Delta Bluesman
Label | Earwig Music – CD4922 |
Format | CD, Compilation |
Barcode | 0739788492225 |
Country | US |
Released | 1992 |
Genre | Blues |
Style | Delta Blues |
This is a wonderful record... The first 14 cuts are from 1942 Library of Congress recordings... Edwards' playing is as Delta blues as it gets... Edwards worked with (Big Joe Williams and) other Delta greats such as Tommy McClennan, Charley Patton... Big Walter Horton, Robert Johnson, and Little Walter. His playing shows influences from all these men... There are seven songs on the CD recorded in 1991 with Carey Bell, Sunnyland Slim, Aron Burton, and Robert Plunkett, that show Edwards can still lay down some mean blues... If you have any interest in Mississippi blues, you've got to have this album
1 | Alan Lomax Introduces David Edwards | 0:27 |
2 | Roamin' And Ramblin' Blues | 2:58 |
3 | I'm From The Library Of Congress | 4:26 |
4 | You Got To Roll (Acapella) | 0:56 |
5 | You Got To Roll (Levee Camp Song) | 2:29 |
6 | Water Coast Blues | 5:51 |
7 | Stagolee | 1:03 |
8 | Just A Spoonful | 1:44 |
9 | Spread My Raincoat Down | 2:28 |
10 | Hellatakin' Blues | 0:47 |
11 | Wind Howlin' Blues | 3:12 |
12 | Worried Life Blues | 2:53 |
13 | Tear It Down Rag | 1:06 |
14 | The Army Blues | 3:47 |
15 | They Called It Big Kate | 2:24 |
16 | Big Katie Allen | 4:05 |
17 | Black Cat | 3:33 |
18 | I Met Peetie Wheatstraw In '39 | 0:58 |
19 | Number 12 At The Station | 3:50 |
20 | When I Came To Memphis | 0:37 |
21 | Rocks In My Pillow | 4:16 |
22 | We Used To Sing That When I Was A Kid | 1:11 |
23 | Decoration Day | 4:35 |
24 | Who May Your Regular Be? | 3:28 |
25 | I Studied Up That Song Myself | 1:15 |
26 | Eyes Full Of Tears | 3:17 |
27 | Bad Whiskey And Cocaine | 4:26 |
Undated recordings -- tracks 3, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25
20 & 22 July 1942 -- tracks 1, 2, 4 to 14 (by Alan Lomax for Library of Congress, Clarksdale, Mississippi)
8 June 1979 -- track 27 (Acme Recording Studio, Chicago, Illinois)
20 October 1991 -- tracks 17, 19, 21 (IdealSound Recorders, London, England)
31 December 1991 -- tracks 16, 23, 24, 26 (Acme Recording Studio, Chicago, Illinois)
20 & 22 July 1942 -- tracks 1, 2, 4 to 14 (by Alan Lomax for Library of Congress, Clarksdale, Mississippi)
8 June 1979 -- track 27 (Acme Recording Studio, Chicago, Illinois)
20 October 1991 -- tracks 17, 19, 21 (IdealSound Recorders, London, England)
31 December 1991 -- tracks 16, 23, 24, 26 (Acme Recording Studio, Chicago, Illinois)
Barcode – 739788492225