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utorak, 08.04.2014.

Jim Kweskin - Relax Your Mind

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

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

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

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



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


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nedjelja, 30.03.2014.

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


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Oznake: Country Blues, Prewar Blues, Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues, Old-Timey, String Bands, Piedmont Blues, Traditional Folk, Various
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četvrtak, 27.03.2014.

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


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Oznake: Country Blues, Prewar Blues, Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues, Old-Timey, String Bands, Traditional Folk, Various
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ponedjeljak, 24.03.2014.

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


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četvrtak, 20.03.2014.

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


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Oznake: Various, Country Blues, Prewar Blues, Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues, Old-Timey, Regional Blues, String Bands, Traditional Folk
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nedjelja, 16.03.2014.

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

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

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

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

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



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


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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


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četvrtak, 13.03.2014.

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


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Oznake: Country Blues, Pre-War Blues, Acoustic Blues, Delta Blues, Old-Timey, String Bands, Traditional Folk, Various
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utorak, 11.03.2014.

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)


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utorak, 04.03.2014.

Alan Lomax - Texas Folk Songs (Digitally Remastered)

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

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

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

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

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



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


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četvrtak, 20.02.2014.

The 2nd South Carolina String Band - Hard Road

Styles: Traditional Folk, String Bands
Label: Independent
Released: 2001
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 164,6 MB
Time: 71:43
Art: full

1. Tenting on the Old Camp Ground - 4:24
2. Battle Cry of Freedom - 3:25
3. Cavalier's Waltz - 1:42
4. When Johnny Comes Marching Home - 3:27
5. Cindy - 3:06
6. Oh! Susanna - 2:48
7. Invalid Corps - 2:42
8. Buffalo Gals - 2:53
9. Kingdom Coming - 2:50
10. Bonnie Blue Flag - 4:42
11. Jine the Calvary - 2:47
12. Ring de Banjo - 3:37
13. Rose of Alabama - 3:29
14. Camptown Races - 3:54
15. Goober Peas - 2:15
16. Cumberland Gap - 4:06
17. Sweet Betsey from Pike - 3:58
18. Lorena - 4:06
19. The Vacant Chair - 4:26
20. Richmond is a Hard Road - 6:14
21. Finish - 0:44

Notes: The 2nd South Carolina String Band recorded their first album; WE’RE TENTING TONIGHT, in 1991. Containing 15 of the most popular songs of the War Between the States, it was well received from the start and continues to be a strong seller. In fact, it was so well received that the band was encouraged to produce a second album, WE ARE A BAND OF BROTHERS, released two years later in 1993. This recording profited from the experience gained since the first – being produced in a better studio with better technology – as well as from two more years of performances together by a band whose reputation was already spreading rapidly. This second album contained another 15 of the most well known songs of the era, thus making the two together a sort of “Top 30? of the Civil War. Many years later, these two albums continue to attract listeners and fans, new and old. So much so that, pursuant to countless requests to bring them both out on CD, we have done just that! We are proud to offer the our first two albums together at last on one recording. The best of WE’RE TENTING TONIGHT and WE ARE A BAND OF BROTHERS, are here presented with a driving, spirited, and exciting sound worthy of the men whose memory and spirit we strive to honor and evoke. ~ civilwarband.com

Hard Road



• The 2nd South Carolina String Band - Southern Soldier
• Carolina Chocolate Drops - Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind


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utorak, 18.02.2014.

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


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četvrtak, 13.02.2014.

Jorma Kaukonen - The Land Of Heroes

Styles: Folk-Rock, Acoustic Blues, Traditional Folk, Folk-Blues
Label: Relix
Released: 1995
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 87,5 MB
Time: 38:13
Art: front

1. Re-Enlistment Blues - 4:07
2. Trial By Fire - 4:00
3. Do Not Go Gentle - 3:29
4. From The Land Of Heroes - 2:50
5. It's A God Almighty World - 3:34
6. Follow The Drinking Gourd - 4:49
7. Banks Of The River - 3:31
8. Judge, I'm Not Sorry - 4:00
9. Dark Train - 5:04
10. Have More Faith In Jesus - 2:46

Personnel:
Jorma Kaukonen (Guitar (Acoustic & Electric), Dobro, )
Fred Bogert (Bass, Vocals (Background), Keyboards)
Cathryn Craig (Vocals (Background))
Michael Falzarano (Guitar, Mandolin)

Notes: His third album release of 1995, The Land Of Heroes was Jorma Kaukonen's first new solo studio album in a decade. In the meantime, he had been part of reunions of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, but The Land Of Heroes was in the tradition of Quah, Jorma, and Too Hot To Handle, mostly acoustic collections that combined new originals (vocal tunes and instrumentals) with remakes of older originals and covers of songs from the standard folk-blues repertoire. Kaukonen has largely shied away from doing solo work in his career, and even here he worked closely with Michael Falzarano, who co-produced, played guitar and mandolin, and had writing credits on three songs. The one new Kaukonen song with lyrics, "From The Land Of Heroes," was a moving tribute to his Finnish ancestors, making you wish that he would spend more time writing, even though it was nice to hear Airplane remakes like "Trial By Fire" and blues songs by the Reverend Gary Davis. The Falzarano material was pedestrian, however. ~ William Ruhlmann

The Land Of Heroes



• Babajack - The Maker
• Luther Dickinson And The Sons of Mudboy - Onward & Upward


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srijeda, 12.02.2014.

Old Crow Medicine Show - Tennessee Pusher

Styles: Contemporary Folk, Neo - Traditional Folk, Neo - Traditional Bluegrass
Label: Nettwerk
Released: 2008
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 122,3 MB
Time: 53:00
Art: folk + back

1. Alabama High-Test - 2:25
2. Highway Halo - 3:42
3. The Greatest Hustler of All - 7:04
4. Methamphetamine - 5:27
5. Next Go 'Round - 3:38
6. Humdinger - 2:29
7. Motel in Memphis - 4:25
8. Evening Sun - 3:43
9. Mary's Kitchen - 2:43
10. Crazy Eyes - 4:17
11. Tunnessee Pusher - 5:30
12. Lift Him Up - 3:57
13. Caroline - 3:33

Notes: Old Crow Medicine Show release in 2008 their third Nettwerk album called Tennessee Pusher. Produced by the legendary Don Was (Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, the Rolling Stones), the album features the first single "Caroline" along with 11 other Old Crow originals and an American standard called "Lift Him Up" by Blind Alfred Reed. Having sold over 290K albums, OCMS can attribute much of their success to their relentless touring schedule. Between headlining shows and countless festivals (Bonnaroo, Telluride Bluegrass Festival, New Orleans Jazz Festival, etc), the band lives on the road - they thrive on the communal experience of the live shows. OCMS have made a name for themselves as energetic performers with an unbridled spirit."as musicians, songwriters and singers, they are the smartest and finest purveyors of American music to come down the pike in decades." ~ Don Was

Tennessee Pusher



• Le Chat Mort - Le Chat Mort / Roses
• Old Crow Medicine Show - Old Crow Medicine Show


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srijeda, 22.01.2014.

The Chieftains - The Wide World Over

Styles: Traditional Irish Folk, Traditional Celtic, Traditional Folk, Celtic Folk, Traditional Country
Released: 2002
Label: RCA Victor
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 164,1 MB
Time: 71:15
Art: Full

 1. March of the King of Laois; Paddy's Jig; O'Keefe's - Chattering Magpie (Reels) - 4:23
 2. The Foggy Dew (feat. Sinead O'Conner) - 5:00
 3. I Know My Love (feat. The Corrs) - 3:24
 4. Cotton-Eyed Joe (feat. Rickey Skaggs) - 2:46
 5. The Magdalene Laundries (feat. Joni Mitchell) - 4:56
 6. Live From Matt Molloy's Pub - 2:19
 7. Shenandoah (feat. Van Morrison) - 3:52
 8. The Munster Cloak; An Poc Ar Buile; Ferny Hill-Little Molly - 6:11
 9. Morning Has Broken (feat. Diana Krall & Art Garfunkel) - 2:54
10. Morning Dew; Women of Ireland - 2:57
11. Mo Ghile Mear (feat. Sting) - 3:19
12. Carolan's Concerto (feat. The Belfast Harp Orchestra) - 3:01
13. Guadalupe (feat. Linda Rondstadt & Los Lobos) - 3:30
14. Full of Joy (feat. the Chinese Ensemble) - 3:22
15. Here's A Health to the Company - 3:03
16. Chasing the Fox (feat. Erich Kunzel & The Concinnati Pops Orchestra) - 4:09
17. Long Journey Home (feat. Elvis Costello & Anuna) - 3:20
18. The Rocky Road to Dublin (feat. The Rolling Stones) - 4:17
19. Redemption Song (feat. Ziggy Marley) - 4:23

Note: One of the elements that's made the Chieftains the stellar Celtic band in the world is their love of innovative collaborations with mainstream pop stars. The Wide World Over: A 40-Year Celebration gathers into a single collection some of the Irish ensemble's most memorable moments, including predictable alliances with artists such as Van Morrison, who sings "Shenandoah" to additional backing by the Irish Film Orchestra, and unlikely pairings like the Rolling Stones, who add a rock kick and the "Satisfaction" riff to "The Rocky Road to Dublin." Cross-cultural experts Linda Ronstadt and Los Lobos demonstrate their versatility on the Mexican ditties "Txalaparta" and "Guadalupe," on which pipes and pennywhistle don't seem a whisker out of place, while Ricky Skaggs points to the Irish and British roots of American country music on the rousing "Cotton-Eyed Joe." Art Garfunkel, Sting, Sinead O'Connor, Joni Mitchell, and Elvis Costello are also featured in classic performances with the 40-year-old Irish band, while a brand-new collaboration with Ziggy Marley yields a gorgeous Don Was-produced rendition of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song." The cliché that there's a bit of the Irish in all of us proves true in this wide-ranging, constantly rewarding, and frequently surprising collection. And the tracks on which the Chieftains go it alone are also a gas. ~ Bob Tarte

The Wide World Over



• The Chieftains - Down The Old Plank Road
• The Chieftains - Further Down the Old Plank Road


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ponedjeljak, 13.01.2014.

The Chieftains - Further Down the Old Plank Road

Styles: Traditional Irish Folk, Traditional Celtic, Traditional Folk, Celtic Folk, Traditional Country, North American Traditions, Appalachian
Released: 2003
Label: RCA/Victor Records
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 126,7 MB
Time: 55:05
Art: front + back

1. Chieftains /w Nickel Creek - The Raggle Taggle Gypsy - 3:09
2. Chieftains /w John Hiatt - Jordan Is A Hard Road To Travel - 3:29
3. Chieftains /w Allison Moorer - Hick's Farewell - 4:27
4. Chieftains /w Tim OBrien - Shady Grove - 2:18
5. Chieftains /w John Prine - The Girl I Left Behind - 3:13
6. Chieftains /w Jerry Douglas - Rosc Catha Na Mumhain/Arkansas Traveller/The Wild Irishman - 4:19
7. Chieftains /w Emmylou Harris - Lambs In The Greenfield - 3:19
8. Chieftains /w Joe Ely - The Moonshiner/I'm A Rambler - 3:13
9. Chieftains /w Don Williams - Wild Mountain Thyme - 3:55
10. Chieftains /w Chet Atkins - Chief O'Neill's Hornpipe - 1:55
11. Chieftains /w Carlene Carter - Bandit Of Love/The Cheatin' Waltz - 3:13
12. Chieftains /w Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - The Squid Jiggin' Ground/Larry O'Gaff - 3:15
13. Chieftains /w Patty Loveless - Three Little Babes - 4:09
14. Chieftains /w Doc Watson - Fisherman's Hornpipe/The Devil's Dream - 2:10
15. Chieftains /w Ricky Skaggs - Talk About Suffering/Main Of The House - 4:34
16. Chieftains /w Rosanne Cash - The Lily Of The West - 4:21


Note: In 2002, the legendary and insanely prolific Irish ensemble the Chieftains released Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions. Utilizing American icons like Ricky Skaggs, Del McCoury, and Lyle Lovett alongside the blossoming Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, their interpretations of traditional Irish and Appalachian staples yielded a surprisingly lucid bounty. Not surprisingly, the sessions also yielded another record. Further Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions follows the same thread on the neo-traditional loom, pitting the Celtic heroes against such heavyweights as Doc Watson, John Prine, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, while incorporating younger artists like Nickel Creek. The Chieftains, possibly the tightest veteran band still performing, have made a career out of effortless creativity and sheer enthusiasm, especially for projects like this one. On the gorgeous "Chief O'Neil's Hornpipe," Paddy Maloney's bittersweet piping effortlessly segues into Chet Atkins' understated picking. It's like listening to a couple of old friends sharing a beer on a Sunday evening. Emmylou Harris croons "Lambs in the Greenfield" that'll leave a lump in your throat, and Tim O'Brien tears through a version of "Shady Grove," fueled by the ancestral flames of its birth. Only the forced soul of Allison Moorer's "Hick's Farewell" and Don Williams' rendering of the classic ballad "Wild Mountain Thyme" keep Further Down the Old Plank Road from being a major achievement. ~ James Christopher Monger


Further Down the Old Plank Road



• The Chieftains - Down The Old Plank Road
• Various - Good For What Ails You

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četvrtak, 02.01.2014.

BabaJack - Exercising Demons

Styles: Acoustic Blues, British Folk, Traditional Folk
Label: Independent
Released: 2010
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 118,8 MB
Time: 51:53
Art: full

1. Big Man Blues - 4:22
2. Sweet Jelly Love - 5:00
3. Going Down - 5:17
4. Parade - 4:49
5. Big Summer Rising - 5:02
6. Dog Tired - 4:41
7. The Last Train - 3:50
8. Religion - 6:21
9. I Walk on Diamonds - 4:05
10. The Well Song - 8:20


Notes: This is a CD that is going to grab you by the shoulders and shake you around for a bit, resettling your mind into a new locale on a wide-open range. It can seem serene and be flowing smoothly and in a blink erupt with a power and energy you never saw sneaking up on you. It is folky and then goes to almost violent tribal rhythms that display the sheer power of the music being generated. There are gypsy rhythms intertwined with African beats, drone, blues, and folk music. BabaJack is comprised of Trevor Steger on acoustic Dobro and wine box guitars, harmonica and vocals; Becky Tate vocals, drum, and stomp, with Aron Attwood on drums, bass, percussion and vocals (he also produced the disc) and they are joined by about five of their cohorts on various tracks on various instruments. The songs they unleash on the unsuspecting—they did write all of them—are well written and show the versatility of this group with their friends.
The singing, mostly done by Becky, is always full of emotion and very evocative and expressive. Though her voice comes very close to the level of surrender to the song, it is the musical rhythms that carry them. It is as much as what they don't play, the spaces they create and don't play into, as what they do play that creates the tension in the songs. Becky's voice has a gritty edge to it that gives it added texture along with Trevor's percussive guitar playing, particularly when he is using his slide. Though it might sound as if it could be hibildy gibbery it is a very cohesive disc that earns repeated listenings with its musicianship.

Exercising Demons



• Babajack - The Maker •
• Moreland, Arbuckle & Floyd - Floyd's Market •


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četvrtak, 12.12.2013.

Luther Dickinson And The Sons of Mudboy - Onward & Upward

Styles: Traditional Folk, Folk-Blues, Gospel Blues
Released: 2009
Label: Memphis International
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 90.0 MB
Time: 39:19
Art: front

1. Let It Roll - 4:16
2. Angel Band - 2:05
3. Where the Soul of a Man Never Dies - 3:17
4. Leaning On the Everlasting Arms - 3:01
5. Jis Eye Is On the Sparrow - 2:17
6. You've Got to Walk That Lonesome Highway - 3:01
7. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed & Burning - 4:08
8. Softly & Tenderly - 2:27
9. Up Over Yonder - 3:12
10. In the Garden - 2:30
11. Back Back Train - 4:35
12. Glory Glory - 4:25


Personnel:
Luther Dickinson - vocals, guitar
Sid Selvidge - guitar, vocals
Jimmy Crosthwait - washboard, vocals
Jimbo Mathus - guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals
Steve Selvidge - guitar, dobro, vocals
Paul Taylor - washtub bass
Shannon McNally - vocals

Notes: Just three days after the death of his father, Memphis (and Muscle Shoals and Miami) music legend Jim Dickinson, Luther Dickinson opened the doors to the family s Zebra Ranch studio in Independence, Mississippi and recorded Onward and Upward, an album of gospel songs and hymns over the course of a few hours. Luther, one third of the North Mississippi All-Stars and now a member of The Black Crowes, was joined by an ad hoc group dubbed The Sons of Mudboy (an homage to his late father s influential rock band Mudboy and the Neutrons) who were all close to Dickinson the elder and wished to address his loss in a musical way. The Sons of Mudboy include two veterans of the original Mudboy: Sid Selvidge (guitar, vocals) and Jimmy Crosthwait (washboard, vocals). Also on the session were Jimbo Mathus (guitar, mandolin, banjo, vocals) formerly of the Squirrel Nut Zippers and of the South Memphis String Band, Steve Selvidge (guitar, dobro, vocals) and Paul Taylor (washtub bass) as well as vocalist Shannon McNally.
Inspired by Dickinson pater familias, Luther and company duplicated the sound of mid-Century era reel-to-reel filed recordings, using only two microphones plugged directly into a two-track ˝ inch tape recorder: no mixing after the fact. Ardent s John Fry mastered the tracks directly from the two track to the mother stamper from which (vinyl) pressings were sourced. Most of the songs were nailed in just one take with just a few exceptions and those were completed in no more than three takes. That s just how we do it, Luther muses.
Onward and Upward will be released on November 10 by Memphis International, the label for which Jim Dickinson, as his performing alter ego James Luther Dickinson, released his last three album, Jungle Jim and the Voodoo Tiger (2006), Killers From Space (2007) and this year s Dinosaurs Run in Circles.
The songs are part of Luther s musical heritage. He grew up hearing Softly and Tenderly and Leaning on the Everlasting Arms at the Second Avenue Baptist Church in Memphis where his paternal grandmother played piano. He learned His Eye Is On The Sparrow from a hymnal that his father shared with him his mom, Mary Lindsay Dickinson, actually sang it to him in the hospital where her husband was being treated during his last days. Mississippi Fred McDowell s album Amazing Grace is the source of both Back Back Train and Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning and Luther had been known to perform them with the late Otha Turner who closed every show with Glory Glory, also included on Onward and Upward. Let It Roll is an original that sprang to Luther s mind at the moment he was loading in the analog tape machine on the day of the recordings. Another original, Up Over Yonder was written the day Luther s grandmother passed away.
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Onward & Upward



• Shawn James - Shadows •
• Maria Muldaur - Richland Woman Blues •


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ponedjeljak, 09.12.2013.

Babajack - The Maker

Styles: Acoustic Blues, British Folk, Traditional Folk
Label: Independent
Released: 2008
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 95,4 MB
Time: 41:40
Art: full

1. Life Is A Struggle - 5:14
2. Standing On The Corner - 4:04
3. Coming Home - 5:02
4. A Thousand Angels - 3:25
5. Mary - 4:09
6. Daddy's Gone - 4:11
7. Stones In My Shoes - 3:09
8. I Wish - 4:21
9. The Lady baby Stomp - 4:16
10. But I'm Happy - 3:46


Notes: 'The Maker' finds Trevor Steger laying down guitar, dobro, harmonica and vocals and Becky Tate providing drum, percussion, stompbox and vocals; two become one, Steger and Tate are BabaJack! This is a ten track work that's right up there with the best; well crafted songs delivered with complete unity and mutual understanding of exactly what's required to produce the goods. BabaJack absolutely nail it! I reviewed a demo from this duo earlier in the year which showed great potential but possibly also showed a little recording naivety - 'The Maker', however, is well recorded and is blessed with great clarity and just the right balance throughout. BabaJack's 'The Maker' is a little gem in fact!
'The Maker' brings together several facets of roots blues and suggests that BabaJack can be a force to reckoned with on the blues circuit. BabaJack keep it all relatively simple but make the most of their stripped back approach; there's nothing at all showy about BabaJack and their subtle style only emphasises their nicely syncopated way. The songs are nicely crafted and Steger and Tate seem more than a little happy in each others musical company - their strength is in their 'compact' approach and their unified belief in each other - oh, and the fact that they can write, play and sing to a very high standard .
With 'The Maker', BabaJack have seriously impressed me - I already knew that they were capable but 'The Maker' takes BabaJack to the next level and makes them very competitive and majorly saleable. I can only offer praise to this tasty duo and hope that others will see the bigger picture through this excellent album. 'The Maker' by BabaJack puts Steger and Tate fully in the frame - hopefully BabaJack will continue to grow and get themselves on the road with some serious belief in themselves and show that roots blues is fully workable in this stripped down, two 'man' form. Impressive work this from a truly dedicated twosome - and I can't help but feel that this is just the start of much bigger things from the excellent BabaJack.
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The Maker



• Jim Kweskin - Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) •
• Scott Ainslie - You Better Lie Down •


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nedjelja, 08.12.2013.

The Chieftains - Down The Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions

Styles: Traditional Irish Folk, Traditional Celtic, Traditional Folk, Celtic Folk, Traditional Country, North American Traditions, Appalachian
Released: 2002
Label: RCA/Victor Records
File: mp3@224K/s
Size: 88.1 MB
Time: 54:58
Art: full

1. The Chieftains & John Hiatt/Bela Fleck - Down The Old Plank Road - 2:04
2. The Chieftains & Buddy Miller/Julie Miller - Country Blues - 3:17
3. The Chieftains & Earl Scruggs - Sally Goodin - 3:17
4. The Chieftains & Vince Gill - Dark As A Dungeon - 3:27
5. The Chieftains & Ricky Skaggs - Cindy - 2:40
6. The Chieftains & Alison Krauss - Molly Ban (Bawn) - 4:50
7. The Chieftains & Lyle Lovett - Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - 2:44
8. The Chieftains & Bela Fleck - Bela's Reels - 4:19
9. The Chieftains & Patty Griffin - Whole Heap Of Little Horses - 2:49
10. The Chieftains & Del McCoury - Rain And Snow - 2:54
11. The Chieftains & Martina McBride - I'll Be All Smiles Tonight - 4:32
12. The Chieftains & Jeff White - Tennessee Stud - 3:11
13. The Chieftains & Gillian Welch/Dave Rawlings - Katie Dear - 4:30
14. The Chieftains & Various Artists - Give The Fiddler A Dram (finale) - 10:18


Note: This a companion disc to an earlier release of 2002, THE WIDE WORLD OVER, celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Chieftains.
DOWN THE OLD PLANK ROAD was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Folk Album. "Sally Goodin" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Country Instrumental Performance.
Those eclectic ambassadors of Irish music are at it again, this time taking their act to Nashville for sessions with some of country music's most popular artists. On the one hand, you'd think that the most famous Irish folk group in the world would spend more time simply playing Irish music instead of guesting with artists from and dipping into seemingly every other conceivable genre. On the other, when you've recorded as much amazing Irish traditional music as exists in these guys' back catalog, you've pretty much got carte blanche to do whatever the hell you want.
Anyway, Irish music played a major role in the coalescing of early country music, so DOWN THE OLD PLANK ROAD turns out to house a pretty good musical fit. Still, there are plenty of musical surprises afoot. It might not be a revelation to hear Lyle Lovett singing a traditional tune like "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down," but to hear it with added Celtic flavoring is quite an ear-turner. The lads work similar magic with everyone from Gillian Welch to venerable bluegrass patriarch Del McCoury, showing that this is one Irish outfit that refuses to be pinned down to a predictable sound.

Down The Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions



• Barbara Dane - Anthology Of American Folk Songs •
• Jack Klatt and the Cat Swingers - Mississippi Roll •


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srijeda, 20.11.2013.

Various Artists - Fonotone Records 1956-1969 (5 Disc Box set)

Styles: Folk, Blues, Gospel, Traditional, Old-Time Music, Country, Bluegrass, Spirituals, Jug Bands, String Bands
Recorded: 1956-1969
Released: 2005
Label: Dust-to-Digital
File: mp3; 320 Kbps
Size: 886.0 MB
Time: 354:00 min.
Art: full


Joe Bussard (born Joseph E. Bussard, Jr. in Frederick, Maryland, July 11, 1936) is an American collector of 78-rpm records.
Based in Frederick, Maryland, Bussard maintains a collection of more than 25,000 records, primarily of American folk, gospel, and blues from the 1920s and 1930s, believed to be the largest in the world.
He was the subject of a documentary film, Desperate Man Blues, and his collection was mined for a compilation CD, Down in the Basement. He has gleefully shared his collection, which includes many only-known-copies of records (not to mention best-known-copies) with numerous reissue labels as well as with individuals for whom he has taped recordings from his collection for a nominal sum for decades.
From 1956 until 1970, he ran the last 78 rpm record label, Fonotone, which was dedicated to the release of new recordings of old-time music. Among these were the first-ever recordings by guitarist John Fahey, as well as hundreds of other performers.

In 1956 teenaged record collector Joe Bussard decided to track some of his guitar-playing National Guard buddies in his parent's basement in Frederick, MD, and Fonotone Records, America's last operating 78 rpm label, was born. Deliberately anachronistic, Bussard sought to emulate the jug band, blues, and early country 78s that he so treasured (and collected) from the 1920s and 1930s, and he and his friends took on pseudonyms that echoed the names of the artists who recorded during that fabled era at the very dawn of the American recording industry, essentially creating a mythical musical landscape that was stubbornly (even defiantly) out of touch with the technology and musical trends of the 1950s. Part hobby, part hoax, and partly a statement on what Bussard saw as the ongoing degradation of pop music, Fonotone released an impressive number of handmade 78s before Bussard finally officially folded the label in 1969. This elaborate five-disc box set, it comes housed in a cigar box with postcards, an extensive booklet, and even a Fonotone church key bottle opener, finally brings the work of Bussard's little lost label into the digital light of the 21st century. It has to be viewed as a little ironic, given Bussard's aversion to the technological advancements of the recording industry and his complete disgust at almost anything recorded after 1934, but here you have it, all laid out in zeros and ones, and what emerges is an at times brilliant facsimile of Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music. But where Smith's anthology, which collects actual 78s from the 1920s and 1930s (the 1997 reissue of the anthology on CD actually drew on nearly pristine 78s from Bussard's vast personal collection), shines with the mysterious glow of a half-remembered vernacular past, the Fonotone set, which attempts to re-create that era, replaces the mystery with what amounts to cleverness and creative mischief. That doesn't mean that the music presented here isn't interesting, it frequently bursts forth with a wonderfully chaotic energy, but it is a bit like building a scale model of the Grand Coulee Dam out of Popsicle sticks. The end result is fascinating to look at, but being a re-creation, it lacks the intangible presence (and no doubt the utility) of the original. Still, the Fonotone records were a lot of fun, and discovering the real identities behind the pseudonyms is a big part of that fun. Birmingham Bill is actually Mike Seeger. Kid Future is a young Stefan Grossman. B. Sam Firk is Mike Stewart. Blind Robert Ward is Bob Coltman. And the first recordings of iconoclast John Fahey are here, under the name Blind Thomas, in what is a sort of dress rehearsal for his Blind Joe Death persona. Bussard himself appears as part of a whole range of jug and string band groups with names like the Mississippi Swampers, the Tennessee Mess Arounders, the Back Alley Boys, and so on. There are some actual field recordings here, as well, including a pair of tracks from black Appalachian banjo player Clarence Fross that could slip undetected into any Alan Lomax collection. There is also a good deal of bluegrass music, the only postwar musical style ever allowed on a Fonotone record, which is a further irony, since bluegrass probably did more than even rock & roll to kill off the jug and string band tradition that Bussard so admired. Arguably the most effective cuts are a trio of songs that drop the old-time façade long enough to comment directly on contemporary events. Bussard and Bob Coltman's "The Death of John Kennedy," recorded immediately after Kennedy's assassination in November of 1963, is particularly arresting, as is Bussard's "The Flight of Astronaut John Glenn" and Coltman's (as Blind Robert Ward) "The Voyage of Apollo 8" (which Bussard mischievously couples with "Don't Ask for the Moon" on the flip side). By stepping out of the 1920s and addressing the present (yet in a manner and style that mimics the past), Bussard and company actually accomplish what they had been after all along, making the old-time music speak in a contemporary context. In the end, though, most of the music in this fascinating box fails to match its template, but as a stubborn attempt to turn back the musical hands of time, Bussard and Fonotone Records created a brilliant faux universe that works much like that replica of an 18th century schooner perfectly re-created to scale inside a clear glass bottle. The marvel is in the attention to detail, and by default, the imaginary sea it conjures. So here you have it, a mythical 78 rpm universe that mimics a real one, all set forth under the glass of 21st century digital technology. Just suspend belief, add some imagination, and sail away. Don't expect sonar, though, or, heaven forbid, an electric guitar. Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Booklet



• Cd 1: Jug In The Shade

01. Chinese Breakdown - Joe Bussard & Oscar Myers
02. Power in the Blood - Sunny Side Sacred Singers
03. Wanda Russell's Blues - Blind Thomas
04. Foggy Bottom Shuffle - Danville Dan
05. I Love You Mama - Tennessee Mess Arounders
06. Soldier's Joy - Happy Johnnie & Family
07. Carry Me Back to the Mountains - Blue Ridge Partners
08. Fox Chase - W. R. Barnes/W. E. Barnes
09. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Various Artists
10. Baker's Breakdown - Adcock Family
11. Alley Strut - Back Alley Boys
12. Boweavil - Lee Moore
13. Bugle Call Banjo - Bluegrass Travellers
14. Tator Patch Blues - Tennessee Mess Arounders
15. We Need More Rattle Snakes - Milo Way
16. Jug in the Shade - Jolly Joe's Jug Band
17. Lost Indian - Welch Brothers
18. Love Old Memphis - Various Artists
19. Old Country Rock - Backwards Sam Firk
20. The Death of John Kennedy - Bob Coltman/Joe Bussard
21. Onions - Three Blues Boys
22. Paint Brush Blues - Blind Thomas
23. Helter Skelter - Welch Brothers
24. Green Blues - Mississippi Swampers
25. Hannah Open the Door - Georgia Jokers
26. Wildwood Flower - Hillbilly Boys
27. Down on the Delaware - Whitacre Family

Jug In The Shade


• Cd 2: Flight of Fonotone

01. Crazy Arms - Various Artists
02. Bluegrass - Lucky Chatman & The Ozark Mountain Boys
03. Rome Georgia Bound - Georgia Jokers
04. Blind Blues - Blind Thomas
05. Bluegrass Shuffle - Bluegrass Travellers
06. Cider Time Rag - Jolly Joe's Jug Band
07. Sugar Babe - Happy Johnnie & Family
08. Tearing Down the Laurel - Welch Brothers
09. Up Jumped the Devil - Possum Holler Boys
10. Fox Chase - Clarence Fross
11. Virginia Ramble - Virginia Ramblers
12. Sow Good Seeds - Joe Bussard
13. Nobody's Darling But Mine - Beachley Sisters
14. Everlasting Joy - Brother Smith/Brother Amos
15. Backlander's Hornpipe - Miles Kranssen
16. Jokin' Georgia Rag - Georgia Jokers
17. Stir It Now - Jackson Jug Jumpers
18. Kid Future's Blues - Kid Future
19. R.G. Chimes - Rocky Ridge Ramblers
20. Back Alley Wiggle - Jolly Joe's Jug Band
21. Pig Tail Fling - Possum Holler Boys
22. Down Where the River Bends - Rocky Ridge Ramblers
23. The Flight of Astronaut John Glenn - Joe Bussard & Oscar Myers
24. Hillbilly's Guitar - Hillbilly Boys
25. Memphis Hambone Blues - Jolly Joe's Jug Band
26. Mandolin Blues - Tennessee Mess Arounders
27. Cheat Mountain - Welch Brothers

Flight of Fonotone


• Cd 3: Some Summer Day

01. Shady Grove - Adcock Family
02. Cumberland Gap - Birmingham Bill
03. Fisher's Hornpipe - Bob Coltman
04. Cackling Hen - Joe Burchfield & Family
05. Barefoot Mamlish Blues - Backwards Sam Firk
06. Black Jack Rag - Two Black Jacks
07. Hot Corn Cold Corn - Adcock Family
08. Tear It Down - Jolly Joe's Jug Band
09. Father Put the Cow Away - Lucky Chatman & The Ozark Mountain Boys
10. Whitacre's Hornpipe - Whitacre Family
11. Banjo Stretch - Bluegrass Travellers
12. Coal Tipple Blues - Jolly Joe's Jug Band
13. Some Summer Day No.2 - Mississippi Swampers
14. Hopalong Peter - Mash Mountain Boys
15. The Crowing Rooster - Jolly Joe's Jug Band
16. Little Boy Stole My Jacket - Whitacre Family
17. Black Cat Blues - Jolly Joe's Jug Band
18. Frankie - Tennessee Joe
19. Striped Stockings - Whitacre Family
20. Short String Strut - Guitar Rascals
21. Voyage of Apollo 8, The - Blind Robert Ward
22. Black Jack Drag - Two Black Jacks
23. Rory Mae - Kid Future
24. Silver Bells - Bob Coltman
25. Weissman Blues - Blind Thomas

Some Summer Day


• Cd 4: Basement Blues

01. Sara Jane - Adcock Family
02. What She's Got - Jolly Joe's Jug Band
03. Susie - Georgia Jokers
04. Round Town Gals - Robert H. Hubbage & Round Top Mountain Boys
05. Ramblin' Blues - W. E. Barnes
06. Pretty Little Girl - Sizemore
07. Scattin' Rag - Jolly Joe's Jug Band
08. Please Love Me - Joe Bussard
09. Delta Moodish Blues - Backwards Sam Firk
10. Busted Boiler Blues - Oscar Myers
11. Big Legged Mama - Ted Kreh
12. Leather Breeches - Happy Johnnie & Family
13. Dark and Lonely Night Blues - Mississippi Swampers
14. I Don't Love Nobody - Blue Ridge Partners
15. Borrow Love and Go - Jolly Joe's Jug Band
16. Hen Pecked Man - Birmingham Bill
17. Treastle Blues - Jolly Joe's Jug Band
18. Train to Danville - Danville Dan
19. No Special Rider Blues - Backwards Sam Firk
20. Basement Blues - Jolly Joe's Jug Band
21. Drunk Song No.2 - Damien
22. If You Don't Love Me Mama - Jolly Joe's Jug Band
23. Stone Pony - Mississippi Swampers
24. Pueblo's Crew, The - Blind Robert Ward
25. Confessin' - Wild Mountain Boys
26. Poor Boy Blues - Blind Thomas

Basement Blues


• Cd 5: Wild Mountain Ramble

01. Cripple Creek - Bill Bailey & Frank Stuart
02. Put My Little Shoes Away - Lucky Chatman & The Ozark Mountain Boys
03. Hoppin' the Frets - Adcock Family
04. John Henry - Blind Thomas
05. Nine Pound Hammer - Adcock Family
06. Birmingham Tickle - Birmingham Bill
07. Atlanta Rag - Georgia Jokers
08. Old Hypocrite - Clarence Fross
09. Sugar in the Gourd - Bald Knob Chicken Snatchers
10. I Hear Mother Calling - Lee Moore
11. It's Only the Wind - Beachley Sisters
12. Maple Sugar - Whitacre Family
13. Preach the Gospel - Brother Smith & Brother Amos
14. My Savior Died For Me - W. E. Barnes
15. Sunflower Strut - Danville Dan
16. Hand Me Down My Walking Cane - Joe Bussard & Oscar Myers
17. Lay My Armor Down - Gabriel's Holy Testifiers
18. Old Folks Started It, The - Jolly Joe's Jug Band
19. Done Gone - Whitacre Family
20. Got to Get a Little More - Bob Coltman
21. Wild Mountain Ramble - Wild Mountain Boys
22. Money Green No.2 - Backwards Sam Firk
23. Didn't They Crucify My Lord - Sunny Side Sacred Singers
24. I'm Rollin' On - Carolina Pine Knots
25. Delta Crapatation - Kid Future
26. Jolly Joe's Blues - Jolly Joe's Jug Band
27. Knoxville Blues - Birmingham Bill
28. Gospel Train's a-Comin - Gabriel's Holy Testifiers
29. Sugar Tree Stomp - Possum Holler Boys

Wild Mountain Ramble

Recorded between 1956 & 1969
Compiled by Joe Bussard
Produced by David Anderson, Joe
Bussard & Steven Lance Ledbetter
© 2005 Dust-to-Digital Records



• Jim Kweskin - Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) •
• Jack Klatt and the Cat Swingers - Mississippi Roll •

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ponedjeljak, 09.09.2013.

Jim Kweskin - Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)

Styles: Traditional Folk, Folk Revival, Old-Timey
Label: Blix Street Records
Released: 2009
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 106,5 MB
Time: 45:26
Art: front

1. Some Of These Days - 4:34
2. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me - 3:15
3. Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) - 4:45
4. John Henry - 5:22
5. Blue Skies - 3:42
6. C Jam Blues - 3:26
7. Brother Can You Spare A Dime? - 5:26
8. Junco Partner - 3:54
9. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie - 3:14
10. Exactly Like You - 3:45
11. Sweet Sue - 3:57


Personnel: im Kweskin (vocals, guitar, banjo); Samoa Wilson (vocals); Titus Vollmer's Bluezzboat (guitar, dobro); Bruce Millard (mandolin); Matt Leavenworth (fiddle); Leo Blanco (piano); John Ramsey, Jerry Deupree (drums); Mickey Bones (snare drum).

Notes: On National Public Radio’s Fresh Air, rock historian Ed Ward listed, among the most important bands of the early 60’s, the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, the Byrds, “and the Jim Kweskin Jug Band.” Ward added: “I’m not kidding.”

Listening to the music here, you’ll understand why he wasn’t kidding. Jim Kweskin continues to perform his vast repertoire of folk, blues, swing, jug band and early standards with his own brand of infectious personal interpretations. His guitar finger picking of songs like Some of These Days and Exactly Like You is recognized by his peers and fans as some of the best there is. His selection of songs is vividly evocative of his many diverse influences such as Louis Jordan, Clancy Hayes, Fats Wallter, Milton Brown, Duke Ellington, Bing Crosby and Pete Seeger.

Backed by the Jim Kweskin Band, a group of extraordinary musicians, this album features four tracks taken from Jim’s Now And Again album and three tracks from Samoa Wilson’s Live The Life album.

We feel confident that when you listen to this wonderful collection of songs you will certainly “enjoy yourself.”

Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think)



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• John Hammond - John Hammond •


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Oznake: Jim Kweskin, Folk Revival, Old-Timey, Traditional Folk
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