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Newport Folk Festival: Best of the Blues 1959-1968

Newport Folk Festival: Best of the Blues 1959-1968 (2001) more music like this

by Various Artists

Newport Folk Festival: Best of the Blues 1959-1968 presents live performances from many of the top blues players of the era. From Skip James to Mance Lipscomb to Memphis Slim, these musicians play mostly acoustic blues before an appreciative audience. From the first disc, Mississippi John Hurt's six-song set is a standout. Piedmont fingerpicking ...

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15 Down Home Gospel Classics

15 Down Home Gospel Classics (1998) more music like this

by Various Artists

Arhoolie, as is made plain in this 15-song sampler of their gospel catalog, does not favor slick modern spiritual music. (Or, as they say straight-up in the brief liner note, "The selections on this disc...are not by trendy, popular massed choirs.") Much of this is in fact gospel-blues: spiritually oriented numbers by major bluesmen Big Joe ...

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Night Train, Vol. 3: Classic Railroad Songs

Night Train, Vol. 3: Classic Railroad Songs (1998) more music like this

by Various Artists

Trains were a major industrial force for over a hundred years in America. Starting around 1830, they became key components in how the country moved goods, people, and information across previously unimaginable distances. They also provided themes and metaphors for popular songs and music, many of which also drew underlying structure and dynamics ...

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Frisco Bound

Frisco Bound (1968) more music like this

by Jesse Fuller

A one-man band with guitar, harmonica, kazoo, and "footdella" bass, these are some of his first recordings, ca. 1955. Innocent echoes of turn-of-the-century rural America. Mark A. Humphrey, All Music Guide

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Blues at Newport

Blues at Newport (1991) more music like this

by Various Artists

Blues at Newport -- Newport Folk Festival 1959-64 offers fine performances by John Hurt, Skip James, Rev. Gary Davis, Robert Wilkins, and others. Mark A. Humphrey, All Music Guide

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San Francisco Bay Blues

San Francisco Bay Blues (1963) more music like this

by Jesse Fuller

By the time San Francisco Bay Blues was released in 1963, the title track had long been established as a classic and Jesse Fuller's career had been revived. Nevertheless, the album may be his finest, containing wonderful versions of "San Francisco Bay Blues," "Jesse's New Midnight Special," "John Henry," "I Got a Mind to Ramble" and "Crazy About a ...

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The Great Blues Men

The Great Blues Men (1972) more music like this

by Various Artists

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Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals & Blues

Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals & Blues (1958) more music like this

by Jesse Fuller

Jesse Fuller was among the greatest one-man bands in blues history. The title of this 1958 date adequately described the session's musical width and depth; Fuller handled everything from old spirituals such as as "I'm Going to Meet My Loving Mother" to the rollicking "Memphis Boogie" and "Fingerbuster" and the concluding "Hesitation Blues." As ...

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Brother Lowdown

Brother Lowdown (1959) more music like this

by Jesse Fuller

Originally released as the Prestige albums San Francisco Bay Blues and Jesse Fuller's Favorites, these 26 sides are fine examples of Fuller's unique one-man-band genius. As if guitar, harmonica, kazoo and washboard weren't enough to occupy his musicianship, the man also invented the "fotdella," a bass he could play with his feet. Unfortunately, a ...

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Arhoolie Presents American Masters, Vol. 1: 15 Down Home Country Blues Classics

Arhoolie Presents American Masters, Vol. 1: 15 Down Home Country Blues Classics (1996) more music like this

by Various Artists

The origins of the blues can be found in the grooves of this fine budget-priced sampler, which includes performances from Mississippi Fred McDowell ("Frisco Line"), the Black Ace ("Drink On, Little Girl"), Bukka White ("Columbus Mississippi Blues") and Big Joe Williams ("Brother James"). Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

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The Prestige/Folklore Years, Vol. 2: New City Blues (1994) more music like this

by Various Artists

Because this focuses only on blues-related songs that appeared on Prestige/Folklore releases in the first half of the 1960s, it's not the most diverse or representative entry in this series. It's still decent material, and a snapshot of the blues/folk crossover happening in the early 1960s folk revival scene; all of these blues are acoustic. With ...

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