Show Me the Way Home, Honey

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

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

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

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

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



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

Oznake: Prewar Blues, String Bands, Acoustic Blues, Blues Revival, Country Blues, Old-Timey, Traditional Country, Traditional Folk, Various

Various - Times Ain't Like They Used to Be Vol. 3 of 8

Styles: Delta Blues, Prewar Blues, String Bands, Acoustic Blues, Blues Revival, Country Blues, Old-Timey, Traditional Country, Traditional Folk
Label: Yazzoo
Released: 1999
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 159,9 MB
Time: 69:52
Art: full

1. Blind Willie Johnson - I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole - 3:06
2. Ashley's Melody Men - Bath House Blues - 2:53
3. Frank Hutchison - Worried Blues - 3:18
4. Jelly Jaw Short - Snake Doctor Blues - 3:26
5. East Texas Serenaders - Acorn Stomp - 2:53
6. Carlisle Brothers - Sal Got a Meatskin - 2:53
7. Sleepy John Estes - Streetcar Blues - 3:16
8. Luke Highnight & His Ozark Strutters - Fort Smith Breakdown - 2:47
9. Wilmer Watts & His Lonely Eagles - Sleepy Desert - 3:06
10. Son House - Walking Blues - 2:56
11. Allison's Sacred Harp Singers - Sweet Rivers - 3:11
12. Williamson Brothers - Gonna Die With My Hammer in My Hand - 3:26
13. Charlie Patton - Mean Black Cat - 2:57
14. Lowe Stokes - Billy in the Lowground - 3:04
15. Jelly Roll Anderson - Good Time Blues - 2:44
16. Fiddling John Carson - Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over - 2:53
17. Fruit Jar Guzzlers - Steel Driving Man - 3:05
18. Skip James - I'm So Glad - 2:50
19. Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers - Rok About My Sara Jane - 3:23
20. Cap, Andy & Flip - I'm Taking My Audition to Sing Up in the Sky - 3:11
21. Buster Johnson & James Cole's Washboard Band - Undertaker Blues - 3:03
22. Oscar Harper's Texas String Band - Sally Johnson - 2:34
23. Fa Sol La Singers - I'll Stay on the Right Road Now - 2:49

Notes: The beauty of the anthologies in this series is that the fine music is accompanied by liner notes that help the uninitiated to understand and savor the performers as well as the performances. When I was no longer able to stomach the latest packaged acts being spoon-fed to us by the music industry, I stopped listening to recorded music. Then, on a hunch, I started to explore roots music, much of it on the wonderful Yazoo label. These songs reward repeated listening accompanied by liner note reading and biographical books on favorite performers. So much of what is best in life is hidden, because when it becomes too popular, the commerce machine rushes in and spoils it. These recordings are immune to that phenomenon and will never be stripped of their human warmth, artistry, sincerity and emotional power. Newcomers should keep in mind that "blues" music as performed in most bars and clubs is far removed from its origins -- stripped down, rehashed, sanitized, electrified -- and ruined. I hate that kind of music, but I love the old recordings, where the soul still shines through on each performance. There are numerous sub-genres in roots music that are almost completely unknown to most people today. Shocking, even weird at first listen, they provoke the attentive listener's curiosity and present an opportunity for an adventure in personal exploration. Enjoy. ~ amazon
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Times Ain't Like They Used to Be Vol. 3



• Alan Lomax - Texas Folk Songs
• Various - White Country Blues 1926-1938

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

Various - Roots of the Blues

Styles: Blues Revival, Country Blues, Delta Blues, Field Recordings, Traditional Folk, Work Songs
Label: New World Records
Released: 1977
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 113,9 MB
Time: 49:46
Art: front

1. Henry Ratcliff, Bakari-Badji - Louisiana/Field Song from Senegal - 2:46
2. John Dudley - Po' Boy Blues - 2:32
3. Tangle Eye - Katie Left Memphis - 2:11
4. Leroy Miller & a group of prisoners - Berta, Berta - 2:57
5. Fred McDowell & Miles Pratcher - Old Original Blues - 4:11
6. Ed Young & Lonnie Young - Jim and John - 2:15
7. Alec Askew - Emmaline, Take Your Time - 1:08
8. Miles Pratcher & Bob Pratcher - Buttermilk - 3:23
9. Leroy Gary - Mama Lucy - 1:37
10. Miles Pratcher & Bob Pratcher - I'm Gonna Live Anyhow Till I Die - 2:35
11. Tangle Eye & a Group of Prisoners - No More, My Lord - 2:48
12. Rev. Crenshaw & the Congregation of New Brown's Chapel (Memphis) - Lining Hymn and Prayer - 3:37
13. Fred McDowell - Death Comes a-Creepin' in my Room - 3:17
14. Congregation of New Brown's Chapel (Memphis) - Church-House Moan - 1:54
15. Bessie Jones - Beggin' the Blues - 2:13
16. Rose Hemphill & Fred McDowell - Rolled and Tumbled - 2:54
17. Fred McDowell, Miles Pratcher & Fannie Davis - Goin' Down the Races - 4:18
18. Forrest City Joe - You Gotta Cut that Out - 3:00

Notes: This fine concept recording by Alan Lomax compares an American and a Senegalese (Africa) holler. It also includes elements of work songs, Black string bands, church music, and other styles that fed into the blues before moving on to early blues styles themselves. The rarity of most of the cuts would make this a gem, even without Lomax's analysis. AMG
This title is no longer available from New World Records, but, however you may Download Liner Notes

Roots of the Blues



• Various - Angola Prison Spirtuals
• Mississippi John Hurt - The Complete Studio Recordings

Oznake: Various, Blues Revival, Country Blues, Delta Blues, Field Recordings, Traditional Folk, Work Songs

Various - Angola Prisoners' Blues

Styles: Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Early American Blues, Acoustic Louisiana Blues, Blues Revival
Label: Arhoolie
Released: 1952-1958
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 180,9 MB
Time: 78:58
Art: front

1. Prisoner's Talking Blues - Robert Pete Williams
2. Stagolee - Hogman Maxey
3. Electric Chair Blues - Guitar Welch
4. Black Night Is Fallin' - Hogman Maxey
5. Some Got Six Months - Robert Pete Williams
6. I'm Gonna Leave You Mama - Guitar Welch
7. I'm Lonesome Blues - Robert Pete Williams
8. Angola Bound - A Capella Group
9. Worried Blues - Hogman Maxey
10. Josephine - Guitar Welch
11. Soldier's Plea - Clara Young
12. Moon Is Rising, The - Odea Mathews
13. I'm Still In Love With You - Thelma Mae Joseph
14. I Miss You So - Vocal Group
15. Hello, Sue - Butterbeans
16. Fast Life Woman - Hogman Maxey
17. Careless Love - Otis Webster
18. Have You Ever Heard The Church Bells Tone - Roosevelt Charles/Otis Webster
19. 61 Highway - Guitar Welch
20. Strike At Camp I - Roosevelt Charles


Notes: Among the 3800 convicts in the desolate flatland of the prison farm at Angola, Louisiana, there were a surprising number of talented performers. Several of them were recorded and interviewed by folklorist Dr. Harry Oster between 1952 and 1960, and some of this material was originally issued on his Folklyric label. These are raw, powerful, largely improvised personal blues stories, as well as traditional songs. This CD features many previously unreleased items including the haunting monologue from Roosevelt Charles which ends the record, as well as unreleased tracks by women singers Odea Mathews, Clara Young and Thelma Mae Joseph.
All previously unreleased, except 1 - 7 which were on Arhoolie LP 2011

Blues doesn't get more authentic than this.... Odea Mathews echoes Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey in a surprisingly delicate voice while her sewing machine keeps time. Thelma Mae Joseph brings a bleak, desolate quality to her warbling of the pop tune 'Since I Fell for You' while the prison laundry machines rumble away behind her. But the star of the stunning set is unquestionably murderer Robert Pete Williams. This disc starts with his 'Prisoner's Talking Blues,' a rambling rumination on the state of his health and the deprivation of his family. Williams lightly strums Oster's guitar under this grim, unself-conscious monologue, climaxed by his breaking into sullen song: 'Sometimes I feel like committing suicide.
(Joel Selvin — San Francisco Chronicle)

Angola Prisoners' Blues



• Smoky Babe & Herman E. Johnson - Louisiana Country Blues •
• Various - Oh Brother, Best Of Southern Blues •

Oznake: Various, Early American Blues, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Louisiana Blues, Blues Revival

Mance Lipscomb - Texas Songster Vol. 3: Captain, Captain

Styles: Acoustic Texas Blues, Country Blues, Songster, Blues Revival
Label: Arhoolie
Released: 1998
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 156,5 MB
Time: 68:22
Art: front

1. Captain, Captain! - 3:10
2. Ain't You Sorry - 2:20
3. Night Time is the Right Time - 4:00
4. Mr. Tom's Rag (Guitar Solo) - 2:07
5. I Want To Do Something For You - 2:34
6. Long Tall Girl Not Stuck On Me - 2:43
7. Rag in A - 1:27
8. Going Up North to See My Pony Run - 4:01
9. Santa Fe Blues - 3:10
10. Frankie and Albert - 1:50
11. Sentimental Piece in G (Guitar Solo) - 3:04
12. Farewell Blues - 3:49
13. Shortly George - 2:41
14. Angel Child - 3:37
15. Black Rat - 2:14
16. Tom Moore's Farm (Take 2) - 3:30
17. Foggy Bottom Blues - 3:12
18. Heel and Toe Poka - 1:42
19. Going Back to Georgia - 2:07
20. Easy Rider Blues - 3:10
21. Why Did You Leave Me - 3:10
22. Me and My Baby - 2:40
23. Mance's Talking Blues - 2:05
24. Segregation Done Past (story- no guitar) - 3:49

Oznake: Mance Lipscomb, Texas Blues, Country Blues, Songster, Blues Revival

Mance Lipscomb - Texas Songster Volume 2: You Got To Reap What You Sow

Styles: Texas Blues, Country Blues, Songster, Blues Revival
Label: Arhoolie
Released: 1993
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 177,5 MB
Time: 77:33
Art: full

1. Charlie James - 3:37
2. Come Back Baby - 4:03
3. Spanish Flang Dang - 2:03
4. You Got To Reap What You Sow - 2:30
5. Cocaine Done Killed My Baby - 1:23
6. Joe Turner Killed A Man - 4:34
7. Bumble Bee - 3:16
8. Boogie In "A" - 2:30
9. Hattie Green - 3:43
10. Silver City - 3:36
11. The Titanic - 3:16
12. If I Miss The Train - 4:08
13. Lord Thomas - 1:40
14. Tom Moore Blues - 5:40
15. So Different Blues - 3:05
16. Tall Angel At The BAr - 2:42
17. Mama, Don't Dog Me - 4:12
18. Long Way To Tipperary - 2:59
19. Willie Poor Boy - 3:29
20. You Rascal You - 3:41
21. I Looked Down The Road And I Wondered - 3:51
22. Sentimental Blues - 2:42
23. Police Station Blues - 2:40
24. Missouri Waltz - 2:04


rec. Berkeley, May 2, 1964 by Chris Strachwitz, released 1964 Arhoolie F 1023.
This is expanded version of F 1023 with 13 previously unissued songs (9, 13-24)

Personnel:
Mance Lipscomb - Vocals, Guitar

Note: Mance Lipscomb was a great songster, someone who knew hundreds of songs and could deliver any and all of them in different but effective ways. He sang blues, spirituals, old folk numbers, and his own tunes. Lipscomb had few rivals when it came to telling stories, setting up situations, creating characters, and depicting incidents. This 24-song reissued disc from 1964 puts Lipscomb in a perfect context, ripping through various songs and talking about everything from drugs to domestic conflict and police worries to spiritual concerns.

Texas Songster Volume 2: You Got To Reap What You Sow



• Lightnin' Hopkins - The Complete Aladdin Recordings (2-disc set) •
• Various - Texas Blues •

Oznake: Mance Lipscomb, Texas Blues, Country Blues, Songster, Blues Revival

Mance Lipscomb - Texas Songster

Styles: Texas Blues, Country Blues, Songster, Blues Revival
Released: 1989
Label: Arhoolie
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 157.4 MB
Time: 59:16
Art: full

1. Sugar Babe (Lipscomb) - 2:06
2. Goin' Down Slow (Oden) - 3:07
3. Freddie (Lipscomb) - 2:42
4. Jack O'Diamonds (Lipscomb) - 4:05
5. Baby Please Don't Go (Williams) - 1:47
6. One Thin Dime (Lipscomb) - 2:59
7. Shake, Shake Mama (Lipscomb) - 2:53
8. Ella Speed (Lipscomb) - 2:36
9. Mama Don't Allow (Lipscomb) - 2:26
10. Ain't It Hard (Lipscomb) - 3:16
11. 'Bout a Spoonful (Lipscomb) - 3:27
12. Take Me Back (Lipscomb) - 1:59
13. Rag in "G" (Lipscomb) - 2:02
14. Big Boss Man (Dixon, Smith) - 3:09
15. You Gonna Quit Me, Baby (Lipscomb) - 2:38
16. Blues in G (Lipscomb) - 4:11
17. Mama, Don't Dog Me (Lipscomb) - 3:23
18. Willie Poor Boy (Lipscomb) - 3:02
19. Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night (Lipscomb) - 2:48
20. Knocking Down Windows (Lipscomb) - 2:25
21. Nobody's Fault But Mine - 1:27
22. Motherless Children (Lipscomb, Traditional) - 2:40

rec. 1960-64; contains all of "Texas Sharecropper and Songster" (Arhoolie F 1001, Aug 1960) and much of "Texas Songster in a Live Performance" (Arhoolie F 1026, 1965)

Personnel:
Mance Lipscomb - Guitar, Vocals
Chris Strachwitz - Producer, Engineer

Notes: “Mance Lipscomb, a Texas sharecropper for most of his life, was born in 1895. When not farming in his hometown of Navasota, he assumed the role of local entertainer and songstera versatile singer/musician who could handle a hardened blues just as easily as a soft children's song. Although Lipscomb didn't begin recording until he was nearly 65, he left behind a remarkably rich catalog of Texas blues before he died in 1976.
Country blues, that sparse, mostly raw and rootsy form directly linked to slave worksongs and field hollerswas his specialty. Equipped with a voice that could convey a range of emotions, Lipscomb was also an impressive guitarist, as this anthology reveals. Most of the 22 songs on 'Texas Songster' are originals, the best being 'Sugar Babe,' an obscure ditty written by Lipscomb when he was a teen; 'Ella Speed,' a bluesy ballad that remains one of his better-known numbers; and 'Bout a Spoonful,' a clever song about sex.
Lipscomb never quite achieved the popularity in mainstream blues circles as another Texas bluesman, Sam `Lightning' Hopkins. But it wasn't because he didn't deserve the recognition. Listen to this disc, read the excellent liner notes by Chris Strachwitz (the folklorist who discovered him) and Mack McCormick, and you'll agree that Lipscomb is one of the music form's great unsung heroes.” ~Review by Robert Santelli

Texas Songster



• Various - Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows (1926-1937) •
• Slidin' Slim & Big Fred - Ten Long Years •

Oznake: Mance Lipscomb, Texas Blues, Country Blues, Songster, Blues Revival

Brownie McGhee - The Story Of The Blues

Styles: Folk-Blues, Piedmont Blues, Blues Revival
Label: Harmonic
Released: 2004
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 110,3 + 129,8 MB
Time: 70:50 + 59:31
Art: full

Disc 1: Born For Bad Luck
1. Picking My Tomatoes - 2:42
2. I'm Calling Daisy - 2:35
3. Me And My Dog Blues - 2:41
4. Born For Bad Luck - 2:49
5. Step It Up And Go - 25:12
6. Let Me Tell You 'bout My Baby - 2:39
7. Prison Woman Blues - 2:33
8. Be Good To Me - 2:45
9. My Barkin' Bulldog Blues - 2:33
10. Not Guilty Blues - 2:34
11. Coal Miner Blues - 2:42
12. Back Door Stranger - 2:40
13. Step It Up And Go N:2 - 2:42
14. Got To Find My Little Woman - 2:28
15. Dealing With The Devil - 2:32
16. I'm A Black Woman's Man - 2:48
17. Woman, I'm Done - 2:51
18. Death Of Blind Boy Fuller - 2:57

Disc 2: Back Home Blues
1. Key To My Door - 2:45
2. Million Lonesome Woman - 2:31
3. Ain't No Tellin' - 5:40
4. Try Me One More Time - 2:59
5. I Want To See Jesus - 2:28
6. Done What My Lord Said - 2:29
7. I Want King Jesus - 2:43
8. What Will I Do (Without The Lord) - 2:32
9. Key To The Highway - 2:37
10. I Don't Believe In Love - 2:59
11. So Much Trouble - 2:40
12. Good-Bye Now - 2:48
13. Jealous Of My Woman - 2:46
14. Unfair Blues - 2:44
15. Barbecue Any Old Time - 2:44
16. Workingman's Blues - 2:44
17. Sinful Disposition Woman - 2:31
18. Back Home Blues - 2:53
19. Deep Sea River - 2:36
20. It Must Be Love - 2:51
21. Swing, Soldier, Swing - 2:21


Notes: Brownie McGhee was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee.[3] As a child he had polio, which incapacitated his leg. His brother Granville "Sticks" or "Stick" McGhee was nicknamed for pushing young Brownie around in a cart. His father, George McGhee, was a factory worker known around University Avenue for playing guitar and singing. Brownie's uncle made him a guitar from a tin marshmallow box and a piece of board.[4] McGhee spent much of his youth immersed in music, singing with local harmony group the Golden Voices Gospel Quartet and teaching himself to play guitar. A March of Dimes-funded leg operation enabled McGhee to walk. Read more

The Story Of The Blues



• Markus James - Snakeskin Violin •
• Terry Garland - Whistling in the Dark •

Oznake: Folk-Blues, Piedmont Blues, Blues Revival, Brownie McGhee

Mississippi John Hurt - The Complete Studio Recordings (3-disc set)

THE COMPLETE STUDIO RECORDINGS contains TODAY! (1966)/THE IMMORTAL MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT (1967)/LAST SESSIONS (1966). Although not as consistently magnificent as Hurt's 1928 recordings, the performances the artist recorded for Vanguard in the mid 1960's would be the zenith of many blues artist's entire careers. Songs like the opening "Payday" and "Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home" rank with any folk-blues song ever recorded. This fantastic set collects the three albums Vanguard released in Hurt's lifetime and as such is undeniably the package to go for to acquire these later gems. ~ Thomas Ward

All tracks have been digitally remastered. Recorded at Manhattan Towers Hotel, New York, New York in February 1966. Solo performer: Mississippi John Hurt (vocals, guitar).

Album: The Complete Studio Recordings (Disc 1)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 40:26
Size: 92.6 MB
Styles: Folk
Year: 2000

[4:17] 1. Payday
[2:54] 2. I'm Satisfied
[2:56] 3. Candy Man
[4:33] 4. Make Me A Pallet On The Floor
[5:06] 5. Talking Casey
[1:51] 6. Corrina, Corrina
[3:47] 7. Coffee Blues
[4:08] 8. Louis Collins
[3:33] 9. Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
[3:21] 10. If You Don't Want Me Baby
[3:25] 11. Spike Driver Blues
[0:29] 12. Beulah Land

The Complete Studio Recordings (Disc 1)

Oznake: Mississippi John Hurt, Acoustic Blues, Blues Revival, folk

Josh White - Empty Bed Blues

Styles: Folk-Blues, Blues Revival
Released: 1962/2003
Label: Sepiatone
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 84.1 MB
Time: 36:45
Art: front

1. Empty Bed Blues - 3:18
2. Mother On That Train - 3:42
3. Bottle Up And Go - 2:25
4. Backwater Blues - 4:31
5. Baby Baby Blues - 5:30
6. Lord Have Mercy - 4:00
7. Home In That Rock - 2:37
8. Paul And Silas - 2:28
9. His Eye On The Sparrow - 5:27
10. That Suits Me - 2:45

Notes: Empty Bed Blues was Josh White's farewell recording for Elektra, the record label that helped (re)introduce him to the mainstream during the height of the '60s folk revival. To look at the sexy -- and risqué for 1962 -- cover, one would think that half of the tunes, stately renditions of gospel songs, wouldn't be at home on the album. But considering that the ribald, innuendo-laden first side is belied by White's silky voice and mellifluous guitar, he almost makes the juke-joint rave-ups sound like show tunes. Given his role as elder statesmen of acoustic blues, you'd be forgiven for thinking that White didn't need to be rediscovered as such, but sadly he did. Although considering this album, "reinvented" might be a better word. From the man who popularized "Strange Fruit" -- perhaps the saddest, most poignant protest song ever -- one wouldn't necessarily expect such explicit sex songs. Whether it's a tune like the title track or "Backwater Blues," White reaches back to the lowdown, alpha-male origins of the blues, but comes off a little too much like a cabaret entertainer. His playing retains the delicate precision that found him oft-imitated, and the backing, mostly by just Bill Lee on upright bass, is always tasteful. Still, it's a mellow set, and one partly done with a wink -- considering it was among the last albums that White made before he died. It seems too minstrely of an end for someone who's scope and influence on modern blues can't be overstated. ~ Alex Stimmel

Empty Bed Blues



• Mississippi Millie - Acoustic Delta Blues •
• John Lee 'Sonny Boy' Williamson - Sugar Mama Blues •

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Oznake: Josh White, Folk-Blues, Blues Revival