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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
• VA - I Have To Paint My Face •
• Big Bill Broonzy - One Beer One Blues •
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