A companion to Yazoo's excellent Mississippi Masters collection, this time focusing on Memphis artists recorded between 1927 to 1934. The tracks collected here offer up a musical ambience that accurately depicts time and place with classic selections from acknowledged area kingpins Frank Stokes, Furry Lewis, Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers, Memphis ...
Highlighted by Gus Cannon's signature "Walk Right In" -- popularized in the early 1960s by The Rooftop Singers -- the second volume in Document's series is a jumble of prime recordings by Cannon and longtime partner Noah Lewis, collecting both solo sides and various group outings. The first tracks come from the Beale Street Boys, a duo comprising ...
This British label pulls from both sides of the fence for this fifth entry into the delights of their catalog. The 20 tracks are evenly split between old school heavyweights like John Lee Hooker, Memphis Minnie, Tampa Red, Roy Brown, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and Sonny Boy Williamson I, and British blues-rockers like Alan Price, the Brunning Hall ...
Cannon's Jug Stompers were one of the best jug bands in the 1920s and '30s, featuring a wild, fun sound with a solid blues base and frequent, unexpected melodic turns that kept them continually interesting. The group's earliest recordings are here, including the classics "Feather Bed," "Viola Lee Blues," and "Minglewood Blues," but it's the first ...
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Times Ain't Like They Used to Be, Vol. 3: Early American Rural Music
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