Size: 161,8 MB
Time: 70:40
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Acoustic/Electric Blues
Art: Front & Back
01. Lonnie Pitchford - That Train Coming Around The Bend (3:06)
02. Lonnie Pitchford - My Babe (2:19)
03. Lonnie Pitchford - Mary Had A Little Lamb (3:46)
04. Lonnie Pitchford - One-String Boogie (1:48)
05. Lonnie Pitchford - Walking Blues (2:09)
06. Lonnie Pitchford - Last Fair Deal (2:12)
07. Precious Bryant - Baby, Please Come Home To Me (2:22)
08. Precious Bryant - Ain't That Loving You, Baby (3:07)
09. Precious Bryant - Black Rat Swing (3:04)
10. Precious Bryant - You Don't Have To Go (2:26)
11. Precious Bryant - Long Distance Call (2:40)
12. Precious Bryant - Staggering Blues (2:15)
13. Thomas Burt - Hooks In The Water (3:43)
14. Thomas Burt - Hate To See The Evening Sun Go Down (6:22)
15. Thomas Burt - Ain't Got No Loving Baby Now (2:14)
16. Jessie Mae Hemphill - Train, Train (3:43)
17. Junior Kimbrough - All Night Long (3:36)
18. Sunnyland Slim - You Put That Thing On Me (3:22)
19. Sunnyland Slim - She's Got Things Going On (2:46)
20. Frank Edwards - Chicken Raid (3:13)
21. John Cephas & Phil Wiggins - Burning Bridges (4:10)
22. John Cephas & Phil Wiggins - Stagolee (6:07)
Recorded live at the National Downhome Blues Festival in Atlanta, Georgia, October 19-24, 1984.
The National Downhome Blues Festival was a one- time event held in 1984 in Atlanta, GA. Stretching over five days, the festival featured traditional blues artists in a small venue setting, and the shows were recorded, eventually released on four LPs in 1984. Southland has combined the first two of those LPs on a single disc (the second two have also been made into a single disc), and the result is an impressive primer on modern vernacular blues. The opening act, Mississippi's Lonnie Pitchford, steals the show right out of the gate with a wonderful set of six songs, four of which feature Pitchford on a one-string electric guitar (essentially a diddley bow). Blessed with a plaintive, convincing voice, Pitchford gives a glimpse of what traditional blues sounds like stripped of commercial aspirations. Precious Bryant, who follows Pitchford, sounds almost tame by comparison, but she delivers a crowd-pleasing set highlighted by her version of "Black Rat Swing." Jessie Mae Hemphill's rendition of "Train, Train" is another obvious highlight, as is Junior Kimbrough's signature "All Night Long" and Frank Edwards' surreal "Chicken Raid." This is blues that is still in service of its local communities, and the offhand, loose charm of these artists sets them aside from the bluster that usually passes for contemporary blues these days. ~Steve Leggett
The National Downhome Blues Festival was a one- time event held in 1984 in Atlanta, GA. Stretching over five days, the festival featured traditional blues artists in a small venue setting, and the shows were recorded, eventually released on four LPs in 1984. Southland has combined the first two of those LPs on a single disc (the second two have also been made into a single disc), and the result is an impressive primer on modern vernacular blues. The opening act, Mississippi's Lonnie Pitchford, steals the show right out of the gate with a wonderful set of six songs, four of which feature Pitchford on a one-string electric guitar (essentially a diddley bow). Blessed with a plaintive, convincing voice, Pitchford gives a glimpse of what traditional blues sounds like stripped of commercial aspirations. Precious Bryant, who follows Pitchford, sounds almost tame by comparison, but she delivers a crowd-pleasing set highlighted by her version of "Black Rat Swing." Jessie Mae Hemphill's rendition of "Train, Train" is another obvious highlight, as is Junior Kimbrough's signature "All Night Long" and Frank Edwards' surreal "Chicken Raid." This is blues that is still in service of its local communities, and the offhand, loose charm of these artists sets them aside from the bluster that usually passes for contemporary blues these days. ~Steve Leggett
National Downhome Blues Festival, Vol. 1 MP3
National Downhome Blues Festival, Vol. 1 FLAC
Size: 166,0 MB
Time: 70:13
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2001
Styles: Acoustic/Electric Blues
Art: Front & Back
01. John Jackson - Bad Water Blues (2:52)
02. John Jackson - Rocks And Gravel (3:26)
03. John Jackson - I'm A Bad Man (3:09)
04. Robert Thomas & Albert Macon - She Wanna Do The Boogie Woogie (5:02)
05. Robert Thomas & Albert Macon - My Baby Don't Wear No Drawers (1:49)
06. Robert Junior Lockwood - Big Legged Woman (2:39)
07. Homesick James & Snooky Pryor - Why You Want To Do Me Like That (3:01)
08. Homesick James & Snooky Pryor - Boogie Twist (3:40)
09. Piano Red - Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo (2:12)
10. Piano Red - Lowdown Dog (3:10)
11. Eddie Kirkland - I Got My Eyes On You (4:43)
12. Doctor Ross - Chicago Breakdown (4:37)
13. Doctor Ross - That's All Right Mama (3:56)
14. Doctor Ross - Biscuit Baking Woman (2:52)
15. Booker T. Laury - Woman I Love Lives In Memphis, Tennessee (3:09)
16. Booker T. Laury - Disco Strut (2:32)
17. Son Thomas - Roll And Tumble (2:58)
18. Henry Townsend & Vernell Townsend - The Tears Come Rolling Down (2:48)
19. Henry Townsend - Standing Looking Out The Window (2:46)
20. Larry Johnson - The Wrong Woman (2:35)
21. Larry Johnson - Can't You Hear The Angels Singing (2:41)
22. Hezekiah & The Houserockers - Downhome Blues (3:29)
Recorded at the Moonshadow Saloon, Atlanta, Georgia, during the National Downhome Festival, on October 10-21, 1984.
The National Downhome Blues Festival was presented by the Georgia Folklore Society and funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Fulton County Arts Council, and the City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs.
The National Downhome Blues Festival was presented by the Georgia Folklore Society and funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Fulton County Arts Council, and the City of Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs.
National Downhome Blues Festival, Vol. 2 MP3
National Downhome Blues Festival, Vol. 2 FLAC