Time: 52:21
Size: 121.8 MB
Styles: String Band, Country blues
Released: 2006/2011
Art: Front
1. Bugle Call Blues (4:02)
2. Some Day Baby (4:55)
3. Mean Old Frisco (4:13)
4. The Piano Blues (6:41)
5. Hen Cackle (1:23)
6. The Dirty Dozen (2:45)
7. Rock Me Mama (3:16)
8. It Ain't Gonna Rain No More (2:42)
9. Easy Rider Blues (3:44)
10. Whoa Mule (1:31)
11. I Had A Dream Last Night (3:39)
12. Careless Love Blues (4:20)
13. Sneaky Ways (2:27)
14. Since I Layed My Burden Down (3:54)
15. You've Gotta Move (2:42)
Louisiana fiddle and guitar duo Butch Cage and Willie B. Thomas were recorded in 1959 by folklorist Harry Oster, who sought to capture a record of the fast-vanishing tradition of string bands who played dance and worship music for parties and church services. Primitive-sounding yet compelling, Cage and Thomas's versions of rarely heard ancient country blues songs like "I Had a Dream Last Night" and "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More" are a window into a bygone age, while their performance of "The Dirty Dozen" brings to light a song that, like the blues itself, has been constantly evolving for generations.
Butch Cage (vocals, fiddle);
Willie B. Thomas, Robert Jenkins (vocals, guitar);
Rosalie Wilkerson (vocals).
Recording information: Zachary, Louisana (1960).
Butch Cage (vocals, fiddle);
Willie B. Thomas, Robert Jenkins (vocals, guitar);
Rosalie Wilkerson (vocals).
Recording information: Zachary, Louisana (1960).
Old Time Black Southern String Band Music