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Alan Lomax Blues Song Book
Released : 2003
Label: Rounder
Format: Flac
>Alan Lomax Blues Song Book
Released : 2003
Label: Rounder
Format: Flac
From 1933-1985, Alan Lomax (along with his father, John A. Lomax) gathered field-recorded examples of African-American song forms, most of which ended up in the expansive Library of Congress American folk music collection. This two-disc collection selects some of the best of these into a single package and the result is a wonderful and indispensable journey through the blues, beginning with the sparkling opening track, "Going Down the River," a variant of a Sleepy John Estes song done by slide guitarist Mississippi Fred McDowell, with Fannie Davis on comb kazoo and Miles Pratcher on second guitar. There are several amazingly intimate performances here, including Skip James singing "Cherry Ball Blues" at the 1966 Newport Folk Festival just days after his re-discovery, and his high, eerie voice and delicate guitar playing combine to create a stunning moment in which a legend is literally reborn out of the haze of 1930s blues 78s. That feat is nearly duplicated by Dock Boggs, whose ragged voice and banjo on "Country Blues," a variant of the banjo tune "Darling Corey," brings another lost bluesman back from the land of old 78s. There are also three very different versions of "Joe Turner" here and they afford a valuable lesson in the mutability of folk material.
Disc 1
01. Going Down to the River Mississippi Fred McDowell (voc & gtr), Miles Pratcher (gtr) Fanny Davis (comb)
Recorded Como Mississippi 21 September 1959
02. Rolled and Tumbled Rosalie Hill (voc & gtr)
Recorded Como Mississippi 23 September 1959
03. Cherry Ball Blues Jack Owens (voc & gtr), Benjimin Bud Spires (harmonica)
Recorded in Bentonia Mississippi 14 August 1978
04. Dust My Broom Howlin' Wolf (voc & harmonica), Hubert Sumlin (gtr)
Recorded in Newport Rhode Island August 1966
05. Boogie Children Boy Blue (Roland Hayes) (voc), Joe Lee (Willie Jones) (gtr), Darnel Walker (drums)
Recorded in Hughes Arkansas 1 October 1959
06. Stagolee Lucious Curtis, Willie Ford (voc & gtr) Willie Ford (gtr)
Recorded by John A and Ruby Lomax in Natchez Mississippi 19 October 1940
07. Stop All the Buses Cecil Augusta (voc & gtr)
Recorded in Memphis Tennessee 30 September 1959
08. Worried Life Blues David Honeyboy Edwards (voc gtr)
Recorded at Coahoma County Agricultural School Clarksdale Mississippi 20 July 1942
09. Pony Blues Son House (voc & gtr)
Recorded by Alan Lomax & Lewis Jones in Robinsville Mississippi 17 July 1942
10. Tangle Eye Blues Walter "Tangle Eye" Jackson (vocals)
Recorded at Mississippi Staste Penitentiary Parchman Mississippi prob Febuary 1948
11. Trouble So Hard Vera Hall-Ward, Dock Reed (vocals)
Recorded by John A and Ruby T Lomax in Livingstone Alabama 22 July 1937
12. Worried Blues Sonny Terry 9voc & harmonica)
Recorded in Washington DC 11 May 1942
13. Beggin' the Blues Bessie Jones (voc)
Recorded in New York City 24 September 1961
14. John Henry Gabriel Brown (voc & gtr)
Recorded by Alan Lomax, Zora Neale Hurston & Mary Elizabeth Barnicle inn Eatonville Florida 20 June 1935 (?)
15. Country Blues Dock Boggs (voc & banjo)
Recorded in Newport Rhode Island August 1966
16. Cherry Ball Blues Skip James (voc & gtr)
Recorded in Newport Rhode Island August 1966
17. I Hate a Man Like You - Jelly Roll Morton (pno & vocal)
Recorded in Washington DC May or June 1938
18. Roll 'Em Pete Pete Johnson (pno)
Recorded in New York City 24 December 1938
19. Kokomo Memphis Jug Band : Charlie Burse (voc & gtr) Robert Carter (el gtr) Dewley Corley (bass, jug & kazoo) Will Shade (voc, bass & wb) Whiskey Eugene Smith
Recorded in Memphis Tennessee 30 September 1959
20. Life Is Like That Big Bill Broonzy, Memphis Slim (pno), Sonny Boy Williamson(voc & harmonica)
Recorded at Decca Studios New York 2 March 1947
Disc 2
01.I Could Hear My Name A-Ringin' Big Bill Broonzy (bass) , Memphis Slim (pno), Sonny Boy Williamson (voc & harmonica)
Recorded at Decca Studios New York 2 March 1947
02.Dimples in Your Jaws Boy Blue, Joe Lee (Willie Jones) (voc & gtr), Boy Blue (Roland Hayes) (harmonica) Darnel Walker (drums)
Recorded in Hughes Arkansas 1 October 1959
03.Catfish Blues Jack Owens,(voc & gtr) Benjimin Bud Spires (voc & harmonica)
Recorded by Alan Lomax, John Bishop & Worth at Bentonia Mississippi 14 August 1978
04. Kill-It-Kid Bag Blind Willie McTell (voc & 12 string gtr)
Recorded by John A & Ruby Lomax in Atlanta Georgia 5 November 1940
05. You're Gonna Need My Help Elinor Boyer (vocal)
Recorded at Mississippi State Penitentiary Parchman Mississippi 13 April 1936
06. Army Blues David Honeyboy Edwards (voc,harmony.gtr)
Recorded at Coahoma County Agricultural School Clarksdale Mississippi 20 July 1942
07. Blues de la Prison Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin, Canray Fontenot (voc & fiddle) Alphonse “Bois Sec” Ardion (accordion)
Recorded in Newport Rhode Island August 1966
08. I Been Drinking Vera Hall-Ward (vocal)
Recorded by John Lomax & Ruby T Lomax in Livingston Alabama 23 July 1937
09. I Been a Bad, Bad Girl (Prisoner Blues) Ozella Jones (vocal)
Recorded at State Farm Railford Florida 4May 1936
10. I Be's Troubled Muddy Waters (voc >r)
Recorded by Alan Lomax & John W Work III in Stovell Mississippi 28-31 August 1941
11. Boogie Instrumental R.L. Burnside(gtr) , prob Calvin Jackson (drums)
Recorded by Alan Lomax,John Bishop & Worth Long at the home of R L Burnside, Coldwater Mississippi 2v September 1978
12. Blind Lemon Blues Leadbelly (vocal & gtr)
Recorded by Alan Lomax and John A at Louisiana State Pen 1 July 1934
13. Sweet Patootie Blues Albert Ammons (pno)
Recorded in New York 24 December 1938
14. Last Time Sam Chatmon(speech ,vocal,gtr)
Recorded by Alan Lomax , John Bishop & Worth Long in Hollandale Mississippi 23 August 1978
15. Shorty George Smith Casey (voc & gtr)
Recorded in a dormitory art Clemens State Farm Brazoria Texas 16 April 1939 by John A and Ruby T Lomas.
16. Desert Blues Hattie Ellis (vocal), Cowboy Jack Ramsey (gtr)
Recorded at Goree State Farm nr. Huntsville Texas 14 May 1939 by John A and Ruby T Lomas.
17.Joe Turner Hobart Smith (six string banjo), Ed Young (voc & cane)
Recorded in Williamsburg Virginia 28 April 1960
18.Joe Turner Bob Pratcher(fiddle), Miles Pratcher (vov & gtr)
Recorded in Como Mississippi 21 September 1959
19. Joe Turner Big Bill Broonzy (voc & gtr),
Recorded in Paris France 13 May 1952
20. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Hobart Smith (voc & gtr)
Recorded in Bluefield Virginia 25August 1959
21. How Long Blues Leadbelly (voc & 12 string gtr), Brownie McGhee(voc & gtr), Sonny Terry(voc & harmonica)
Recorded in Washington DC 11 May 1942
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Disc 1/01 - Mississippi Fred McDowell - Goin Down To The River.flac
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Disc 1/02 - Rosalie Hill - Rolled And Tumbled.flac
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