Babe Stovall - Babe Stovall

Size: 122,1 MB
Time: 50:55
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1990
Styles: Blues
Art: Front, back

1. Careless Love (3:57)
2. Big Road Blues (3:32)
3. C C Rider (4:49)
4. Going Away To Wear You Off My Mind (3:59)
5. Don't You Want To Go (3:29)
6. Good Morning Blues (3:37)
7. Salty Dog (2:13)
8. Going To New Orleans (1:58)
9. Woman Blues (4:36)
10. I Ain't Gonna Be Your Dog No More (3:44)
11. Time Is Winding Up (2:58)
12. If I Could Only Hear My Mother Pray Again (2:36)
13. Corrinne Corinna (2:26)
14. Careless Love (6:54)

Stovall was born in Tylertown, Mississippi, United States, in 1907, the youngest of eleven children (thus his nickname “Babe”). He learned to play the guitar by the age of eight, and his guitar playing style was influenced by Tommy Johnson, whom he had met in Mississippi around 1930. In 1964, he relocated to New Orleans, Louisiana, where he entertained on the streets, and in cafes and galleries of the French Quarter. Stovall frequently took young white musicians under his wing as apprentice performers, teaching them traditional country blues songs and guitar techniques. He variously played his guitar at the back of his neck, and hollered his song lyrics loudly for all in the vicinity to hear. In 1964 he recorded an album for Verve, titled Babe Stovall (which was re-released in 1990 on CD), and undertook more recordings in 1966, released as The Babe Stovall Story. His later work with Bob West resulted in The Old Ace: Mississippi Blues & Religious Songs, which was released on Arcola (2003).

Babe Stovall MP3

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Jewell "Babe" Stovall - The Old Ace: Mississippi Blues & Religious Songs

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1968/2004
Styles: Blues
Time: 50:12
Size: 115,8 MB
Covers: Full

(3:02) 1. Good Morning Blues
(2:51) 2. Candy Man
(3:43) 3. Going Away to Wear You Off My Mind
(3:19) 4. The Ship Is at the Landing
(1:59) 5. Baby Let Me Follow You Down
(3:35) 6. Worried Blues
(4:15) 7. Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
(2:17) 8. How Long How Long Blues
(3:57) 9. Dirty Mistreater
(3:18) 10. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
(1:49) 11. God's World Shall Never Pass Away
(2:06) 12. Kansas City Blues
(6:57) 13. Medley: Big Road Blues/Careless Love
(2:32) 14. Interview 1: Family
(4:24) 15. Interview 2: Playing in New Orleans

The late Babe Stovall, who died in 1974, was one of music's colorful characters, an excellent and adaptable blues guitarist who could move from Delta blues to folk to gospel. With some stunning picking, he was a New Orleans fixture. Indeed, he was the Mr. Bojangles of the Jerry Jeff Walker song. This album, recorded live in the Crescent City in 1968, gives a good indication of his talents. He could be wonderfully soulful, as on "Big Road Blues," but also quite playful, as his ragtime version of "Candy Man" proves. As the booklet reveals, he was obviously a showman -- playing guitar behind his head, for example. But he also offered plenty of more sacred material, like "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" and "The Ship Is at the Landing." This is a great historical document, made even more valuable by the inclusion of interviews with Stovall, who reminisces about the past, his family, and his career. -- Allmusic.
Babe Stovall was the inspiration for the song Mr. Bojangles by Jerry Jeff Walker, who met Babe at about the time of this recording (1968). During this period, Babe was entertaining college students, hippies, tourists, artists and locals on the streets and in the cafes and art galleries of the French Quarter in New Orleans, captivating them with his antics while singing and picking on his National guitar. Babe's guitar playing style was influenced by Tommy Johnson, whom he'd met in Mississippi around 1930. Babe Stovall deserved the same level of acclaim as other 60s "discoveries" like Fred McDowell and Mance Lipscomb. -- Amazon.

The Old Ace: Mississippi Blues & Religious Songs
The Old Ace: Mississippi Blues & Religious Songs artwork

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