Fruteland Jackson - I Claim Nothing But The Blues

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Time: 53:48
Size: 123.1 MB
Released: 2000
Styles: Modern Acoustic Blues, Contemporary Blues
Art: full

1. It's A Bad Night To Be A Stray Dog (4:33)
2. Is That Your Real Name? (3:35)
3. Titanic Blues (5:43)
4. Where's My Daddy? (7:17)
5. Dragon Lady Blues (3:40)
6. Pearlie's Blues (5:30)
7. Mango Bango (4:25)
8. Java Josephine (4:48)
9. Can't Be Yo' Man (3:13)
10. Goin' Down To King Biscuit (4:51)
11. Alligator Blues (6:07)

Born in 1953 in the Delta town of Doddsville, Mississippi, Jackson moved to Chicago as a child in 1957. His music marries acoustic sound with original lyrics. Since he was able to make his love for the blues his vocation in the mid-'80s, Jackson has accomplished a lot as an educator, performer, and activist. He created an award-winning "All About the Blues" series for the Blues Foundation's Blues in the Schools program, and was awarded the 1996 Illinois Arts Council Folk/Ethnic Heritage Award. He is also the recipient of the Blues Foundation's 1997 Keeping the Blues Alive award for blues in education.
Jackson is forceful singer and an adventurous guitarist, but on his debut album he's too often let down by his songwriting, which is boobytraped with platitudes and doggerel. The novelty 'Mango Bango', set to Latin rhythms, is simply unspeakable, and the busy production, using various instrumental combinations, too often seems to be an attempt to disquise weak material.

Personnel:
Fruteland Jackson - Guitar, Vocal
Alec Fraser - Bass
Ken Whiteley - Mandolin, Tenor Banjo, National Slide Guitar, Jug, Washboard, Percussion
Michael Pickett - Harmonica, Backing Vocals
Tyler Yarema - Piano, Backing Vocals

I Claim Nothin' But The Blues

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Fruteland Jackson - 2 albums: I Claim Nothiing But The Blues / Blues 2.0

Album: I Claim Nothiing But The Blues
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 53:14
Size: 121.9 MB
Styles: Contemporary blues
Year: 2000
Art: Front

[4:29] 1. It's A Bad Night To Be A Stray Dog
[3:32] 2. Is That Your Real Name
[5:40] 3. Titanic Blues
[7:13] 4. Where's My Daddy
[3:38] 5. Dragon Lady Blues
[5:25] 6. Pearlie's Blues
[4:22] 7. Mango Bango
[4:43] 8. Java Josephine
[3:10] 9. Can't Be Yo' Man
[4:50] 10. Goin' Down To King Biscuit
[6:07] 11. Alligator Blues

1997 W.C. Handy Award-winning blues artist, along with Keb Mo & Alvin Youngblood Hart, one of the new generation of African American singer/songwriters drawn back to their acoustic Delta roots, playing 11 original songs.

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Album: Blues 2.0
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:21
Size: 138.2 MB
Styles: Contemporary blues
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[5:23] 1. Blues 2.0
[3:57] 2. My Pencil Don't Write No More
[4:07] 3. Laura Marie
[4:26] 4. Long Distance Love Affair
[5:47] 5. I Wonder
[5:16] 6. Moon Man Rag
[5:09] 7. I Can Still Rock And Roll
[4:50] 8. How Could We Live Without Love
[2:52] 9. Big Road Blues
[5:48] 10. Lucky Lady
[2:56] 11. Sometimes Bad Man Blues
[4:57] 12. Blues On The Banjo
[4:47] 13. The Lonely Traveler

Chicago-based blues vocalist/acoustic guitarist Fruteland Jackson presents his sophomore effort on Electro-Fi. When asked about his songwriting, the W.C. Handy Award winner responded, "I have to write something about something that I know something about. In my life, I didn't live during segregation; I wasn't beaten over the head with Jim Crow. I didn't have that experience, but I can talk about Vietnam and things. I think the first blues is what comes from your family and however we're made." He is joined by special guest Mel Brown, plus Ken and Chris Whiteley. This release will also appeal to folk fans.

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