VA - San Francisco Blues Festival: European Sessions

Size: 159,2 MB
Time: 69:31
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1992
Styles: Chicago Blues
Art: Full

01. Sonny Rhodes - Mean Mistreatin' Mama (4:37)
02. Sonny Rhodes - Paris Blues (5:01)
03. Sonny Rhodes - Up Above My Head (3:45)
04. Luther Tucker - Tuck's Blues (4:08)
05. Luther Tucker - Ska Me Blues (3:14)
06. Luther Tucker - Lonesome Boulevards (5:28)
07. Little Willie Littlefield - Digne (3:24)
08. Little Willie Littlefield - Lonesome And Blue (3:43)
09. Little Willie Littlefield - Outskirts Of Paris Boogie (3:10)
10. Ron Thompson - Love Has Struck Me Down (3:12)
11. Ron Thompson - My Little Woman (3:24)
12. Ron Thompson - Blue Sparks (3:06)
13. J.C. Burris - Blues In France (3:22)
14. J.C. Burris - Airplane Blues (3:21)
15. J.C. Burris - Black President (4:09)
16. Mississippi Johnny Waters - Baby Don't Treat Me This Way (2:12)
17. Mississippi Johnny Waters - Blues Is Somethin' (3:57)
18. Mississippi Johnny Waters - They Call It Boogie (6:08)

San Francisco Blues Festival

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J.C. Burris - Blues Professor

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Time: 78:18
Size: 181,6 MB
Released: 2001
Styles: Country Blues
Art: Full

1. Hold Me Tight (4:40)
2. Loneliness (5:08)
3. River Of Life (4:00)
4. Mr. Jack's Dance (2:06)
5. One Of These Mornings (3:50)
6. Inflation Blues (5:59)
7. Hand Jive (2:52)
8. You Got To Roam (5:25)
9. Highway Blues (3:50)
10. Blues Professor (2:39)
11. Where Am I Bound (2:58)
12. Moving On (2:41)
13. Raining In Your Life (3:54)
14. One Way Trip (4:05)
15. Holdin' On (4:16)
16. Christmas Time Once Again (5:29)
17. City By The Bay (2:35)
18. Way Down South (3:31)
19. Blues Calling On You (4:43)
20. Wailing And Sailing (3:28)

The nephew of Sonny Terry, Johnny "J.C." Burris was also a blues harmonica player, though he didn't record too much. He is noted for his use of African rhythm bones, two sticks played like castanets that can be played off the harmonica. Burris did some performing in New York in the 1950s and worked on recording sessions with Terry, Sticks McGhee, and other artists on Folkways Records.
Half of these songs were recorded in 1975, all but one of the ten showing up on an Arhoolie LP ("Wailing and Sailing" is previously unreleased). The remaining ten, probably recorded by Burris himself on a cassette recorder in 1976, were all previously unissued. On all of the material, there's nothing but Burris' unaccompanied, singing harmonica playing, to which he adds some rhythm bones and hand clapping. Unsurprisingly, he sounds a good deal like his uncle Sonny Terry, playing wistful but warm country blues, whether originals or covers like "Hand Jive" (the Johnny Otis hit) and "Don't Let Go" (a hit for Roy Hamilton in the late 1950s). Burris has deep rich vocals, and these are nice solo harmonica pieces, but nothing astounding. The recording quality isn't top of the line, though it's clear enough to get the job done. -Review by Richie Unterberger

Blues Professor

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Sonny Terry, J.C. Burris, & Sticks McGhee - On The Road

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:30
Size: 97.3 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues
Year: 1959/2004
Art: Front

[3:33] 1. My Baby Leaving
[2:44] 2. You Keep on Doggin' Me
[5:01] 3. Jailhouse Blues
[2:08] 4. I've Been a Long, Long Way
[3:22] 5. Easy Rider
[3:07] 6. Harmonica Jump
[1:57] 7. Bones Blues
[2:30] 8. Pete's Jump
[3:43] 9. Wine Blues (Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-Oh-Dee)
[3:48] 10. My Baby's Gone
[4:21] 11. Blues All Around My Bed
[3:06] 12. Poor Man (But a Good Man)
[1:01] 13. Slap Blues
[2:04] 14. Harmonica With Slaps

This album of energetic blues features harmonica great Sonny Terry. Here, his nephew J. C. Burris and Brownie McGhee's brother "Sticks" join him on harmonica, guitar, and vocals, and all three musicians contribute original songs to the album. The liner notes include full lyrics and basic musical transcriptions.

On The Road mc
On The Road zippy

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