Source: LL (from Cd)
Released: 1993
Styles: Blues
Time: 57:29
Size: 132,3 MB
Art: Full
(4:04) 1. Busy Bootin'
(3:06) 2. As I Went Down the Railroad Track
(4:13) 3. Write Me a Few Lines
(5:41) 4. Fort Worth and Dallas Blues
(3:25) 5. Barrelhouse Woman
(4:40) 6. Streamline Train
(4:06) 7. Jesus on the Mainline
(4:00) 8. Jitterbug Swing
(4:23) 9. East St. Louis Fare Thee Well
(4:29) 10. Cigarette Blues
(6:28) 11. Don't Take Everybody to Be Your Friend
(3:33) 12. Stealin'
(5:15) 13. Walkin' Blues
John Pearson plays in the tradition of the early country blues pickers who are his inspiration. He has worked with American and British exponents of this music including Sonny & Terry McGhee, Louisiana Red, Alexis Korner, Jo Ann Kelly, Woody Mann, and many others. Roger Hubbard, a steel bodied National guitar and mandolin player is known for his authentic and hard edged playing of Delta Blues. Hubbard is the founder of Buick 6, but he also worked with Alexis Korner, Tony McPhee, Dave Kelly, Steve Phillips, Martin Simpson and others.
Busy Bootin' is a compilation of live recordings made of John Pearson and Roger Hubbard during the 1991 International Guitar Festival. John Pearson plays six and twelve string guitars and shares vocals with Roger Hubbard who plays a National resonator steel guitar. The material is borrowed from the likes of Huddie Ledbetter, Leroy Carr, Cripple Clarence Lofton, Fred McDowell and Robert Johnson and played with due regard and respect to these great Blues artistes, while adding their own touch and personality in their arrangements. The songs included range from the well-known "Walkin' Blues', 'Barrelhouse Woman' and 'Write Me a Few Lines' to 'Fort Worth and Dallas Blues' and Jitterbug Swing'. The excellent guitar work from both players is a reflection of the extensive experience they have gained over the years, playing 'on the road' and in recording sessions. The singing is an apt demonstration of less being more, conveying the message and emotion without resorting to larynx damaging excesses or 'Amurrican' vowel twisting.
The album was nominated Blues Album of the Year by British Blues Connection Readers' Poll - "The excellent guitar work from both players is a reflection of the extensive experience they have gained over the years".
Busy Bootin' is a compilation of live recordings made of John Pearson and Roger Hubbard during the 1991 International Guitar Festival. John Pearson plays six and twelve string guitars and shares vocals with Roger Hubbard who plays a National resonator steel guitar. The material is borrowed from the likes of Huddie Ledbetter, Leroy Carr, Cripple Clarence Lofton, Fred McDowell and Robert Johnson and played with due regard and respect to these great Blues artistes, while adding their own touch and personality in their arrangements. The songs included range from the well-known "Walkin' Blues', 'Barrelhouse Woman' and 'Write Me a Few Lines' to 'Fort Worth and Dallas Blues' and Jitterbug Swing'. The excellent guitar work from both players is a reflection of the extensive experience they have gained over the years, playing 'on the road' and in recording sessions. The singing is an apt demonstration of less being more, conveying the message and emotion without resorting to larynx damaging excesses or 'Amurrican' vowel twisting.
The album was nominated Blues Album of the Year by British Blues Connection Readers' Poll - "The excellent guitar work from both players is a reflection of the extensive experience they have gained over the years".
Busy Bootin'
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