Scrapper Blackwell - Virtuoso Guitar 1925-1934

Artist:

Blackwell, Scrapper

UPC:

016351011923

See Also:

Jefferson, Blind Lemon Patton, Charley Johnson, Lonnie McTell, Blind Willie Carr, Leroy

Description:

Personnel: Scrapper Blackwell (guitar); Black Bottom McPhail (vocals); Tommie Bradley (guitar); Leroy Carr (piano). Liner Note Authors: Jerry Epstein; Stewart; Michael Stewart; Stephen Calt; Nick Perls. Recording information: 1925-1934. Unknown Contributor Role: Stewart. It`s for recordings like this that a lot of blues guitar fans started listening to the music in the first place. The definitive Blackwell collection to date, featuring not only his best extant solo sides, but also his work in association with Leroy Carr, Black Bottom McPhail, and Tommy Bradley. The 14 songs here all have something to offer in the playing -- and generally the singing as well -- that will give the listener pause, a run, an arpeggio, a solo passage that makes you say, "Whoa, what was that?" The sound is surprisingly good, and one only wishes there were more than 14 songs here, although it`s hard to imagine anything that could follow the last track, Leroy Carr`s "Barrelhouse Woman No. 2." ~ Bruce Eder

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Kokomo Blues
2. Down South Blues
3. Good Woman Blues
4. My Dream Blues
5. Hard Time Blues
6. Penal Farm Blues
7. Down in Black Bottom
8. Pack up Her Trunk Blues
9. Back Door Blues
10. Blue Day Blues
11. Whiskey Man Blues
12. Trouble Blues, Pt. 1
13. Trouble Blues, Pt. 2
14. Barrelhouse Woman

Album Information

Release Date:

01/01/1992

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Blues

Subgenre:

Regional Collections

Label:

Yazoo

Catalog Number:

1019

Original Release Year:

1991

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Mono

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