Masters of the Delta Blues

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Product Details

Artist : Various
Format : Compilation
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0016351020222
Label : Shanachie
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 1995-01-01
UPC : 016351020222

ASIN : B000000G8E

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Rowdy Blues - Kid Bailey
2. Big Fat Mama Blues - Tommy Johnson
3. I Am in the Heavenly Way - Bukka White
4. Future Blues - Willie Brown
5. Brown Mama Blues - Ishman Bracey
6. On the Wall - Louise Johnson
7. Walking Blues [Unissued Test][#] - Son House
8. Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
9. Promise True and Grand - Bukka White
10. Mississippi Bottom Blues - Kid Bailey
11. Maggie Campbell Blues - Tommy Johnson
12. My Black Mama, Pt. 1 - Son House
13. My Black Mama, Pt. 2 - Son House
14. Yellow Bee - Bertha Lee
15. Long Ways from Home - Louise Johnson
16. M and O Blues - Willie Brown
17. Button Up Shoes [Take 1, Unissued Test][#] - Tommy Johnson
18. Mind Reader Blues - Bertha Lee
19. Lonesome House Blues [Take 1][#] - Tommy Johnson
20. Dry Spells Blues, Pt. 1 - Son House
21. Dry Spell Blues, Pt. 2 - Son House
22. Preachin' the Blues, Pt. 1 - Son House
23. Preachin' the Blues, Pt. 2 - Son House

Customer Reviews

showcase of the blues' greatest strength (2003-11-29)

Any fan of the blues will appreciate the enormous influence Charley Patton had over the blues players of the delta, and this appreciation can only be increased by the songs presented here. We see here the greatest strength of the blues-the tendancy to individualism, the taking of another's tune and molding it to one's own style until it became one's own. This Album showcases that beautifully as it includes many varied and superb treatments of classic Patton tunes such as pony blues or maggie. Of particular interest are the Kid Bailey cuts, a mysterious figure who according to the liner notes was identified by Son house as Willie Brown with Patton accompanying. They are my personal favorites, but overall a very good album. A must for anyone interested in the development of the blues, or who just wants something to howl along with.

One of the best blues CD's I've ever owned! Essential! (2001-02-06)

This is a wonderful blues CD. One of the best I've ever purchashed. It includes great performances by legendary blues figures such as Tommie Johnson, Willie Brown, Ishmon Bracey, Son House, Kid Bailey, Bukka White and others. This is the true Mississippi Delta Blues from the late 20's and 30's. The guitar work is mesmorizing and is a blueprint for rock and roll. There are 5 Tommie Johnson cuts, recorded for Victor, that are superb. He was as good as Robert Johnson, in my opinion. Yazoo captures these classic recordings with all that old Mississippi dirt with some scratchiness, yet the sound is vibrant and alive. Willie Brown's "Future Blues" and Tommie Johnson's "Canned Heat Blues" are worth the price of admission alone. Essential!

Furious Bottleneck Growl (2000-01-07)

The Yazoo label does it again!

This CD is essential for rare inclusion of all six demonic Son House performances originally cut on acetate in 1930. It was these recordings that inspired Alan Lomax to look up House in the early 40's for the Library of Congress Archives.

It is worth mentioning that do to Paramount's inferior treatment of the source material, there is considerable auxilliary noise on those six sides. But Son's guitar and voice still threaten to impale you like a hot skewer.

Son House would have been a preacher, but for the fact that he shot a man dead and was banished from Clarksdale for the rest of his life.

This was the belle epoque of Delta Blues, a time when the legendary rivalry between House and Charlie Patton was at a peak, and when another legend, Robert Johnson, would pick up a couple licks from Son House himself. The way of life that existed in the Delta back then is gone forever, and for all of that progress and new found civility, we shall never be fortunate enough to hear anything like this ever again.

For anyone hoping to hear a mellow country rover picking away on his front porch, Son House will send you to intensive care. This is truly "where the soul of man never dies."

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