I Want You to Know (1996)

About this title: The team of guitarist Paul Rishell and Annie Raines on harmonica (both sing) is so appealing that their acoustic duets make the occasional guests (and electrification of the music) seem unnecessary although Ronnie Earl gets in a few good guitar solos. Five originals by the Rishell/Raines team fit right in with songs by the likes of Blind Boy Fuller, Bo Carter, Babecue Bob, J.B. Lenoir, Otis Spann, Peg Leg Howell and Big Bill Broonzy. A touching version of "I Shall Not Be Moved" is the set's highpoint but all of the 16 selections (which range from country blues and early folk music to later ... read more

Tracks:

1. Step It up and Go [Fuller]
2. I Want You to Know [Carter]
3. Got to Fly [Raines/Rishell]
4. Yo Yo Blues [Hicks]
5. Nothin' But the Devil [West]
6. Ol' Heartbreak [Raines/Rishell]
7. Blues for Tampa Red [Raines/Rishell]
8. I Shall Not Be Moved [Traditional]
9. Funny Feeling Blues [Traditional]
10. Mama Talk to Your Daughter [Atkins/Lenoir]
11. Little Dog [Raines/Rishell]
12. Must Have Been the Devil [Spann]
13. Time Is Like a Woman [Raines/Rishell]
14. Low Down Rounder [Howell]
15. Key to the Highway [Broonzy/Segar]
16. John Henry [Traditional]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.