s hard work in the cotton fields. Everybody lived for Saturday night to go to Blue Front. . . . if you wanted a half-pint or a pint of whiskey or corn liquor, you could get it at Fair Deal because Grandmama and the chief of police had an ‘understanding.’ . . . The Seabirds (Seeburg juke boxes) would be jammin’ all up and down Blue Front with Howlin’ Wolf, Muddy Waters, and B. B. King. Sometimes they would be there in person over at the Day and Night Café. The great blues singer Sam Chatman [sic] came to Fair Deal often. People danced, ate, drank, and partied till the break of day. Saturday night without a fight was not known.”
Among other former Hollandale area residents, Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones went on to the greatest fame in the 1950s after moving to New Orleans. Others include bluesmen William Warren, Willie Harris, Mott Willis, J. D. Short, James Earl “Blue” Franklin, and Joseph C. Moore (“J. C. Rico”); Eugene Powell’s wife Mississippi Matilda; the Buckhanna (Buchanan) Brothers string band; and soul singer Ruby Stackhouse, better known as Ruby Andrews. ~ Mississippi Blues Trail

Blues When It Rains



• Sam Chatmon - Blues At Home 2
• The Blue Rider Trio - Harp, Steel And Guts

Oznake: Sam Chatmon, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Delta Blues

James 'Son' Thomas - Mississippi Delta Blues Man

Styles: Delta Blues
Label: Swingmaster
Released: 1981
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 106,0 MB
Time: 46:18
Art: full

1. Big Leg Woman - 4:10
2. High Brown - 4:45
3. Whiskey Headed Woman - 2:26
4. Devil Blues - 4:45
5. Take A Little Walk - 2:57
6. Cool Water Blues - 4:11
7. Lonesome Road Blues - 3:54
8. Black Rat - 3:18
9. Hard Time Blues - 4:22
10. Catfish Blues - 4:09
11. My Black Mare - 3:43
12. Bull Cow Blues - 3:34

Personnel:
James 'Son' Thomas - Guitar, Vocals

Notes: Born in Eden, Mississippi, United States, Thomas was known as a folk artist for his sculptures made from un-fired clay which he dug out of the banks of the Yazoo River. His most famous sculpted images were skulls (often featuring actual human teeth) which mirrored his job as a gravedigger and his often stated philosophy that "we all end up in the clay". In 1985, Thomas had his work featured in the prestigious Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. where he was introduced to Mrs. Nancy Reagan then First Lady. Thomas' skulls can also be found on display in several blues museums throughout Mississippi including the Delta Blues Museum in Clarksdale and the small Leland Blues Museum in Leland. Thomas played at numerous blues festivals and private parties throughout the area including the Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival in Greenville.
His later performances saw him accompanied by Swiss harmonica player Walter Liniger. Thomas was recorded by several small record labels and is probably best known for his album Gateway to the Delta which was recorded by Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi, although he remains an obscure figure outside of dedicated blues communities.
In the 1970s, he appeared in the following films: Delta Blues Singer: James "Sonny Ford" Thomas, Give My Poor Heart Ease: Mississippi Delta Bluesmen, and Mississippi Delta Blues.
He died in 1993 in Greenville, Mississippi, from a combination of emphysema and a stroke.
Thomas is buried in Leland and memorialized by a headstone placed in 1996 by the Mt. Zion Memorial Fund and paid for by John Fogerty. His epitaph consists of lyrics from one of his songs. His son, Pat Thomas, continues to play and perform his father's songs.
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Mississippi Delta Blues Man



• Dr. Ross - One Man Band
• Sam Chatmon - Blues At Home

Oznake: James 'Son' Thomas, Delta Blues

Skip James - Hard Time Killing Floor Blues

Styles: Delta Blues
Recorded: 1964
Released: 2003
Label: Shout Factory
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 117,5 MB
Time: 51:17
Art: Front

1. Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues - 3:28
2. Sickbed Blues - 3:40
3. Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues - 4:19
4. Devil Got My Woman - 6:20
5. Illinois Blues - 3:41
6. I Don't Want a Woman to Stay Out All Night - 4:45
7. Cherry Ball Blues - 3:54
8. Skip's Worried Blues - 4:22
9. Cypress Groove Blues - 4:08
10. Catfish Blues - 3:33
11. Motherless & Fatherless - 4:08
12. All Nigh Long - 4:55

rec. 16. Dec. 1964 in Falls Church, VA (first session since 1931)
The sessions (held at Spottwood's home) were formally completed on July 28, 1965. (Storyville SLP 185)
prod. by Dick Spottswood and Louisa Spottswood
rei. 1994

Personnel:
Skip James - vocals, guitar

Notes: Hard Time Killing Floor Blues was the first session Skip James recorded following his rediscovery by John Fahey and Henry Vestine in the mid-'60s. Though he had not played the blues for more than 20 years, his skills were largely undiminished, and he turns in a fantastic set here. James was the pinnacle of the Bentonia (Mississippi) sound, which combines complex fingerpicking with falsetto vocals, resulting in somewhat spooky-sounding strain of blues. James reprises several of his 1931 Paramount sides on this session, as well as a couple new tunes that chronicle the illnesses of James' latter days. Anyone with a passing interest in acoustic blues should own some James. This set would make a great starting point, especially for those who don't take well to the surface noise that can accompany his '30s sessions. The new mastering here sounds rich and warm. Highly recommended.

Hard Time Killing Floor Blues



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

Oznake: Skip James, Delta Blues

Dr. Ross - One Man Band

Styles: Country Blues, Delta Blues
Label: Takoma
Released: 1998
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 89,3 MB
Time: 39:00
Art: full

1. Dr. Ross' Rock - 1:50
2. My Little Woman - 4:33
3. Mama Blues - 3:52
4. 32-20 - 3:41
5. Chicago Breakdown - 6:11
6. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl - 3:00
7. Hobo Blues - 4:09
8. Fox Chase - 4:39
9. Goin' Down Slow - 4:22
10. The Boogie Woogie - 2:40

Oznake: Dr. Ross, Country Blues, Delta Blues

Various - Blues Roots: Give Me The Blues

Styles: Chicago Blues, Acoustic Blues, Piano Blues, Delta Blues
Released: 1979
Label: Storyville
File: mp3@320K/s (from vinyl)
Size: 205.2 MB
Time: 89:38
Art: front

Side 1
1. Smoky Babe - Boogy - 2:40
Smoky Babe (vocals, guitar)

2. Avery Brady - I Don't Want You No More - 2:57
Avery Brady (vocals, guitar)

3. Doug Quattlebaum - Good Woman Blues - 4:44
Doug Quattlebaum (vocals, guitar)

4. Huddie Ledbetter - Frankie And Albert, parts 1 + 2 - 2:38
Huddie Ledbetter (vocals, guitar)

5. Arthur Weston - Someday Baby - 1:36
Arthur Weston (vocals, guitar), George Robertson (harmonica)

6. Big Joe Williams - Long Road Blues - 2:13
Big Joe Williams (vocals, guitar)

7. Big Bill Broonzy - You Better Mind - 2:12
Big Bill Broonzy (vocals, guitar)

Side 2
8. Clarence Edwards - Mean Old Frisco - 3:23
Clarence Edwards (vocals, guitar), Cornelius Edwards (guitar), Butch Cage (fiddle)

9. Bert Logan - Four O'Clock In The Morning - 2:47
Bert Logan (vocals, guitar), Russ Logan (vocal, washboard), Big Joe Williams (guitar)

10. Big Joe Henry Miller - Down Here By Myself - 4:14
Big Joe Henry Miller (vocals, guitar), Jimmy Lee Miller (guitar)

11. Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - 21 Below Zero - 2:40
Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires (vocals, guitar), Johnny Joung (guitar)

12. Johnny Young - Green Door Blues - 4:03
Johnny Young (vocals, mandolin), John Lee Graunderson (guitar), John Wrencher (harmonica)

13. Arthur Weston - Roll Me Over Slow - 2:41
Arthur Weston (vocals, guitar), Big Joe Williams (guitar), George Robertson (harmonica)

Side 3
14. Champion Jack Dupree - Back Door Special - 2:47
Champion Jack Dupree (vocal, piano)

15. Roosevelt Sykes - Southern Style Piano - 5:29
Roosevelt Sykes (piano)

16. Henry Brown - Low Down Drag - 4:39
Henry Brown (piano)

17. Memphis Slim - Funky Blues - 4:25
Memphis Slim (piano)

18. Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special - 4:17
Jimmy Yancey (piano)

19. Sunnyland Slim - Sunnyland's Boogie - 2:57
Sunnyland Slim (piano)

Side 4
20. Speckled Red - Cow Cow Blues - 3:36
Speckled Red (vocal, piano)

21. Otis Spann - The Skies Are Blue - 3:36
Otis Spann (vocal, piano)

22. Memphis Slim - A Letter Home - 3:05
Memphis Slim (vocal, piano)

23. Otis Spann - Boots And Shoes - 3:15
Otis Spann (vocal, piano)

24. Memphis Slim - Rebecca Blues - 4:55
Memphis Slim (vocal, piano), Sonny Boy Williamson (vocal, harmonica)

25. Willie Mabon - I'm The Fixer - 3:04
Willie Mabon (vocal, piano), Billy Emerson (organ), Lacy Gipson (guitar), Jack Myers (bass), Al Duncan (drums)

26. Champion Jack Dupree - I Just Want To Be Free - 4:32
Champion Jack Dupree (vocal, piano)

Notes: Recorded mostly between 1960 and 1965, except track 4 NY 1939 and track 18 Chicago 1950
05. Jimmy Brewer - Big Road Blues, Even though shown on the cover as well as on the label track listing and even though there's a picture and a short bio of Jim Brewer in the liner notes - this Jim Brewer track is actually / erraneously? not included; instead there's the following Arthur Weston track !!! ~ www.wirz.de

Blues Roots: Give Me The Blues, part 1
Blues Roots: Give Me The Blues, part 2

or

Ziddu



• Memphis Minnie - Queen Of The Blues •
• Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Alone & Acoustic •

Oznake: Big Bill Broonzy, Big Joe Williams, Champion Jack Dupree, Chicago Blues, Delta Blues, Doug Quattlebaum, Leadbelly, Memphis Slim, Otis Spann, Piano Blues, Roosevelt Sykes, Sunnyland Slim, Various

Various - Classic Appalachian Blues From Smithsonian Folkways

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

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


Credits

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

Classic Appalachian Blues From Smithsonian Folkways



• Brian Blain - New Folk Blues •
• Shawn James - Shadows •

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

VA - Chicago Blues: The Chance Era

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

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

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

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

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



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

David 'Honeyboy' Edwards - I've Been Around

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

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


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

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

I've Been Around



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Oznake: David 'Honeyboy' Edwards, Delta Blues

The Blue Rider Trio - Harp, Steel And Guts

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

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


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

Harp, Steel And Guts

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Big Joe Williams - Walking Blues

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

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


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

Walking Blues

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

Bukka White - The Complete Bukka White

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

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


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

The Complete Bukka White



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

Bukka White - The Sonet Blues Story

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

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


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

The Sonet Blues Story

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

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

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


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

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

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

Blues From The Mississippi Delta



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Dead Shrimp - Dead Shrimp

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

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

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

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

Dead Shrimp



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Oznake: Dead Shrimp, Delta Blues, Italy

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

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

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


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

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


It Must Have Been The Devil



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Nathan James & Ben Hernandez - Make A Change Sometime

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

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


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

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

Make A Change Sometime



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Sam Chatmon - Blues At Home 2

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

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

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

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

Blues At Home 2



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Oznake: Sam Chatmon, Country Blues, Delta Blues

Ash Grunwald - Introducing Ash Grunwald

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

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

Personnel:
Ash Grunwald - Does it all

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

Introducing Ash Grunwald



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Oznake: Ash Grunwald, Delta Blues, australia

Charley Patton - Founder of the Delta Blues 1929-1934

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

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


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

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

Founder of the Delta Blues



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Oznake: Charley Patton, Delta Blues

R.L. Burnside - Mississippi Hill Country Blues

Styles: Delta Blues, Acoustic Blues
Label: Fat Possum
Released: 1984
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 131,4 MB
Time: 57:21
Art: front + back

1. Miss Maybelle - 2:20
2. House upon the Hill - 2:46
3. Gone So Long - 3:21
4. Skinny Woman - 2:23
5. See What My Buddy Done - 3:11
6. Don't Care How Long You're Gone - 2:22
7. Lost Without Your Love - 3:15
8. Shake 'Em on Down - 2:49
9. Bad Luck and Trouble - 3:40
10. Just Like a Woman - 2:46
11. Greyhound Bus Station - 3:45
12. Crying Won't Make Me Stay - 3:00
13. Rollin' and Tumblin' - 2:45
14. Mellow Peaches - 2:57
15. I Believe - 2:25
16. Poor Boy - 3:02
17. Poor Black Mattie - 2:53
18. Jumper on the Line - 2:50
19. Long Haired Doney - 4:42

Oznake: R.L. Burnside, Delta Blues, Acoustic Blues

Gordon Smith - Out Of The Bottleneck

Styles: Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues
Label: Mastermix
Released: 1999
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 111,2 MB
Time: 48:33
Art: front

1. blues in a bottle - 2:48
2. kind hearted woman - 3:37
3. write me a few short lines - 6:10
4. hey hey daddy - 2:50
5. goodnight Irene - 3:26
6. going down slow - 5:21
7. furry's warm up blues - 2:30
8. lone wolf blues - 3:34
9. keep your lamp trimmed & burning - 2:57
10. police dog blues - 3:26
11. things about coming my way - 2:19
12. honey babe - 2:08
13. blues for wes end - 4:05
14. in the evening - 3:15

Oznake: Gordon Smith, Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues, England

Harlem Slim - Delta Blues & Piedmont Ragtime

Styles: Delta Blues, Piedmont Blues, Rag
Label: Independent
Released: 1999
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 104,8 MB
Time: 45:46
Art: full

1. Delta Thug Shakedown - 3:33
2. Cross Road Blues - 4:41
3. Harlem Rag - 2:03
4. Poor Boy - 3:04
5. Walkin Blues - 3:58
6. St. Louis Blues - 1:42
7. Milk Cow Troubles - 2:56
8. Me & The Devil Blues - 4:41
9. Amazing Grace - 1:50
10. Dyin Crapshooters Blues - 3:56
11. When You Got A Good Friend - 4:27
12. Bicycle Built For Two - 2:26
13. Pal O' Mine - 3:59
14. Trailer Park Rag - 2:25

Oznake: Harlem Slim, Delta Blues, Piedmont Blues, Rag

Jessie Mae Hemphill, Hezekiah & The House Rockers - Mississippi Blues Festival

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 47:06
Size: 107.8 MB
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[4:11] 1. Eagle Bird
[6:02] 2. My Daddys Blues
[4:24] 3. I'm So Glad You Dont Know Whats On My Mind (Take(1)
[3:04] 4. Go Back To Your Used To Be
[4:20] 5. Streamline Train
[4:20] 6. I'm So Glad You Dont Know Whats On My Mind (Take 2)
[5:09] 7. My Daddys Blues 2
[3:49] 8. Roll Me Baby
[3:04] 9. She Used To Be Your Woman
[3:05] 10. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
[3:03] 11. Saint Louis Blues
[2:32] 12. Dont Mess With My Toot Toot


A live set recorded March 19, 1986 in Paris, France, Mississippi Blues Festival includes seven tracks by North Mississippi folk-blues artist Jessie Mae Hemphill followed by five tracks by Hezekiah & the House Rockers.

Hemphill plays her trademark ragged, modal North Mississippi juke joint guitar style, and is joined by folklorist Dave Evans on guitar and Hezekiah Early on drums on three cuts, including a wonderfully ramshackle and fiery version of "Streamline Train," Hemphill's interpretation of Junior Parker's "Mystery Train." Early leads his band through five fairly blues rockers to close the disc, but the band's unusual instrumentation keeps things interesting, since one seldom hears a trombone (played by Pee Wee Whittaker) featured so prominently in a juke setting. Truthfully, the trombone takes some getting used to, but Early is a capable singer (Whittaker also shares the singing chores) and a wonderfully loose-as-a-goose drummer, so the set works in spite of some pitch problems. Hardly essential, Mississippi Blues Festival will be best appreciated by serious fans of the North Mississippi blues style looking to round out their collections. ~Steve Leggett

Mississippi Blues Festival

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Oznake: Hezekiah And The House Rockers, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Delta Blues

Various - Canned Heat Blues: Masters Of The Delta Blues

Styles: Country Blues, Delta Blues
Label: Bluebird
Released: 1992
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 161,0 MB
Time: 70:20
Art: front

1. Furry's Blues - 3:14
2. I Will Turn Your Momney Green - 3:13
3. Mistreatin' Mama - 3:09
4. Dry Land Blues - 3:08
5. Cannon Ball Blues - 3:05
6. Kassie Jones Part 1 - 3:08
7. Kassie Jones Part 2 - 3:04
8. Judge Harsh Blues - 3:06
9. Cool Drink Of Water Blues - 3:37
10. Big Road Blues - 3:24
11. Bye Bye Blues - 3:12
12. Maggie Campbell Blues - 3:40
13. Canned Heat Blues - 3:39
14. Lonesome Home Blues - 3:23
15. Big Fat Mama Blues - 3:14
16. Saturday Blues - 3:30
17. Left Alone Blues - 3:31
18. Leavin' Town Blues - 3:30
19. Brown Mama Blues - 3:35
20. Trouble Hearted Blues - 3:27
21. The Four Day Blues - 3:22


Personnel:
Walter 'Furry' Lewis tracks 1-8
Tommy Johnson tracks 9-15
Ishman Bracey tracks 16-21

Notes: Of these tracks from 1928-eight by Furry Lewis, seven by Tommy Johnson, six by Ishman Bracey-the Johnsons are among the great events in American music. With Charlie Patton and Robert Johnson, Tommy Johnson was one of the three leading Mississippi bluesmen, featuring a pure, aristocratic tenor voice, a sweet, shimmering vibrato, near-yodel octave leaps and a busy guitar style. His 'Canned Heat Blues' is a classic, with, unusually, a sustained lyric theme, while 'Cool Drink of Water Blues,' 'Big Road Blues' and 'Maggie Campbell Blues' have probably been even more influential. Bracey, almost as fluent and stylized as Johnson, is an intriguing eclectic who ranges from near-private intimacy to a preaching manner; his lyrics are the most surreal of these three singers. The utterly engaging Lewis is the most old-fashioned singer of this threesome, with a taste for vivid, idiosyncratic lyrics. In 'Cannon Ball Blues' he claims, 'I can't play no music, and I sure can't sing no blues.' Don't believe a word of it. ~ chicago tribune (11.06.1992)

Canned Heat Blues: Masters Of The Delta Blues



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Oznake: Various, Walter 'Furry' Lewis, Tommy Johnson, Ishman Bracey, Country Blues, Delta Blues

Johnny Shines - S/T

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 35:58
Size: 82.4 MB
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 1991/2012
Art: Front

[2:43] 1. Give My Heart A Break
[2:55] 2. Too Lazy
[3:22] 3. Moaning And Groaning
[3:45] 4. Just A Little Tenderness
[2:49] 5. I Know The Winds Are Blowing
[3:41] 6. Just Call Me
[3:34] 7. My Love Can't Hide
[2:49] 8. Skull And Crossbones Blues
[3:10] 9. Vallie Lee
[2:49] 10. Can't Get Along With You
[4:17] 11. Have To Pay The Cost


When his friend the legendary Delta bluesman Robert Johnson died, Johnny Shines decided to visit Africa to see if everything he had heard about it was true. He got sidetracked and ended up in Chicago where his musical career languished for two decades until he was rediscovered in the '60s. This 1970 recording catches Shines at his best as he alternates between traditional Delta-styled acoustic blues numbers and hard-rocking Chicago-flavored tunes. The haunting "My Love Can't Hide," with its baritone sax moaning in background, provides but one highlight. --Percy Keegan

No less than a founding father of modern blues, James 'Johnny" Shines was a valued singer/slide guitarist whose creative impulses, technical command, and expressive candor were at an extraordinarily high level in the decade or so following his mid-1960s "rediscovery." This 1970 session includes several inspired solo performances that hark back to his prewar Delta and Memphis country blues years, another elevated period in his venerable career. Of the five songs made with a tipsy West Coast ensemble, "My Love Can't Hide" drops your jaw for the ardency of his heartsick vocalization. ~ Frank John Hadley

Johnny Shines

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Oznake: Johnny Shines, Delta Blues

Nathan James - This Road Is Mine

Styles: Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues
Label: Pacific Blues
Released: 2003
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 104,1 MB
Time: 44:56
Art: full

1. Don'tcha Feel So Good - 3:26
2. Sugar Mountain Blues - 3:55
3. Sweet Lovin' Kind - 3:02
4. Hip Shakin' Mama - 2:07
5. Please Slow Down - 4:21
6. Promenade Breakdown - 4:01
7. Woke Up With Blues In My Fingers - 3:09
8. This Road Is Mine - 4:25
9. Good Thing Blues - 3:55
10. Ain't This A Comeback - 5:16
11. Took My Saviors Hand - 2:52
12. If I Let You Get Away With It Once - 4:22


Personnel:
Nathan James - Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals, Foot Percussion
Ben Hernández - Harmonica, Vocals, Washtub Bass, Kazoo
James Harman - Harmonica, Vocals, Shaker, Producer

Notes: Drawing from a deep well of influences from many early roots artists and styles, James was quickly attracted to the individuality of self made music and artistic expression. While simultaneously discovering the guitar and the blues at age 13, Nathan James has since been in complete focus as to where his life goal would lead. Growing up in the small town of Fallbrook Ca, has been influential in deciding to choose this path. "There wasn't a lot to do here, so you either got in trouble, or found something productive to do!" Having supportive parents that didn't force him into the usual college after high school allowed Nathan to go straight into the 'real working world' of playing music. "Part of it was luck that I was able to get paying gigs right off the bat!" Local San Diego blues bands the Blues Pharaohs and Billy Watson gave Nathan a chance to get his feet wet with enough local gigs to support himself literally a month after graduating high school! This led to also working with well known Southern California blues acts Jamie Wood, and Johnny Dyer. At age 19 Nathan got the call from internationally known blues veteran James Harman to join his band and tour the country. With Harman is where he gained the experience that has shaped most of his own career.

After touring and recording nonstop with Harman for 3 1/2 years, Nathan decided to have a go at literally a solo career- that is playing one man acoustic based blues. This was instantly successful, leading to playing over 30 gigs a month at times!! With the strain of carrying the entire show by yourself all the time, Nathan met up with harmonica player/vocalist Ben Hernandez, a like minded young blues roots musician aficionado, and together they started working as a duo. As word spread of these two and their ability to bring back to life the spirit of duos like Sonny Terry and Brownie Mcghee country blues, they gained international notoriety while traveling all over the West Coast and; In 2007, they entered the International Blues Challenge in Memphis TN, and took 1st place! This really has made their reputation spread like wildfire. That year alone the duo traveled to Denmark, Italy and Taiwan. During his career Nathan has worked with other many well known artists including: Kim Wilson, Pinetop Perkins, Billy Boy Arnold, Lazy Lester, Johnny Dyer, Janiva Magness, Rick Holmstrom, Mark Hummel and Gary Primich.

Currently Nathan’s three piece band is forging a cumulative sound that combines elements of 1920's acoustic blues, amplified juke joint hill country, and 1950's uptown blues mixed with 1960's soulful R&B! Influences range from Tampa Red, to B.B. King, to James Brown and the Famous Flames. This is not your average blues power trio that leans towards the much abused "blues rock" formula. Instead each member in the band knows all the nuances of the different feels and tones. Knowing how to get people's attention, Nathan will often go out solo from the bandstand and burst into a frenzied ragtime breakdown that can lead to a washboard solo on his custom LED lit 'Washtar Gitboard'! Another unique aspect of a live show is band mate Troy Sandow. He may start off the set on upright bass while Nathan will play an uptown lead guitar style in the vein of B.B. or T-bone Walker. Then he will switch over to amplified harmonica and Nathan will fingerpick a driving groove on his baritone guitar in the style of R.L. Burnside or Lightnin' Hopkins. Although Nathan's band pays homage to these traditions and has the same quality of musicianship, there is an original and fresh new energy coming from musicians of a much younger generation.
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This Road Is Mine



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Oznake: Nathan James, Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues

Skip James - Vanguard Visionaries

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 38:10
Size: 87.4 MB
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 2007
Art: Front

[1:52] 1. I'm So Glad
[5:11] 2. Devil Got My Woman
[3:52] 3. 22-20 Blues
[3:19] 4. Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
[3:15] 5. Look Down The Road
[4:07] 6. Washington D.C. Hospital Center Blues
[4:20] 7. Cypress Grove Blues
[5:07] 8. Special Rider Blues
[2:57] 9. Look At The People Standing At The Judgement
[4:04] 10. Sickbed Blues


Legendary bluesman Skip James might not be a familiar name for many music fans, yet he's influenced countless artists from Ry Cooder and John Fahey to Jon Spencer and the North Mississippi All-Stars. Here, James is given the budget comp treatment with a collection of songs that include standards such as "Devil Got My Woman" and "Hard Time Killin Floor Blues." If you're not familiar with Skip, the Vanguard set works as a solid introduction.

Vanguard Visionaries

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Larry Johnson - Presenting The Country Blues

Styles: Delta Blues, East Coast Blues, Acoustic Blues
Recorded: 1964
Released: 1969
Label: Blue Horizont
File: mp3 @320K/s (from vinyl)
Size: 73.5 MB
Time: 32:13
Art: front + back

1. Catfish Blues - 2:32
2. Southern Train - 2:39
3. Lonesome Town Blues - 2:29
4. Southern Carolina Boogie - 2:08
5. Sail On Baby - 2:29
6. When I Go Home - 2:26
7. Trouble In MInd - 2:21
8. So Sweet - 2:10
9. Cherry Red - 2:34
10. Step It Up And Go - 1:44
11. When Things Go Wrong - 2:01
12. Troubles Just Begun - 2:39
13. Lovin' Machine - 1:58
14. Say What You Mean - 1:56

rec. in New York City, 1964 [cover says 1966]; prod. by Bobby Robinson

Personnel:
Larry Johnson - Guitar, Vocals

Notes: Among the postwar generation of blues artists, Larry Johnson -- from Riceville, GA -- is one of the most devoted to the pure Delta and Texas styles of the '20s. He was born on May 5, 1938, in Fulton County, GA. His father was a preacher and his son would often travel with him from town to town. In this environment, Johnson was exposed to early blues records and he especially loved those of Blind Boy Fuller. It was Fuller's records that made Johnson pick up a guitar. After a stint in the Navy from 1955 to 1959, Johnson moved to New York and befriended Brownie and Sticks McGhee and began playing on records by Big Joe Williams, Harry Atkins, and Alec Seward (aka Guitar Slim). It was Seward who introduced Johnson to his future mentor, Rev. Gary Davis. He released his first single, "Catfish Blues"/"So Sweet," in 1962 and appeared on numerous live dates with Davis. By 1970, Johnson began releasing albums on small labels, including a date with John Hammond called Fast & Funky reissued on CD as Midnight Hour Blues. After years of living from gig to gig, Johnson retreated from the grind of the road. He still played ocassionally, but only on his own terms. He did, however, manage to release two albums, Johnson! Where Did You Get That Sound? in 1983 and Basin Free with Nat Riddles in 1984. By the '90s, Johnson began receiving better offers for live performances, especially in Europe. While abroad, he recorded Railroad Man released in 1990 on JSP and Blues for Harlem in 1999 on the Armadillo label. Two years later, Johnson collaborated with National slide guitar extrodonaire Brian Kramer and his band the Couch Lizards, resulting in the relaxed, yet mainly up-tempo, Two Gun Green on Armadillo. Johnson's excellent fingerpicking and acoustic blues have brought him to creating an approachment that remains timeless.

Presenting The Country Blues



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Oznake: Larry Johnson, Delta Blues, East Coast Blues, Acoustic Blues

Bo Carter - Twist It Baby: Bo Carter 1931-1940

Styles: Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Delta Blues
Label: Yazoo
Released:
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 92,3 MB
Time: 40:19
Art: front

1. The Law Gonna Step On You - 2:40
2. Honey - 2:44
3. Shake 'Em On Down - 3:10
4. Rolling Blues - 2:37
5. Howling Tom Cat Blues - 2:28
6. Policy Blues - 3:03
7. My Baby - 3:00
8. Twist It, Baby - 3:17
9. Some Day - 2:47
10. Doubled Up In A Knot - 2:50
11. I Get The Blues - 2:53
12. Let Me Roll You Lemon - 2:54
13. Pussy Cat Blues - 2:48
14. Bo Carter Special - 3:03


Notes: This Yazoo release compiles fourteen sides by Bo Carter recorded between 1931 and 1940. Carter was an extremely prolific recording artist, and "Twist it Babe" is a solid introduction to his body of solo work. His originality and virtousity on the guitar, often overlooked due to his propensity for double entendre, put him technically on par with other "uncopyable" bluesmen such as Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Robert Pete Williams.
If you have a problem with "dirty blues", then this album, and Bo Carter all together, are really not for you, however, he is a master of country blues guitar and this album is a great place to start. The production and sound are as clean and clear as you will find in the 1930's.
The listener of this album will witness his utter disregard for standard blues phrasing and cliched licks. You will discover through repeated listening that his seemingly simple and catchy songs are actually quite complex arrangements, featuring skills and techniques that remain absolutely unique within the blues vernacular. The combination of melodic, harmonic genius and command of counterpoint, and polyrhythmic bass lines are facilitated by the use of all five fingers of his picking hand, and five different tunings on the guitar.

Twist It Baby: Bo Carter 1931-1940



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Oznake: Bo Carter, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Delta Blues

Dave Arcari & The Hellsinki Hellraisers - Whisky In My Blood

Size: 86,3 MB
Time: 37:09
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues
Label: Blue North Records
Art: Front

01. Whisky In My Blood (2:26)
02. Cherry Wine (3:33)
03. Tell Me, Baby (2:06)
04. Travelling Riverside Blues (3:04)
05. Rough Justice (2:03)
06. Day Job (1:30)
07. Still Friends (2:36)
08. Wherever I Go (2:38)
09. See Me Laughing (2:29)
10. Jitterbug Swing (2:51)
11. Third Time Lucky (1:49)
12. Heat Is Rising (3:58)
13. Preachin' Blues (3:31)
14. Get Outta My Way (2:28)

Scottish ‘rabble-rouser’ and all-round good guy Dave Arcari has teamed his ‘take no prisoners’ guitar and vocals with two Finnish musicians on this latest release, “Whisky In My Blood”, on the Finnish record lace, Blue North. He is accompanied on all tracks, bar one, by The Hellsinki Hellraisers – namely Juuso Haapasalo (upright & electric bass) and Honey Aaltonen (snare drum, cymbal, and rub-board).

As ever Dave’s roaring, growling vocals and his flailing National steel guitar are to the fore on the 11 orginals and three covers, but two standout tracks – “Still Friends” and “Third Time Lucky” see a switch to banjo. “Tell Me” has definite rockabilly flavours, and another gem is the driving blues, “Get Outta My Way”.

The Finnish musicians contribute fully to the glorious sound throughout the album, complementing Dave Arcari’s input. The three cover versions present are a brace of Robert Johnson classics, “Walkin’ Blues” and “Preachin’ Blues” – both given a ‘good kicking’ here, as is the oft-recorded “Jitterbug Swing”, from the pen of Bukka White, with the aforementioned ‘swing’ of the title firmly in place!

The raucous title cut “Whisky In My Blood”, is an ode to the ‘fire water’ itself; “Wherever I Go” is another highlight and swaggers along in its own sweet way! The whole collection was recorded live in the studio in Helsinki, and gives the album a great feel . . . with the mixing done in Arcari’s native Glasgow, and mastered in Chicago.

It’s easy to see why Dave Arcari is never off the road, with his never less than 100% commitment and energy to the music and performances he’s certainly the ‘real deal’ . . . . catch him on the road near you somewhere soon I’m sure! ~Review by Graham Rhodes

Whisky In My Blood



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Oznake: Dave Arcari, UK, Finland, Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues

Kat Danser - Baptized By The Mud

Size: 109,7 MB
Time: 47:27
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Acoustic/Electric Swamp Blues, Delta Blues
Label: Kat Danser
Art: Front

01. Sun Goes Down (4:00)
02. Sweet Baybay (4:04)
03. None Of Us Are Free (4:16)
04. Baptized By The Mud (4:20)
05. Crazy For You (4:17)
06. O' Mary Don't You Weep (4:57)
07. Winsome, Losesome (4:26)
08. Notes From The Other Side (2:55)
09. Nothin' At All (3:30)
10. Prove It On Me Blues (3:31)
11. Hear Me Out, Think It Over (2:58)
12. You Gotta Move (4:09)

Kat Danser’s music navigates a paddle steamer from the muddy banks of the Mississippi Delta downriver toward a big ol’ full moon over New Orleans. Dubbed ‘Queen of the Swamp Blues’, this Edmonton-based guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist channels the spirit of pioneers of roots, blues and spiritual music.

Her fourth album, Baptized By The Mud, is a collaboration between Danser and Juno-award winning producer Steve Dawson. The recording aurally addresses the dichotomy of ‘church-blues’: blues music as devilish and church music as angelic. This sub-genre demonstrates that human truth and the divine are one in the same – “one is preached from behind the pulpit and the other from behind the plow”.

Baptized By The Mud



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Oznake: Kat Danser, Swamp Blues, Delta Blues

Charley Patton - Dirt Road Blues

Styles: Delta Blues
Label: Pristine Recordings
Released: 2008
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 139,3 MB
Time: 60:49
Art: front

1. Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues - 3:00
2. Down The Dirt Road Blues - 3:00
3. Pony Blues - 3:02
4. It Won't Be Long - 3:21
5. Pea Vine Blues - 3:06
6. Tom Rushen Blues - 3:08
7. A Spoonful Blues - 3:14
8. Shake It And Break It (But Don't Let It Fall, Mama) - 3:07
9. Elder Greene Blues - 3:04
10. Circle Round The Moon - 2:35
11. Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone - 2:52
12. When Your Way Gets Dark - 3:09
13. Heart Like Railwood Steel - 2:52
14. Jim Lee Blues, Part 1 - 3:00
15. High Water Everywhere, Part 1 - 3:00
16. Rattlesnake Blues - 2:49
17. Some Summer Day - 3:03
18. Moon Going Down - 3:18
19. Dry Well Blues - 3:22
20. Revenue Man Blues - 2:37


Notes: If the Delta country blues has a convenient source point, it would probably be Charley Patton, its first great star. His hoarse, impassioned singing style, fluid guitar playing, and unrelenting beat made him the original king of the Delta blues. Much more than your average itinerant musician, Patton was an acknowledged celebrity and a seminal influence on musicians throughout the Delta. Rather than bumming his way from town to town, Patton would be called up to play at plantation dances, juke joints, and the like. He'd pack them in like sardines everywhere he went, and the emotional sway he held over his audiences caused him to be tossed off of more than one plantation by the ownership, simply because workers would leave crops unattended to listen to him play any time he picked up a guitar. He epitomized the image of a '20s "sport" blues singer: rakish, raffish, easy to provoke, capable of downing massive quantities of food and liquor, a woman on each arm, with a flashy, expensive-looking guitar fitted with a strap and kept in a traveling case by his side, only to be opened up when there was money or good times involved. His records -- especially his first and biggest hit, "Pony Blues" -- could be heard on phonographs throughout the South. Although he was certainly not the first Delta bluesman to record, he quickly became one of the genre's most popular. By late-'20s Mississippi plantation standards, Charley Patton was a star, a genuine celebrity.
This Cd is from The first 9 Pristine Audio Blues releases, XR-remastered.

Dirt Road Blues



• Charley Patton - It Won't Be Long •
• Jimmy 'Duck' Holmes - Ain't It Lonesome •

Oznake: Charley Patton, Delta Blues

Big Jim Adam - Cajun Moon

Size: 108,8 MB
Time: 47:08
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Acoustic Swamp Blues, Piano Blues
Label: Circle 504
Art: Front

01. Come On In My Kitchen (3:34)
02. It's What Owns You (3:32)
03. If I Was The Devil (3:58)
04. Frankie And Johnny (5:26)
05. Cajun Moon (3:35)
06. Gumbo Yaya (3:43)
07. Heard It From Big Llou (3:46)
08. Graspin' At The Wind (5:29)
09. Get Down On My Knees (3:17)
10. Henry (3:13)
11. If It Hadn't Been For Love (3:48)
12. John Henry (3:40)

Big Jim Adam’s emotional singing and sliding swampy guitar, combined with his foot percussion skills make for a powerful performance. Jim’s unique style is a fusion of the raw blues he heard as a child being played on the front porches of his neighborhood, combined with the gospel music he sang growing up. These driving rhythms and heartfelt vocals give him his unique sound. Jim’s vocal and guitar work can be heard in the PBS special “For Love of Liberty.” Jim also won the 2012 Telluride Acoustic Blues Solo Competition. “Contest winner Jim Adam gave us some of the best and most authentic blues I have heard in a while. This man definitely deserved winning the Acoustic Blues competition.

Cajun Moon



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Oznake: Big Jim Adam, Delta Blues, Piano Blues

The Mississippi Marvel - The World Must Never Know

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 39:07
Size: 91.1 MB
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[3:18] 1. Laundromat Blues
[3:32] 2. .44 Blues
[5:48] 3. Waterboy, Waterboy
[3:24] 4. Kankakee
[4:14] 5. Everything's Gonna Be Alright
[2:13] 6. Catfish Blues
[2:18] 7. Stoop Down, Mama
[6:07] 8. Feel Like Layin' Down
[4:49] 9. Hard Pill To Swallow
[3:19] 10. No Mail Blues

Oznake: Mississippi Marvel, Delta Blues

The Blue Rider Trio - Preachin' The Blues

Styles: Piedmont Blues, Delta Blues, Acoustic Blues
Released: 1990
Label: Mapleshade
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 115 MB
Time: 50:09
Art: full

1. Preachin' the Blues - 4:20
2. Stomp Down Rider - 4:41
3. Gallows Pole - 4:31
4. Old Blue Goose - 2:57
5. Early Morning Blues - 5:05
6. Cincinnati Rag - 4:02
7. Pay Day - 6:17
8. Walkin' Blues - 3:32
9. Georgia Rag - 2:50
10. Freight Train Boogie - 3:47
11. Statesboro Blues - 3:35
12. She Don't Do Me Wrong - 4:25

Personnel:
Ben Andrews (vocals, acoustic guitar)
Mark Wenner (harmonica)
Jeff Sarli (bass)


Notes: Blues Revue says “…one of the best acoustic blues albums of the year comes from three white boys from Maryland.” Serious blues lovers and recent converts alike rave to us about the Trio’s first CD, Preachin’ the Blues. Eight years in the making, this follow-up was worth the wait. Ben Andrew’s voice has gained that seared-by-life bluesiness; Mark Wenner’s harmonica cuts even deeper; and Jeff Sarli’s bass adds layers of subtlety to his knock-you-down drive. The first CD has become a legend among lovers of good sound in blues. A tough act to follow, the richer vocal detail, stronger dynamics and cleaner overtones of this recording are startling. All that adds extra excitement and authenticity to this tasty collection of Chicago, Delta and Texas acoustic blues.

Preachin' The Blues



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

Jimmy 'Duck' Holmes - Ain't It Lonesome

Size: 91,9 MB
Time: 39:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2009
Styles: Electric/Acoustic Delta Blues
Label: Broke & Hungry Records
Art: Front

01. Slow Down, Slow Down (3:42)
02. That's Alright (5:21)
03. All Night Long (3:27)
04. Done Got Tired Of Tryin' (3:00)
05. My Baby's Gone (5:02)
06. Bentonia Boogie (3:39)
07. Someday Baby (3:10)
08. So Glad (My Baby's Coming Home) (3:19)
09. Tell Me Woman (5:02)
10. Nightmare (3:58)

Jimmy "Duck" Holmes, the rural Mississippi blues guitarist who burst onto the international blues scene in 2006, returns this fall with Ain’t It Lonesome, his third CD for Broke & Hungry Records and his fourth overall.

As on Holmes' previous CDs for Broke & Hungry Records, several tracks on Ain’t It Lonesome were recorded at the Blue Front Cafe, the rural juke joint that Holmes and his family have operated in Bentonia, Mississippi since 1948. Additional tracks were recorded at Bill Abel’s Big Toe Studio in Duncan, Mississippi.

Holmes conjured up several haunting acoustic originals for the CD, including “My Baby’s Gone,” “Nightmare” and “Done Got Tired of Tryin’.” The latter song provided the title of Holmes’ sophomore CD in 2007, but the song itself has remained unreleased until now. In addition to the solo acoustic tracks, Holmes offers up several searing electric performances accompanied by Clarksdale, Mississippi-based drummer Lee Williams. These titles include the driving “All Night Long” and the menacing “Tell Me, Woman.”

“It’s always a thrill to release a new Duck Holmes CD,” said Broke & Hungry Records owner Jeff Konkel. “The Bentonia blues tradition made famous by Skip James and Jack Owens, is alive and well in his hands, and I think this new CD really captures its essence.”

Holmes first made waves in the blues scene with the 2006 release of his award-winning debut CD, Back To Bentonia. He followed it up with a sophomore disc in 2007, Done Got Tired of Tryin’, which was nominated for a Blues Music Award as Acoustic Album of the Year. Last year, Holmes appeared in the Blues Music Award winning film M For Mississippi.

Ain't It Lonesome



• Son House - The Original Delta Blues •
• Samuel James - Songs Famed for Sorrow and Joy •

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Oznake: Jimmy 'Duck' Holmes, Delta Blues

Johnny Shines - Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 43:59
Size: 100.7 MB
Styles: Acoustic/electric delta blues
Year: 1978/1997
Art: Front

[2:45] 1. Sweet Home Chicago
[2:54] 2. Delta Pines
[2:38] 3. Kind Hearted Woman
[5:21] 4. I Will Be Kind
[4:37] 5. When Your Troubles Get Like Mine
[2:56] 6. Milk Cow Blues
[1:48] 7. Hey, Ba-Ba-Re-Bop
[4:26] 8. Saddle My Pony
[3:26] 9. I Had A Good Home
[2:59] 10. Terraplane Blues
[3:34] 11. Mean Mistreater
[3:55] 12. Going To The River
[2:34] 13. Do Like The Lord Say Do


At the time of this 1979 recording, Johnny Shines was a living link to blues mythology. A traveling companion to Robert Johnson in the '30s, and a translator of Delta blues language into an electric context in the '40s and '50s, Shines was largely ignored by the industry until the blues revival of the '60s. Fortunately, he was still a dynamic performer in his later years, as this live document shows. Shines nods to his association with Johnson by performing three of his songs--"Terraplane Blues," "Kind Hearted Woman," and "Sweet Home Chicago"--all given meticulous, loving treatments, with Shines's ragged tenor lending a distinctive edge. Shines's own compositions stand up as well, the boogie-inflected "I Will Be Kind" in particular, and "I Had a Good Home," a mournful meditation on losing one's house in a storm. The between-song banter shows a thoughtful, charming side of the man, though the intensity of his performances leaves a much deeper impression. Shines plays his acoustic guitar with plenty of percussive attack and dazzling, fluid embellishment, and sings with the vigor and passion characteristic of the best Delta blues. HEY BA-BA-RE-BOP! is the next best thing to having seen Shines live. Recorded live in 1971. Solo performer: Johnny Shines (vocals, guitar).

Hey Ba-Ba-Re-Bop

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Oznake: Johnny Shines, Delta Blues

Jas. Mathus & Knockdown South - Old Scool Hot Wings

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 46:35
Size: 106.6 MB
Styles: Acoustic Delta blues
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[2:18] 1. Voice Of A Pork Chop
[3:59] 2. Ben Dewberry's Final Run
[4:23] 3. Peaches
[3:43] 4. Tappin' That Thing
[4:41] 5. Bullfrog Blues
[2:48] 6. Old Rugged Cross
[5:43] 7. Carrier Line
[3:38] 8. Dixie
[4:35] 9. Torture Blues
[4:07] 10. Wouldn't Treat A Dog
[3:43] 11. No Monkey Business
[2:51] 12. Bright Sunny South


Call him Jim, James, Jimbo, Jas., call him what you will; all you really need to know is that he's from Mississippi, and that he plays the blues. That's certainly all that matters on James Mathus' latest record with his band Knockdown South, Old Scool Hot Wings. He sticks to the Delta basics here, a dirty acoustic guitar and his voice, plus a bass, but he throws in a dobro, washboard, fiddle, kazoo, even a tuba when he sees fit. It's music like what's played on sagging front porches, thick with sweat and deep summer air that hovers stagnant and hot as calloused thumbs hit steel strings and wood. Mathus wraps himself around old blues classics, moaning out the words to "Peaches," letting the bass tap out the beat in "Bullfrog Blues," accenting the mandolin in "Wouldn't Treat a Dog" with harmonized vocals. It's real, and it's raw, like it was recorded in an old bar, the smell of whiskey and stale beer stuck in the spaces between the notes. But Mathus is more than just R.L. Burnside or Charley Patton. He's also Jimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams, and he reminds us of that, and how connected country and blues are in rural Mississippi. His take on "Old Rugged Cross," for which he smoothes out his voice, is lovely, with all the pain and suffering that it's supposed to have, and like any proud Southerner, he includes a version of "Dixie" using clean, rich harmonies and strings with simple percussion sustaining the movement, and when he sings, "I'll take my stand to live and die in Dixieland" you know he really means it. As if you weren't convinced about his authenticity and love for the music he's playing, Mathus also includes three original pieces that would fit into any Delta songbook, like "Torture Blues," which, with its sparse, repetitive guitar and vocals, sounds a lot like something Son House might have done. Which just goes to show that blues isn't so much about time and race, it's about passion and a feeling of connectedness to where you're from. Old Scool Hot Wings certainly shows that James Mathus has that. ~ Marisa Brown

Old Scool Hot Wings

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Oznake: Jas. Mathus and Knockdown South, Delta Blues

Cincinnati Slim - Widows Pleasure

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 39:41
Size: 90.9 MB
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[3:01] 1. Chapel Blues
[3:35] 2. Is It Time
[3:29] 3. Guilty (Heartbreak In The First Degree)
[2:58] 4. Kokomo Blues
[3:12] 5. Milk Cow Blues
[3:47] 6. Memory Lane
[2:44] 7. Five Star Romance
[3:30] 8. The Devil Flies On Friday
[3:41] 9. Built For Speed
[3:23] 10. Death Don't Have No Mercy
[3:46] 11. Show Me The Way
[2:31] 12. When The Sun Goes Down


Cincinnati Slim (AKA KC Elstun) was born in 1955 and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He began playing music at the age of eight, starting with the drums and later adding harmonica, saxophone, and guitar. He was playing in groups by age thirteen, and was heavily influenced by the rhythm and blues music being played in the Midwestern USA at that time. He was introduced to Chicago blues while listening to the radio late one night. “I was about fourteen when I heard Howlin’ Wolf on the radio. It blew my mind. After that, all I wanted to do was play harp and sing the blues."

He began playing professionally in 1977. In 1985, after spending seven years as a sideman in various groups, he formed the highly successful Cincinnati Slim and the Headhunters. The group toured regionally for almost twelve years, recorded an album for MoPro Records, and was the opening act for numerous artists including BB King, Bobby Bland, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and many, many more. He has appeared onstage with blues legends such as Bo Diddly, The Legendary Blues Band, and guitar great Lonnie Mack.

Several years ago Slim shifted his focus to Delta style blues, and currently sings and plays solo bottleneck blues guitar. He now makes his home in the Rhone-Alpe region of France.

Widows Pleasure

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Oznake: Cincinnati Slim, Delta Blues

Harlem Slim - Delta Thug

Styles: Delta Blues
Recorded: 2000
Released: 2000
Label: Harlem Slim
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 126.9 MB
Time: 55:25
Art: full

1. Harlem Breakdown - 2:40
2. 32-20 Blues - 3:06
3. Main Street Rag - 1:47
4. Back Door Friend - 4:46
5. Statesboro Blues - 5:23
6. 42nd Street Stroll - 1:30
7. All Around Man - 3:29
8. Cocaine Blues - 3:15
9. Delta Thug Stomp - 2:05
10. Terraplane Blues - 6:14
11. Bluebird - 4:07
12. Swing Low Sweet Chariot - 1:15
13. Evil Spirit - 1:30
14. When I Lay My Burden Down - 4:14
15. Plantation Song - 2:00
16. Preachin' Blues - 3:56
17. Conjure Man - 4:02

Personnel:
Harlem Slim - Guitar, Vocals
with
Little Terry Rogers - Harmonica (1, 4, 11, 17), Vocals (11)
L.D. Rogers - Bass Drum (4)
John Robertson - Bass Drum (1)


Notes: Harlem Slim is a master of the pre-World War II Delta blues sound as practiced by Robert Johnson, Blind Willie Mctell, and others. Here, Harlem is a full-strumming, vigorous conjuror of Delta spirits. He is a stellar talent in performing Delta blues and Piedmont ragtime guitar. His style of the vintage Southern blues styles is as good as the originals. ~ Tom Schulte

Delta Thug



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Oznake: Harlem Slim, Delta Blues

In loving memory of Jo Ann Kelly

Artist: Jo Ann Kelly (5 Jan. 1944 — 21 Oct. 1990)
Genre: Blues, Rock
Styles: British Blues, Country Blues, Delta Blues, Acoustic Blues, Rock, Country-Rock
Instruments: Guitar, Vocals
Bands: Jo Ann Kelly Band, John Dummer Blues Band, Terry Smith Blues Band, Tramp
Similar artists: Barbara Dane, Gene Clark, Elmore James, Bob Hall, Dave Kelly, John Dummer, Tony McPhee, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Son House

Oznake: Acoustic Blues, British Blues, Country Blues, Delta Blues, Jo Ann Kelly, Biography

Son House - The Original Delta Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 55:56
Size: 128.0 MB
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 1998
Art: Front

[4:18] 1. Death Letter
[4:31] 2. Pearline
[6:11] 3. Louise Mcghee
[2:29] 4. John The Revelator
[3:39] 5. Empire State Express
[5:43] 6. Preachin' Blues
[2:05] 7. Grinning In Your Face
[6:12] 8. Sundown
[9:27] 9. Levee Camp Moan
[5:16] 10. Pony Blues
[6:00] 11. Downhearted Blues


Columbia/Legacy's The Original Delta Blues is a fine distillation of the label's double-disc set Father of the Delta Blues, containing 11 highlights from that comprehensive overview of his '60s rediscovery recordings. Curious listeners who are intimidated by the size of the previous set are advised to pick up this terrific sampler instead. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

The Original Delta Blues

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Samuel James - Songs Famed for Sorrow and Joy

Styles: Delta Blues
Released: 2008
Label: Northern Blues
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 123,3 MB
Time: 53:52
Art: front

1. "Here Comes Nina" Country-Ragtime Surprise - 3:17
2. Sunrise Blues - 4:33
3. Big Black Ben - 3:32
4. Sugar Smallhouse Heads for the Hills - 3:42
5. Wooooooo Rosa - 7:01
6. One-Eyed Katie - 1:39
7. Mid-December Blues - 5:07
8. Sugar Smallhouse and the Legend of the Wandering Siren Cactus - 5:05
9. Sleepy Girl Blues - 3:31
10. Baby-Doll - 3:11
11. Runnin' from My Baby's Gun, Whilst Previously Watchin' Butterflies from - 5:15
12. Love & Mumbly-Peg - 4:08
13. Sad Ballad of Ol' Willie Chan - 3:45


Notes: The most relevant young blues artist in quite some time
"Fantastic! Great voice and a great playing style! Traditional blues done with a hip twist." ~ Johnny Winter

"Samuel James is like a time machine - the same one that keeps Son House and Mississippi John Hurt traveling back to the public consciousness." ~ Portland Phoenix

Samuel is a young talent from who grew up in Maine. His music is a time-warp of sorts, harkening back to pre-World War II songster traditions. You’ll hear shadings of Son House, Mississippi John Hurt and Mississippi Fred McDowell in his music, as well as Piedmont ragtime influences.
Samuel’s new CD, Songs Famed For Sorrow And Joy, features his own compositions set to his guitar playing, singing and foot tapping. His songwriting is very fresh, and seems closer to short stories put to music rather than the random verses about women, whiskey and gambling so common to the older blues forms.
I found Samuels singing style, a sort of talk-sing at times and a shout at others, very urgent in nature. His vocals grab you, pulling you into his songs. James’ vocal delivery is not unlike that of a local St. Louis musician Matt “Lightnin’ Thunders” Walsh from the Rum Drum Ramblers. If you’ve heard Matt sing, it will give you some idea of how Samuel James phrases his vocals. For a very nice full bio about Samuel visit his page on the Piedmont Talent website http://www.piedmonttalent.com/bios.cfm?ID=115. ~ Lee Howland, aka East Side Slim

Songs Famed for Sorrow and Joy



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Oznake: Delta Blues, Samuel James

Charley Patton - It Won't Be Long

Styles: Delta Blues
Label: Altaya
Released: 1996
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 91,3 MB
Time: 39:53
Art: front

1. Tom Rushen Blues - 3:07
2. Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues - 3:05
3. Rattlesnake Blues - 2:45
4. Runnin' Wild Blues - 2:55
5. Dry Well Blues - 3:20
6. High Sheriff Blues - 3:10
7. '34 Blues - 2:58
8. Revenue Man Blues - 2:42
9. A Spoonful Blues - 3:11
10. Shake It and Break It - 3:08
11. Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues - 3:07
12. Down the Dirt Road Blues - 2:54
13. It Won't Be Long - 3:24


Notes: Charley Patton (between April 1887 and 1891 – April 28, 1934), also known as Charlie Patton, was an American Delta blues musician. He is considered by many to be the "Father of the Delta Blues", and is credited with creating an enduring body of American music and personally inspiring just about every Delta blues man (Palmer, 1995). Musicologist Robert Palmer considers him among the most important musicians that America produced in the twentieth century. Many sources, including musical releases and his gravestone,[1] spell his name “Charley” even though the musician himself spelled his name 'Charlie'. ~ Wiki

It Won't Be Long (Altaya, Mestres Do Blues Vol. 48)



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Oznake: Charley Patton, Delta Blues

Tommy McClennan - I'm a Guitar King 1939-42

Styles: Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Delta Blues, Pre-War Country Blues, Soul-Blues
Label: Wolf
Released: 1990
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 140,7 MB
Time: 61:25
Art: full

1. Brown Skin Girl - 2:48
2. Baby Don't You Want To Go - 2:59
3. I'm Goin' Don't You Know - 2:50
4. She's Just Good Huggin'-Size - 3:00
5. My Little Girl - 2:53
6. My Baby's Doggin' Me - 2:42
7. She's A Good Looking Mama - 2:55
8. New Sugar Mama - 3:00
9. Down To Skin And Bones - 2:45
10. Katie Mae Blues - 2:46
11. Love With A Feeling - 3:01
12. Drop Down Mama - 2:54
13. Black Minnie - 2:57
14. Elsie Blues - 3:02
15. Cross Cut Saw Blues - 2:51
16. You Can't Read My Mind - 3:05
17. Deep Blue Sea Blues - 3:05
18. I'm A Guitar King - 2:52
19. It's A Cryin' Pity - 2:55
20. Mozelle Blues - 3:00
21. Bluebird Blues - 2:55


Personnel:
Tommy McClennan - Guitar, Vocals
Robert Petway - Guitar, Vocals

Notes: A gravel-throated back-country blues growler from the Mississippi Delta, Tommy McClennan was part of the last wave of down-home blues guitarists to record for the major labels in Chicago. His rawboned 1939-1942 Bluebird recordings were no-frills excursions into the blues bottoms. He left a powerful legacy that included "Bottle It Up and Go," "Cross Cut Saw Blues," "Deep Blue Sea Blues" (aka "Catfish Blues"), and others whose lasting power has been evidenced through the repertoires and re-recordings of other artists. Admirers of McClennan's blues would do well to check out the 1941-1942 Bluebird sessions of Robert Petway, a McClennan associate who performed in a similar but somewhat more lyrical vein. McClennan never recorded again and reportedly died a destitute alcoholic in Chicago; blues researchers have been unable to confirm the date or circumstances of his death.

I'm a Guitar King 1939-42



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Oznake: Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Delta Blues, Prewar Blues, Robert Petway, Tommy McClennan

Dom Turner & Ian Collard - Mama Says We're Crazy Too

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 44:04
Size: 100.9 MB
Styles: Acoustic delta blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[4:06] 1. 61 Highway
[3:39] 2. Gallows Pole
[3:26] 3. Drop Down Mama
[3:34] 4. Broke Down Engine
[5:10] 5. What's The Matter With Papa's Little Angel Child
[3:48] 6. I Looked At The Sun
[3:33] 7. Someday Baby
[3:33] 8. Shake Em On Down
[3:07] 9. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
[3:56] 10. Red Cross Store
[3:15] 11. My Babe
[2:50] 12. Woke Up This Morning With My Mind Staying On Jesus


Take your mind back to a time before mindless 120 beats per minute pop dominated the airwaves - to the early 20th century – when the raw sounds of harmonicas and guitars meant real music for the people. This was a deep, dark, and tantalizingly evil mix of rural blues that was played and recorded by musicians throughout the southern states of the USA and broadcast over the radio waves even further.

Meanwhile – quite a few years later – and even further down south, Dom Turner (Backsliders) and Ian Collard (Collard, Greens & Gravy) became obsessed with the sound and spent most of their adult lives studying and playing it. Working as a Guitar/Harmonica duo, they strip the music back to it’s rural beginnings. At the heart of their sound is the north Mississippi hill-country music of Mississippi Fred McDowell and Johnny Woods mixed in with the pre-war blues sounds of artists such as Skip James, Blind Willie Mc Tell and Leadbelly.

Dom Turner is best known as guitarist/ vocalist, founding member and key songwriter of the iconic Australian blues group, The Backsliders. Dom’s influences are many and varied – a blend of delta blues, piedmont blues, rock, dub and sounds of Asia. He is a highly regarded speaker on blues music and has guested on ABC radio programs (including guest presenting Radio National’s ‘Music Deli’) and presented music workshops at festivals and in universities (both nationally and internationally). In 2004 Dom was voted ‘Blues Songwriter of the Year’ at the Australian Blues Awards. Dom has toured as a solo artist in the USA, playing and teaching blues guitar at Augusta Blues week in West Virginia, and in 2006, touring Mexico with US blues greats, Del Ray and Steve James. His trademark ‘slide’ guitar sound can be heard on myriad session recordings and his songs have featured on the ABC TV programme 'Seachange’, as well as the soundtrack to Tim Winton’s best-selling novel, ‘Dirt Music. Most recently, in addition to touring and recoding with Backsliders, Dom has been working on a cross-cultural music recording with Vietnamese stringed instrument master, Kim Sinh’. Dom Turner was the artist in residence on ABC radio 702 Morning’s program in July 2009.

Ian Collard is a gifted vocalist and harmonica player and winner of the Australian Harmonica championship in 1996. Ian is known primarily for his work with the multi award-winning Australian blues band, ‘Collard Greens and Gravy’ and has toured Australia and the United States with the group. Ian also tours and records, with Dom, as a part-time member of Backsliders. In addition, Ian is a sought after session musician, lending his soulful dark harmonica tones to recordings by a range of artists from Jeff Lang to Ash Grunwald to CW Stoneking.

As a duo, Dom Turner and Ian Collard have recorded a debut album, ‘Mama Says we’re Crazy Too” recorded in July 2010.

Mama Says We're Crazy Too

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Jo Ann Kelly - Jo Ann Kelly, 1969

Styles: Country Blues, Delta Blues
Released: 1998
Label: BGO
File: mp3@ 320 K/s
Size: 78.4 Mb
Time: 32:54
Art: full

01. Louisiana Blues - 3:32
02. Fingerprints Blues - 3:27
03. Driftin' and Driftin' - 2:40
04. Look Here Partner - 2:36
05. Moon Going Down - 4:04
06. Yellow Bee Blues - 3:48
07. Whiskey Head Woman - 1:52
08. Sit Down on My Knee - 2:43
09. Man I'm Lovin' - 2:44
10. Jinx Blues - 2:31
11. Come on in My Kitchen - 2:49

Jo Ann Kelly - Vocals & Guitar

Recorded in London, March 1969.
Produced by Nick Perls
© 1969/1998 CBS/BGO Records


Jo Ann Kelly (5 January 1944 - 21 October 1990); The rock era saw a few white female singers, like Janis Joplin, show they could sing the blues. But one who could outshine them all, Jo Ann Kelly seemed to slip through the cracks, mostly because she favored the acoustic, Delta style rather than rocking out with a heavy band behind her. But with a huge voice, and a strong guitar style influenced by Memphis Minnie and Charley Patton, she was the queen.

Jo-Ann Kelly was released on CBS (Epic) 1969 and reissued on Beat Goes On, 1998. The British blues boom' was almost over, but Jo Ann Kelly stayed close to the real thing. CBS sent her to the USA that year, she rehearsed with Johnny Winter and appeared on the same bill with her heroes Bukka White and Mississippi Fred McDowell at the Centenary Blues Festival in Memphis (the only British artist who was invited), and duetted with McDowell on his Standing At The Burial Ground, made live in London that year. But her promotion including a USA college tour was underfunded and left her exhausted.

Jo Ann Kelly, 1969



• Sean Hunting Morse - Nothin' Left To Say •
• Brint Anderson - Notes From Clarksdale •

Oznake: Jo Ann Kelly, Country Blues, Delta Blues, England

Bootleg Blues - Bootleg Blues

Styles:Delta Blues, Acoustic Blues, Slide Guitar Blues
Released:2002
Label:Raund Records
File:mp3 @320 K/s
Time:44:40
Art: Full covers

1. Y & R (Shocked) - 3:29
2. Bottle Up And Go (Fuller) - 2:46
3. Diamond Ring (E. & L. Young) - 2:46
4. Woman Be Wise (Wallace) - 2:56
5. On A Monday (Leadbetter) - 3:58
6. Come On In My Kichen (Johnson) - 3:52
7. Am I Wrong (Keb' Mo) - 4:06
8. Can't Be Satisfied (Waters) - 3:55
9. Nobody's Fault But Mine (B. W. Johnson) - 2:27
10. Crazy About You (Gillum) - 2:24
11. Sportin' Life Blues (Nehemiah "Skip" James) - 3:42
12. Season Of The Witch (Donovan) - 5:16
13. Kay To The Highway (Broonzy) - 3:07

Artists:
Dragana Micković-Vocals
Marko Čabrić-Guitar
Živko Gavrilović-Slade Guitar, Vocals
Milan Ivković-Bass
Sava Ristić-Harmonica


Note: Bootleg Blues was formed in Belgrade in 2000. and soon gained great popularity. The band deals with a mix of acoustic blues, traditional jazz, gospel and new acoustic music.

In addition to extraordinary live performances, original repertoire and undisputed quality of individual musicians (both individually and in a band), the band stands out and the original choice of instruments. Two resonant metal guitarist playing the guitar and drum band used instead Washboard. In addition, there are bass, harmonica and two vocals (male and female). February 2003. Bootleg Blues in Round Records released the first official CD which became the best-selling blues edition here.

Tracks 1-12 recorded live, summer 2002, at original soundtrack studio in Belgrade.
Track 13 recorded live, april 2002, at Club Kuglaš in Belgrade.
Digital mastering at Studio Mačak.

Bootleg Blues



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Oznake: Delta Blues, Acoustic Blues, Slide Guitar Blues, Bootleg Blues, Serbia

Skip James - She Lyin'

Styles: Acoustic Blues, Piano Blues, Country Blues, Prewar Blues, Delta Blues
Released: 1964, CD in 2000
Label: Adelphi
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 102,5 MB
Time: 44:45
Art: front

1. All Night Long - 1:22
2. Broke and Hungry - 1:48
3. I'm So Glad - 2:57
4. Bad Whiskey - 1:35
5. Cypress Grove Blues - 4:04
6. Catfish Blues - 5:05
7. Goin' Away To Stay - 2:29
8. Crow Jane - 2:08
9. Devil Got My Woman - 3:12
10. She Lyin' - 1:14
11. Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues - 2:18
12. Drunken Spree - 3:35
13. Black Gal - 3:17
14. Illinois Blues - 3:06
15. Worried Blues - 3:29


Notes: By the time James had been rediscovered in the 1960s, he was still capable of playing entrancing, dynamic music, but was much less consistent and not as striking a vocalist. It was a testimony to his greatness that he still managed to make compelling records, and he was among the best storytellers and dramatic singers in the traditional realm. This mid-'60s CD features songs James recorded for the Adelphi label in 1964 that were never issued. It's hard to understand why this wasn't issued at the time it was recorded; it's just as solid as the albums James recorded for Columbia during the same period. ~by Ron Wynn

She Lyin'

• Roy Book Binder - Live At The Fur Piece Station •
• Washboard Sam - Washboard Sam 1936-1947 •

Oznake: Skip James, Acoustic Blues, Piano Blues, Country Blues, Prewar Blues, Delta Blues

Big Joe Williams - Big Joe Williams [Storyville]

Styles: Delta Blues
Label: PGP RTB/Storyville
Released: 1972
File: mp3 @320K/s (from vinyl)
Size: 92,2 MB
Time: 40:17
Art: front + back

1. Pretty Willie Done Me Wrong - 3:20
2. I Want to Know What My Baby's Puttin Down - 3:06
3. Tell Me Who's Been Tellin' You - 2:22
4. A Change Gotta Be Made - 2:56
5. My Baby Left Town - 2:37
6. Miss Emma Lou Blues - 3:14
7. My Baby Won't Be Back No More - 2:19
8. Turnroad Blues - 2:56
9. Same Old Rainey Day - 2:15
10. Pearly Mae Blues - 2:25
11. Keep-A-Walkin Little Girl - 2:52
12. I Won't Do That No More - 2:55
13. Quit Draggin' - 2:17
14. Bringin' My Baby Back Home - 2:52
15. Crazin' The Blues - 1:44

One of the rare stuff never released on Cd of Serbian record label.
rec. in Copenhagen March 20, 1972.
rel. Storyville (SLP 224) 1972.
by the Storyville license, PGP RTB (LP 2221500) 1983.

Notes: The day of the travellin' man, the wandering troubador, has long since faded into history. In the early years (at the beginning of the century, give or take a few months!), when the blues were sprouting wings, the wandering musician was a not unfamiliar sight trudging the southern roads, "ridin' the rods" from one lonely whistle stop to another. These men were constantly moving ("I gotta move on down the lines" is a traditional lyric which has a number of meaning for the blues artist). In fact the migrant bluesman became part of the blues folklore. Most jazz fans and writers are incurable romantics (and what is wrong with a little romance in this grim modern world?), and undoubtebly the picture of the wanderer was an attrective one... ~ Derrick Stewart-Baxter (album back cover)

Big Joe Williams [Storyville]



• The Even Dozen Jug Band - Jug Band Songs Of The Southern Mountains •
• David 'Honeyboy' Edwards - The World Don't Owe Me Nothing •

Oznake: Big Joe Williams, Delta Blues

Brother Dege - Folk Songs Of The American Longhair

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 44:45
Size: 102.5 MB
Styles: Acoustic/electric delta blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[3:33] 1. Hard Row To Hoe
[3:15] 2. The Girl Who Wept Stones
[3:43] 3. Too Old To Die Young
[3:38] 4. To Fill A Hole
[8:10] 5. House Of The Dying Sun
[5:18] 6. The Battle Of New Orleans
[2:48] 7. Dead & Gone
[2:34] 8. The World's Longest Hotdog
[5:24] 9. Old Angel Midnight
[6:19] 10. Black Is The Night


Brother Dege Legg is known for being the main man in the band Santaria, a psyouthern / swampadelic band formed in 1994 that rocked a decade of gigs, madness, tours, voodoo curses, and wrecked vans.

Brother Dege's Folk Songs of the American Longhair is a tour de force artwork that brings it all back home to the Deep South like the possessed incarnation of Robert Johnson and Son House. This is the REAL deal. Dege Legg (aka Brother Dege), the Cajun born and Louisiana raised leader of the band Santeria, recorded the album in a shed behind his house in southern Louisiana. Co-produced by by 4x Grammy-winner Tony Daigle (Dr. John, Sonny Landreth, Gatemouth Brown, Bobby Charles), Santeria lead-guitarist Primo and Legg, Folk Songs of the American Longhair set the new bar for the next 100 years of slide-based Delta blues. Legg composed ten original tunes in the slide-Delta tradition, painstakingly paying tribute to the old masters while tossing all purist, karaoke-like tendencies to the wind. Think Son House meets Leonard Cohen at a hoodoo seance in the swamps. Slide players from the U.S. to Europe are already covering the tunes - and the record isn't even out yet - via a series of live Brother Dege youtube videos which have garnered over 150,000 plays with no promotional hype or jive.

Much like the field recordings of Alan Lomax, the record tunnels into the ancient mysteries of pre-war blues and the devil-obsessed masters. Recorded in sheds, old houses and open fields for maximum intensity. There's minimal instrumentation on this thing. In a return to the unprocessed basics, almost all of the tracks feature only one vocal, one slide guitar and one foot stomping. That's it. Listeners are in for a treat when they hear how the music sounds, writhing about in the echo chamber of reality when stripped of all the studio trickery of the past decade.

Folk Songs Of The American Longhair

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• VA - I Have To Paint My Face •

Oznake: Brother Dege, Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues

VA - I Have To Paint My Face

Oznake: Various, Country Blues, Delta Blues, Harmonica Blues

Cat Iron - Jimmy Bell: The Blues Of Cat Iron

Size: 60,8 MB
Time: 26:00
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Delta Blues
Label: FourMatt Music
Art: Front

01. Jimmy Bell (2:17)
02. Old Time Religion (2:10)
03. Poor Boy A Long Long Way From Home (2:50)
04. Fix Me Right (2:08)
05. Tell Me You Didn't Mean Me No Good (2:11)
06. Got A Girl In Farraday, One In Greenwood (2:57)
07. Well, I'm In Your Hand (1:43)
08. When I Lay My Burden Down (1:38)
09. Don't Your House Look Lonesome (2:04)
10. I'm Going To Walk Your Log (1:52)
11. O, The Blood Done Sign My Name (1:56)
12. When The Saints Go Marching In (2:08)

Cat Iron, real name William Carradine ['Cat Iron' was not his actual nickname, but a mishearing of his surname by his "rediscoverer"], (c. 1896, Garden City, Louisiana, United States – c. 1958, Natchez, Mississippi) was an African-American blues singer and guitarist.

During the folk and blues revival, "Cat Iron" was "discovered" and recorded in 1957 by Frederic Ramsey Jr.; the recordings were released in the United States in 1958 on the Folkways label, in the United Kingdom in 1969 on the XTRA label. His song, "Jimmy Bell" has been covered by many other musicians, first by Koerner, Ray & Glover on their 1963 album, Blues, Rags and Hollers, later by Stoney & Meatloaf, The Numbers Band, Peter Lang, The Sharks, Tom Doughty and Watermelon Slim.

Jimmy Bell: The Blues Of Cat Iron



• Billyblues - Blind Date •
• Carolina Slim - Blues From The Cotton Fields •

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Oznake: Cat Iron, Delta Blues

Big Bill Broonzy - One Beer One Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 57:50
Size: 135.4 MB
Label: Brownsville
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[3:21] 1. Key To The Highway
[4:19] 2. See See Rider
[1:59] 3. Swing Low Sweet Chariot
[2:57] 4. Tell Me What Kind Of Man Jesus Is
[4:16] 5. Martha
[3:22] 6. Goodbye Baby Blues
[4:37] 7. Bossie Woman
[4:36] 8. Texas Tornado
[3:29] 9. Trouble In Mind
[3:12] 10. When I've Been Drinkin'
[2:56] 11. Hey Hey!
[3:14] 12. I Know She Will
[3:20] 13. Walkin' The Lonesome Road
[3:04] 14. Get Back
[3:00] 15. Stump Blues
[3:08] 16. Hollerin' Blues
[2:50] 17. Willie Mae

Big Bill Broonzy was born William Lee Conley Broonzy in the tiny town of Scott, Mississippi, just across the river from Arkansas. During his childhood, Broonzy's family -- itinerant sharecroppers and the descendants of ex-slaves -- moved to Pine Bluff to work the fields there. Broonzy learned to play a cigar box fiddle from his uncle, and as a teenager, he played violin in local churches, at community dances, and in a country string band. During World War I, Broonzy enlisted in the U.S. Army, and in 1920 he moved to Chicago and worked in the factories for several years. In 1924 he met Papa Charlie Jackson, a New Orleans native and pioneer blues recording artist for Paramount. Jackson took Broonzy under his wing, taught him guitar, and used him as an accompanist. Broonzy's entire first session at Paramount in 1926 was rejected, but he returned in November 1927 and succeeded in getting his first record, House Rent Stomp, onto Paramount wax. As one of his early records came out with the garbled moniker of Big Bill Broomsley, he decided to shorten his recording name to Big Bill, and this served as his handle on records until after the second World War. Among aliases used for Big Bill on his early releases were Big Bill Johnson, Sammy Sampson, and Slim Hunter. ~excerpt from the bio by Uncle Dave Lewis

One Beer One Blues



• David 'Honeyboy' Edwards - The World Don't Owe Me Nothing •
• Frankie Chavez - Frankie Chavez •

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Posted by azzul

Oznake: Delta Blues, Big Bill Broonzy

Charles Caldwell - Remember Me

Size: 93,8 MB
Time: 40:23
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2004
Styles: Acoustic/Electric Country Blues, Delta Blues
Label: Fat Possum
Art: Front

01. Hadn't I Been Good To You (4:10)
02. Old Buck (3:40)
03. I Know I Done You Wrong (2:49)
04. I Got Something To Tell You (4:14)
05. I'll Do Anything You Say (2:59)
06. Alone For A Long Time (4:00)
07. Movin' Out Movin' In (4:01)
08. Down The Road Of Love (3:05)
09. Same Man (5:15)
10. Goin' Through The Woods (2:43)
11. Remember Me (3:22)

Charles Caldwell was a tall (six foot eight) and charismatic guitar player who unfortunately was dealt a cruel hand by the music fates. Born in 1943, Caldwell lived his whole life in the north Mississippi hill country around Coffeeville, working at a fan-making factory in Greneda, and playing the local juke joints on the weekends for often no more pay than free liquor. He got his first guitar at the age of 14, the hollow-body Gibson 135 that he used the rest of his life to turn out the raw and passionate electric blues that was favored in the region. By the time Fat Possum founder Matthew Johnson stumbled across him in May of 2002, Caldwell was already dying of pancreatic cancer. His sole album, the fiery Remember Me, was recorded while Caldwell was undergoing chemo for his illness, which finally took his life in September of 2003. Remember Me came out on Fat Possum the following year, an amazing testament to Caldwell's considerable talent, and it remains a masterpiece of modern Mississippi blues. ~Bio by Steve Leggett

Remember Me

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Posted by kamane

Oznake: Charles Caldwell, Country Blues, Delta Blues

Mississippi Millie - Acoustic Delta Blues

Styles: Delta Blues
Label: Starplex Music
Released: 2009
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 112,4 MB
Time: 49:05
Art: front + back

1. Handful Of Trouble - 4:02
2. Hush Child - 4:07
3. Relationship - 3:46
4. Doing That Magic Thing - 4:52
5. Black Cat Blues - 4:18
6. Good Biscuits - 3:05
7. Shame On You - 2:42
8. Retribution - 7:36
9. You Pick That Thing - 4:27
10. Gonna Be Missin' - 4:51
11. Mississippi Woman - 5:15

Notes: I would get up on stage and sing with the 'bad boys.

A child born with a veil over her face, indicating a sixth sense, delivered by her midwife grandmother into a family of six children, Mille remembers not just the hymns she heard the choir sing in the Baptist church where her mother played piano, but also the 'Devil's Music' she heard in the Delta Juke Joints. "They called it the Blues," says Millie, "and to me it sounded as natural as the willows above and the rich earth below. I would sneak into the local party houses and rundown joints every chance I could, so I could get up on stage and sing with the 'bad boys.' They called me the 'little girl with the big voice.'
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Acoustic Delta Blues

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Posted by muddy

Oznake: Mississippi Millie, Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues