Time: 50:36
Size: 115.9 MB
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 1987/1997
Art: Front
[3:50] 1. Feelin' Good
[3:36] 2. Go Back To Your Used To Be
[5:30] 3. Streamline Train
[2:59] 4. Baby Please Don't Go
[2:42] 5. Tell Me You Love Me
[3:02] 6. Shake It, Baby
[3:31] 7. Shame On You
[3:53] 8. My Daddy's Blues
[2:51] 9. Broken Hearted Blues
[2:47] 10. Rolling And Tumbling
[5:50] 11. Eagle Bird
[3:22] 12. Cowgirl Blues
[3:50] 13. Merry Christmas, Pretty Baby
[2:46] 14. Lord, Help The Poor And Needy
Feelin' Good was the first album Jessie Mae Hemphill released in the United States and it differs from its predecessor She-Wolf in that it captures her at her rawest. Half of the record features her supported only by a rhythm guitar and drums, while the other half has Hemphill wailing away at her guitar and percussion simultaneously. The result is hypnotic, mesmerizing record that successfully updates Delta blues, making the covers sound as fresh as the originals. ~Thom Owens
Feelin' Good mc
Feelin' Good zippy
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I really don't know who wrote those notes but it's wrong all the way! I brought those tapes from Mississippi to France in 1979 because David Evans who recorded Jessie Mae (and who plays almost throughout) found no label willing to issue this raw, electric, modernized but anyway primitive form of Delta blues. I persuaded the French Vogue label to issue this album called "She-Wolf" and it was only reissued years after into the USA under the title "Feelin' good". Same tracks (with two extras on the CD version from the same session) and same musicians. Recorded in 1979. To my ears, still a great album by a great blueswoman
thanks Gerard for sharing additional info on this album. have always liked the albums of Jessie Mae Hemphill, as few as they are, and this one is no exception.
This is the information on mine.
Styles: Acoustic Country Blues, Delta & Folk-Blues
Recorded: 1979/1984/1985
Released: 2003
Label: High Water/Inside Sounds
File: mp3 @ 320 kbps
Size: 118.80 MB
Time: 51:29
Art: Full Covers
1. Streamline Train - 5:07
2. Shake Your Booty (Shake It, Baby) - 4:01
3. Go Back To Your Used To Be - 3:30
4. Take Me Home With You, Baby - 2:45
5. Baby, Please Don't Go - 3:11
6. Lord, Help The Poor & Needy - 2:24
7. Cowgirl Blues - 3:28
8. Little Rooster Reel - 3:01
9. He's Mighty Good Leader - 3:22
10. All Night Boogie (Jessie's Boogie) - 2:40
11. Loving In The moonlight - 3:40
12. Get Right, Church - 1:55
13. Jessie's Love Song (Tell Me You Love Me) - 2:50
14. Honey Bee - 5:31
15. Jesus Will Fix It For You - 3:26
Personnel:
Jessie Mae Hemphill - Guitar, Diddley Bow, Hand and Foot Tambourine; Ankle Bells; Hat Box; Bass Drum; Snare Drum, Vocals
David Evans - Guitar tr.1,5
Compton Jones - Vocals tr.8,9,12; Bo-diddley tr.8; Tambourine tr.2,9,13; Hat Box tr.14;
Glen Faulkner - Bo-diddley tr.12
Lois Brown - Bass tr.2,13 & Joe Hicks - Drums tr.2,13
Napoleon Strickland - Vocal tr.12
Bettye Mitchell - Tambourine tr.1,5
Notes: Jessie Mae Hemphill from Como, Mississippi is the granddaughter of singer and multi-instrumentalist Sid Hemphill, and the niece of singer and guitarist Rosa Lee Hill; her parents and two aunts were also musicians, but never recorded. Jessie Mae did a little performing at picnic and in church, but it was only in 1979 that docided, as thelast of the family still playing music, to make it her cereer. She toured widely, and won a Handy Awards for album 'Feelin' Good' in 1991, but was sidelined by a stroke in 1993. He is death in 2006.
When David Evans met her in 1979, Jessie had only a small repertoire, including the diddley bow piece 'Take Me Home With You Baby'. Evans worked with her on developing her music, creating complementary second guitar parts, and Hemphill expanded her repertoire and added percussion instruments. This is the most recently released CD, includes the earliest recordings. The content is drawn about equally from 1979 and the mid-'80s, and while it doesn't provoke any rethinking of Hemphill's status as an artist, the disc carefully programmed. As a result, the foot tambourine on four tracks provides variety rather than monotony, and the exiguousness of some compositions is effectively disguised. Three tracks with diddley bow and some touching, archaic church songs contrast well with band blues like 'Streamline Train', where Hemphill overdubs thunderous drumming, and 'Jessie's Love Song' and 'Shake Your Booty', which feature Joe Hicks and Lois Brown from legendary band The Fieldstones.
Jessie Mae Hemphill was indeed a national treasure, and 'Get Right Blues' makes a wonderful introduction to this amazing musician.
OK, Daba, you're right, the CD differs from the LP "She Wolf" that was issued in 1980 in France although some titles are here also. Others were on the 1979 tapes and not issued at the time and some come from later sessions. Thanks for the infos
Thanks Gerard for checking this. I just wanted to make sure it was accurate.
Could you reupload this, please!
New links for this post can be found below.
Jessie Mae Hemphill - Feelin' Good (1987) [320]
MC: http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/O8OKW9PB/JMH-FG.rar_links
Zippy: http://www2.zippyshare.com/v/IqiuzoDg/file.html
Great, thanks a lot!
Hi, could this CD be re-upped please?
New links for this post can be found below.
Jessie Mae Hemphill - Feelin' Good (1987) [320]
MC: http://www.mirrorcreator.com/files/1E2AC5JY/JMH-FG.rar_links
Zippy: http://www90.zippyshare.com/v/dgzkj9vo/file.html
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