Show Me the Way Home, Honey

Various - Ragtime Blues Guitar 1927 - 1930

Styles: Pre-War Blues, East Coast Blues, Rag, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues
Label: Document
Released: 1991
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 166,4 MB
Time: 72:41
Art: front + back

1. Blind Blake - Dry Bone Shuffle - 2:43
2. William (Bill) Moore - One Way Gal - 3:17
3. William (Bill) Moore - Ragtime Crazy - 3:03
4. William (Bill) Moore - Midnight Blues - 2:45
5. William (Bill) Moore - Ragtime Millionaire - 3:10
6. William (Bill) Moore - Tillie Lee - 3:03
7. William (Bill) Moore - Barbershop Rag - 2:58
8. William (Bill) Moore - Old Country Rock - 3:03
9. William (Bill) Moore - Raggin' The Blues - 3:01
10. Tarter and Gay - Brownie Blues - 3:00
11. Tarter and Gay - Unkown Blues - 3:05
12. Chicken Wilson and Skeeter Hinton - Myrtle Avenue Stomp - 2:57
13. Chicken Wilson and Skeeter Hinton - D.C. Rag - 3:19
14. Chicken Wilson and Skeeter Hinton - Chicken Wilson Blues - 3:08
15. Chicken Wilson and Skeeter Hinton - House Snake Blues - 3:06
16. Chicken Wilson and Skeeter Hinton - Frog Eye Stomp - 2:34
17. Chicken Wilson and Skeeter Hinton - Station House Rag - 2:35
18. Bayless Rose - Jamestown Exhibition - 2:49
19. Bayless Rose - Black Dog Blues - 3:09
20. Bayless Rose - Original Blues - 2:47
21. Bayless Rose - Frisco Blues - 3:09
22. Willie Walker - Dupree Blues - 3:30
23. Willie Walker - South Carolina Rag (Take 1) - 3:11
24. Willie Walker - South Carolina Rag (Take 2) - 3:08

Personnel:
Blind Blake - Guitar & Percussion (1)
William Moore - Guitar & Vocals (2-9)
Stephen Tarter - Guitar & Vocals (10-11)
Harry Gay - Guitar (10-11)
George 'Chicken' Wilson - Guitar (12-17), Kazoo (13,16,17)
Jimmy 'Skeeter' Hinton - Harmonica (14-17), Washboard (12,13,16,17)
Bayless Rose - Guitar (18-21), Vocals (19,20)
Willie Walker - Guitar & Vocals (22-24)
Sam Brooks - Guitar (22-24), Vocals (22)

Notes: This disc contains some of the classic recordings in the ragtime blues tradition.
The eight tracks by William Moore, his only issued recordings, have long been favourites with collectors of this genre. Moore (1894 - 1948) was a barber in Tappahannock, Virginia, and performed ragtime songs and gentle blues to his own beautiful guitar accompaniments. Tarter and Gay provide two sophisticated ragtime duets from 1930, while Chicken Wilson & Skeeter Hinton offer more rural entertainment with some lively ragtime numbers for guitar, harmonica & washboard from 1928. Bayless Rose performs three ragtime - influenced blues in the East Coast tradition & one classic rag, "Jamestown Exhibition".
The final performers are better known. The great Blind Blake is represented with a typically virtuoso rendition of "Dry Bone Shuffle", with appropriate percussion. The final three tracks are the only issued recordings by the legendary South Carolina guitar genius Willie Walker. His breathtaking guitar playing, which Josh White likened to Art Tatum's piano style, still impresses today.
This is a wonderful compilation, and showns clearly how ragtime influenced the East Coast guitar blues tradition. Anyone who buys this is guaranteed hours of enjoyment. ~ B.D. Tutt
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Ragtime Blues Guitar 1927 - 1930



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• Memphis Jug Band with Cannon's Jug Stompers

Oznake: Various, Prewar Blues, East Coast Blues, Rag, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues

Rev. Gary Davis - Ragtime Guitar

Styles: Rag
Released: 1985
Label: Kicking Mule
File: mp3@256K/s (from vinyl)
Size: 61,7 MB
Time: 33:42
Art: Front (Lp)

1. Cincinnati Flow Rag - 4:42
2. West Coast Blues - 2:17
3. Buck Rag - 2:40
4. St Louis Tickle - 3:39
5. Two Step Candyman - 2:29
6. Walkin' Dog Blues - 5:10
7. Italian Rag - 3:19
8. C-Rag - 3:00
9. Waltz Time Candyman - 1:57
10. Make Believe Stunt - 4:26

Biography

Born in Laurens, South Carolina, Davis became blind at a young age. He took to the guitar and assumed a unique multi-voice style produced solely with his thumb and index finger, playing not only ragtime and blues tunes, but also traditional and original tunes in four-part harmony.
Bull City Blues, Durham, North Carolina

In the mid-1920s, Davis migrated to Durham, North Carolina, a major center for black culture at the time. There he collaborated with a number of other artists in the Piedmont blues scene including Blind Boy Fuller and Bull City Red.[1] In 1935, J. B. Long, a store manager with a reputation for supporting local artists, introduced Davis, Fuller and Red to the American Record Company. The subsequent recording sessions marked the real beginning of Davis' career. During his time in Durham, Davis converted to Christianity; he would later become ordained as a Baptist minister.[1] Following his conversion and especially his ordination, Davis began to express a preference for inspirational gospel music.

In the 1940s, the blues scene in Durham began to decline and Davis migrated to New York.[1] The folk revival of the 1960s re-invigorated Davis' career, culminating in a performance at the Newport Folk Festival and the recording by Peter, Paul and Mary of "Samson and Delilah", also known as "If I Had My Way", originally a Blind Willie Johnson recording that Davis had popularized.

Discography

Many of his records were published posthumously.

* Little More Faith, Bluesville Records, Dec. 1961
* Blind Reverend Gary Davis, Bluesville, Oct. 1962
* Pure Religion, Command, July 1964, (re-released in 1970s by Prestige)
* Blind Reverend Gary Davis, (different album of same name), Prestige, May 1964
* Singing Reverend, Stimson, (with Sonny Terry)
* Guitar & Banjo, Prestige, 1970s
* Sun is Going Down, Folkways Records, 1976
* Ragtime Guitar, Kicking Mule
* Lo I Be with You Always, Kicking Mule
* Children of Zion, Kicking Mule
* Let Us Get Together, Kicking Mule
* Lord I Wish I Could See, Biograph
* Reverend Gary Davis, Biograph
* Pure Religion and Bad Company, Smithsonian Folkways compilation album
* If I Had My Way: Early Home Recordings, Smithsonian Folkways, 1993, recorded in 1953 by John Cohen
* The Sun of Our Life, World Arbiter 2002 (previously unissued session tapes and sermon from mid 1950's)

Ragtime Guitar



• Carl Leyland & Kim Cusack - Stompin' Upstairs (With Beau Sample & Alex Hall)
• Sue Keller - Ol' Muddy: Riverboat Ragtime-Era Piano Sounds

Oznake: Rev. Gary Davis, Rag

Sue Keller - Ol' Muddy: Riverboat Ragtime-Era Piano Sounds

Styles: Piano Blues, Early Jazz, Ragtime
Label: HVR
Released: 1993
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 135,3 MB
Time: 58:11
Art: front

1. Mississippi Mud - 2:51
2. The Chevy Chase - 3:28
3. Alligator Crawl - 2:40
4. Cranberry Stomp - 3:06
5. Sleepy Hollow Rag - 4:02
6. A Dream Of Sedalia - 3:09
7. Key Stone Rag - 2:21
8. Maple Leaf Rag - 3:29
9. Charleston Rag - 3:44
10. 12th Street Rag - 3:27
11. Castle House Rag - 3:30
12. New Orleans' World's Fair Rag - 4:51
13. Hanon Rag - 3:19
14. Ragtime Nightingale - 4:29
15. Wild Cherries - 2:58
16. Polyphonic Rag - 3:35
17. Red Lion Rag - 3:03


Notes: A superior ragtime/stride pianist who is not too shy to improvise a bit even on classic rags, Sue Keller has recorded several excellent CDs for her Ragtime Press label. Due to the particularly strong material on the release, this CD is a good place to begin exploring Keller's music. In addition to vintage tunes from the 1920s and a variety of rags (both famous and obscure), Keller also performs six newer rags, including her "Cranberry Stomp" and two pieces from Tex Wyndham. A well-rounded set highlighted by such numbers as "The Chevy Chase," "Alligator Crawl," "Castle House Rag," and "New Orleans World's Fair Rag."
Ol' Muddy has always been Sue's most popular Ragtime CD. Probably because it includes some of best known ragtime tunes performed with an excitement and style that makes them fresh again.

Ol' Muddy: Riverboat Ragtime-Era Piano Sounds



• Carl Leyland & Kim Cusack - Stompin' Upstairs
• The Even Dozen Jug Band - Jug Band Songs Of The Southern Mountains

Oznake: Sue Keller, Rag, Piano Blues

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

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

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

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

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

Stompin' Upstairs



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

The Blues Preachers - Next Stop Beulah Land

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

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


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



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

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

The Even Dozen Jug Band - Jug Band Songs Of The Southern Mountains

Styles: Country Blues, Ragtime, Novelty, Folk Revival, Jug Band
Released: 2009
Label: Elektra
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 60.0 MB
Time: 26:13
Art: front

1. Come On In - 2:39
2. Mandolin King Rag - 1:43
3. Evolution Mama - 3:16
4. The Even Dozens - 2:51
5. I Don't Love Nobody - 2:53
6. Rag Mama - 2:11
7. France Blues - 2:40
8. The Original Colossal Drag Rag - 2:56
9. All Worn Out - 2:50
10. Sadie Green - 2:10

Oznake: The Even Dozen Jug Band, Stefan Grossman, David Grisman, Folk Revival, Jug Band, Country Blues, Rag