Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1991
Styles: Blues
Time: 61:56
Size: 142,5 MB
Covers: Full
(3:06) 1. Rag Mama Rag
(3:15) 2. Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind
(3:01) 3. My Brownskin Sugar Plum
(3:07) 4. I'm a Rattlesnakin' Daddy
(3:20) 5. I'm Climbin' on Top of the Hill
(3:06) 6. Baby, I Don't Have to Worry ('Cause That Stuff Is Here)
(3:11) 7. Looking for My Woman
(3:06) 8. Ain't It a Crying Shame?
(2:57) 9. Walking My Troubles Away
(2:50) 10. Sweet Honey Hole
(3:17) 11. Somebody's Been Playing With That Thing
(3:20) 12. Log Cabin Blues
(3:15) 13. Keep Away from My Woman
(3:07) 14. Cat Man Blues
(2:52) 15. Untrue Blues
(3:23) 16. Black and Tan
(2:46) 17. Big Leg Woman Gets My Pay
(2:48) 18. You've Got Something There
(2:56) 19. I'm a Stranger Here
(3:04) 20. Evil Hearted Woman
Blind Boy Fuller, who died in 1940 when he was only 33, recorded extensively during 1935-1940. His guitar playing was in the tradition of the ragtime-influenced Blind Blake and Blind Willie McTell while his singing was simple and direct. The music on this CD reissue becomes a bit repetitive after awhile for Fuller generally lacked variety but, taken in small doses (as if one were listening to the original 78s and treasuring individual songs), Blind Boy Fuller's performances were often memorable. The reissue is a cross-section of his work with the emphasis on his earliest recordings. Guitarist Blind Gary Davis, Bull City Red on washboard and harmonica wiz Sonny Terry help out on a few numbers; five of the 20 selections were previously unreleased. -- Allmusic.
Piedmont style is an East coast tradition; think of its borders as Richmond, Virgina, the Atlantic Ocean, Atlanta, Georgia, and the Appalachian mountains. It often has a distinct ragtime piano sound and some scat singing. An "official" definition says: "Piedmont-style blues is characterized by a unique finger-picking guitar style which mimics the ragtime piano. The bass line rhythm is played with the thumb while melody and harmonies are defined by two or three fingers. The sound therefore is more rhythmically complex and especially melodic than the Delta Blues". This collection ranges from the rollicking "Rag, Mama, Rag" to the simpler, bluesy "I'm Climbin' on Top of the Hill". More than many recordings, the ties to other musicians pique my interest - Rev. Gary Davis playing 2nd guitar on "Rag, Mama, Rag" and "Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind". Or compare "Log Cabin Blues" to Blind Willie McTell's "Come On Around to My House." Or listen to the subtle complexity of Bull City Red's washboard on "Sweet HOney Hole." Or compare "Walking My Troubles Away" with "Walking My Blues Away" by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.
Piedmont style is an East coast tradition; think of its borders as Richmond, Virgina, the Atlantic Ocean, Atlanta, Georgia, and the Appalachian mountains. It often has a distinct ragtime piano sound and some scat singing. An "official" definition says: "Piedmont-style blues is characterized by a unique finger-picking guitar style which mimics the ragtime piano. The bass line rhythm is played with the thumb while melody and harmonies are defined by two or three fingers. The sound therefore is more rhythmically complex and especially melodic than the Delta Blues". This collection ranges from the rollicking "Rag, Mama, Rag" to the simpler, bluesy "I'm Climbin' on Top of the Hill". More than many recordings, the ties to other musicians pique my interest - Rev. Gary Davis playing 2nd guitar on "Rag, Mama, Rag" and "Baby You Gotta Change Your Mind". Or compare "Log Cabin Blues" to Blind Willie McTell's "Come On Around to My House." Or listen to the subtle complexity of Bull City Red's washboard on "Sweet HOney Hole." Or compare "Walking My Troubles Away" with "Walking My Blues Away" by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.
East Coast Piedmont Style
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