VA - Blowin' Up A Storm!: Harmonica Blues Classics 1920s-1940s

Size: 139,0 MB
Time: 58:21
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2017
Styles: Harmonica Blues
Art: Front

01 Sonny Boy Williamson - Sonny Boy's Jump (2:47)
02 Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band - Save Me Some (2:45)
03 Sonny Terry - Fox Chase (2:01)
04 State Street Boys - Crazy About You (3:01)
05 Georgia Cotton Pickers - She's Coming Some Cold Rainy Day (2:58)
06 Alfred Lewis - Friday Moan Blues (3:11)
07 Will Shade & The Memphis Jug Band - Sun Brimmers Blues (3:22)
08 Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway (2:35)
09 Mississippi Sarah & Daddy Stovepipe - Greenville Strut (3:28)
10 Bobby Leecan & Robert Cooksey - Need More Blues (3:11)
11 Noah Lewis - Chicksaw Special (3:16)
12 Chuck Darling - Harmonica Rag (2:15)
13 Hammie Nixon & Sleepy John Estes - Down South Blues (3:05)
14 Robert Nighthawk & Big Joe McCoy - What Will I Do (3:07)
15 De Ford Bailey - Davidson County Blues (3:19)
16 Rhythm Willie & His Gang - Bedroom Stomp (2:55)
17 Robert Cooksey - Shortin' Bread (2:38)
18 Martin & Robert - Maxwell And Peoria Blues (2:56)
19 George Clarke - More Blues (2:26)
20 Ashley & Foster - Bay Rum Blues (2:55)

Blowin' Up A Storm!

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Various - Classic African-American Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:49
Size: 153.0 MB
Styles: Folk, Blues, Old Time
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[3:44] 1. Warner Williams With Jay Summerour - Mouse On The Hill
[1:22] 2. K.C. Douglas - Casey Jones
[2:42] 3. Lead Belly - John Hardy
[3:33] 4. John Jackson - Railroad Bill
[3:32] 5. Memphis Slim And Willie Dixon - Stewball
[4:02] 6. Sonny Terry And Brownie Mcghee - John Henry
[2:22] 7. Snooks Eaglin - St. James Infirmary
[5:02] 8. John Cephas And Phil Wiggins - Staggerlee (Stackolee)
[4:53] 9. Convict Group, Ramsey And Retrieve State Farms - Lost John
[3:44] 10. Josh White - Betty And Dupree
[1:57] 11. Lead Belly - Old Riley
[2:26] 12. Jazz Gillum, Memphis Slim, And Arbee Stidham - The Race Of The Jim Lee And Katy Adam
[2:49] 13. Pink Anderson - The Titanic
[2:10] 14. Big Bill Broonzy - Frankie And Johnny
[1:58] 15. Earl Taylor And The Stony Mountain Boys - White House Blues
[3:17] 16. John Jackson - Louis Collins
[2:13] 17. Woody Guthrie - Bad Lee Brown
[2:24] 18. Bhorace Sprott - Luke And Mullen
[2:59] 19. Dave Van Ronk - Duncan And Brady
[2:44] 20. Lead Belly - Gallis Pole
[3:03] 21. Pink Anderson - Boll Weevil
[3:42] 22. Josh White Jr. - Delia's Gone

Classic African-American Ballads is a sampling of an important, historic, and engaging slice of America's Black music heritage. The heyday of the Black ballad tradition (1890-1920) left a lasting strain of creativity and a monument to African American life of the time. Ranging from songs created from the heritage of the English ballad, to social commentary vilifying abusive white authority figures, to "blues ballads," this album reminds us of the enormity and constant evolution of African American musical tradition.

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Jazz Gillum - The Essential

Bill "Jazz" Gillum (1904-1966) is one of the important harpists of the pre-war Chicago blues. Born in Mississippi, he picked up the harmonica as a child and ran away from home to play street corners for spare change. Gillum arrived in Chicago in 1923 and hooked up with Big Bill Broonzy. After a few sideman dates, he signed in 1934 with the Bluebird label to record as a solo artist. Producer Lester Melrose also provided in a steady stream of session work, but in 1942 Gillum was drafted into the army. After his discharge his harmonica sound was dated and John Lee Williamson was the new king of Chicago bluesharp. Bill "Jazz" Gillum drifted into obscurity and died after a gunshot wound.

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2001
Styles: Blues
Time: 52:56 + 50:53
Size: 122,1 MB + 117,5 MB
Covers: Full

Album; The Essential Jazz Gillum Disc 1
(2:42) 1. Key to the Highway
(3:04) 2. Sarah Jane
(3:01) 3. My Old Suitcase
(2:49) 4. You Are Doing Me Wrong
(3:00) 5. Keyhole Blues
(3:25) 6. I Want You by My Side
(2:56) 7. Let Her Go
(3:12) 8. Tell Me Mama
(3:02) 9. Look on Yonder Wall
(2:44) 10. Down Town Blues
(2:50) 11. Jockey Blues
(3:04) 12. Got to Reap What You Sow
(2:47) 13. Woke Up Cold in Hand
(2:53) 14. The Devil Blues
(3:02) 15. Country Woman Blues
(2:40) 16. I'm Gonna Fix It
(3:03) 17. Five Feet Four
(2:34) 18. The Blues What Am

Album; The Essential Jazz Gillum Disc 2
(2:21) 1. Don't You Scandalize My Name
(2:50) 2. I Went to the Gypsy
(2:36) 3. Good Old 51 Highway
(3:04) 4. Take a Little Walk With Me
(2:29) 5. It Sure Had a Kick
(2:44) 6. War Time Blues
(3:04) 7. Reckless Rider Blues
(3:07) 8. Hand Reader Blues
(2:31) 9. Treat Me Like I Treat You
(2:50) 10. Boar Hog Blues
(2:32) 11. You Got to Run Me Down
(2:28) 12. Gillum's Windy Blues
(3:06) 13. New Sail on Little Girl
(3:07) 14. Against My Will
(2:53) 15. It's All Over Now
(3:15) 16. I'm Not the Lad
(2:47) 17. Roll Dem Bones
(2:59) 18. Little Woman

The Essential Disc 1
The Essential Disc 2
The Essential artwork

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Jazz Gillum - Blues By Jazz Gillum (with Memphis Slim & Arbee Stidham)

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 31:31
Size: 72.2 MB
Styles: Delta blues, Chicago blues
Year: 1961/2004
Art: Front

[2:27] 1. The Race Of The Jim Lee And Katy Adam
[3:06] 2. A Small Town They Call Bessemer
[3:01] 3. Walkin' The Blues Away
[3:46] 4. My Last Letter
[2:57] 5. Key To The Highway
[1:04] 6. Harmonica Boogie
[2:53] 7. I Wonder Why
[2:14] 8. You've Got To Reap Just What You Sow
[2:08] 9. Let It Be Me
[3:02] 10. I'll Always Remember You
[2:32] 11. You've Got To Meet Me Halfway
[2:16] 12. Gillum Blues

Guitar, Vocals – Arbee Stidham; Harmonica, Vocals – Jazz Gillum; Organ [Electric], Piano – Memphis Slim.

An influential figure in the growth of the Southern blues tradition, William “Jazz” Gillum (1904–1966) had the kind of life from which the blues spring. Orphaned, starved, threatened, shot at, beaten, and discriminated against, Gillum’s style, as heard throughout this recording—and as described in the liner notes—is unsurprisingly “sometimes harsh, sometimes poetic, with its expressive delayed beat and strong rhythm, and its bitterness tinged with nostalgia.” He is joined on this album by Arbee Stidham (vocals and guitar) and Memphis Slim (organ and piano), associates from his early professional jobs in Chicago in the 1930s.

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