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ponedjeljak, 10.02.2014.

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



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petak, 13.12.2013.

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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