Leadbelly - Vols 4 & 5

Album: Vol.4 1944
File: mp3@224K/s
Size: 117.1 MB
Time: 73:03
Released: 2005
Label: Document
Styles: Acoustic blues, Country blues, Folk blues
Art: Front

(2:33) 1. In The Evenin' When The Sun Goes Down
(2:51) 2. Easy Rider (See See Rider)
(2:35) 3. We Shall Be Free
(2:53) 4. Keep Your Hands Off Her
(1:26) 5. There's A Man Going Round Taking Names
(2:56) 6. Red Bird
(1:13) 7. Line 'Em
(3:43) 8. T.B. Blues
(2:25) 9. Jim Crow Blues
(2:20) 10. Bourgeois Blues
(1:48) 11. Army Life
(3:07) 12. Mr. Hitler
(1:09) 13. Juliana Johnson
(1:42) 14. Jean Harlow
(2:08) 15. Corn Bread Rough
(3:02) 16. National Defense Blues
(2:29) 17. Children's Blues (Little Children's Blues)
(2:21) 18. The Blood Done Sign My Name (Ain't You Glad)
(1:31) 19. Cow Cow Yicky Yicky Yea
(2:46) 20. Ella Speed
(2:57) 21. Rock Island Line
(2:57) 22. Tell Me Baby
(2:54) 23. Take This Hammer
(2:55) 24. Irene
(2:44) 25. Western Plain
(2:54) 26. On A Christmas Day
(2:59) 27. Backwater Blues
(2:47) 28. Eagle Rock Rag
(2:44) 29. The Eagle Rocks

During 1944 Leadbelly felt that he had gone as far as he could with his recording activities and was considering a move out west to Hollywood to go for his 'big break'.

Before he left, Leadbelly recorded a series of songs for Moe Asch which were released on the album "New Play Party Songs" (see DOCD-5228). Leadbelly also cut a few blues standards which feature on this CD. These include Leroy Carr's "In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down", a version of "Easy Rider", "We Shall Be Free" and Big Bill's "Keep Your Hands Off Her" - the later 2 tracks feature Woody Guthrie on string bass and single string guitar. Other tracks recorded include the children's song "Red Bird", the rail-track lining and wood cutting songs "Line 'Em" and "Juliana Johnson", the protest song "Bourgeois Blues", "T.B. Blues", "Jim Crows Blues" and the patriotic and anti-fascist "Mr. Hitler (Hitler Song)".
With these songs set for release Leadbelly headed for the promised land of California. For a while Leadbelly was kept busy playing clubs and theatres, having his own radio show slot and he was also being trumpeted by the left-wing news paper People's World as being "...as close to being a peoples artist as these United States can boast". In addition to this Leadbelly also made 3 session recordings for the newly formed Capitol label.Most of these tracks were made with the accompaniment of Paul Mason Howard on Zither. From a technical stand point these sessions are perhaps Leadbelly's cleanest studio recordings. Leadbelly also gives 2 examples of his crudely effective piano techniques on the track "Eagle Rock Rag".
Leadbelly had spent over a year on the west coast trying to break into the movie industry, but success at this alluded him and he returned to New York city.

Vol.4 1944

Album: Vol.5 1944-1946
File: mp3@224K/s
Size: 113.4 MB
Time: 70:45
Released: 2005
Label: Document
Styles: Acoustic blues, Country blues, Folk blues
Art: Front

(2:59) 1. Sweet Mary Blues
(2:50) 2. Grasshoppers In My Pillow
(1:26) 3. Irene, Goodnight
(4:03) 4. John Henry
(3:24) 5. Boll Weevil
(3:04) 6. When A Man's A Long Way From Home
(2:55) 7. Good Morning Blues
(1:54) 8. By And By When The Morning Comes
(3:26) 9. Medley: Everytime I Feel The Spirit/Swing Low Sweet Chariot/They Hung Him On The Cross
(1:05) 10. Swing Low Sweet Chariot
(2:34) 11. Rock Island Line
(3:20) 12. Julie Ann Johnson
(2:22) 13. Haul Away Joe
(1:08) 14. Christmas Is Coming
(2:41) 15. We're In The Same Boat Brother
(2:37) 16. Diggin' My Potatoes
(3:20) 17. Defense Blues
(2:51) 18. Easy Rider
(2:20) 19. Pigmeat
(2:24) 20. John Henry
(2:26) 21. Alabama Bound
(2:46) 22. Ham And Eggs
(2:27) 23. Yellow Gal
(2:31) 24. Stew Ball
(1:37) 25. Gray Goose
(2:16) 26. Midnight Special
(1:18) 27. Green Corn
(2:27) 28. Fiddler's Dream

When Leadbelly returned from his year long stay in California he was a frustrated and disappointed man. He had hoped to break into films while he was there, but Hollywood had a hard enough time accepting the likes of Lena Horne and Paul Robeson to begin contending with a two time murderer. The recordings that Leadbelly had done for Capitol had been good from an aesthetic stand point but the mainstream record buying public were some years away from appreciating his roughly hewn musical abilities. The 2 blues tracks ("Sweet Mary and "Grasshoppers In My Pillow") that open this Leadbelly CD are from the Capitol session. Whilst in San Francisco Leadbelly recorded a live radio session for the Standard School Broadcast with children. Leadbelly had an often overlooked affinity with children and demonstrated this with a change of the lyrics to "Irene Goodnight", altering the line "...if Irene turns her back on me, i'm gonna take Morphine and die" to "...i'm gonna run away and fly". Throughout the show he explained the differences between the types of songs in his repertoire.

When Leadbelly returned to New York he recorded a further series of titles for Moe Asch. In these sessions he teamed up with Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Willie 'The Lion' Smith, George 'Pops' Foster recording the tracks such as "Diggin' My Potatoes", "Easy Rider" and John Henry". In another session Leadbelly was accompanied by Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston.

Leadbelly had finally found a niche with the urban folk set but remained an underground phenomenon for the few remaining years of his life.

Vol.5 1944-1946

vols 6&7 tomorrow.

Barry Big B Brenner - Blues, Rags & Stomps!

Album: Blues, Rags & Stomps!
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Released: 2006
Label: Independent
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 81.9 MB
Time: 35:46
Art: Nil

1. Trippin Along [2:33]
2. Hollywood & Vine [3:39]
3. Longest Road I Know [3:49]
4. Take That Train and Ride [4:15]
5. Cakewalk Parade [2:57]
6. Billy the Gambler [6:05]
7. Slip in Slide [2:45]
8. Walk My Blues Away [3:10]
9. Avacado Dog Bite [3:13]
10. Cannonball Blues [3:16]

Notes:
Traditional and Contemporary COUNTRY BLUES & RAGTIME Music, performed Solo on acoustic 6 string, 12 string and National resonator Guitars with accompanying Vocals.

Blues, Rags & Stomps!

Larry Johnson And Nat Riddles - Johnson! Where Did You Get That Sound?

Style: Modern Acoustic Blues, East Coast Blues
Recorded: 1982
Released: 1983
Label: L+R
File: mp3@ (LP ripp!) 320kbps
Size: 99.06 MB
Time: 41:26
Art: Front Cover

1. Don't Get Mad With Me - 3:13
2. Davison County Blues - 2:18
3. Standing By My Window - 3:39
4. Crawdad Whole - 1:56
5. You Can't Quit Me Baby - 3:08
6. Evening Sun / Rocke Me - 4:36
7. Johnson! Where Did You Get That Sound? - 2:39
8. Little Boy Blue - 4:16
9. Who's Been Here Since I've Been Gone - 2:58
10. C. C. Rider - 4:51
11. Step It Up And Go - 3:22
12. Baby Quit Me, That's All - 4.02

Personnel:
Larry Johnson - Guitar, Vocals
Nat Riddles - Harmonica, Vocal tr.6,8

Notes: This is Johnson first collaborated with harmonica player Nat Riddles. Recording on June 22, 1982 was released in 1983 as LP by German label L+R, and to this time is NOT on CD. Year later Johnson collaborated with Riddles too, and cut an album with him released in 1984 by Spivey label. But this session, was his first from ten years.

Johnson! Where Did You Get That Sound?

Leadbelly - Vols 1 - 3 (of 7-CD set)

Album: Vol.1 (1939-1940)
File: mp3@224K/s
Size: 123.2 MB
Time: 76:54
Released: 2005
Label: Document
Styles: Acoustic blues, Country blues, Folk blues
Art: Front

(3:00) 1. Daddy I'm Coming Back To You (Take 3)
(3:05) 2. Shorty George (Take 2)
(2:39) 3. Fannin Street
(2:53) 4. Frankie And Albert (First Half)
(3:08) 5. Frankie And Albert (Completion)
(2:52) 6. De Kalb Blues
(3:01) 7. Medley: Looky Looky Yonder/Black Betty/ Yellow Woman's Door Bells (On A Monday)
(3:16) 8. The Bourgeois Blues
(3:13) 9. Poor Howard/Green Corn
(3:08) 10. The Boll Weevil
(3:03) 11. The Gallis Pole
(3:17) 12. Ain't Goin' Down To The Well No Mo'/Go Down Old Hannah
(3:04) 13. Pick A Bale Of Cotton
(3:09) 14. Whoa Back, Buck
(3:07) 15. Midnight Special
(3:07) 16. Alabama Bound
(2:38) 17. Rock Island Line
(2:54) 18. Good Morning Blues
(3:06) 19. Leaving Blues
(3:11) 20. T.B. Blues
(3:09) 21. Red Cross Store Blues
(3:18) 22. Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On
(3:01) 23. Roberta
(3:11) 24. Alberta
(3:12) 25. I'm On My Last Go-Round

In early 1939 Leadbelly was involved in a fight with another man whom he allegedly stabbed 16 times with a knife. The judge saw fit to give Leadbelly a sentence of 1 year (due to the fact that in between sentencing reports Leadbelly had apprehended a bank robber and held him until the police had arrived.

To help meet Leadbelly's legal costs, Alan Lomax arranged a session with the fledgling Musicraft label. On April 1st 1939 Leadbelly stepped into the studio and recorded material for what was to become a 5 disc album titled "Negro Sinful Songs". Even though Leadbelly had recorded over 200 titles for the Library of Congress, he was virtually unknown to the record buying public. But with this album Leadbelly was to find his own attentive audience in the budding urban folk scene. Alot of the songs on this CD are taken from this session, which ran the gamut of styles from field hollers "Go Down Old Hannah", work songs "Looky Looky Yonder/Black Betty", a variant of the Chil Ballad No.95 "The Gallis Pole", Afro-American ballads "Frankie & Albert" and "Boll Weevil", reels "Poor Howard/Green Corn" - which includes Leadbelly tap dancing between the 2 tunes, the blues traditional "De Kalb Blues", the autobiographical "Bourgeois Blues" and "Fannin' Street". The first 2 tracks on the CD "Daddy I'm Coming Home To You" AND "Shorty George" are from an earlier session recorded by John Lomax in 1935. The rest of the tracks on the CD were recorded in New York city on 15th June 1940. These include the songster tracks "Pick A Bale Of Cotton", "Midnight Special" and the blues songs "Leaving Blues", T.B. Blues.
These releases were the first exposure the general record buying public had to Leadbelly catalogue of songs that have become recognised as American folk standards.

Vol.1 (1939-1940)

Album: Vol.2 1940-1943
File: mp3@224K/s
Size: 123.1 MB
Time: 76:47
Released: 2005
Label: Document
Styles: Acoustic blues, Country blues, Folk blues
Art: Front

(3:14) 1. Easy Rider
(3:04) 2. New York City
(3:12) 3. Worried Blues
(3:07) 4. Don't You Love Your Daddy No More?
(3:07) 5. You Can't Lose-A Me Cholly
(3:05) 6. Grey Goose
(3:02) 7. Stew Ball
(3:03) 8. Take This Hammer
(2:58) 9. Can't You Line 'Em
(2:58) 10. Ham An' Eggs
(2:42) 11. Ha Ha Thisaway
(2:45) 12. Little Sally Walker
(2:44) 13. Redbird
(2:44) 14. Christmas Song
(2:25) 15. Skip To My Lou
(2:35) 16. You Can't Lose Me Cholly
(2:17) 17. Take This Hammer
(2:16) 18. Haul Away, Joe
(2:06) 19. Rock Island Line
(2:33) 20. Ol' Riley
(2:08) 21. Corn Bread Dough
(2:33) 22. Old Man
(1:50) 23. On A Monday
(2:18) 24. John Henry
(2:14) 25. How Long
(2:25) 26. (Good Night) Irene (Take 1)
(2:39) 27. (Good Night) Irene
(2:05) 28. Ain't You Glad
(2:23) 29. Good Morning Blues

After a series of false starts and blind alleys in the first few years after his release from Angola Penitentiary in 1934, Leadbelly's career had begun, by the beginning of the 1940's to settle comfortably into the activity surrounding the burgeoning urban folk music revival. Although he had severed his ties with John Lomax in 1935, he remained close with Alan Lomax, who continued to record Leadbelly for the Library of Congress as well as arranging for several key commercial sessions. As Leadbelly was beginning to become recognised he was introduced to a man called Moses Asch. Asch was born in Poland in 1905 into a family with political backgrounds and after moving around Europe the family settled in America. This upbringing had an effect on Asch, fostering a lifelong curiosity and tolerence for ideas outside the mainstream. As such Asch found work in the field of electronics and subsequently founded Asch Records in 1939. In May and July 1941 Asch recorded the first of many sessions with Leadbelly. Exploring a previously unrecorded aspect of Leadbelly's vast repertory he released "Play Parties in Song and Dance", "Work songs of the U.S.A." and a combined "Work and Play Party Songs".

The titles on this CD come from these sessions, containing the first releases of the folk standards "Take This Hammer", "Rock Island Line" and the first recorded instance of Leadbelly accompanying himself on his original instrument, the concertina or button accordia, on the track "Corn Bread Rough". In another session Leadbelly recorded the previously unreleased "Irene", a track that would posthumously bring him worldwide recognition. An alternative take of "Irene" is also included on this CD with Sonny Terry accompanying on Harmonica.
It is truly unfortunate that on the cusp of commercial acceptance that Leadbelly did not live long enough to witness his dream of popular success.

Vol.2 1942-1943

Album: Vol.3: 1943-1944
File: mp3@224K/s
Size: 121.4 MB
Time: 75:46
Released: 2005
Label: Document
Styles: Acoustic blues, Country blues, Folk blues
Art: Front

(3:11) 1. Cow Cow Yicky Yea/Out On The Western Plains
(4:06) 2. Noted Rider/Big Fat Woman/Borrow Love And Go
(4:18) 3. John Hardy
(3:22) 4. Meeting At The Building/Talking Preaching/We Shall Walk Through The Valley
(3:12) 5. Fiddler's Dream/Yallow Gal/Green Corn
(3:56) 6. Bring Me Lil Water Silvy/Julia Ann Johnson/Line 'Em/Whoa Back Buck
(3:08) 7. Roberta
(3:06) 8. Bill Brady
(3:03) 9. Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
(3:06) 10. Yellow Gal
(2:58) 11. When The Boys Were Out On The Western Plains
(2:47) 12. Pretty Flowers In Your Backyard
(3:16) 13. In New Orleans
(3:14) 14. John Hardy
(2:27) 15. I've A Pretty Flowers
(2:22) 16. Don't Lie Buddy
(2:18) 17. How Do You Know/Don't Mind The Weather
(2:20) 18. (What Are) Little Boys (Made Of)/Let Me Hold Your Hand (All For You)/Polly W
(2:03) 19. Skip To My Lou/Christmas Day (It's Almost Day)
(2:38) 20. Little Sally Walker/Ha Ha Thisaway/Red Bird
(2:41) 21. Outskirts Of Town
(4:16) 22. Red River/Black Girl (In The Pines)/Don't Miss Your Water Blues
(1:27) 23. Blind Lemon (Memorial Record)
(0:54) 24. Leadbelly's Dance
(2:34) 25. Mother's Blues (Little Children Blues)
(2:51) 26. Mo' Yet/(Little Boy) How Old Are You/There's A Limb On The Tree (Green Grass)

Although John and Alan Lomax were responsible for Leadbelly's discovery, it was Moses Asch who gave Huddie room for professional growth through extensive recording, contact with the urban folk revival and most importantly by keeping Leadbelly's songs available to the public. Asch grew up in an ideologically, progressive Jewish household, which left him with a lifelong intellectual curiosity and an empathy for proletarian concerns. By the 1920's he became interested in radio and folk music, eventually combining the two to form Asch Records in 1939. At the beginning of the 40's Asch struck a business relationship with Leadbelly which spawned frequent and numerous recordings. The first 6 tracks on this Leadbelly CD were released as an album of three 12 inch 78's titled "Negro Folk Songs". A magnificent version of "John Hardy" accompanied by his Cajun flavoured concertina is featured here. The rest of the songs from this session repeated some of his more famous numbers, but is still an excellent overview of Leadbelly's repertoire and covers blues, ballads, reels, cowboy songs, spirituals and work songs. Another highlight is his piano playing on the blues title "Big Fat Woman". The other tracks on this CD are from 4 sessions in early 1944, which include wonderful renditions of "Where Did You Sleep Last Night ?" (a track which Kurt Cobain of Nirvana sang on the live "Unplugged in New York" album), "House Of The Rising Sun" and a remake of "John Hardy" with guitar accompaniment . However the standout track is probably "Blind Lemon (Memorial Record) where Leadbelly demonstrates the type of song Lemon would perform on the streets of Dallas whilst he would tap dance, a sample of which follows on "Leadbelly's Dance".

Vol.3: 1943-1944

vols 4&5 tomorrow.

Various Artists - Bothered All The Time

Album: Bothered All The Time
Style: Delta Blues
Released: 1983
Label: Southern Culture
File: MP3 320 Kbps
Size: 66 MB
Art: Front & back

Tracklist:
1 Going Away Blues Lovey Williams
2 Mojo Hand Blues Lovey Williams
3 How I Learned to Play Guitar Sonny Boy Williams
4 Shotgun Blues Sonny Boy Williams
5 Going Down to the Station Sonny Boy Williams
6 Sitting on Top of the World Louis Dotson
7 A Definition of the Blues Arthur Lee Williams
8 Rosie Parchman Work Gang
9 Bull Cow Blues James "Son" Thomas
10 Blues and Spirituals James "Son" Thomas
11 Juke Joint Reminiscence Lee Kizart
12 Boogie Lee Kizart
13 A Tale of Church Hypocrisy Lee Kizart
14 World in a Jug Lee Kizart
15 There Are Days Southland Hummingbirds
16 The Blues as Consolation Jasper Love
17 Tables Turned on the Bossman Jasper Love
18 The Abuse of Farm Laborers Gussie Tobe
19 Why They Called Colored Folds Bears Gussie Tobe
20 Hidden Violence in Mississippi Anonymous
21 Stack of Dollars Wash Herron, Big Jack Jackson

Bothered All The Time

Various - Black Snake Moan: Music From The Motion Picture

File: mp3@224K/s
Size: 79.8 MB
Time: 49:46
Released: 2007
Label: New West
Styles: Delta blues, Soundtrack
Art: Front

(0:38) 1. Scott Bomar - Opening Theme
(0:11) 2. Son House - Ain't But One Kind Of Blues
(2:22) 3. Samuel L. Jackson - Just Like A Bird Without A Feather
(3:13) 4. The Black Keys - When The Lights Go Out
(4:40) 5. Jessie Mae Hemphill - Standing In My Doorway Crying
(2:32) 6. Bobby Rush - Chicken Heads
(4:04) 7. Samuel L. Jackson - Black Snake Moan
(3:00) 8. Precious Bryant - Morning Train
(2:33) 9. John Doe - The Losing Kind
(3:05) 10. Outrageous Cherry - Lord Have Mercy On Me
(1:08) 11. Scott Bomar - Ronnie And Rae's Theme
(2:51) 12. Scott Bomar - The Chain
(3:48) 13. Samuel L. Jackson - Alice Mae
(3:30) 14. Samuel L. Jackson - Stack-O-Lee
(4:10) 15. R. L. Burnside - Old Black Mattie
(0:21) 16. Son House - That's Where The Blues Started
(7:31) 17. North Mississippi Allstars - Mean Ol' Wind Died Down

Black Snake Moan, the 2007 movie that stars Samuel L. Jackson as a God-fearing, bent broken soul and tortured former bluesman, with Christina Ricci playing the town tramp he feels he has to redeem by any means necessary, is a wildly provocative look at spiritual and cultural mores -- and is sure to set some folks on edge. The soundtrack that accompanies it on the other hand, is a pure shimmy-shaking blues extravaganza. The film is dedicated to the memory of R.L. Burnside. His digital ghost performs "Old Black Mattie" here, and his tune "Just Like a Bird Without a Feather," is covered by Jackson with Burnside's adopted son and sideman Kenny Brown. There are also cuts here by the Black Keys, Jessie Mae Hemphill, Scott Bomar the soundtrack's producer, John Doe, Outrageous Cherry (covering Junior Kimbrough no less), Bobby Rush, Precious Bryant and the North Mississippi Allstars. Sure, musically this is a mixed -- but mostly satisfactory -- bag. Jackson can't sing worth a damn, but he's got the feel of the blues to be sure; it's in the grain, it's not a posture. He can tell a hell of a story too; check his spoken word intro to the title track with Jason Freeman on a killer serpentine guitar. Doe does a very spooky reading of his "The Losing Kind" here, and the Allstars kick it on the end credits like a mother. The Kimbrough cover is adequate but it doesn't fit here at all, and begs the question why the producers didn't just use Kimbrough's own music. Bomar's instrumental theses are quite beautiful; they're as deeply influenced by Ennio Morricone as they are by Ry Cooder. "Alice Mae" and "Stackolee," with Jackson singing in front of a real Mississippi juke-joint crowd, are pretty great. This is Burnside's backing band with Brown, and Cedric Burnside with Luther Dickinson. Jackson doesn't need to actually sing, he's got plenty of vibe and the band kicks ass. His history is off, though, dating the latter track to 1962, when it is as old as the blues itself, but who cares? It rocks. For the most part, these are the modern-day Delta blues rather than Robert Johnson's, though there are a couple of mean voice-overs by Son House here, and that is as it should be. The soundtrack to Black Snake Moan stands on its own as a fiery good time. ~Thom Jurek

Black Snake Moan: Music From The Motion Picture

Various Artists - Country Blues Encores 1927-1935

Album: Country Blues Encores 1927-1935
Style: Delta Blues
Released: 1965
Label: Original Jazz Library
File: MP3 320 Kbps
Size: 92 MB

Tracklist:
Ishman Bracey
- Saturday Blues
Blind Joe Reynolds
- Outside Woman Blues
Tommy Johnson
- Cool Drink Of Water Blues
Henry Sims
- Farrell Blues
Rube Lacey
- Mississippi Jailhouse Groan
Jaybird Coleman
- Man Trouble Blues
John Byrd
- Old Timbrook Blues
Skip James
- I'm So Glad
Red Hot Old Man Mose
- Molly Man
Garfield Akers
- Jumpin And Shoutin Blues
Charlie Jordan
- Keep It Clean
Bill Wilber
- My Babe, My Babe
The Mississippi Moaner
- It's Cold In China Blues
Big Bill and Thomps
- House Rent Stomp
Sunny Boy and His Pals
- Don't You Leave Me Here
Bill Moore
- One Way Gal

Country Blues Encores 1927-1935

Brother Yusef & The F.B. Experience - Live & Raw: The Bootleg Recordings

File: mp3@VBR ~196K/s
Size: 80.4 MB
Time: 57:15
Released: 2001
Label: Fatt-Back Unlimited
Styles: Juke joint blues, Swamp blues, Roots
Art: Front

(4:41) 1. Let The Good Times Roll
(4:14) 2. My Baby's Lovin' Someone Else
(3:36) 3. Power Of The Blues
(4:41) 4. Get Outta Town
(5:24) 5. Sweet Woman Tonite
(2:27) 6. A Little Front Porch Thang
(3:51) 7. Cigar Box & Coffee Can Blues
(2:37) 8. Big Daddy
(3:11) 9. Jesus On My Mind
(4:27) 10. Hey There Blues
(5:05) 11. Johnny B. Goode
(5:10) 12. This Little Light Of Mine
(3:44) 13. Hoochie Coochie Man
(4:02) 14. Back At The Crossroads

Brother Yusef & The F.B. Expreience
Brother Yusef: guitar, vocals. cigar box guitar
Robert Hilton: washboard, harminica, 3 stringed coffee can, single stringed paint drum Keith Crenshaw: drums, percussion, background shouts & comments

Live recording featuring guitar, drums and a washboard, with a few homemade insturments thrown in. A true roots experiment.

Live & Raw: The Bootleg Recordings

Stefan Grossman And Paul Jones - The Blues Collection

Styles: Varied Blues Styles
Recorded: 1990's
Released: 1990's
Label: KPM
File: mp3 @ 320kbps
Size: 110.46 MB
Time: 46:32
Art: Front Cover

1. Midnight Siren Blues - 2:53
2. Low Life Street Blues - 2:38
3. South Side Piano Boogie - 1:27
4. Whiskey Train Crawl - 1:50
5. Tribute To Elmore James - 2:55
6. Mississippi Delta Swing - 2:05
7. New Orleans Gospel Hymn - 2:20
8. Struttin' With The Devil Blues - 2:50
9. Tribute To The Three Kings - 3:58
10. Troubled Voodoo Blues - 3:41
11. Late Night Blues For Leroy Carr - 3:02
12. Sadie Beck's Plantation - 2:08
13. Crime City Blues - 1:32
14. Rattlesnake Crawl For Tampa Red - 1:20
15. Death Moan Blues - 1:19
16. Street Fighting Blues - 2:18
17. Chicago Downtown Blues - 1:27
18. Carolina Rag - 1:27
19. Shuffling For Jemmy Reed - 3:56

Personnel:
Stefan Grossman - Guitar
Paul Jones - Harmonica
Sam Mitchell - Guitar
Bob Hall - Keyboards
Colin Hodgkinson - Bass
Les Mears - Drums

Notes: From short liner notes we reading: ...'A comprehensive survey of varied blues styles. Their evolution is traced from work-songs, train-songs and ragtime, through gospel, to the electric blues which continue to thrive today.'...
All tunes is original compositions by Grossman and Jones. Let's try it - this is circa 46 minutes beautiful instrumental music - a lesson of the blues.

The Blues Collection

Joe Pullum - Black Gal

Album: Black Gal
Styles: Country Blues
Released: 1986
Label: Agram
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 124.5 MB
Time: 54:23
Art: Front & back

1. My Woman Part 2 [2:36]
2. Black Gal What Makes Your Head So Hard [3:20]
3. Woman, Oh Woman [2:49]
4. Married Woman Blues [3:08]
5. Hard-Working Man Blues [3:14]
6. Traveling Blues - Volume [3:11]
7. Bad Break Blues [2:57]
8. Hustler's Blues [3:04]
9. I Believe In You [2:43]
10. I Can't Control Myself [3:13]
11. Some Day [3:26]
12. Dixie My Home [3:05]
13. Ice Man Blues [2:35]
14. Loe Louis Is The Man [2:46]
15. Bonus Blues [3:05]
16. Come On, If You're Comin' [2:46]
17. Woman Trouble Blues [2:54]
18. Swing Them Blues [3:20]

Black Gal

Miller Anderson - Celtic Moon

Genre: Blues
Styles: Celtic Folk, Celtic Rock, Folk-Blues, Modern Acoustic Blues
Released: 1998
Label: Inakustik
File: mp3@192K/s
Size: 75.1 MB
Time: 54:40
Art: front + back

1. Fog On The Highway - 6:00
2. Celtic Moon - 3:22
3. Two Ships - 5:59
4. Fools Gold - 3:53
5. Tamp Em Up Solid - 3:15
6. A Misplaced Soul - 4:08
7. Across The Borderline - 4:42
8. One Gold Coin - 3:51
9. Shadow Cross My Wall - 5:55
10. Boatman - 4:21
11. Madonna Of The Street - 6:49
12. High Tec Blues - 2:19

Personnel:
Miller Anderson - Organ, Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Harmonica, Mandolin, Guitar (Electric), Vocals
Jackie Carter - Vocals
Frank Diez - Guitar, Arranger, Producer
Wolfgang Haffner - Percussion, Drums
Colin Hodgkinson - Bass
Olaf Kubler - Sax (Tenor)

Notes: See http://www.milleranderson.co.uk/history.htm
Miller Anderson ex; Savoy Brown, Blood Sweat and Tears, T.Rex, Stan Webb's Speedway, Chicken Shack, Mountain, and many more

Celtic Moon
rar pass:muddy

Utah Phillips - Good Though!

File: mp3@224K/s
Size: 72.2 MB
Time: 45:03
Released: 1973, CD in 2003
Label: Philo
Styles: Traditional folk
Art: Front

(6:46) 1. Cannonball Blues
(2:57) 2. Queen Of The Rails
(3:58) 3. Going Away
(4:20) 4. Frisco Road
(3:50) 5. Starlight On The Rails
(0:45) 6. Calling Trains
(3:14) 7. Daddy, What's A Train?
(5:23) 8. Moose Turd Pie
(2:36) 9. Old Buddy Goodnight
(4:36) 10. Phoebe Snow
(1:07) 11. Nickel Plate Road No.759
(5:25) 12. Wabash Cannonball/Tolono

This 1973 Philo album includes a mix of Phillips originals with traditional tunes like "Cannonball Blues," the notorious "Moose Turd Pie" (from whence comes the album's title), and "Wabash Cannonball."

Good Though!

Jimmy Yancey - The Best Of...

Style: Boogie-Woogie & Piano Blues
Recorded: 1939/1943/1951
Released: 2001
Label: Blues Forever
File: mp3 @ 320kbps
Size: 142.65 MB
Time: 60:12
Art: Front Cover

1. Yancey Special - 2:42
2. How Long Blues - 2:50
3. Yancey's Bugle Call - 2:27
4. Four O'Clock Blues - 5:15
5. 35th And Dearborn - 3:13
6. Salute To Pinetop - 2:51
7. Monkey Woman Blues - 4:08
8. Santa Fe Blues - 2:50
9. Blues For Albert - 2:16
10. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor - 4:38
11. Shave 'Em Dry - 2:52
12. Eternal Blues - 4:22
13. White Sox Stomp - 4:05
14. Two O'Clock Blues - 3:01
15. Lucille's Lament - 3:10
16. Steady Rock Blues - 3:00
17. South Side Stuff - 3:10
18. Yancey's Getaway - 3:11

Personnel:
Jimmy Yancey - Piano
Estelle 'Mama' Yancey - Vocals tr.4,7,8,10
Israel Crosby - Bass tr.1-11
tracks 1-11 recorded July 18, 1951
track 12,13 recorded December, 1943
tracks 14-18 recorded April, 1939

Notes: He learned piano from his older brother Alonzo in 1915,, after retiring from vaudeville. He'd been a dancer since the age of six; in 1913 he visited Europe, apearing in Vienna and budapest and before King George V in Britain. Although he did some entertaining at parties and clubs, Jimmy mainly played for his own pleasure when not groundskeeping for the White Sox; when jazz writer Bill Russell tracked him down in 1938, he owned a harmonium, but had to visit his sister when he wanted to play piano. Yancey's discovery came about after Meade Lux Lewis recorded 'Yancey Special' in tribute to his and Albert Ammons's mentor; thereafter, Jimmy, occasionally joined by his wife, was recorded sporadically both fan-owned and commercial label until just before his death.
This session (from 1951) was made two month before Yancey died, and it's been said that Mama sang with such feeling and sensitivity on her four tracks because she knew he hadn't long to live. These are certainly her best recordings; the same can't be said of Jimmy's playing, but he's better than he was in 1950. This is largely because Israel Corby keeps time with sensivity and tact, allowing Jimmy to play within the limitations illness had imposed on him. There's some groping for ideas on 'Salute To Pinetop' and 'Blues For Albert', and a nasty clam on 'Yancey's Bugle Call', but this pared-down version of his art often has a spare, autumnal elegance. This eleven tracks was released on Atlantic label, named 'Chicago Piano vol.1'. Rest tracks is from his early recordings sessions.

The Best Of...

Various Artists - Bluesmen And Songsters (1926-1936)

Album: Bluesmen And Songsters
Styles: Delta Blues
Released: 1988
Label: Blues Documents BD-2016
File: mp3@VBR ~316K/s
Size: 125.0 MB
Time: 54:06
Art: Front and back

'Big Boy' George Owens
1. Nineteen Women Blues [3:08]
2. Kentucky Blues [2:55]
'Mooch' Richardson
3. The Coon Crap Game [2:28]
4. T And T Blues [3:09]
5. 'mo'mooch' Richardson's Low Down Barrel House Blues Part 1 [3:10]
6. 'mooch' Richardson's Low Down Barrel House Blues Part 2 [3:19]
7. Helena Blues [3:05]
8. Bug Kate Adams Blues [3:08]
Freezone
9. Burying Ground Blues [2:45]
Hammbone Willie Newbern
10. FIndian Squaw Blues [3:04]
11. She Could Toodle-Oo [3:01]
12. Nobody Knows (What The Good Deacon Does) [3:07]
13. Shelby County Workhouse Blues [2:53]
14. Way Down In Arkansas [3:08]
15. Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues [3:01]
'Beans' Hambone & El Morrow
16. Roll And Tumble Blues [3:04]
17. Beans [2:52]
Charlie Manson
18. Tippin' Out [2:41]

Bluesmen And Songsters

Rory Block - Lovin' Whiskey

Styles: Contemporary blues
Released: 2009
Label: CRS
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 146,7 MB
Time: 64:04
Art: yes

1. Silver Wings [4:57]
2. Do You Love Me [4:06]
3. Lovin' Whiskey [4:09]
4. It Ain't Right [3:34]
5. Gypsie Boy [5:22]
6. Misty Glen [3:27]
7. The Water Is Wide [3:41]
8. Catastrophe Rag [2:34]
9. God's Gift To Women [2:38]
10. Somebody's Baby [4:29]
11. Angel Of Mercy [4:31]
12. I'll Be Gone [4:29]
13. Lovin' Fool [3:32]
14. Love Without The Heart [5:24]
15. You Deserve The Best [3:39]
16. Lovin' Whiskey (live) [3:27]

Notes:

Rory Block - Lovin' Whiskey is a collection of songs from the Rounder Years. An opporutunity to know this great blues singer for everyone. This compilation gives us the best Rory Block originals that were recorded for Rouner Records plus one traditional that perfectly fits the format of this album. Make sure that if you love this side of her music, you also get a taste of the other, the blues Rory Block.

Lovin' Whiskey 1
Lovin' Whiskey 2
pass: quasimodo

Barbara Dane - Barbara Dane Sings the Blues

File: mp3@VBR ~183K/s
Size: 52.7 MB
Time: 39:33
Released: 1964, CD in 2007
Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Styles: Folk blues
Art: Front

(2:59) 1. You Don't Know Me
(2:15) 2. I Just Want To Make Love To You
(2:43) 3. Come Back,Baby
(4:17) 4. Stranger's Blues
(2:08) 5. Victim to the Blues
(3:53) 6. 'Way Behind the Sun
(3:15) 7. Special Delivery Blues
(4:15) 8. It Hurts Me Too
(2:24) 9. Come On In (There Ain't Nobody Here But Me)
(5:08) 10. Hard Oh Lord
(2:43) 11. Working People's Blues
(3:30) 12. Dink's Blues (Dink's Song)

Singer, activist, and founder of Paredon Records (now also under the stewardship of Smithsonian Folkways), Barbara Dane was born in 1929 and was still going strong last time we spoke with her.

This album was released in 1964, and includes original songs, as well as material by Tampa Red, Willie Dixon, and Ma Rainey.

Barbara Dane Sings the Blues

Various Artists - The Mississippi Blues No. 3: Transition, 1926-1937

Album: The Mississippi Blues No. 3: Transition, 1926-1937
Style: Delta Blues
Released: 1969?
Label: Original Jazz Library
File: MP3 320 Kbps
Size: 114 MB
Art: Front and back

Tracklist:
Hambone Willie Newbern
- Roll and Tumble Blues
- Hambone Willie's Dreamy-Eyed Woman's Blues
Robert Johnson
- I'm A Steady Rollin Man
- Sweet Home Chicago
Johnnie Temple
- Big Boat Whistle
Blind Joe Amos
- C & O Blues
Skip James
- Cherry Ball Blues
Bo Weavil Jackson
- You Can't Keep No Brown
Big Joe Williams
- Stepfather Blues
- 49 Highway Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
- Stack O Lee Blues
Mississippi Bracey
- You Scolded Me And Drove Me From Your Door
- I'll Overcome Someday
Mary Butler
- Mad Dog Blues
Rosie Mae Moore
- School Girl Blues
Bertha Lee
- Mind Reader Blues

The Mississippi Blues No. 3: Transition, 1926-1937

Sam Myers - Down Home In Mississippi

Genre: Blues
Styles: Delta Blues, Harmonica Blues
Recorded: 1978
Released: 1979
Label: TJ Records
File: mp3@VBR ~203K/s (from vinyl)
Size: 45.7 MB
Time: 31:00
Art: front

1. What's Wrong - 2:52
2. Bad Acting Woman - 3:07
3. Things You Do - 2:07
4. Homage To Elmo - 3:44
5. Crutch And Cane - 3:06
6. From Now On - 3:02
7. Sad And Lonesome - 4:10
8. Little Bit - 0:47
9. My Baby Don't Love Me No More - 2:38
10. What Have I Done - 3:07
11. Jackson - 2:20

Personnel:
Sam Myers - vocals, harmonica
Tommy Lee Thompson - guitar

Notes: Myers acquired an interest in music while a schoolboy in Jackson, Mississippi and became skilled enough at playing the trumpet and drums that he received a non-degree scholarship from the American Conservatory School of Music in Chicago. Myers attended school by day and at night frequented the nightclubs of the South Side of Chicago, meeting and sitting in with Jimmy Rogers, Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, Little Walter, Hound Dog Taylor, Robert Lockwood, Jr., and Elmore James. Myers played drums with Elmore James on a fairly steady basis from 1952 until James's death in 1963, and is credited on many of James's historic recordings for Chess Records. In 1956, Myers wrote and recorded what was to be his most famous single, "Sleeping In The Ground", a song that has been covered by Eric Clapton, Robert Cray, and many other blues artists, as well as being featured on Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour show on 'Sleep'.
From the early 1960s until 1986, Myers worked the clubs in and around Jackson as well as across the South in the Chitlin' Circuit. He even found himself touring the world with Sylvia Embry and the Mississippi All-Stars Blues Band.
In 1986, Sam met Anson Funderburgh, from Plano, Texas, and joined Anson’s band, The Rockets. Myers toured all over the U.S. and the world with The Rockets, enjoying a partnership that endured until the time of his death from complications from throat cancer surgery on July 17, 2006.
Just before Sam Myers died, he toured as a solo artist, in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, with the Swedish band Bloosblasters. This was a result of a friendship that began between Mr. Myers and Bloosblasters singer Dennis Westerberg the year before, on Westerberg's blues trip to the United States.
That same year, the University Press of Mississippi published Myers' autobiography titled Sam Myers: The Blues is My Story. Writer Jeff Horton, whose work has appeared in Blues Revue and Southwest Blues, chronicles Myers' history and delves into his memories of life on the road with other legendary blues artists.

Down Home In Mississippi

Harry Manx - Mantras for Madmen

Genre: Blues
Styles: Modern Acoustic Blues, Slide Guitar Blues, Raga
Released: 2005
Label: Dog My Cat
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 106.6 MB
Time: 46:33
Art: front + back

1. Where Fools Die - 3:57
2. San Diego - Tijuana - 4:01
3. The Point of Purchase - 4:15
4. Never the Twain - 3:48
5. A Single Spark - 4:23
6. Your Sweet Name - 3:23
7. Afghani Raga - 3:49
8. It Makes No Difference - 4:01
9. Don't Take His Name Away - 5:11
10. It Takes a Tear - 3:42
11. Nothing Fails Like Success - 3:25
12. Talkin' Turban - 2:32

Personnel:
Harry Manx - Banjo, Vocals, Slide Guitar, Mohan Vina, Tamboura, Guitar
John Reischman - Mandolin
Linda Kidder, Joanie Bye, Emily Braden - Back Vocals
Neil Golden - Drums, Tabla, Bells
Southside Steve Marriner - Harmonica

Notes: It's what you'd call an evolution. A few years back this guy with a crazy looking Indian guitar/sitar hybrid called a Mohan Veena shows up on the music scene, offering eastern-tinged acoustic blues tunes and developing a solid following for his full solo sound. Dog My Cat, Harry Manx's debut album, received rave reviews, fantastic press and put him solidly in the festival circuit as a much-sought after solo artist. Four albums, numerous international concert tours, sold-out theatre shows and continued critical acclaim later; Harry throws us a curve ball with his independent release West Eats Meet. He'd enhanced that famous one-man sound with Indian tabla, keys and backing vocals that hinted perhaps at what was to come.Mantras for Madmen, Harry's sixth record in as many years, is blindingly unapologetic when it comes to even greater use of instrumentation. This time there's bass & drums that kick the groove level up a notch, gospel-laden backing vocals with killer harmonies that enrich the ten original tunes, and Indian instruments for the two ragas that are thrown into the mix. San Diego-Tijuana pulls out all the stops with a full Indian treatment of this JJ Cale cover song with the addition of tamboura, drums and Hang along with Manx's famous Mohan Veena. Single Spark and Your Sweet Name fuse that cultural merging of East and West in true Harry Manx fashion that remain his signature styling. The heart-wrenching, shiver-inducing It Takes a Tear features singer Emily Braden in a duet with Manx. John Reischman on mandolin is a shining addition to many of the tracks that unify seamlessly with the tried-and-true blues & ballads songs that has put Manx on the international music map.Songwriting that inspires contemplation along with his rich, world-weary vocals maintain that the inclusion of new instruments act only as a supportive layer to what is clearly Manx's territory. May the evolution continue.

Mantras for Madmen

Blind Blake - Vols 3&4 (of 4-CD set)

Album: Vol.3 (1928 - 1929)
File: mp3@224K/s
Size: 120.3 MB
Time: 75:05
Released: 1991
Label: Document
Styles: Acoustic Chicago blues, Country blues, Piedmont blues
Art: Front

(3:16) 1. Elzadie's Policy Blues
(3:11) 2. Pay Day Daddy Blues
(3:07) 3. Walkin' Across The Country
(2:43) 4. Search Warrant Blues
(2:40) 5. Ramblin' Mama Blues
(2:55) 6. New Style Of Loving
(2:56) 7. Back Door Slam Blues
(2:47) 8. Notoriety Woman Blues
(3:14) 9. Cold Hearted Mama Blues
(2:58) 10. Low Down Loving Gal
(2:56) 11. Sweet Papa Low Down
(3:10) 12. Poker Woman Blues
(2:49) 13. Doing A Stretch
(3:12) 14. Fighin' The Jug
(2:53) 15. Hookworm Blues
(3:17) 16. Slippery Rag
(3:23) 17. Hastings St.
(3:16) 18. Diddie Wa Diddie
(3:07) 19. Too Tight Blues No.2
(3:02) 20. Chump Man Blues
(2:51) 21. Ice Man Blues
(2:40) 22. Police Dog Blues
(2:49) 23. I Was Afraid Of That (Part 2)
(2:48) 24. Georgia Bound
(2:52) 25. Keep It Home

The third volume in the series opens with a pair of mid-1928 tracks featuring Blind Blake in the role of sideman, lending his brilliant guitar leads in support of Elzadie Robinson on "Elzadie's Policy Blues" and "Pay Day Daddy Blues." Blake's next session, from later that same year, returns him to the fore, yielding the mesmerizing "Notoriety Woman," one of the most menacingly violent tracks he ever cut; the same date also produced the comparatively lighthearted "Sweet Papa Low Down," a seeming attempt to cash in on the Charleston dance craze. The real jewel of the set, however, is a 1929 session teaming him with pianist Charlie Spand; "Hastings St." is a lively, swinging guitar and piano duet, while "Police Dog Blues" is among Blake's most vividly lyrical efforts, further galvanized by his haunting instrumental work. ~Jason Ankeny

Vol.3 (1928 - 1929)

Album: Vol.4 (1929-1932)
File: mp3@224K/s
Size: 117.6 MB
Time: 73:24
Released: 1991
Label: Document
Styles: Acoustic Chicago blues, Country blues, Piedmont blues
Art: Front

(2:59) 1. Sweet Jivin' Mama
(3:40) 2. Lonesome Christmas Blues
(3:23) 3. Third Degree Blues
(3:00) 4. Guitar Chimes
(3:00) 5. Blind Arthur's Breakdown
(3:03) 6. Baby Lou Blues
(2:58) 7. Cold Love Blues
(3:17) 8. Papa Charlie And Blind Blake Talk About It - Part 1
(3:19) 9. Papa Charlie And Blind Blake Talk About It - Part 2
(3:25) 10. Stingaree Man Blues
(3:19) 11. Itching Heel
(2:33) 12. You've Got What I Want
(3:03) 13. Cherry Hill Blues
(3:29) 14. Diddie Wa Diddie No.2
(2:37) 15. Hard Pushing Papa
(2:57) 16. What A Low Down Place The Jailhouse Is
(3:15) 17. Ain't Gonna Do That No More
(2:27) 18. Playing Policy Blues
(2:38) 19. Righteous Blues
(2:59) 20. Fancy Tricks
(2:49) 21. Rope Stretchin' Blues - Part 2
(3:02) 22. Rope Stretchin' Blues - Part 1 (Take 2)
(2:30) 23. Champagne Charlie Is My Name
(3:32) 24. Depression's Gone From Me Blues

The fourth and final volume in Document's series assembles a wide range of Blind Blake material, from sides cut under the name Blind Arthur ("Guitar Chimes" and "Blind Arthur's Breakdown"), collaborations with vaudeville singer Chocolate Brown (a.k.a. Irene Scruggs), and even his sole two-part blues, the morbid "Rope Stretchin' Blues." Among the final pair of tracks, from mid-1932, the first, "Champagne Charlie Is My Name," is so atypical that some question whether it is even Blake at all; however, his last known side, "Depression's Gone from Me Blues," is a career-capping triumph -- just why he never recorded again is just one of the many mysteries which continue to swirl about this legendary figure. ~Jason Ankeny

Vol.4 (1929-1932)

Various Artists - The Mississippi Blues No. 2 - The Delta (929-1932)

Album: The Mississippi Blues No. 2 - The Delta (929-1932)
Style: Delta Blues
Released: 1965
Label: Original Jazz Library
File: MP3 320 Kbps
Size: 113 MB
Art: Front and back

Tracklist:
Son House
- Dry Spell Blues
Louise Johnson
- All Night Long Blues
- Long Ways From Home
Charlie Patton
- Rattlesnake Blues
- Screamin And Hollerin The Blues
Jaydee Short
- Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake
- Telephone Arguin' Blues
Blind Willie Reynolds
- 3rd Street Woman Blues
- Nehi Blues
Robert Wilkins
- I'll Go With Her Blues
- Get Away Blues
Hi Henry Brown
- Titanic Blues
- Preacher Blues
Joe Calicott
- Fare Thee Well Blues
Garfield Akers
- Dough Roller Blues

The Mississippi Blues No. 2 - The Delta (929-1932)

Blind Blake - Vols 1&2 (of 4-CD set)

Album: Vol.1 (1926-1927)
File: mp3@224K/s
Size: 120.3 MB
Time: 75:04
Released: 2005
Label: Document
Styles: Acoustic Chicago blues, Country blues, Piedmont blues
Art: Front

(2:49) 1. Dying Blues
(3:01) 2. Ashley St. Blues
(2:55) 3. Early Morning Blues (2668)
(3:12) 4. West Coast Blues
(3:04) 5. Early Morning Blues (3057-1)
(2:34) 6. Too Tight
(3:07) 7. Blake's Worried Blues
(2:47) 8. Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around (Take 2)
(2:45) 9. Tampa Bound
(3:08) 10. Skeedle Loo Doo Blues (Take 1)
(3:04) 11. Skeedle Loo Doo Blues (Take 2)
(2:56) 12. Stonewall Street Blues
(3:12) 13. State Street Men Blues
(2:35) 14. Down The Country
(2:48) 15. Black Biting Bee Blues
(2:38) 16. Wilson Dam
(2:55) 17. Buck-Town Blues
(2:50) 18. Black Dog Blues
(2:39) 19. One Time Blues
(2:30) 20. Bad Feeling Blues
(2:44) 21. Dry Bone Shuffle (Take 3)
(3:05) 22. That Will Never Happen No More
(2:39) 23. Brownskin Mama Blues (Take 2)
(2:39) 24. Hard Road Blues
(3:11) 25. Hey Hey Daddy Blues
(3:03) 26. Sea Board Stomp

Blind Blake, one of the top blues guitarists and singers of the 1920s, is a mystery figure whose birth and death dates are not definitively known. He recorded 84 selections in six years (1926-1932), and fortunately all have been reissued on four Document CDs. Vol. 1 mostly features Blake in unaccompanied performances other than six numbers backing singer Leola Wilson, one song in which he is joined by a kazoo player and two in which someone plays rattlebones behind his guitar. Among the classics heard on this CD are "Early Morning Blues," "Too Tight," "Come on Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around," and "Seabord Stomp." All four of Blind Blake's Document CDs are essential for every serious blues collection. ~Scott Yanow

Vol.1 (1926-1927)

Album: Vol.2 (1927-1928)
File: mp3@224K/s
Size: 118.1 MB
Time: 73:42
Released: 2005
Label: Document
Styles: Acoustic Chicago blues, Country blues, Piedmont blues
Art: Front

(2:45) 1. You Gonna Quit Me Blues
(3:14) 2. Steel Mill Blues
(2:52) 3. Southern Rag
(2:44) 4. He's In The Jailhouse Now
(2:54) 5. Wabash Rag
(3:14) 6. Doggin' Me Mama Blues
(2:31) 7. C.C. Pill Blues
(3:04) 8. Hot Potatoes
(3:22) 9. Southbound Rag
(2:54) 10. Pay Day Daddy Blues
(3:13) 11. Elzadie's Policy Blues
(2:48) 12. Goodbye Mama Moan
(3:03) 13. Tootie Blues
(2:43) 14. That Lovin' I Crave
(3:12) 15. That Lonesome Rave
(3:00) 16. Terrible Murder Blues
(2:52) 17. Leavin' Gal Blues
(2:55) 18. No Dough Blues
(2:37) 19. Lead Hearted Blues
(2:31) 20. Let Your Love Come Down
(2:52) 21. Rumblin' And Ramblin' Boa Constricter Blues
(2:58) 22. Bootleg Rum Dum Blues
(3:10) 23. Detroit Bound Blues
(3:11) 24. Beulah Land
(2:53) 25. Panther Squall Blues

Guitarist/singer Blind Blake's entire recorded output has been made available on four Document CDs. Vol. 2 covers a busy seven-month period and features Blake in several different diverse but equally rewarding settings. He performs solo; backs singers Elzadie Robinson, Bertha Henderson, and Daniel Brown; and holds his own with clarinetist Johnny Dodds and percussionist/xylophonist Jimmy Bertrand in a jazz set. There are many memorable numbers among the 25 songs on this CD, including "Southern Rag," "He's in the Jailhouse Now," "Hot Potatoes" (an exuberant instrumental with Dodds), "Southbound Rag," and "No Dough Blues." Blind Blake at his best, but get all four volumes.

Vol.2 (1927-1928)

vols 3 & 4 will be posted tomorrow.

Various Artists - The Country Girls! 1927-1935

Album: The Country Girls! 1927-1935
Style: Country Blues
Released: 1964
Label: Original Jazz Library
File: MP3 320 Kbps
Size: 107 MB

Tracklist:
Lottie Kimbrough
- Wayward Girl Blues
- Rolling Log Blues
Geeshie Wiley
- Pick Poor Robin Clean
Rosie Mae Moore
- Stranger Blues
Lulu Jackson
- Careless Love Blues
Lillian Miller
- Dead Drunk Blues
Lucille Bogan
- I Hate That Train Called The M & O
Elvie Thomas
- Motherless Child Blues
Nellie Florence
- Jacksonville Blues
- Midnight Weeping Blues
Pearl Dickson
- Little Rock Blues
Memphis Minnie
- Where Is My Good Man
- Can't I Do It For You
Mae Glover
- Shake It Daddy
Lottie Kimbrough
- Going Away Blues

The Country Girls! 1927-1935

Mississippi John Hurt - Rediscovered

Genre: Blues
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Blues Revival, Field Recordings, Prewar Blues
Released: 1998
Label: Vanguard
File: mp3@256K/s
Size: 137.7 MB
Time: 75:10
Art: front

1. Coffee Blues - 3:46
2. I'm Satisfied - 2:54
3. Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor - 4:34
4. Monday Morning Blues - 3:57
5. Since I've Laid My Burden Down - 2:46
6. Stocktime (Buck Dance) - 2:04
7. Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight - 3:32
8. Richland Women Blues - 4:03
9. Keep On Knocking - 2:07
10. Stagolee - 5:37
11. Hop Joint - 2:09
12. Funky Butt - 1:57
13. It Ain't Nobody's Business - 2:34
14. Salty Dog Blues - 3:04
15. Candy Man - 2:56
16. You Are My Sunshine - 2:05
17. I've Got The Blues And I Can't Be Satisfied - 2:49
18. Nearer My God To Thee - 3:30
19. Shortnin' Bread - 2:15
20. Avalon, My Home Town - 3:43
21. First Shot Missed Him - 1:45
22. Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me - 3:21
23. Talking Casey - 5:07
24. Goodnight Irene - 2:24

Notes: John Hurt's playful country blues was first heard in the late 1920s, when he recorded a handful of poorly selling sides for Okeh Records. It wasn't until his rediscovery during the 1960s folk revival that his remarkable talent was fully appreciated. Hurt's rediscovery only lasted a few years--he died in 1966--but his legacy, preserved on several albums recorded for Vanguard during that period, is indeed daunting. Hurt's intricate fingerpicking style--evidenced here on popular pieces like "Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor," "Richland Women Blues," "Salty Dog Blues," and "Candy Man"--went on to influence a generation of urban folk and blues artists. His music remains a sweet reminder of the pre-depression-era ragtime blues of which he was a humble and subtle master. ~ Billy Altman

Rediscovered

Rory Block - Angel Of Mercy

File: VBR ~186K/s
Size: 59.4 MB
Time: 42:53
Released: 1994
Label: Rounder
Styles: Contemporary blues
Art: Front

(4:30) 1. Angel Of Mercy
(3:33) 2. It Ain't Right
(4:28) 3. I'll Be Gone
(4:15) 4. Who Was Calling
(4:28) 5. Somebody's Baby
(3:20) 6. Big Bad Agent Man
(3:38) 7. You Deserve The Best
(5:22) 8. Love Without The Heart
(9:14) 9. A Father And Two Sons

Block moves completely away from the blues form on this release, doing original pieces that evoke the familiar themes of alienation, anguish and romantic conflicts, but in a production climate geared more toward folk and singer/songwriter arrangements than 12-bar settings. She still plays excellent guitar solos and accompaniment, but her vocals are now powerful or mournful, questioning or declarative, and she's unconcerned with trying to capture the quality of someone else's compositions. The disc's final selection, the nine-minute-plus "A Father and Two Sons," reworks the biblical Prodigal son tale with a contemporary focus, featuring wonderful vocal interaction between Block and her son Jordan. This album showcases Rory Block's own sound and vision and deserves widespread praise and attention. ~Ron Wynn

Angel Of Mercy

Various Artists - Independent Women Blues, Vol. 3: Super Sisters

Album: Independent Women Blues, Vol. 3: Super Sisters
Style: Classic Female Blues
Released: 19??
Label: Rosetta
File: MP3 320 Kbps
Size: 111 MB
Art: Front and back

Tracklist:

I Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Break My Heart - Ida Cox
You've Got the Right Eye, But You're Peeping at the Wrong Keyhole - Bertha Idaho
Do What You Did Last Night - Helen Humes
Take Your Black Bottom Outside - Sara Martin
Junk Man - Mildred Bailey
Double Dozen - Sweet Pease Spivey
You Dirty No Gooder - Sweet Pease Spivey
Meat Balls - Lil Johnson
My Unusual Man - Trixie Smith
Jelly Roll Queen - Susie Hawthorne
Coffee Grindin' Blues - Lucille Bogan
I've Got Ford Movements in My Hips - Cleo Gibson
I Ain't Your Hen - Martha Copeland
Mr. Fly Rooster - Martha Copeland
Good Chib Blues - Edith North Johnson
Papa Tree Top Blues - Albennie Jones
Take Your Fingers Off It - Lizzie Miles
Ella Hums the Blues - Ella Fitzgerald

Independent Women Blues, Vol. 3: Super Sisters

Big Bill Broonzy - Blues Is My Business

File: mp3@224K/s
Size: 84.1 MB
Time: 51:24
Released: 2003
Label: Fuel 2000
Styles: Prewar blues, Acoustic Chicago blues
Art: Front

(3:11) 1. Baby Please Don't Go
(3:25) 2. In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)
(2:25) 3. St. Louis Blues
(4:44) 4. Feelin' Lowdown
(3:00) 5. See See Rider
(3:09) 6. All I Got Belongs To You
(4:56) 7. Ridin' On Down
(3:26) 8. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
(4:41) 9. I Got Up One Mornin' Blues
(3:13) 10. Treat Everybody
(2:31) 11. Down By The Riverside
(2:35) 12. Black, Brown, and White
(3:10) 13. This Train (Bound For Glory)
(1:59) 14. Midnight Special
(2:43) 15. I Get The Blues When It Rains
(2:09) 16. House Rent Stomp

Actually a reissue of Absolutely the Best, which appeared on the Varese Sarabande in 2000, with the addition of "House Rent Stomp," Blues Is My Business is far from the definitive Big Bill Broonzy (and certainly doesn't compare to the Trouble in Mind release on Smithsonian Folkways). Toward the end of his career, Broonzy slipped away from being the compleat bluesman who inspired Muddy Waters so much that he recorded a tribute to the master to become more of a folksinger, and that is more of the person reflected here. Granted, blues artists had a repertoire that extended beyond the blues, but "Down by the Riverside" and "In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down)" feel more like folk singalongs, and even on "I Got Up One Mornin' Blues" there's no real sense of anguish -- he's more going through the motions. Perhaps the biggest problem is that Broonzy simply doesn't inject enough of himself into this material. He was one of the greats, although you'd be hard pressed to discover it from this set. Blues was indeed his business, but from the sound of this, it was time to retire. ~Chris Nickson

Blues Is My Business

Various Artists - Rare and Hot! 1923-1926

Album: Rare and Hot! 1923-1926
Style: Classic Female Blues
Released: 1967
Label: Historical
File: MP3 320 Kbps
Size: 90 MB
Art: Front and back

Tracklist:
1 House Rent Blues Monette Moore
2 Work House Blues Monette Moore
3 Bye Bye Blues Monette Moore
4 Weeping Willow Blues Monette Moore
5 Black Sheep Blues Monette Moore
6 Undertaker's Blues Monette Moore
7 Lonesome for That Man of Mine Hazel Meyers
8 Strut Yo' Puddy Rosa Henderson
9 Somebody's Doing What You Wouldn't Do Rosa Henderson
10 Four Flushing Papa Lillian Goodner
11 Gonna Get Somebody's Daddy Lillian Goodner
12 Papa, If You Can Do Better Rosa Henderson
13 I'm Savin' It All for You Rosa Henderson
14 You'll Never Have No Luck by Quittin' Me Hazel Meyers

Notes:
Unlike Historical 28 (which uses the same title), this LP has material that is rare but not always all that hot. The emphasis is actually on the vocals of blues singers Monette Moore, Hazel Meyers, Rosa Henderson and Lillian Goodner. The backup groups include cornetists Louis Metcalf and Bubber Miley (before he found his sound), pianists Louis Hooper and Cliff Jackson and the terrible clarinetist Bob Fuller. Although some of the vocals are good, the accompaniment does not really help all that much and the personnel listings are sometimes inaccurate. This is a lesser item.

Rare and Hot! 1923-1926

Oscar Klein & Katie Kern - Pick-A-Blues

File: mp3@224K/s
Size: 99.7 MB
Time: 62:12
Released: 2001
Label: Jazzpoint
Styles: Contemporary blues
Art: Front

(4:14) 1. Going To New York
(4:43) 2. Moods
(7:02) 3. Long Lost Love
(2:59) 4. Honky Tonk Train Blues
(2:04) 5. Free My Mind
(6:21) 6. Blues For Django & Mezz
(2:56) 7. Pick That Thing "Dedicated To Albert Lee"
(2:09) 8. Cotton Fields Boogie
(6:57) 9. When The Saints
(4:19) 10. Boxer Boogie
(4:36) 11. Goin' To Chicago
(4:11) 12. C-Jam Blues
(4:58) 13. Caravan "A Tribute To Charly Antolini"
(4:35) 14. Blue Dreams

Jazz has always meant adventure to me and I have always been an adventurer, especially on August 25, 2001 when I took an unrehearsed quintet to Berlin-Koepenick, consisting of people that didn't know each other and had never played together. It turned out to be one of my best groups ever !

On August 27 we recorded this CD (14 tunes in one day) and again it came out beautifully, a complete panorama of every kind of BLUES. Since I've always been a BLUES lover, I felt much at ease with these wonderful young musicians that really felt the BLUES.

Oscar Klein (trumpet, clarinet, harmonica, guitar); Katie Kern (e-guitar, vocals); Chris Nemet (piano, body percussion); Jan Jankeje (double bass); Heini Altbart (drums)

Pick-A-Blues

Various Artists - Mississippi Country Blues - Vol. 2 (1938-1942)

Album: Mississippi Country Blues - Vol. 2 (1938-1942)
Styles: Delta Blues
Released: 1987
Label: Document
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 135.3 MB
Time: 59:04
Art: Front and back

Tommy McClennan
- Brown Skin Girl
- New Highway No. 51
- Whiskey Head Man
- Deep Blue Sea Blues
- I'm A Guitar King
- Mozelle Blues
- Mr. So And So Blues
- Bluebird Blues
John Henry Barbee
- Six Weeks Old Blues
- God Knows I Can't Help It
Willie "61" Blackwell
- She's Young And Wild
- Noiseless Motor Blues
- Don't Misuse Me, Baby
- Bald Eagle Blues
- Four O'Clock Flower Blues
- Chalk My To
- Machine Gun Blue
- Rampaw Street Blue
John Henry Barbee
- You'll Work Down To Me Someday
- Against My Will

Mississippi Country Blues - Vol. 2 (1938-1942)

Daddy Squeeze And The Doctor - Too Sweet To Die

Style: Contemporay Acoustic Blues, Folk, Country on Guitar and Accordion
Recorded: 1997
Released: 1998
Label: Praire Dog Music
File: mp3 @ 320kbps
Size: 107.16 MB
Time: 44:08
Art: Front Cover

1. Travelin' - 4:19
2. Windin' Boy Blues - 3:22
3. Papa Don't Sell It, Papa Don't Give It Away - 3:07
4. Wayfarin' Stranger - 3:11
5. The Journey - 5:28
6. Get Some Of This - 3:35
7. James Alley Blues (Too Sweet To Die) - 3:42
8. Ol' Levis - 3:41
9. Hellhound On My Trail - 4:32
10. All Wore Out - 2:46
11. I Can't Be Satisfied - 3:54
12. Child Of God - 2:26

Personnel:
Daddy Squeeze (Dan Newton) - Accordion, Vocals
The Doctor (John Walker) - Guitars, Vocals

Notes: Daddy Squeeze and the Doctor have been performing together since 1980. They create a unique sound for the blues, blending Dr.John Walker's percussive finger-picking and slide guitar with Dan Newton's bluesy accordion squeezins', and topping it off with a layer of full-throated call-and-answer vocals. Country blues, rags, hollers, Cajun two-steps and American folk ballads are on the menu when Daddy Squeeze and the Doctor serve up an evening of musical gumbo, one that will find a way to appeal to almost anyone's musical taste-buds.
'Too Sweet To Die' was recorded in 1997, and is his third album. This is an intimate journey through traditional and original concepts in blues, gospel and folk music. Highlights include Rabbit Brown's moving 'James Alley Blues', Robert Johnson's haunting 'Hellhound On My Trail', the rollicking 'Pappa Don't Sell It, Don't Give it Away' from the Wampus Cats, and Walker's original song of the road, 'Travelin''. Movement is the theme on 'Too Sweet to Die', which includes 'Wayfarin' Stranger', 'The Journey', based on a poem by Mary Oliver, and 'Child of God', a song about the journey of the spirit.

Too Sweet To Die

Harry Manx & Kevin Breit - In Good We Trust

Genre: Blues
Styles: Slide Guitar Blues, Raga, Modern Acoustic Blues, New Acoustic
Recorded: 2006
Released: 2007
Label: Stony Plain
File: mp3@VBR ~191K/s
Size: 60.0 MB
Time: 44:40
Art: front + back

1. I'm on Fire - 3:43
2. Sometimes - 4:55
3. Bottom of the Hill - 3:38
4. Better Man's Waltz - 3:01
5. Death Have Mercy - 4:44
6. Steal 6 - 5:15
7. Ship of Fools - 4:28
8. In Good We Trust - 2:47
9. Hang on - 5:01
10. Don't Swim, Float - 2:49
11. Sisters - 4:14

Personnel:
Harry Manx - Guitar (Acoustic, Slide, Lap Steel), Banjo, Drums, Vocals, Mohan Vina
Kevin Breit - Guitar (Acoustic, Electric, Slide, National Steel), Bass, Mandolin, Tamboura, Mandola, Mandocello, Bazouki, Vocals (bckgr)

Notes: The follow-up to this pair's Jubilee album finds them basically starting where they left off. And fans should be thankful for that. The instrumentation is top-notch and the selections seem to suit the record perfectly. A great example of this is the haunting but folksy reworking of Bruce Springsteen's "I'm on Fire," which is still dark but has a certain hint of brightness thanks to the use of bazouki and tamboura. However, the original material definitely measures up to the covers, especially the smooth and tender "Sometimes," which glides along effortlessly. Meanwhile, Manx and Breit weave more magic with the strolling, ambling "Bottom of the Hill," which is quite catchy. Think of a song by Kieran Kane and Kevin Welch and it's a fair comparison. This is definitely truer during the rootsy and looser "Steal," as Manx and Breit mix roots, folk, and blues impressively. The album is offset, though, by pretty instrumentals, the first being "Better Man Blues," which has an airy yet dark quality running through it, resembling a piece of a soundtrack score thatMark Knopfler hasn't gotten around to yet. However, a rather heady, psychedelic-era tune called "Death Have Mercy" brings to mind Jeff Beck's work circa Frankie's House. Meanwhile, the title track is the Delta blues personified, even if there are flourishes of guitar strumming over the standard slow-creeping blues chords. For the homestretch, Manx and Breit create the gorgeous and cozy "Hang On," which sounds like it was recorded in one take as the sun was coming up. The album, as it states on its cover, is indeed supreme quality. ~ Jason MacNeil

In Good We Trust

John Hammond Jr. - Footwork

Genre: Blues
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Blues Revival
Released: 1978
Label: Vanguard
File: mp3@VBR ~221K/s (from vinyl)
Size: 53.2 MB
Time: 34:01
Art: front

1. Preaching Blues - 4:24
2. Crossroads Blues - 3:08
3. Broke Down Engine - 3:22
4. Who Do You Love - 3:12
5. Forty Four Riflle Blues - 4:20
6. Ask Me Nice - 2:52
7. Driving Wheel - 3:21
8. Every Body Crying' Mercy - 3:02
9. Go No Further - 2:44
10. Come On In My Kitchen - 3:32

Personnel:
John Hammond, Jr. - Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Roosevelt Sykes - Piano (5, 7)

Notes: A blues purist, John Hammond came to prominence in the mid-'60s and recorded for the prestigious Vanguard label, earning himself the title of "the white Robert Johnson" with his authentic National Steel guitar, voice, and harmonica blues. Highly praised in the blues and folk worlds, Hammond led a career spanning four decades with outstanding dedication to the purity of the blues. The Band served as rhythm section on some of his albums, but solo is arguably the best way to hear him -- with no discredit to Robbie Robertson and company. It's just that Hammond is that kind of artist. Footwork was recorded in isolation by Hammond alone in 1978. The album is haunting in its pragmatic recording; every nuance of his gravelly voice and subtle inflection of the guitar and harmonica reverberate with an intimacy that had defined Delta blues. Such an ethic had become increasingly rare in the commercial world of watered-down or over-produced blues music of the time. Of the few artists working in authentic blues and folk, John Hammond is extraordinary, duly praised and loved by artists from the Rolling Stones to Bert Jansch. ~ Skip Jansen, AMG

This is vinyl released 1978, also released 2003 (Universe Italy) with 8 bonus tracks.

Footwork

Gale Mead - Live at Jessel's

File: mp3@VBR ~209K/s
Size: 64.7 MB
Time: 44:22
Released: 2007
Label: (Self Released)
Styles: Folk-blues
Art: Front

(2:48) 1. The Wind
(2:26) 2. Big Yellow Taxi
(3:04) 3. Hope Mountain
(3:43) 4. Abilene (The Eisenhower Waltz)
(2:53) 5. Drinkin' 'Bout You
(4:56) 6. Harvest Moon
(4:26) 7. Letters Home
(4:32) 8. Keep Me in Your Heart
(3:01) 9. Here Comes the Sun
(5:10) 10. Turtle Blues
(3:45) 11. Secret o' Life
(3:33) 12. Got You On My Mind

A remarkable vocal talent who delivers ethereal beauty and bawdy blues with equal ease, Napa, CA native Gale Mead sings with depth, honesty, and heart. Interpreting songs ranging from folk-rock classics to favorite standards to hard-hitting blues, her voice carries audiences on a unique journey through the emotional landscapes of hope, joy, and love. Themes of peace and freedom shine through in her original songs, and in shimmering renditions of classics by some of the great songwriters of our time. This live performance was recorded in November, 2006 at the Jessel Gallery in Napa, CA.

new link: Live at Jessel's

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gospel Feeling

Genre: Blues & Gospel
Styles: Gospel, Acoustic Blues,
Classic Female Blues
Recorded: 1966
Released: 2007
Label: Jade, France
File: mp3; 320 Kbps
Size: 103.0 MB
Time: 43:20
Art: Booklet
More info:
http://www.jdscomm.com
http://www.hot-club.asso.fr

01. This Train 5:30
02. I'm Gonna Wait Until My Change Come 3:51
03. Jesus Met Woman At The Well 6:50
04. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands 2:52
05. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen 4:37
06. That's All 3:12
07. Walk All Over God's Heaven 2:23
08. Go Ahead 2:37
09. Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho 2:32
10. Traveling Shoes 1:43
11. Got Tell It On The Mountains 1:36
12. Take My Hand Precious Lord 5:30

Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Guitar & Vocals

Recorded Live at The Hot Club De France, 1966.
© 1966/2000 Milan/Jade (BMG) Records
http://www.jade-music.com

Sister Rosetta Tharpe, born March 20, 1915, was a gospel artist who attained great popularity in the 1930s and 1940s with a unique mixture of Holiness vocals and jazzy guitar accompaniment.
Willing to cross the line between sacred and secular music by singing in nightclubs and with big bands behind her, her witty, idiosyncratic style also left a lasting mark on more conventional gospel artists, such as Ira Tucker, Sr. of the Dixie Hummingbirds. While she offended conservative churchgoers with her forays into the world of pop music, she never left gospel music.
Born Rosetta Nubin in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, she began performing at age four, billed as "Little Rosetta Nubin, the singing and guitar playing miracle", accompanying her mother, Church of God in Christ (COGIC) evangelist Katie Bell Nubin, who played mandolin and preached at tent revivals throughout the South.

Exposed to both blues and jazz both in the South and after her family moved to Chicago in the late 1920s, she played blues and jazz in private, while performing gospel music in public settings. Her unique style reflected those secular influences: she bent notes the way that jazz artists did and picked guitar like Memphis Minnie. She passed on October 9, 1973, after another stroke, on the eve of a scheduled recording session.

With a voice capable of shifting from hushed intimacy to roof-raising power, and a guitar style that merged country-blues with jazz, Sister Rosetta Tharpe was a completely unique performer. Primarily a gospel artist, she recognized no difference between the sacred and the personal, singing spirituals with a blues feeling and attacking the blues with gospel fervor.

Live at the Hot Club de France was recorded in 1966. At first, Sister Rosetta Tharpe seems a little uneasy in front of the French audience, but she soon loosens up, tearing through a set of spiritual standards (plus a handful of originals). There isn't much guitar on the record, but Tharpe's impassioned voice makes this a concert worth hearing.

Gospel Feeling

Stainless Blues Band - Acoustic

Styles: acoustic contemporary and classic
Released: 1997
Label: ?
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 116,9 MB
Time: 51:04
Art: yes

1. Crossroads [4:36]
2. Walkin' Blues [3:38]
3. I Can't Be Satisfied [3:31]
4. Sugar Mama [4:03]
5. I'm Gonna Leave You Baby [2:52]
6. All Your Love [3:44]
7. Lightnin' [5:29]
8. I Want To Be Loved [2:57]
9. Bright Light Big City [3:37]
10. Brown Stone [2:52]
11. Everyday I Have The Blues [2:26]
12. Sitting On Top Of The World [3:27]
13. Eyes Like A Cat [3:08]
14. Little Wing [4:37]

Notes:

Boris N. Bulkin - is one of most famous musicians on russian blues stage. He got a very spicy kind of vocal and own "non-classical" guitar playing style. Very long time Bulkin has got many followes, that are now russian famous blues and rock guitarists. Boris and “Stainless Blues Band” played in "Russia" concert hall in together concert with Chuck Berry, that had Moscow tour at 1997. Bulkin began his musician one's career since 1970. Since 1982 'till 1986 - B.B. was a guitarist in famous russian blues group "Liga Bluza" ("Blues League") of Nikolay Arutyunov. From 1974 before today Bulkin created four serious projects:
1974 - 1982 “Weekend”
1986 - 2002 “Volnyi Stil” ("Free Style")
1994 - 1995 “Hot Style Вand”
Since 1994 - “Stainless Blues Band”
Now “Stainless Blues Band” plays about 20 concerts monthly in the different Moscow night clubs and at other cities stages.
15 years of stage activity made SBB a regular club band in Moscow. The group has got a big experience of the work on the different stages - from the little pubs to the stadiums.
“Stainless Blues Band” music - is a fusion of old blues spirit and new rock traditions power. In group's playlist You can find the songs of world music stars : Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter, Eric Clapton, Santana, Sting, Stevie Wonder, “Animals”, "Rolling Stones"... But any old hit in SBB version sounds absolutely different way, sometime in really hard performance. But always SBB plays in the concerts traditional blues numbers.
"Everyday I have the BLUES"!! :-)

Борис Николаевич Булкин - одна из самых узнаваемых личностей на Российской блюзовой сцене. Обладает характерным специфическим вокалом и собственной "неклассической" техникой игры на гитаре. Является наставником многих нынешних известных блюзовых и рок-музыкантов. Со своей группой “Stainless Blues Band” выступал в концертном зале гостиницы "Россия" на совместном концерте с приехавшей на гастроли в Москву звездой рок-н-ролла мирового уровня - Чака Берри. Начал музыкальную карьеру в 1970 г. C 1982 г. по 1986 г. гитарист группы Николая Арутюнова “Лига Блюза”. За период с 1974 по настоящий момент создал четыре известных проекта:
1974 - 1982 г.г. “Уикенд”
1986 - 2002 г.г. “Вольный стиль”
1994 - 1995 г.г. “Hot Style Вand”
С 1994 г. - “Stainless Blues Band”
В настоящее время с группой “Stainless Blues Band” даёт до 20-ти концертов в месяц на московских и выездных площадках.
За 15 лет музыкальной практики коллектив “Stainless Blues Band” стал постоянным номером программы московских клубов. За годы своего существования команда приобрела большой опыт работы на самых разных сценах – от малых концертных залов до стадионов. Cпособность раскачивать большие залы сочетается с умением ненавязчиво вливаться в атмосферу тихих уютных помещений.
В музыке “Stainless Blues Band” постоянно переплетается дух старинных блюзов и рок-музыки. Вольный подход к аранжировкам известных хитов таких исполнителей как Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter, Eric Clapton, Santana, Sting, Stevie Wonder, “Animals”, "Rolling Stones" и свой специфический, иногда весьма жёсткий саунд, придают звучанию команды особый колорит. Но красной нитью в творчестве коллектива проходит, конечно, блюз.

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Various Artists - Mississippi Country Blues - Vol. 1 (1935-1951)

Album: Mississippi Country Blues - Vol. 1 (1935-1951)
Styles: Delta Blues
Released: 1987
Label: Document DLP 519
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 109.8 MB
Time: 47:57
Art: Front and Back

1. Robert Johnson - Ramblin' On My Mind [2:17]
2. Robert Johnson - Come On In My Kitchen [2:38]
3. Robert Johnson - Phonograph Blues [2:35]
4. Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues [2:36]
5. Robert Johnson - Little Queen Of Spades [2:15]
6. Robert Johnson - Drunken Hearted Man [2:26]
7. Robert Johnson - Stop Breakin' Down Blues [2:22]
8. Robert Johnson - Love In Vain [2:17]
9. Otto Virgial - Got The Blues About Rome [2:54]
10. Otto Virgial - Seven Year Itch [3:19]
11. Robert Lockwood - Black Spider Blues [2:55]
12. Robert Lockwood - I'm Gonna Train My Baby [2:54]
13. Robert Lockwood - Little Boy Blue [2:59]
14. Robert Lockwood - Take A Little Walk With Me [2:52]
15. Robert Lockwood - I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole [2:35]
16. Robert Lockwood - Dust My Broom [2:38]
17. Otto Virgial - Little Girl In Rome [2:36]
18. Otto Virgial - Bad Notion Blues [2:41]

Mississippi Country Blues - Vol. 1 (1935-1951)

Harry Manx & Kevin Breit - Jubilee

File: mp3@224K/s
Size: 82.3 MB
Time: 51:22
Released: 2003
Label: Northern Blues
Styles: Slide guitar blues, Raga
Art: Front

(4:00) 1. Diving Duck Blues
(1:31) 2. When Abbott Met Costello
(4:28) 3. Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues
(3:33) 4. No Particular Place To Be / Itchy Knees & Elbows
(3:45) 5. Take This Hammer
(1:57) 6. Curly Ray And His Brother
(3:58) 7. Funny Business
(1:29) 8. Raga Gujari-Jodi
(4:23) 9. Unmoved By Love
(4:35) 10. Taking It To The Streets
(7:18) 11. Weary And You Run
(3:25) 12. Tell Me About The Blues Highway, Grampa
(4:14) 13. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
(2:40) 14. Lastly Tender

Harry Manx is a kind of blues loner: He plays a unique East-meets-West blues that's more intellectual than the usual 12-bar jams. On Jubilee, he tries to be sociable by teaming up with jazz session guitarist Kevin Breit. And while their musical party is mostly a satisfying endeavor, it's too up and down to count as a joyous noise. In many cases, the album sounds much like a Manx solo outing. The down-and-out theme of "Weary and You Run," as well as Manx's Indian-influenced guitar sound, could have come from any of his albums. He plays slide guitar with the weight of the world in every note -- sorrow and seriousness penetrate every note. Breit's influence lightens the tone a bit, especially on the instrumental back and forth of "When Abbott Met Costello" and the upbeat and slightly off-kilter "No Particular Place to Be/Itchy Knees." His limited vocal range is evident on faster tempo songs, like "Funny Business," hinting that he might want to stick to what he knows best. In addition to originals, the duo takes on some interesting covers, to mixed results. Kudos are deserved for their version of the Doobie Brothers' "Taking It to the Streets," which sounds like Steely Dan and Ravi Shankar decided to jam together. Manx's seriousness adds another dimension to the light-hearted "Diving Duck Blues," one of the album's highlights. When he sings "If the river was whiskey and I was a diving duck, I'm going to swim to the bottom and you know I'm never, ever coming up," you wonder if he actually might do it. But they should have stopped before they got to Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile." They riff on an abstraction of the main hook, losing much of the soul of the song, and the cool tact they use, sucks the beauty from the original. A jubilee is a supposed to be a celebration of grand proportions, and this one doesn't make it out of the soiree stage. ~Michael Gowan

new link: Jubilee

Various Artists - Mississippi Blues Soundtrack

Album: Mississippi Blues Soundtrack
Style: Delta Blues
Released: 1989
Label: Milan
File: MP3 320 Kbps
Size: 85 MB

Tracklist:

1 Down Home Blues Roosevelt Barnes
2 Every Time She Goes By Roosevelt Barnes
3 I Want to Go Home Roosevelt Barnes
4 Shake Baby Shake Thomas R. Gerlach
5 Let's Boogie Joe Cooper
6 Liberty Oxford Community Choir
7 Make Me Better Oxford Community Choir
8 Chanps Elysées Blues Arthur Oneica
9 Highway 61 Joe Cooper
10 I Got Somebody Wagon Joe Cooper
11 Greenville [Solo D'Harmonica] Mills

Notes:
A pleasant and sometimes off-the-wall journey through Southern culture, in a local manifestation, is offered in Mississippi Blues by the French co-director Bertrand Tavernier (with American Robert Parrish). A broad spectrum of politics, gospel and blues, literature (native son William Faulkner), religion, and social customs perceived from a foreigner's viewpoint is presented and discussed with interest and warmth in this documentary on the multifaceted South.

Mississippi Blues Soundtrack

Tom Ball And Kenny Sultan - Filthy Rich

Style: Contemporary Acoustic Country Blues, Progressive Bluegrass
Recorded: 1993
Released: 1993
Label: Flying Fish
File: mp3 @ 320kbps
Size: 104.77 MB
Time: 43:03
Art: Front Cover

1. My Six Reasons - 2:51
2. My Last Meal - 3:37
3. Don't Pay Me No Mind - 4:22
4. Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound - 3:33
5. Buck Rag - 2:59
6. All Talk And No Action - 2:54
7. Filthy Rich - 2:43
8. Honey Bee - 3:54
9. Mind Your Own Business - 3:17
10. Cigarette Blues - 4:07
11. Glory Of Love/Swingin' On A Star - 2:22
12. Tater Pie - 2:59
13. When The Evenin' Sun Goes Down - 3:19

Personnel:
Tom Ball - Harmonica, Vocals
Kenny Sultan - Guitars
with:
Dean Dods - Tuba
Jody Eulitz - Drums
Tom Lee, Randy Tico - Upright Bass
Byron Berline - Fiddle

Notes: From Santa Barbara, California, Tom Ball (b.1950) and Kenny Sultan (b.1955) began working together in 1979. Twenty years on, they had covered (they estimated) more than a million miles in 12 countries, used up five vehicles and put in seven and a half thousand hours on stage performing circa 85000 songs(!).Both have written instrumental tutors.
" Over the years, Tom Ball has worn two different hats equally well. He is an acoustic guitar-playing folk instrumentalist in the John Fahey/Leo Kottke/Robbie Basho vein, but he is best known for being half of the acoustic blues-oriented duo Tom Ball & Kenny Sultan. On Filthy Rich, Ball's role isn't that of a guitarist - Sultan does most of the guitar playing, while Ball is primarily in charge of singing and playing harmonica. Ball is in picker mode when he is unaccompanied on a medley of 'The Glory of Love' and 'Swingin' on a Star'; this medley shows what Ball can do as a folk instrumentalist and an unaccompanied acoustic guitarist. And Sultan is the unaccompanied folk picker on the instrumental 'Buck Rag.' But most of the time, Ball and Sultan work together as a team and concentrate on the blues - usually acoustic blues, although they detour into electric Chicago blues on Muddy Waters' 'Honey Bee.' The refreshing thing about Filthy Rich and other Ball/Sultan releases is their loose, informal quality. Ball and Sultan don't do anything slick on Filthy Rich; they come across as two musical friends who are getting together and having a good-natured, unpretentious dialogue, and this informal quality serves them well whether they are turning their attention to Waters' 'Honey Bee' or Hank Williams Sr.'s 'Mind Your Own Business' (which was a major hit for the seminal honky tonker in the late '40s). Those who want to hear an entire album of Ball playing instrumental folk on the acoustic guitar would do well to check out his 1987 session Guitar Music - that CD is a fine example of what Ball can do as a picker. But those who like him as a blues singer/harmonica player can't go wrong with the consistently pleasing Filthy Rich. " ~~ by Alex Henderson

Filthy Rich

Colin Linden - From The Water

File: mp3@224K/s
Size: 90.9 MB
Time: 56:42
Released: 2009
Label: True North
Styles: Contemporary blues
Art: Front

(4:52) 1. From The Water
(4:19) 2. Mon Couer Est Dans Tes Mains
(2:43) 3. Built Right On The Ground
(4:26) 4. Smoke 'Em All
(4:27) 5. Trouble Only Comes In 3's
(3:36) 6. Between The Darkness And The Light Of Day
(3:43) 7. I Have Seen A Miracle
(3:10) 8. Devilment
(3:45) 9. John Lennon In New Orleans
(3:59) 10. Later Than You Think
(4:24) 11. The Price You Pay
(4:10) 12. Sinking Down Slow
(5:26) 13. The Heaven Me
(3:35) 14. God Will Always Remember Your Prayers

Simply calling Canadian expat Colin Linden a roots artist is technically true, but, like pigeonholing Emmylou Harris as just another country singer, sells his substantial talents short. The singer/songwriter and guitarist is well known in his home country through a steady stream of solo projects (this is his tenth not counting a compilation) since 1987, as a prolific sideman and producer and for his occasional work as one third of Blackie & the Rodeo Kings, but less so in the States, where he resided in 2009 when this album was released. Like the music of the Band, a group that has strongly influenced his sound, this is a diverse affair. Linden's expressive and homespun voice is also eerily similar to a combination of the Band's Richard Manuel and Rick Danko. Those familiar with Linden's previous discs will find this a more subdued but no less moving set. It's dedicated to his late longtime friend and accompanist, keyboardist Richard Bell, who also co-wrote one of the songs. From the acoustic country-folk of the opening title track to the retro, Presley-styled bluesy swagger of "Trouble Only Comes in 3's" and the '60s slow prom dance of "John Lennon in New Orleans," Linden shifts his approach but maintains a grounded, earthy vibe that glides from hypnotic to entrancing. He brings in the Memphis Horns, who blow sweet on the R&B-infused yet laid-back "Between the Darkness and the Light of Day." Another veteran cohort, John Whynot, is also aboard as engineer, and the often languid groove created by hanging out with old friends gives the session a warm, comfy, inviting vibe. That's true even when he's rocking out on "The Price You Pay," the toughest moment here.

Three of these tunes have already been released in different arrangements on Paul Reddick's Sugarbird album that Linden produced, co-wrote, and considers a companion piece to this. Linden has never shied away from his spiritual leanings, but even on material such as "The Heaven Me," one of a few tributes to Richard Bell, and "I Have Seen a Miracle," his lyrics are never overbearing and the accompanying music throbs with soulful bluesy power. Even on the cautionary "Later Than You Think" and closing gospel-folk of "God Will Always Remember Your Prayer," Linden's most directly spiritual composition, his rustic voice and immaculate picking keep the track lively and grounded. Beautifully produced (by Linden) and recorded, From the Water is another in a series of Colin Linden albums that show he's as talented an artist in his own right as he is a producer and sideman for dozens of others. Existing fans will be delighted with this classy and emotionally affecting collection and newcomers can start here before working their way back through his thick and impressive catalog. ~Hal Horowitz

From The Water

Various Artists - Too Late Too Late Blues Vol. 13

Album: Too Late Too Late Blues Vol. 13
Style: Blues Compilation
Released: 2000
Label: Document
File: MP3 128 Kbps
Size: 70 MB
Art: Full

Tracklist:
Daisy Martin
01 - (1921) Royal garden blues (take a)
Juanita Stinette Chappelle
02 - (1921) I got to cool my doggies now
Archie Harrod
03 - (1922) The dog, the flea and the bumble bee
04 - When Malindy sings
Georgia Harvey
05 - (1922) Just because you are you
06 - Castaway
Helen Baxter
07 - (1923) She walked right up and took my man away (take b)
Norfolk Jubilee Quartet
08 - (1924) Eziekel saw the wheel (1813-1)
Viola McCoy & Billy Higgins
09 - (1924) I don`t want nobody (that don't want me)
Clarence Williams & Clarence Todd
10 - (1924) Just a cotton picker's blues
11 - Temptation blues
Ida Cox
12 - (1925) Aching blues
Trixie Smith
13 - (1925) Love me like you used to do (take 1)
Ma Rainey
14 - (1926) Jealousy blues (take 4)
Katherine Baker
15 - (1927) I had to come back home blues
Anna Bell
16 - (1928) Lock step blues
Famous Hokum Boys
17 - (1930) Nancy Jane (take 2)
Bert Howell
18 - (1931) I'll be smiling when you're crying
19 - You're driving me crazy
Kokomo Arnold
20 - (1935) Biscuit roller blues (take b)
Bill Gaither
21 - (1937) Rocky Mountain blues (take a)
Curtis Jones
22 - (1938) Reefer hound blues (take 4 alt.)
Mattie Hardy w Joe Williams & his Chicago Swingers
23 - (1938) I love my baby
'Creole' George Guesnon
24 - Mississippi town (Jackson blues) (take B)

Too Late Too Late Blues Vol. 13

Big Joe Williams - These Are My Blues

Genre: Blues
Styles: Delta Blues, Country Blues
Released: 1998
Label: Testament
File: mp3@256K/s
Size: 77.6 MB
Time: 42:22
Art: full

1. Baby, Please Don't Go - 3:54
2. A Man Amongst Men - 2:49
3. Sun Never Go Down - 2:53
4. Mellow Peaches - 2:56
5. '56 Plymouth - 3:09
6. Good Morning, Little Schoolgirl - 2:31
7. These Are My Blues (Gonna Sing 'Em For Myself) - 2:20
8. Put On Your Nightcap - 1:48
9. Highway 49 - 1:54
10. Bottle Up And Go - 1:57
11. Lowdown Dirty Shame - 2:36
12. Sloppy Drunk - 2:02
13. Vitamin A Blues - 2:27
14. You Are My Sunshine - 1:24
15. Boogie Chillun - 1:17
16. Don't Want No Arkansas Woman - 3:15
17. Rock Me, Mama - 3:01

Notes: These are the blues as you've never heard them before. Recorded live at Rockford College in 1965 and released 33 years later, These Are My Blues is the legendary Big Joe Williams--whose career spanned nearly 60 years--in fine form, playing Delta blues on an electrically amplified nine-string guitar. He uses the tremolo extensively throughout; the result is a shivering sound that feels just right on blues classics like "Baby, Please Don't Go" and "Lowdown Dirty Shame." There's also a cover of "You Are My Sunshine," which one would not expect to come off well, but which turns out to be oddly appealing. The between-song patter is almost as interesting as the songs themselves; among other things, we learn that this performance of "A Man Amongst Men" is dedicated to President Kennedy. If nothing else, These Are My Blues is proof positive that the blues and electronics can mix. ~ Genevieve Williams

These Are My Blues

Little Willie Littlefield - I'm In The Mood

File: mp3@VBR ~213K/s
Size: 103.1 MB
Time: 66:29
Released: 1998
Label: Oldie Blues
Styles: Piano blues, Boogie woogie
Art: Front

(2:50) 1. Farmsound Boogie
(2:21) 2. Houseparty
(2:28) 3. Holland Boogie Wiggle
(3:03) 4. Beggin'
(1:33) 5. Chief Boogie Woogie
(4:51) 6. Raining
(2:43) 7. Walking Through The Streets
(4:11) 8. Just Relax
(2:36) 9. Willie Rolls The Boogie Woogie
(3:50) 10. Then I Wonder
(3:14) 11. Jump The Boogie Woogie
(3:22) 12. Rollin' The Basses
(3:35) 13. Boogie Woogie Playgirl
(3:26) 14. The Breeze
(1:57) 15. Little Willie's Boogie
(2:30) 16. Ain't A Better Story To Be Told
(3:22) 17. Riffin' Along
(3:07) 18. One More Drink
(4:40) 19. Found My Baby
(2:09) 20. A Little Cure
(4:32) 21. Jive At Five

When these tracks were recorded in 1982-1983 Willie Littlefield was in his early fifties. His vitality and enthusiasm are evident in the performances wich were originally released on two Oldie Blues LP's, "Houseparty" and "I'm in the mood". The menu consists of a mixture of blues and predominantly, boogie woogie in a variety of settings; solo instrumentals, solo piano and vocal, sometimes accompanied by bass and drums, sometimes by just drums, sometimes by sax and drums. Willie wrote all the numbers with the exception of Amos Milburn's "One More Drink", some being remakes of earlier triumphs. This is Little Willie Littlefield,wizard of the keyboard, at his lively best- a boogie and blues extravaganza.

I'm In The Mood

Various Artists - Too Late Too Late Blues Vol. 12

Album: Too Late Too Late Blues Vol. 12
Style: Blues Compilation
Released: 2000
Label: Document
File: MP3 128 Kbps
Size: 67 MB
Art: Full

Tracklist:
Ciro`s Club Coon Orchestra
01 - (1917) Boy of mine
02 - Clef Club march
Sonny Clay
03 - (1923) Gang of blues
04 - Punishing the piano
Stove Pipe Jazz Band
05 - (1924) Six Street blues
06 - Spanish Rag
Gus Mulcay
07 - (1926) The St. Louis blues
08 - Farewell blues
Charlie 'Dad' Nelson
09 - (1926) Cotton field blues (take 2)
Herman Perry and his banjo
10 - (1927) Muddy Water
Taylor`s Kentucky Boys
11 - (1927) Sourwood Mountain
Blind Arthur Blake
12 - (1927) Brownskin mama blues
Southern Blues Singers
13 - (1929) Doodlin' back
Lillie Mae
14 - (1930) Buggy jail house blues
W M Smith
15 - (1932)Sally Gooden
Walter Roland & Sonny Scott
16 - (1933) Frisco blues (take 1 - test)
Convicts of Cummins Farm, Gould, Ark.
17 - (1934) Rock Island line
Convicts of Bellwood Prison Camp, Atlanta, GA
18 - (1934) The longest train I ever saw
Frank Evans
19 - (1936) Red River blues
Sam Carter & Group
20 - (1936) High-rolling sergeant
The Yas Yas Girl - Merline Johnson
21 - (1937) Please come back to me
22 - Love shows weakness (take 2 - test)
Lil Johnson
23 - (1937) Get me out of that crack
Hollis 'Fat Head' Washington
24 - (1939) Early in the morning
Leadbelly
25 - (1948) Gallows pole

Too Late Too Late Blues Vol. 12

Layla Zoe - The Firegirl

File: mp3@224K/s
Size: 67.4 MB
Time: 42:03
Released: 2009
Label: (Self released)
Styles: Folk blues, Roots
Art: Front

(4:09) 1. Long Black Glove
(5:07) 2. The Hermit
(2:47) 3. I've Been Down
(3:41) 4. Lay Your Hands On Me
(5:39) 5. Desperation
(3:44) 6. Miner's Hole
(1:34) 7. I Hope She Loves You Like I Do
(7:26) 8. Birthday Song
(5:06) 9. Crazy Man Eyes
(2:46) 10. That Would Be So Sweet

New album of all original singer songwriter tracks by the award winning blues and roots singer Layla Zoe who has been titled 'Canada's Darling of the blues' and 'the Reincarnate of Janis Joplin.' Layla Zoe has performed for audiences all over the world and is being considered for a film about Janis Joplin's life.

The Firegirl

Jeremy Spencer - In Session

File: mp3@VBR ~195K/s
Size: 68.0 MB
Time: 49:09
Released: 2008
Label: Dream Catcher
Styles: British blues, Contemporary blues
Art: Front

(3:11) 1. Red Hot Mama
(3:09) 2. Sea Of Love
(2:43) 3. Apron Strings
(3:50) 4. You Don't Have To Be Black To Be Blue
(2:25) 5. Many Sparrows (Instrumental)
(1:53) 6. Pointed Toe Shoes
(4:35) 7. Psychic Waste
(4:11) 8. Bitter Lemon
(4:38) 9. Double Trouble
(3:09) 10. The Sky Is Crying
(4:04) 11. It Hurts Me Too
(3:23) 12. Doctor J
(4:25) 13. Shake Your Money Maker
(3:29) 14. Trouble And Woe

Recorded live in the studio at John Henry's Studio London on the 31st August 2005, this collection of live tracks sees the ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist doing what he does best; includes a few Elmore James and other covers plus a smattering of his own new compositions, presented in a digipak picture sleeve).

In Session

Various Artists - Too Late Too Late Blues Vol. 11

Album: Too Late Too Late Blues Vol. 11
Styles: Blues Compilation
Released: 2000
Label: Document
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 157.9 MB
Time: 68:58
Art: Full covers

01 - Papa Charlie Jackson (1924-1926) Salt Lake City blues (take 1)
02 - Salty dog blues (take 1)
03 - Shave `em dry (take 1)
04 - Coffee pot blues (take 2)
05 - Shake that thing (take 1)
06 - The faking blues (take 1)
07 - I`m going where the chilly winds don`t blow (take 1)
08 - Mumsy mumsy blues (take 1)
09 - Ma Rainey (1925-1926) Stormy sea blues (take 2)
10 - Broken hearted blues (take 1)
11 - Blind Lemon Jefferson (1926) Got the blues (2471-1)
12 - Long lonesome blues (2472-2)
13 - Corinna blues (take 1)
14 - Charlie Dad Nelson (1926) Red river blues (take 2)
15 - Blind Blake (1927-1931) Dry bone shuffle (take 2)
16 - Keep it home (take 2)
17 - Rope stretchin` blues - part 1 (take 1)
18 - El Watson with the Johnson Brothers (1927) The soldier`s poor little boy
19 - Ezra Howlett Shelton (1928) Gonna quit that man and how!
20 - Hokum Boys (1929) Somebody`s been using that thing no. 2 (take 2)
21 - Jim Jackson (1928-1929) Jim Jackson`s Kansas City blues - pt. 2 (c-1634)
22 - Mean woman blues
23 - Robert Johnson (1937) Traveling riverside blues (take 1)
24 - Dixie Harmony Four (1939) Poor stranger blues

Too Late Too Late Blues Vol. 11

Axe Masterson - Back Porch Serenade

File: mp3@224K/s
Size: 52.5 MB
Time: 32:44
Released: 2007
Label: (Self Released)
Styles: Acoustic blues
Art: Front

(3:04) 1. Stack O'Lee Blues
(3:06) 2. 32-20 Blues
(2:29) 3. If I Had My Way
(3:01) 4. Louis Collins
(3:24) 5. Preachin' Blues
(3:55) 6. Death Letter
(2:50) 7. Sitting on Top of the World
(2:48) 8. Death don't Have No Mercy
(3:26) 9. Shiny Creek Bounce Pt 1
(3:27) 10. Shiny Creek Bounce Pt 3
(1:10) 11. A Qwik Dustin' (radio promo/spot)

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Back Porch Serenade

Big Ron Hunter - Pouring Out The Blues

Genre: Blues
Style: Acoustic Blues
Recorded: 2006
Released: 2006
Label: Rock House
File: mp3, 320Kbps
Size: 111.0 MB
Time: 48:30 min.
Art: Full Covers
More info:
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01. Play Your Cards Right 2:26
02. Going for Myself 3:24
03. Hard Times 2:34
04. Hey Lady 3:06
05. You Can't Get a Good Man Down 2:21
06. Standing in the Rain 3:48
07. Singing the Blues Again 3:16
08. It Can Make You Feel Like Running 3:28
09. The Feeling That They Had 3:52
10. My Father Said 5:01
11. Lonely Room 2:45
12. It's You 3:32
13. Pouring out the Blues 2:54
14. Thanks 2:14
15. My Solid Rock 3:35

Ronnie Hunter - Guitar & Vocals
Brenda Morie - Flute (4,8,12)

Recorded in Greensboro, NC., 2006.
Produced by Roy Roberts
© 2006 Rock House Records
http://www.rockhouserecords.com

Big Ron Hunter, a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, learned guitar from his father when he was a young boy; he also received tutelage from the late Guitar Gabriel. Virtually unknown outside his circle of family, friends and acquaintances, Hunter would seem to be representative of the prototypical blues (or folk) "discovery"- a workingman who has spent most of his life playing and singing primarily for his own satisfaction.

An emerging acoustic bluesman, Hunter plays and sings his own songs, combining a bluesy, yet sweet and melodic voice with his original brand of uplifting, hard-banging, acoustic blues. ~ TxSt.

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