Bukka White - Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues (Live In Germany)

Size: 134,8 MB
Time: 57:53
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2019
Styles: Delta Blues
Art: Front

01. Black Rat (Live) (6:21)
02. Way Out In The West (Live) (5:48)
03. Mama Don't Allow (Live) (6:36)
04. Stuttgart, Arkansas (Live) (6:32)
05. Don't Fuzz Blues (Live) (3:47)
06. Big Boat Up The River (Live) (8:11)
07. New Orleans Streamline (Live) (4:28)
08. Every Day I Have The Blues (Live) (5:52)
09. Aberdeen Blues (Live) (3:03)
10. Midnight Blues (Live) (4:36)
11. Poor Boy Long Way From Home (Live) (2:34)

This complete performance was recorded in Bremen, Germany over 45 years ago. These recordings were released in the late '70s as a vinyl bootleg. It has been hard-to-find and never available on CD in any country.

He was born Booker T Washington White, - the man we came to know as Bukka White. Born in 1909, Booker was the son of a railroad worker. While serving time for assault, he recorded for the folklorist John Lomax. The few songs he recorded around this time became his most well known: "Shake 'Em On Down," and "Po' Boy." His 1937 version of the oft-recorded song "Shake 'Em on Down," is considered definitive; it became a hit while White was serving time in Mississippi State Penitentiary, commonly known as Parchman Farm. He wrote about his experience there in "Parchman Farm Blues", which was released in 1940. Bob Dylan covered his song "Fixin' to Die Blues", which aided a "rediscovery" of White . . Led Zeppelin’s ‘Hats Off to (Roy) Harper’, on their album Led Zeppelin III was based in large part on ‘Shake ‘Em on Down, ’ while ‘Custard Pie’, on Physical Graffiti, also references ‘Shake ‘Em on Down.’ It was also brilliantly covered by the North Mississippi all Stars. ‘Parchman Farm Blues’ was recorded by Jeff Buckley, and posthumously on the bonus disc of, Grace.

Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues

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Bukka White - Aberdeeen Mississippi Blues: The Vintage Recordings 1930 - 1940

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Time: 57:20
Size: 131.3 MB
Styles: Acoustic Chicago blues, Country blues
Released: 2005
Art: Front

1. The New 'frisco Train (2:56)
2. The Panama Limited (2:40)
3. I Am In The Heavenly Way (2:35)
4. The Promise True And Grand (2:49)
5. Pinebluff Arkansas (2:42)
6. Shake 'em On Down (2:51)
7. Sic 'em Dogs On (2:24)
8. Po' Boy (2:40)
9. Black Train Blues (2:52)
10. Strange Place Blues (3:00)
11. When Can I Change My Clothes (2:52)
12. Sleepy Man Blues (2:58)
13. Parchman Farm Blues (3:07)
14. Good Gin Blues (2:30)
15. High Fever Blues (3:01)
16. District Attorney Blues (2:49)
17. Fixin' To Die Blues (3:07)
18. Aberdeen Mississippi Blues (3:06)
19. Bukka's Jitterbug Swing (3:09)
20. Special Stream Line (3:03)

One disc 57 minutes in length approximately. The sound is good for recordings of this age - clean and fairly crisp. The tracks recorded in prison suffer somewhat in comparison to the studio recordings, but are okay, and they have a feel all their own. This set contains the complete (20 tracks) recordings done by White in the period 1930-1940. There are other collections that say "complete" (most notably Sony's "Complete Bukka White"), but they usually omit 6 or so tracks, which makes this the set to own. It's a shame that music of this caliber is becoming harder to find, so pick this up soon from one of the few sellers that have it in stock.
Bukka (real name-Booker T.Washington White) White was one of the most important pre-war blues singer/guitarists of that era. His voice was rough and immediate sounding, and combined with his National steel-bodied guitar (oftentimes using a slide) style, which sounded like he was attacking his instrument, made for a very visceral listening experience. White was one of a small group of performers (Lighnin' Hopkins was another) who could make up a (good) song while he played it. Like many blues singers of the time, his song themes were about personal remembrances, death, religion, and prison, where he spent time for shooting a man. Two of the tracks heard here, "Sic 'Em Dogs", and "Po' Boy", were recorded during his incarceration in the infamous Parchman Farm by the great chronicler of indigenous music John Lomax.
There are a couple of tracks where White is accompanied by a second guitarist - Napoleon Harrison, and a couple with "Miss Minnie" (possibly Memphis Minnie), two more tracks with an unknown guitarist, and the remaining 14 tracks have the underrated Washboard Sam accompanying him on (what else?) a washboard. Sam is not known widely,but he recorded quite a few tracks of his own, which are worth hearing.
All of these tracks are pretty equal in worth, so picking out favorites is useless - you either like his style or you don't. ~Stuart Jefferson

Aberdeeen Mississippi Blues: The Vintage Recordings 1930 - 1940

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Various - Classic Delta & Deep South Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:34
Size: 154.7 MB
Styles: Acoustic delta blues
Year: 2018
Art: Front

[2:37] 1. Big Bill Broonzy - C.C. Rider
[2:26] 2. Roosevelt Sykes - Woman In Elaine, Arkansas
[3:01] 3. Son House - Death Letter Blues
[2:46] 4. K.C. Douglas - Your Crying Won't Make Me Stay
[3:33] 5. Bukka White - Columbus, Mississippi Blues
[1:57] 6. Cat-Iron - I'm Goin’ To Walk Your Log
[3:20] 7. Clifton Chenier - Why Did You Go Last Night
[3:54] 8. Sam Chatmon - I Stand And Wonder
[3:59] 9. Johnny Young - Sleeping With The Devil
[2:47] 10. Shortstuff Macon - Short Stuff's Corinna
[2:01] 11. Big Joe Williams - Married Woman Blues
[3:01] 12. Little Brother Montgomery - Up The Country Blues
[4:48] 13. John Littlejohn - Dream
[3:40] 14. Doctor Ross - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
[3:31] 15. David Honeyboy Edwards - Catfish Blues
[3:41] 16. Memphis Slim - M & O Blues
[4:19] 17. Scott Dunbar - Forty-Four
[5:03] 18. Son House - Sun Goin' Down
[4:03] 19. Mississippi Fred Mcdowell - Frisco Line
[2:58] 20. Big Bill Broonzy - Diggin' My Potatoes

Mississippi, particularly the Delta, lays claim to being the land where the blues began. Forged in the crucible of poverty and racial oppression, blues flourished there as nowhere else, evolving into what most critics consider the deepest or most intense strain of the blues tradition. During the Great Migration, music changed consistently, adapting to its new surroundings like St. Louis and Chicago, while retaining its connection to its down home Delta roots. This collection celebrates the diversity and dissemination of the blues’ most powerful and influential voices.

Classic Delta & Deep South Blues mc
Classic Delta & Deep South Blues zippy

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Bukka White & Skip James - Live At The Cafe Au Go Go 1965

Size: 173,4 MB
Time: 73:52
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2014
Styles: Acoustic Blues
Art: Full

01. Bukka White - I'm Going Home (3:41)
02. Bukka White - Aberdeen (First Set) (3:57)
03. Bukka White - Old Folks Twist (2:50)
04. Bukka White - Please Write My Mother (5:30)
05. Bukka White - Going To New Orleans (First Set) (2:52)
06. Bukka White - Jitterbug Swing (5:50)
07. Bukka White - Saturday Night Blues (4:17)
08. Bukka White - Old Man John (3:40)
09. Bukka White - Aberdeen (Second Set) (3:34)
10. Bukka White - Going To New Orleans (Second Set) (5:18)
11. Bukka White - Midnight Blues (2:49)
12. Skip James - Roadhouse Blues (2:50)
13. Skip James - I'm Worried (6:52)
14. Skip James - Hard Head (4:59)
15. Skip James - Cruel Jane (3:35)
16. Skip James - Cherry Bough (4:00)
17. Skip James - Would You Like To Be My Baby (1:48)
18. Skip James - No Special Rider (5:20)

The label here (Rockbeat) has made sure that absolutely not a shred of information has leaked out about this album, leading the Reverend on a wild goose chase across the internet to provide you good readers with some morsel that might be of interest. While the provenance of these recordings is suspect, so too is the date...according to Stephen Calt’s I’d Rather Be The Devil, Skip James spent much of 1965 either in the hospital or ill and unable to perform. More likely is that these live recordings of James and Bukka White are sourced from the August 1966 performances that were released, in part, by Verve Folkways as the 1967 Living Legends LP (which also included songs by Son House and Big Joe Williams), which dates them as somewhere in between the making of James’ first and second Vanguard Records albums. Anybody that has better info, let me know. But since both artists are legends of the blues, at a minimum this might be interesting to hear... By Reverend Keith A. Gordon

Live At The Cafe Au Go Go 1965

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Bukka White - Mississippi Blues Giant

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 56:41
Size: 129.8 MB
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[2:57] 1. The New 'Frisco Train
[3:08] 2. The Panama Limited
[3:02] 3. I Am In The Heavenly Way
[3:01] 4. Promise True And Grand
[3:01] 5. Shake 'em On Down
[2:51] 6. Pinebluff Arkansas
[2:53] 7. Po' Boy
[2:24] 8. Sic 'em Dogs On
[3:00] 9. Black Train Blues
[2:39] 10. Parchman Farm Blues
[2:52] 11. Strange Place Blues
[2:48] 12. Fixin' To Die Blues
[2:39] 13. Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
[2:52] 14. Sleepy Man Blues
[2:23] 15. Good Gin Blues
[2:51] 16. Special Stream Line
[2:40] 17. District Attorney Blues
[2:59] 18. When Can I Change My Clothes
[2:39] 19. Bukka's Jitterbug Swing
[2:51] 20. High Fever Blues

Throughout the music on this CD, Bukka is never less than very good, and on the best numbers, “Panama Limited”, “Sic ‘Em Dogs On”, “When Can I Change My Clothes”, “District Attorney Blues”, “Fixin’ To Die” and “Bukka’s Jitterbug Swing”, Bukka takes the music somewhere it had not been before. It is really great music. ~John Miller.

Mississippi Blues Giant

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VA - Milestones Of Legends: Delta Blues Vol. 01 to Vol. 10

Size: 1.55 GB
Time: 11:28:25
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Acoustic Delta Blues
Art: Front

Vol. 01:
01. Charlie Patton - High Sheriff Blues (3:06)
02. Son House - Mississippie Country Blues (2:50)
03. Son House - Clarksdale Moan (2:57)
04. Blind Willie Johnson - God Don't Never Change (2:56)
05. Leadbelly - Packin'trunk Blues (2:53)
06. Casey Bill Weldon - I Believe I´ll Make A Change (3:02)
07. Blind Willie Johnson - When The War Was On (3:00)
08. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Black Snake Moan (2:50)
09. Joshua White - The Prodigal Son (2:58)
10. Lonnie Johnson - Away Down In The Alley Blues (2:49)
11. Son House - My Black Mama Part One (3:11)
12. Son House - My Black Mama Part Two (3:18)
13. Sonny Terry - Touch It Up And Go (2:25)
14. Mississippie Jock Band - Hittin' The Bottom Stomp (2:35)
15. Big Joe Williams - Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff (3:02)
16. Big Joe Williams - Greystone Blues (2:29)
17. Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing (2:36)
18. Blind Boy Fuller - Homesick & Lonesme Blues (3:06)
19. Son House - Dry Spell Blues Pt. 1 (3:08)
20. Son House - Dry Spell Blues Pt. 2 (3:12)
21. Blind Willie McTell - Broke Down Engine (2:44)
22. Mississippie Fred McDowell - Shake 'em Down (3:18)
23. John Lee Hooker - My Baby Don't Love Me (3:03)

Vol. 02:
01. Charlie Patton - Down The Dirt Road Blues (2:56)
02. Charlie Patton - It Won't Be Long (3:23)
03. Charlie Patton - High Water Everywhere Pt. 1 (3:04)
04. Charlie Patton - High Sheriff Blues (3:06)
05. Charlie Patton - Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues (3:04)
06. Charlie Patton - Lord I'm Discouraged (3:08)
07. Charlie Patton - Shake It And Break It (3:07)
08. Charlie Patton - Rattlesnake Blues (2:44)
09. Charlie Patton - Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues (3:06)
10. Charlie Patton - A Spoonful Of Blues (3:10)
11. Charlie Patton - Pony Blues (3:00)
12. Charlie Patton - Magnolia Blues (3:11)
13. Charlie Patton - Moon Going Down (3:13)
14. Charlie Patton - I'm Goin' Home (3:03)
15. Charlie Patton - Elder Green Blues (3:00)
16. Charlie Patton - Jim Lee Blues Pt. 1 (3:01)
17. Charlie Patton - Banty Rooster Blues (3:04)
18. Charlie Patton - Jersey Bull Blues (3:09)
19. Charlie Patton - I Shall Not Be Moved (3:02)
20. Charlie Patton - Going To Move To Alabama (2:58)
21. Charlie Patton - Pea Vine Blues (3:02)
22. Charlie Patton - Green River Blues (3:09)
23. Charlie Patton - Bird Nest Bound (3:09)

Vol. 03:
01. Son House - Levee Camp Blues (3:43)
02. Son House - Government Fleet Blues (6:50)
03. Son House - Walking Blues (Version 1) (6:42)
04. Son House - Shetland Pony Blues (3:28)
05. Son House - Fo' Clock Blues (3:52)
06. Son House - Camp Hollers (2:27)
07. Son House - Delta Blues (5:20)
08. Son House - Special Rider Blues (Test) (0:45)
09. Son House - Special Rider Blues (3:04)
10. Son House - Low Down Dirty Dog Blues (4:59)
11. Son House - Depot Blues (2:55)
12. Son House - Alan Lomax Talking (1:32)
13. Son House - American Defense (2:56)
14. Son House - Am I Right Or Wrong (1:49)
15. Son House - Walking Blues (Version 2) (2:56)
16. Son House - County Farm Blues (2:13)
17. Son House - The Pony Blues (4:14)
18. Son House - The Jinx Blues (Pt. 1) (3:27)
19. Son House - The Jinx Blues (Pt. 2) (4:26)

Vol. 04:
01. Robert Johnson - I Believe I'll Dust My Broom (2:57)
02. Robert Johnson - Phonograph Blues (2:33)
03. Robert Johnson - Ramblin' On My Mind (2:51)
04. Robert Johnson - Kindhearted Woman Blues (2:48)
05. Robert Johnson - Terraplane Blues (2:58)
06. Robert Johnson - I'm A Steady Rollin' Man (2:39)
07. Robert Johnson - Walking Blues (2:27)
08. Robert Johnson - Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2:37)
09. Robert Johnson - Dead Shrimp Blues (2:34)
10. Robert Johnson - Sweet Home Chicago (2:59)
11. Robert Johnson - 32-20 Blues (2:48)
12. Robert Johnson - Come On In My Kitchen (2:47)
13. Robert Johnson - If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day (2:32)
14. Robert Johnson - Me And The Devil Blues (2:29)
15. Robert Johnson - Preaching Blues (Up Jumped The Devil) (2:50)
16. Robert Johnson - Stones In My Passway (2:24)
17. Robert Johnson - Cross Road Blues (2:39)
18. Robert Johnson - Travelling Riverside Blues (2:46)
19. Robert Johnson - When You Got A Good Friend (2:35)
20. Robert Johnson - Milkcow's Calf Blues (2:13)
21. Robert Johnson - Hellhound On My Trail (2:36)
22. Robert Johnson - From Four 'til Late (2:22)
23. Robert Johnson - Honeymoon Blues (2:15)
24. Robert Johnson - Stop Breakin' Down Blues (2:15)
25. Robert Johnson - Malted Milk (2:21)
26. Robert Johnson - Little Queen Of Spades (2:18)
27. Robert Johnson - They're Red Hot (3:02)
28. Robert Johnson - Drunken Hearted Man (2:24)
29. Robert Johnson - Love In Vain (2:18)

Vol. 05:
01. Bukka White - District Attorney Blues (2:42)
02. Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing (2:35)
03. Bukka White - Special Streamline (2:52)
04. Bukka White - Shake 'em On Down (2:58)
05. Bukka White - When Can I Change My Clothes (2:56)
06. Bukka White - Promise True And Grand (3:06)
07. Bukka White - Po' Boy (2:53)
08. Bukka White - The New Frisco Train (2:57)
09. Bukka White - Sic 'em Dogs On (2:20)
10. Bukka White - High Fever Blues (2:47)
11. Bukka White - Pinebluff, Arkansas (2:46)
12. Bukka White - Strange Place Blues (2:49)
13. Bukka White - Parchman Farm Blues (2:36)
14. Bukka White - Sleepy Man Blues (2:48)
15. Bukka White - I Am In The Heavenly Way (3:05)
16. Bukka White - Black Train Blues (2:54)
17. Bukka White - Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues (2:32)
18. Bukka White - Good Gin Blues (2:20)
19. Bukka White - The Panama Limited (3:06)
20. Bukka White - Fixin' To Die (2:45)

Vol. 06:
01. Big Joe Williams - Baby Please Don't Go (2:45)
02. Big Joe Williams - Crawlin' King Snake (2:47)
03. Big Joe Williams - Long Tall Woman, Skinny Mama Too (3:53)
04. Big Joe Williams - Highway 49 (3:27)
05. Big Joe Williams - That Thing's In Town (3:44)
06. Big Joe Williams - King Biscuit Stomp (2:35)
07. Big Joe Williams - Sloppy Drunk Blues (2:45)
08. Big Joe Williams - Peach Orchard Mama (2:40)
09. Big Joe Williams - Jump, Baby, Jump! (2:42)
10. Big Joe Williams - Delta Blues (2:38)
11. Big Joe Williams - Stack Of Dollars (3:10)
12. Big Joe Williams - Throw A Boogie Woogie (2:39)
13. Big Joe Williams - Drop Down Blues (2:53)
14. Big Joe Williams - Somebody's Been Worryin' (3:13)
15. Big Joe Williams - Don't Leave Me Here (2:56)
16. Big Joe Williams - Banta Rooster Blues (2:56)
17. Big Joe Williams - Blues Left Texas (3:18)
18. Big Joe Williams - I'm Getting Wild About Her (2:45)
19. Big Joe Williams - Walk On, Little Girl (2:53)
20. Big Joe Williams - Mellow Peaches (3:08)
21. Big Joe Williams - P Vine Blues (3:08)
22. Big Joe Williams - No.13 Highway (2:22)
23. Big Joe Williams - I Got A Bad Mind (2:19)
24. Big Joe Williams - Arkansas Woman (3:13)
25. Big Joe Williams - I Done Stop Hollering (3:58)

Vol. 07:
01. Leadbelly - Midnight Special (3:04)
02. Leadbelly - John Hardy (3:12)
03. Leadbelly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (3:00)
04. Leadbelly - T.B. Blues (3:09)
05. Leadbelly - Easy Rider (3:14)
06. Leadbelly - Alberta (3:09)
07. Leadbelly - Rock Island Line (2:35)
08. Leadbelly - Alabama Bound (3:03)
09. Leadbelly - You Can't Lose-A Me Cholly (3:04)
10. Leadbelly - New York City (2:58)
11. Leadbelly - Roberta (3:05)
12. Leadbelly - Leaving Blues (3:03)
13. Leadbelly - When The Boys Were Out On The Western Plains (2:54)
14. Leadbelly - I'm On My Last Go Round (3:12)
15. Leadbelly - Mother's Blues (2:33)
16. Leadbelly - Pretty Flowers In My Back Yard (2:24)
17. Leadbelly - Pick A Bale Of Cotton (2:56)
18. Leadbelly - Sail On Little Girl (3:12)
19. Leadbelly - Fannin Street (2:33)
20. Leadbelly - Packing Trunk Blues (2:54)
21. Leadbelly - The Bourgeois Blues (3:21)
22. Leadbelly - Good Morning Blues (2:53)
23. Leadbelly - The Boll Weevil (3:01)
24. Leadbelly - Shorty George (5:01)
25. Leadbelly - Goodnight Irene (2:40)

Vol. 08:
01. Skip James - Devil Got My Woman (3:10)
02. Skip James - Cypress Grove Blues (2:55)
03. Skip James - Little Cow And Calf Is Gonna Die Blues (2:47)
04. Skip James - Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues (2:59)
05. Skip James - Drunken Spree (3:01)
06. Skip James - Cherry Ball Blues (2:47)
07. Skip James - Jesus Is A Mighty Good Leader (2:51)
08. Skip James - Illinois Blues (2:51)
09. Skip James - How Long Buck (2:59)
10. Skip James - Four O'clock Blues (3:02)
11. Skip James - 22-20 Blues (2:51)
12. Skip James - Hard Luck Child (3:02)
13. Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road (2:37)
14. Skip James - Be Ready When He Comes (2:49)
15. Skip James - Yola My Blues Away (2:55)
16. Skip James - I'm So Glad (3:14)
17. Skip James - What Am I Gonna Do Blues (2:53)
18. Skip James - Special Rider Blues (3:05)

Vol. 09:
01. Mississippi John Hurt - Frankie (3:23)
02. Mississippi John Hurt - Nobody's Dirty Business (2:54)
03. Mississippi John Hurt - Ain't No Tellin' (2:53)
04. Mississippi John Hurt - Louis Collins (2:59)
05. Mississippi John Hurt - Avalon Blues (3:03)
06. Mississippi John Hurt - Big Leg Blues (2:52)
07. Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O' Lee (2:55)
08. Mississippi John Hurt - Candy Man Blues (2:44)
09. Mississippi John Hurt - Got The Blues (Can't Be Satisfied) (2:49)
10. Mississippi John Hurt - Blessed Be The Name (2:45)
11. Mississippi John Hurt - Praying On The Old Camp Ground (2:35)
12. Mississippi John Hurt - Blue Harvest Blues (2:50)
13. Mississippi John Hurt - Spike Driver Blues (3:13)
14. Blind Willie Johnson - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning (3:04)
15. Blind Willie Johnson - You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond (3:09)
16. Blind Willie Johnson - God Moves On The Water (2:58)
17. Blind Willie Johnson - Jesus Is Coming Soon (3:12)
18. Blind Willie Johnson - John The Revelator (3:18)
19. Blind Willie Johnson - Cold Was The Ground - Dark Was The Night (3:19)
20. Blind Willie Johnson - Trouble Will Soon Be Over (3:06)
21. Blind Willie Johnson - Let Your Light Shine On Me (3:08)
22. Blind Willie Johnson - It's Nobody's Fault But Mine (3:08)
23. Blind Willie Johnson - The Soul Of A Man (3:12)
24. Blind Willie Johnson - If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down (3:11)

Vol. 10:
01. Muddy Waters - Country Blues (3:33)
02. Muddy Waters - I Be's Troubled (3:05)
03. Muddy Waters - Burr Clover Farm Blues (2:53)
04. Muddy Waters - Ramblin' Kid Blues (Partial) (1:10)
05. Muddy Waters - Ramblin' Kid Blues (3:15)
06. Muddy Waters - Rosalie (3:02)
07. Muddy Waters - Joe Turner (2:46)
08. Muddy Waters - Pearlie May Blues (3:22)
09. Muddy Waters - Take A Walk With Me (3:04)
10. Muddy Waters - Burr Clover Blues (3:13)
11. Muddy Waters - I Be Bound To Write To You (First Version) (3:25)
12. Muddy Waters - I Be Bound To Write To You (Second Version) (2:52)
13. Muddy Waters - You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (Number One) (3:21)
14. Muddy Waters - You Got To Take Sick And Die Some Of These Days (2:08)
15. Muddy Waters - Why Don't You Live So God Can Use You (2:07)
16. Muddy Waters - Country Blues (Number Two) (3:34)
17. Muddy Waters - You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone (Number Two) (3:40)
18. Muddy Waters - 32-20 Blues (3:24)

10CD set of the greatest innovators of the Delta Blues - 25 artists across 224 tracks. Featuring Charlie Patton, Son House, Robert Johnson, Bukka White, Big JoeWilliams, Lead Belly, Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Willie Johnson and Muddy Waters.

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Bukka White - Sky Songs

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1965/1990
Styles: Blues
Time: 63:22
Size: 145,4 MB
Covers: Full

( 7:28) 1. Bald Eagle Train
( 5:42) 2. Single Man Blues
( 7:53) 3. Georgia Skin Game
( 7:45) 4. Jesus Died on the Cross to Save the World
(12:39) 5. Sugar Hill
(14:41) 6. My Baby
( 7:11) 7. Alabama Blues

Amongst the many available recordings of American country-blues, there is absolutely nothing that the Sky Songs could be compared to, something some blues listeners might be thankful for. The concept of a producer taking an artist and refining his statements into a polished, professionally acceptable version of a finished product is turned around completely on its ear here. That this kind of approach might be the enemy of the eccentric such as White is a given, but to allow him to do exactly what he wanted for as long as he wanted over the course of four sides may not have been a good alternative. As a result, these records could perhaps figure into the Guinness Book of World Records as containing the longest country-blues numbers on record, such as the 13-minute and counting "Sugar Hill," the piano track on this volume. White is of course much more effective and exciting to listen to when he plays his steel guitar, and many blues fans might go much further than that simple statement and insist that the blues in general is better in little morsels rather than extended epics. Of course, the history of the genre on recordings begins with abbreviated performances, because it was impossible to cut more than three minutes at once. But skip ahead 50 years and even the electrified blues styles contain long tracks only in the case of extended jams of some kind, the longest one of all being some two hours of "Refried Boogie" plopped onto four sides by Canned Heat. Compared to that, the performances here are mere burps in the sands of time. The listener may still find it tedious making it through these tracks no matter what instrument White is playing or how friendly his vocals sound. It isn't a situation without hope, mind you. "My Baby" is an example of a good result that can came from this lack of editing. White builds the song's intensity surely and slowly, verse upon verse of detail backboned by an insistent riff that literally brings chills to the spine while he sings about this very image. It doesn't hurt that as the verses progress, he gets into some narrative action that would fit right into The Evil Dead. As is the case with incredibly long movies and plays, a psychic adjustment can be made and the most monotonous tracks such as "Sugar Hill" can become some kind of a metaphysical experience, including the piano solo that he plays almost identically at least four times. Who's counting? Perhaps the fellow who faded out the track. Some of the tracks fade in as well, as if they were captured in the middle of their creation. This was the whole idea, as the artist coined the term Sky Songs to describe the idea of ditties coming to him as if they were falling into his mind from up above. The concept of musicians receiving inspiration from the universe at large is of course something even the elite such as Karlheinz Stockhausen lay claim to, so there is no need to dismiss White's inspiration off-hand. Whether country-blues artists missed an opportunity for greatness by not recording similarly long performances is not something anyone will ever be able to judge, as these recordings remain the lone examples of a country-blues imagination allowed to run wild. Inexplicably, timings are provided for two of the tracks and not the others; perhaps the guy with the stopwatch kept dozing off on the job. -- Allmusic

Sky Songs

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Bukka White - The Complete Bukka White

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Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1994
Styles: Blues
Time: 39:10
Size: 90,1 MB
Covers: Full (12 page booklet)

(2:50) 1. Pinebluff, Arkansas
(3:01) 2. Shake 'Em on Down
(2:58) 3. Black Train Blues
(2:53) 4. Strange Place Blues
(3:00) 5. When Can I Change My Clothes?
(2:51) 6. Sleepy Man Blues
(2:40) 7. Parchman Farm Blues
(2:23) 8. Good Gin Blues
(2:50) 9. High Fever Blues
(2:42) 10. District Attorney Blues
(2:49) 11. Fixin' to Die Blues
(2:35) 12. Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
(2:39) 13. Bukka's Jitterbug Swing
(2:55) 14. Special Streamline

All 14 of Bukka White's legendary Vocalion recordings on one CD. Kicking off with his lone 1937 single of "Pinebluff, Arkansas" and "Shake "Em on Down," the set continues with the marathon 12-song session from 1940 which produced such classics as "Sleepy Man Blues," "Parchman Farm Blues," "Fixin' to Die Blues," and "Bukka's Jitterbug Swing." This is personal blues, hitting on a number of subjects usually too stark for blues lyrics, but all on open-wound display here. Powerful stuff, indeed. -- Allmusic.
Using the simplest melodies as his canvas, Delta bluesman Bukka White painted vivid pictures of his own life in the rural South, punctuating his words with a highly percussive steel-guitar attack. Among his subjects: trains, booze, sex, prison, and death. After shooting an old Mississippi rival during a roadside showdown, White had allegedly jumped bail to record his first two songs in 1937. The bawdy "Shake 'Em On Down" was a hit, but White spent two years in prison for his indiscretion. When White returned to Chicago in 1940 to record again, producer Lester Melrose rejected his roster of cover tunes, giving him two days to come up with his own material. Under the gun, White created the 10 autobiographical gems that round out this collection. -- Amazon.

The Complete Bukka White

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Furry Lewis & Bukka White - Party! At Home: Recorded in Memphis 1968

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Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1972/2004
Styles: Blues
Time: 75:20
Size: 173,9 MB
Covers: Full (12 page booklet)

(3:32) 1. Bukka White - Hello, Central, Give Me 49
(2:28) 2. Bukka White - Grey-Haired Woman
(4:37) 3. Bukka White - Little Woman's Bed
(3:45) 4. Bukka White - Tip and Eight Boogie
(0:36) 5. Bukka White - Talking
(4:23) 6. Bukka White - Hambone Blues
(3:16) 7. Bukka White - I'm Drifting
(4:33) 8. Bukka White - Bukka's Goodtime Swing
(6:45) 9. Bukka White - Please, Ma'm
(1:08) 10. Bukka White - Talking
(4:02) 11. Furry Lewis - Going Away Blues
(4:25) 12. Furry Lewis - John Henry
(1:56) 13. Furry Lewis - Talking
(3:49) 14. Furry Lewis - Skinny Woman
(1:00) 15. Furry Lewis - Talking
(1:07) 16. Furry Lewis - Old Dog Blue
(0:52) 17. Furry Lewis - Talking
(2:12) 18. Furry Lewis - Let Me Call You Sweetheart
(3:14) 19. Furry Lewis - Talking
(1:45) 20. Furry Lewis - Farewell to Thee
(5:54) 21. Furry Lewis - Mama's Fish
(4:45) 22. Furry Lewis - When I Lay My Burden Down
(5:05) 23. Furry Lewis - Kassie Jones and a Message from Furry

This album is a fascinating document of two old country blues players, Bukka White and Furry Lewis, playing and talking in a completely relaxed, small-party session, surrounded by friends, none of whom treat the recording going on with any special reverence, meaning the whole set sounds exactly like what it is: a party. Recorded by Bob West in three sessions (one at the home of Albino Red and the other two at Lewis' apartment) in 1968 in Memphis and originally released on LP in 1972 (minus the talking and laughing), it remains one of the most intimate glimpses of the country blues in a neutral setting ever captured on tape. While there are some strong musical performances here by both White ("Hambone Blues") and Lewis (a beautifully natural rendition of "Let Me Call You Sweetheart"), its chief function is historical, letting the light in behind the scenes. The joy the folks at the party have in each other is uplifting, and the music is a bonus. It doesn't add anything startling to the cache of either blues player, but it will make you smile. -- Allmusic.
One of the most recorded of Memphis-based guitarists of the late '20s, Furry Lewis' subsequent fame 40 years later in the '60s was based largely on the strength of his early songs. A great blues storyteller and an extremely nimble-fingered guitarist right into his seventies, he was equally adept at blues and ragtime. The live sessions on this CD begins with Bukka White playing his National steel guitar, performing in the style of Charlie Patton. Most of music here was recorded on Furry's wooden Gibson guitar during a party at his home in 1968. The joking and banter among Bukka, Furry and friends recorded here is priceless. This cd is an intimate and very entertaining performance by two giants of Memphis country blues. -- Amazon.

Party! At Home: Recorded in Memphis 1968
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Various The 1968 Memphis Country Blues Festival With Bukka White

CD 1 of this set is a reissue of the Memphis Country Blues Festival as recorded on Saturday, July 20th,1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. Performers include Bukka White, Joe Callicott, Furry Lewis, Rev. Robert Wilkins and Nathan Beauregard – and it’s the latter two that steal the show. Beauregard, who by his own admission had stopped learning new material in the 1930’s, turns in the most decidedly electric performance of the evening. His versions of “Highway 61” and “Kid Gal Blues” included here are not to be missed – especially since he only ever recorded six songs! The Reverend Robert Wilkins is mostly remembered for his composition “Prodigal Son” that was covered by The Rolling Stones for their “Beggars Banquet” LP. At the time this Memphis festival took place, however, that Stones release was still a good six months in the future, and as much as I love Mick and Keith’s version, it pales in comparison to the passion and the fury present in these readings of “In Heaven, Sitting Down” and “What Do You Think About Jesus”. With John Wilkins on electric bass and Douglas Wilkins on backing vocals and percussion, the good reverend teaches a masterclass in simplicity and dynamics. -- Blueswebzine

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Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2006
Styles: Blues
Time: 50:20
Size: 116,0 MB
Covers: Full (20 page booklet)

CD1: The 1968 Memphis Country Blues Festival With Bukka White
(5:53) 1. Nathan Beauregard - Highway 61
(4:03) 2. Nathan Beauregard - Kid Gal Blues
(5:01) 3. Bukka White - Hello Central, Give Me 49
(2:35) 4. Bukka White - Baby Please Don't Go
(5:17) 5. Furry Lewis - Furry's Blues
(4:04) 6. Robert Wilkins - In Heaven, Sitting Down
(4:44) 7. Robert Wilkins - What Do You Think About Jesus
(6:57) 8. Mississippi Joe Callicott - You Don't Know My Mind
(6:00) 9. Mississippi Joe Callicott - Great Long Ways From Home
(5:41) 10. Bukka White - My Mother Died

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A Memphis, Tennessee studio recording from Sunday, July 21st, 1968, CD 2 of this set is devoted entirely to Bukka White. On the three tunes he had on the festival half, Bukka was accompanied by Jim Crosthwait on washboard; here, he works with various combinations of Crosthwait, Harmonica Boy (harmonica), Trevor Koehler (piano), Bill Barth (guitar), Anchor (bass), and Joe Gray (drums). Indeed: CD 2 is the album originally issued as “Memphis Hot Shots”, with what must surely be one of the most memorable blues album covers ever conceived. While no match for his pre-war output, the solo/duo tunes on this album are nevertheless solid – and the rest is genius! After all that 21st century hype about pushing the envelope and merging blues with hip-hop, it’s a relief to come across a recording that actually does all that and more. Recorded in 1968, the full-band version of “Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues” is well worth the price of this album alone, sounding more current than most of what you’ll find in the Contemporary Blues section today. -- Blueswebzine

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Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2006
Styles: Blues
Time: 51:35
Size: 119,2 MB
Covers: Full

CD2: Bukka White The Complete Blue Horizon Recordings
(2:51) 1. Bukka White - Bed Spring Blues
(3:08) 2. Bukka White - Aberdeen, Mississippi Blues
(3:54) 3. Bukka White - Drifting Blues
(5:59) 4. Bukka White - (Brand New) Decoration Day
(3:42) 5. Bukka White - Baby Please Don't Go
(2:32) 6. Bukka White - Give Me an Old, Old Lady
(6:33) 7. Bukka White - Got Sick and Tired
(2:40) 8. Bukka White - World Boogie
(5:36) 9. Bukka White - School Learning
(2:39) 10. Bukka White - Old Man Tom
(3:30) 11. Bukka White - Gibson Town
(3:51) 12. Bukka White - Drifting Blues [Master Version](bonus)
(4:32) 13. Bukka White - Old Man Tom [Master Version](bonus)

CD1 The 1968 Memphis Country Blues Festival
CD2 Bukka White The Complete Blue Horizon
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Bukka White - High Fever Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 55:42
Size: 127.5 MB
Styles: Acoustic delta blues
Year: 2004
Art: Front

[2:35] 1. Bukka's Jitterbug Swing
[2:58] 2. Shake 'em All Down
[3:02] 3. Promise True And Grand
[2:57] 4. The New Frisco Train
[2:47] 5. High Fever Blues
[2:49] 6. Strange Place Blues
[2:48] 7. Sleepy Man Blues
[2:54] 8. Black Train Blues
[2:19] 9. Good Gin Blues
[2:45] 10. Fixin To Die
[2:38] 11. District Attorney Blues
[2:52] 12. Special Streamline
[2:56] 13. Where Can I Change My Clothes
[2:49] 14. Po' Boy
[2:20] 15. Sic 'em Dogs On
[2:46] 16. Pinebluff Arkansas
[2:36] 17. Patchman Farm Blues
[3:02] 18. I Am In The Heavenly Way
[2:32] 19. Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
[3:06] 20. The Panama Limited

Bukka White (true name: Booker T. Washington White) was born in Houston, Mississippi (not Houston, Texas) in 1906 (not any date between 1902-1905 or 1907-1909, as is variously reported). He got his initial start in music learning fiddle tunes from his father. Guitar instruction soon followed, but White's grandmother objected to anyone playing "that Devil music" in the household; nonetheless, his father eventually bought him a guitar. When Bukka White was 14 he spent some time with an uncle in Clarksdale, Mississippi and passed himself off as a 21-year-old, using his guitar playing as a way to attract women. Somewhere along the line, White came in contact with Delta blues legend Charley Patton, who no doubt was able to give Bukka White instruction on how to improve his skills in both areas of endeavor. In addition to music, White pursued careers in sport, playing in Negro Leagues baseball and, for a time, taking up boxing.

In 1930 Bukka White met furniture salesman Ralph Limbo, who was also a talent scout for Victor. White traveled to Memphis where he made his first recordings, singing a mixture of blues and gospel material under the name of Washington White. Victor only saw fit to release four of the 14 songs Bukka White recorded that day. As the Depression set in, opportunity to record didn't knock again for Bukka White until 1937, when Big Bill Broonzy asked him to come to Chicago and record for Lester Melrose. By this time, Bukka White had gotten into some trouble -- he later claimed he and a friend had been "ambushed" by a man along a highway, and White shot the man in the thigh in self defense. While awaiting trial, White jumped bail and headed for Chicago, making two sides before being apprehended and sent back to Mississippi to do a three-year stretch at Parchman Farm. While he was serving time, White's record "Shake 'Em on Down" became a hit. ~partial bio by Uncle Dave Lewis

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Bukka White - Mississippi Blues

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Source: from LL
Released: 1998
Styles: Blues
Time: 53:02
Size: 122,8 MB
Covers: Full

(4:13) 1. Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
(4:50) 2. Baby Please Don't Go
(3:45) 3. New Orleans Streamline
(2:54) 4. Parchman Farm Blues
(2:22) 5. Poor Boy Long Ways From Home
(3:54) 6. Remembrance of Charlie Patton (Talking)
(3:32) 7. Shake 'Em On Down
(3:44) 8. I Am In the Heavenly Way
(5:55) 9. The Atlanta Special
(3:53) 10. Drunk Man Blues (Piano)
(3:03) 11. Army Blues
(2:33) 12. World Boogie
(2:36) 13. Midnight Blue
(5:42) 14. Old Man Walking Blues

In the true Takoma style of obscurity, there is not much information on this recording. Most of the back cover is taken up with a catalog listing, while the front cover photo is of a dried-up muddy riverbed, which actually looks like a blow-up of a small section of this artist's face. Bukka White is a name known to blues lovers since he was one of the group of early Delta blues recording artists that were rediscovered in the '60s. This album is one of the new recordings he made during this latter period. It is appropriate that White recorded a monologue at one point entitled "Mixed Water" for another label, because blues listeners tend to be mixed about this artist's output. The final analysis is usually in his favor, as he has a tremendously appealing voice, and while not a guitar virtuoso, he certainly creates an authentic Delta blues sound and keeps three or four rhythms that blues bar bands would die for. Sometimes listeners just expect too much from the man, such as a more extensive repertoire of styles or a more forceful guitar attack. Slide guitar and dobro playing have gone so far to the front and center in various types of music that some listeners are just used to hearing it that way, and won't comprehend why White's licks are sometimes simply chiming way in the background, like angels heard from a distance. Despite a lack of intensity -- he just sounds tired some of the time -- there are several classic performances on this recording. What is identified as "Parchman Farm" was actually recorded under the title of "Where Can I Change My Clothes" in the '40s for Vocalion. While he also recorded another song entitled "Parchman Farm" as well, neither is the blues song of this name that has become a standard. The incorrectly titled performance of "Where Can I Change My Clothes" here is brilliant, as is his intense "Army Blues." His "Baby Please Don't Go" and "Shake 'Em On Down" both display his unforced, calm method of delivery, the main point of focus being the twists and turns taken by his magnificently rich vocal as the guitar plays a very straightforward accompaniment. The distinctive plunk of the steel guitar or dobro is present here throughout; listeners that find this sound appealing will be in heaven, daydreaming of guitars with pictures of palm trees on their backs. The track consisting of stories about blues legend Charley Patton spoon-feeding him small amounts of whisky is amusing, but brings the side to a dead halt. -- Allmusic.

Mississippi Blues

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Furry Lewis with Bukka White & Gus Cannon - On the Road Again

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Recorded: 1969
Released: 1999
Styles: Blues
Time: 44:16
Size: 102,3 MB
Covers: Full

(5:15) 1. Furry Lewis - On the Road Again
(4:43) 2. Bukka White - My Wife Is Getting Old
(5:58) 3. Furry Lewis - Why Don't You Come Home Blues
(1:35) 4. Gus Cannon - Lela
(3:16) 5. Furry Lewis - Oh Babe
(5:05) 6. Furry Lewis - I've Got a Bird to Whistle
(3:44) 7. Bukka White - Give Me an Old Lady
(6:50) 8. Furry Lewis - Furry's Worried Blues
(5:03) 9. Bukka White - Gibson Hill
(2:41) 10. Gus Cannon - Goin' Back (To Memphis, TN)

This 1969 recording captures a relaxed blues session of Furry Lewis, Bukka White, and Gus Cannon that is full of warmth and gentle humor. These unwound acoustic tunes are sung and played neither for dancing to nor for damning you, but instead capture a mood akin to early-evening song swapping among these old-time gentlemen of country/folk blues. The elder of the group, Cannon (of Cannon's Jug Stompers), sings two tunes here -- "Lela," and "Goin' Back (to Memphis, TN)" -- while his uniquely tuned banjo accompanies him on a few more. White's playing is Mississippi Delta slide all over his National guitar, and his voice is a gruff box that straightens just a little for the kind teasing in "Give Me an Old Lady." The majority of the tracks come from Lewis, whose fuzz-edged voice delivers in a close, familiar manner that comes off as an unassuming performance for a couple of friends. On the Road Again is an endearing bit of kicking-back by some seminal bluesmen. -- Allmusic

On the Road Again

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Bukka White - 1963 Isn't 1962

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1994
Styles: Blues
Time: 47:56
Size: 111,2 MB
Covers: Full

(8:05) 1. Streamline Special
(3:51) 2. Drunken Leroy Blues
(2:56) 3. Fixin' to Die Blues
(3:18) 4. Midnight Twister
(3:44) 5. Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
(4:08) 6. Vaseline Head Woman
(1:39) 7. Jump
(2:25) 8. Jack O'Diamonds
(3:41) 9. Chi Chi Boogie
(5:24) 10. 1963 Isn't 1962 Blues
(2:10) 11. Boogie 'Til DuBuque
(4:24) 12. Driftin' and Driftin'
(2:04) 13. Corrina, Corrina

Bukka White was "rediscovered" -- alive and well, despite rumors that he'd died a violent death sometime after his last official recording session in 1940 -- by blues enthusiasts John Fahey and Ed Denson. These live tapes, made late that year by Fahey and Denson, were among the first tangible results of that rediscovery. This older cousin to B.B. King still had all of his stuff -- he was only in his mid-50s, and unlike a lot of older bluesmen who were well past their primes for the '60s blues revival, he could still play and sing up a storm. Indeed, he was playing faster and more precise in 1963 than he was in 1940, and his slide work shimmers and glistens throughout this CD, and the voice is superb as well. Opening with "Streamline Special," he goes through a dazzling display of repertory, sounding like two or three players at once as he works the strings, playing lead and rhythm simultaneously on his acoustic guitar, in pieces running anywhere from a minute and a half to eight minutes or more. King has admitted trying to recreate White's sound in his own electric playing, but these tapes show just how much of a losing battle that was, against this acoustic guitar virtuoso. -- Allmusic.

1963 Isn't 1962

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Various - The Blues Came From Memphis

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Time: 33:56
Size: 77.7 MB
Styles: Memphis blues
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[2:18] 1. Shakey Horton - Have A Good Time
[2:24] 2. Roscoe Gordon - T-Model Boogie
[2:00] 3. Memphis Slim - I Wonder What's The Matter
[2:48] 4. Bukka White - Fixin' To Die Blues
[2:29] 5. Memphis Minnie - Kissin' In The Dark
[2:58] 6. Robert Wilkins - Ain't No Way To Get Along
[3:03] 7. Sleepy John Estes - Rats In My Kitchen
[2:30] 8. Memphis Jug Band - K.C. Moan
[2:00] 9. Ike Turner - Get It Over Baby
[3:00] 10. James Cotton - Cotton Crop Blues
[2:23] 11. Little Milton - Beggin' My Baby
[5:57] 12. Rufus Thomas - Walkin' The Dog

The Memphis blues is a style of blues music that was created in the 1910s – 1930s by Memphis-area musicians like Frank Stokes, Sleepy John Estes, Furry Lewis and Memphis Minnie. The style was popular in vaudeville and medicine shows, and was associated with Memphis' main entertainment area, Beale Street. W.C. Handy, the "Father of the Blues" published The Memphis Blues. In lyrics, the phrase is often used to describe a depressed mood.

Memphis played an important role in the development of electric blues, rock and roll, blues rock, and heavy metal music. In addition to guitar-based blues, jug bands, such as Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers and the Memphis Jug Band, were extremely popular practitioners of Memphis blues. The jug band style emphasized the danceable, syncopated rhythms of early jazz and a range of other archaic folk styles. It was played on simple, sometimes homemade, instruments such as harmonicas, violins, mandolins, banjos, and guitars, backed by washboards, kazoo, guimbarde and jugs blown to supply the bass.

After World War II, as African-Americans left the Mississippi Delta and other impoverished areas of the south for urban areas, many musicians gravitated to Memphis' blues scene, changing the classic Memphis blues sound. Musicians such as Howlin' Wolf, Willie Nix, Ike Turner, and B.B.King performed on Beale Street and in West Memphis, and recorded some of the classic electric blues, rhythm and blues and rock & roll records for labels such as Sun Records. Sam Phillips' Sun Records company recorded musicians such as Howlin' Wolf (before he moved to Chicago), Willie Nix, Ike Turner, and B.B.King. These players had a strong influence on later musicians in these styles, notably the early rock & rollers and rockabillies, many of whom also recorded for Sun Records. After Phillips discovered Elvis Presley in 1954, the Sun label turned to the rapidly expanding white audience and started recording mostly rock 'n' roll.

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