Josh White - In Memoriam

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Time: 28:44
Size: 65.8 MB
Released: 1951/1970/2010
Styles: Blues-folk
Art: Front

1. Foggy Foggy Dew (3:09)
2. I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirt (3:05)
3. Like A Natural Man (2:49)
4. Take A Gal Like You (2:52)
5. Molly Malone (2:55)
6. Call Me Darling (2:10)
7. The Lass With The Delicate Air (3:01)
8. Barbara Allen (3:07)
9. Waltzing Matilda (2:53)
10. Lonesome Road (2:40)

To many blues enthusiasts, Josh White was a folk revival artist. It's true that the second half of his music career found him based in New York playing to the coffeehouse and cabaret set and hanging out with Burl Ives, Woody Guthrie, and fellow transplanted blues artists Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee. In Chicago during the 1960s, his shirt was unbuttoned to the waist à la Harry Belafonte and his repertoire consisted of folk revival standards such as "Scarlet Ribbons." He was a show business personality -- a star renowned for his sexual magnetism and his dramatic vocal presentations. Many listeners were unaware of White's status as a major figure in the Piedmont blues tradition. The first part of his career saw him as apprentice to some of the greatest blues and religious artists ever, including Willie Walker, Blind Blake, Blind Joe Taggart (with whom he recorded), and allegedly even Blind Lemon Jefferson. On his own, he recorded both blues and religious songs, including a classic version of "Blood Red River." A fine guitar technician with an appealing voice, he became progressively more sophisticated in his presentation. Like many other Carolinians and Virginians who moved north to urban areas, he took up city ways, remaining a fine musician if no longer a down-home artist. Like several other canny blues players, he used his roots music to broaden and enhance his life experience, and his talent was such that he could choose the musical idiom that was most lucrative at the time. ~bio by Barry Lee Pearson

Josh White – Guitar, Vocals
Chick Laval – Guitar
Jack Fallon – Bass

Josh White In Memoriam

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Dave Arcari - Devil's Left Hand

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Time: 33:15
Size: 76.1 MB
Styles: Acoustic delta blues, Blues-folk
Released: 2010
Art: Front

1. Devil's Left Hand (2:14)
2. Can't Be Satisfied (3:23)
3. Devil's Deal (2:36)
4. MacPherson's Lament (3:35)
5. Blue Train (2:12)
6. Trouble In Mind (4:31)
7. Come On In My Kitchen (2:45)
8. Cotton On My Back (2:45)
9. Hangman's Blues (2:22)
10. One Side Blind (2:14)
11. Texicalli Waltz (2:46)
12. Dragonfly (1:44)

As a follow up to his hugely successful Got Me Electric, delta bluesman Dave Arcari delivers his latest offering, Devil’s Left Hand. Combining his now trademark fusion of traditional pre-war delta blues based riffs and a voice that feels at home down on the bayou, Arcari pleases both fans and newcomers with this latest album, his sixth in total.
With the impressive and wonderfully accurate tag of “Scotland’s answer to Seasick Steve” hanging over his head, a lesser musician would be swallowed up by such a hallowed compliment.
Dave Arcari, however, is not a lesser musician. Rather than shy away from this pseudo sycophantic compliment, Arcari instead relishes in the spotlight and the accolades that follow a statement like that around.
In this latest collection of material, Arcari once again demonstrates the vast wealth of musical talent and knowledge from which he regular draws upon. With a unique ability to combine the sweet, soothing sound of the American Deep South with the more folk and vague rock elements of traditional Scottish music, Devil’s Left Hand once again aptly demonstrates the Scots guitarists best assets and love of what he does. ~Jonathan Whitelaw

Devil's Left Hand

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