Show Me the Way Home, Honey

Snooks Eaglin - The Sonet Blues Story 1971

Size: 99,8 MB
Time: 41:58
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1971/2005
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Louisiana Blues
Label: Universal
Art: Full

01. Boogie Children (2:55)
02. Who's Loving You Tonight (3:03)
03. Lucille (3:16)
04. Drive It Home (2:56)
05. Good News (2:29)
06. Funky Malaguena (3:57)
07. Pinetop's Boogie-Woogie (2:27)
08. That Same Old Train (2:57)
09. I Get The Blues When It Rains (2:56)
10. Young Boy Blues (2:32)
11. Tomorrow Night (3:04)
12. Little Girl Of Mine (2:59)
13. Shake A Hand (Bonus Track) (2:28)
14. Shake, Rattle And Roll (Bonus Track) (1:44)
15. Win Your Love For Me (Bonus Track) (2:07)

This 1971 date by New Orleans guitarist Snooks Eaglin was recorded in the Crescent City and produced -- insofar as such a thing exists on a solo date like this -- by Samuel Charters, who has written new liner notes for the Sonet Blues Story series -- he produced the entire range of blues sessions for the European label in the early '70s. These 15 cuts capture Eaglin and his considerably understated and under-appreciated artistry -- Eaglin was a guitarist's guitarist and could play jazz, blues, rhythm & blues, and soul with equal acumen. The high points here are his originals such as "Who's Lovin You Tonight," "&Funky Malaguena" and "That Same Old Train." However, his covers, especially of Phil Spector's and Doc Pomus' "Young Boy Blues," and Charles E. Calhoun's "Shake, Rattle and Roll," are also high points -- the latter of which is one of two bonus cuts included here. Sound is spectacular, and remastered in 24-bit sound. Eaglin's soulful voice is every bit as attractive and compelling as his guitar playing. One listen to "Little Girl of Mine," or Sam Cooke's "Win Your Love for Me," (another bonus track) is enough to make any blues fan sit up and take notice. This is one of the brightest volumes in the Sonet Blues Story series. ~Review by Thom Jurek

Thanks to MrWalker.
The Sonet Blues Story 1971



• Various - Angola Prisoners' Blues •
• Andy Squint - Down By The River •

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Oznake: Snooks Eaglin, Louisiana Blues

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

Andy Squint - Down By The River

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 37:06
Size: 84.9 MB
Styles: Roots, Acoustic Louisiana blues
Year: 2011
Art: Front

[3:14] 1. Down By The River
[3:30] 2. Country Ham
[3:53] 3. Deep Down In Louisiana
[3:49] 4. Tenderly
[3:13] 5. Frenchmen St. Serenade
[3:58] 6. Here's To Louisiana
[3:08] 7. La Moustache
[4:18] 8. Dance The Night Away
[3:45] 9. House Party
[4:15] 10. Bottleneckin'


Louisiana roots, blues and jazz artist Andy Squint is a songwriter steeped in tradition. As a member of the Swamp Cats, Andy was a house guitarist at Tabby's Blues Box in Baton Rouge. After "The Box" closed,

Andy worked with such Louisiana Blues Hall of Fame members as Oscar Davis and Slim Harpo's guitarist, James Johnson. Andy struck out on his own in 2006 with a CD of original blues songs, Goin' to the Racetrack, which still receives international radio airplay. In 2008, Andy was a guest artist on Larry Garner's Dixie Frog Records release, Here Today, Gone Tomorrow. After relocating to High Point, NC, in 2010, Andy was awarded runner up at the Piedmont Blues Preservation Society’s solo/duo blues competition. Andy kicked off Greensboro's 25th Anniversary Carolina Blues Festival on May 7th 2011, where he also released his second CD, Down by the River.

"In 2010 I moved from Baton Rouge, LA to High Point, NC. These songs speak to this experience. Many thanks to friends old and new who have been the inspiration and support for this artistic life." ~AQ

Guitar and Vocals: Andy Squint Recorded at The Tiger Room, High Point, N.C.

Down By The River

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Oznake: Andy Squint, Louisiana Blues, Roots

Smoky Babe & Herman E. Johnson - Louisiana Country Blues

Styles: Louisiana Blues, Country Blues, Acoustic Blues
Label: Arhoolie
Released: 1996
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 183,4 MB
Time: 78:47
Art: full

1. I'm Broke And I'm Hungry - 2:57
2. Too Many Women - 2:46
3. Two Wings - 2:13
4. Mississippi River - 3:16
5. My Baby She Told Me - 2:36
6. Rabbit Blues - 3:25
7. Black Ghost - 5:02
8. Ain't Got No Rabbit Dog - 3:18
9. Bad Whiskey - 2:42
10. Black Gal - 3:50
11. My Baby Put Me Down - 3:14
12. Going Back Home - 2:50
13. Regular Blues - 2:34
14. I Just Keeps On Wanting You - 2:48
15. You Don't Know My Mind - 3:52
16. Motherless Children - 4:04
17. Depression Blues - 4:45
18. She's A-Looking For Me - 3:20
19. She Had Been Drinking - 2:31
20. I'm Growing Older - 5:09
21. Po' Boy - 3:21
22. Leavin' Blues - 3:14
23. Piano Blues - 2:19
24. Where The Mansion's Prepared For Me - 2:30

Oznake: Smoky Babe, Herman E. Johnson, Louisiana Blues, Country Blues, Acoustic Blues