Various Artists - The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives, & Steel, Vol. 1

Artist:

Various Artists

UPC:

886972458526

Description:

Part of Columbia`s Roots N` Blues series.
Organized roughly into chronological order, THE SLIDE GUITAR-BOTTLES, KNIVES & STEEL is an expansive selection of blues slide guitar playing from the late 1920s through the mid-1960s. Some well-known slide guitar players from the 1920s and `30s, including Robert Johnson, Charlie Patton, and Blind Boy Fuller, are featured here. However, there are also number of lesser-known blues players from later periods, including Sister O.M. Terrell and Buddy Woods, who are deservedly featured on this recording.
Though the sound quality on some of the older recordings is a little uneven and the Chicago electric slide of post-World War II Chicago blues--particularly that of Elmore James--is omitted in favor of a more intimate, raw blues sound, there is no shortage of first-rate blues playing here. The closing track featuring Son House is especially notable. House, who was recorded in the midst of the 1960`s blues resurgence in a proper studio by legendary producer John Hammond, contributes a version of "Pearline" which stands as a stirring reminder of the power of the blues, even when it`s just a man and his guitar.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Bottleneck Blues - Weaver & Beasley
2. Untitled - Barbecue Bob (previously unreleased)
3. God Don`t Never Change - Blind Willie Johnson
4. Dark Was the Night - Blind Willie Johnson
5. St. Louis Blues - Weaver & Beasley
6. Experience Blues - Ruth Willis/Blind Willie McTell
7. Guitar Rag - Sylvester Weaver
8. You Can`t Get That Stuff No More - Tampa Red
9. High Sheriff Blues - Charley Patton
10. Homesick and Lonesome Blues - Blind Boy Fuller
11. Packin` Trunk Blues - Leadbelly
12. I Believe I`ll Make a Change - Casey Bill Weldon (previously unreleased)
13. Don`t Sell It (Don`t Give It Away) - Buddy Woods
14. Muscat Hill Blues - Buddy Woods
15. Travelling Riverside Blues - Robert Johnson (previously unreleased)
16. Bukka`s Jitterbug Swing - Bukka White
17. Special Stream Line - Bukka White
18. Swing Low, Chariot - Sister O.M. Terrell
19. Pearline - Son House

Album Information

Type:

Collection

Genre:

Blues

Subgenre:

Delta

Label:

Legacy

Catalog Number:

46218

Original Release Year:

1991

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Mono

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