VA - Goin' Down To Louisiana: The Goldband Downhome Blues Anthology

Size: 181,2 MB
Time: 75:43
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2001
Styles: Modern Electric Blues
Art: Full

01. Juke Boy Bonner - Can't Hardly Keep From Crying (2:50)
02. Juke Boy Bonner - I'm Not Jiving (2:34)
03. Juke Boy Bonner - My Time To Go (2:35)
04. Juke Boy Bonner - Life Is A Dirty Deal (2:46)
05. Juke Boy Bonner - Let's Boogie (2:29)
06. Juke Boy Bonner - Just Got To Take A Ride (2:41)
07. Juke Boy Bonner - Going Crazy About You (2:14)
08. Juke Boy Bonner - Blue River Rising (2:48)
09. Ashton Savoy - Need Shorter Hours (2:38)
10. Ashton Savoy - Want To Talk To You Baby (2:34)
11. Ashton Savoy - Tell Me Baby (2:40)
12. Al Smith - I Love Her So (2:09)
13. Al Smith - If I Don't See You (2:56)
14. Al Smith - You Wanta Do Me Wrong (2:34)
15. Al Smith - Burning Sensation (2:26)
16. Al Smith - Down, Down (2:32)
17. Tal Miller - Life's Journey (2:48)
18. Tal Miller - Mean Old Kokamoo (2:58)
19. Hop Wilson - That Wouldn't Satisfy (2:10)
20. Hop Wilson - Chicken Stuff (2:21)
21. Big Chenier - The Dog And His Puppies (2:02)
22. Big Chenier - Going To The City (1:37)
23. Big Chenier - Let Me Hold Your Hand (2:02)
24. Big Chenier - Please Try To Realize (2:39)
25. Big Chenier - I Wanna Know, I Know Now (2:38)
26. Big Chenier - Come On Little Girl (2:18)
27. Juke Boy Bonner - Call Me Juke Boy (2:25)
28. Juke Boy Bonner - True Love's Waiting (2:37)
29. Tal Miller - B-A-B-Y (3:18)
30. Ashton Savoy - Rooster Strut (2:09)

The Goldband label of Lake Charles, Louisiana, is probably best known for its catalog of Cajun music. But, as Goin' Down to Louisiana proves, it also paid attention to the local down-home blues scene in the 1950s and '60s. Performers like Ashton Savoy and Big Chenier may never have made it out of that local scene, but they produced some distinctive recordings, like Savoy's "Need Shorter Hours," a drawling, Jimmy Reed-like complaint about the rigors of the working week, and Chenier's rough-hewn "The Dog and His Puppies." Also featured on Goldband's bright yellow label were the Houston lap-steel guitarist Hop Wilson, the gruff singer and harmonica player Al Smith, and the Charles Brown-ish Tal Miller. But the juiciest shrimps in this gumbo are the 10 tracks by singer, guitarist, harmonica-player, and powerful blues writer Juke Boy Bonner, which were issued on a 1960s LP and have long been unavailable. Bonner's vision of the world was seldom upbeat, and in songs like "Blue River Rising," "My Time to Go," and "Life Is a Dirty Deal," he translates his dissatisfaction into words and tunes that etch their grim message unforgettably on the listener's consciousness.

Thanks to Kempen.
Goin' Down To Louisiana

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