Sleepy John Estes - Broke and Hungry

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1964
Styles: Blues
Time: 45:56
Size: 105,9 MB
Covers: Full

(4:32) 1. Broke and Hungry
(4:25) 2. Black Mattie
(2:49) 3. 3: 00 Morning Blues
(3:53) 4. Beale Street Sugar
(3:53) 5. Everybody Oughta Change
(4:26) 6. Olie Blues
(2:37) 7. So Glad I'm Livin'
(3:34) 8. Al Rawls
(4:47) 9. Freedom Loan
(3:56) 10. The Girl I Love
(4:14) 11. Electric Chair
(2:44) 12. Sleepy John's Twist

Nothing on this set rivals his best 1960s-era recordings for the Delmark label (those can be found on The Legend of Sleepy John Estes), but this album is still worthwhile. This album presents a classic blues situation; the tattered bluesman, trying to find a bunk for the night, and preferably some feminime companionship as well. Estes is joined by the most sympathetic accompanists he would ever know: Hammie Nixon on harmonica and Yank Rachell on mandolin and second guitar. Michael Bloomfield, then a fiery young guitarist just appearing on the Chicago scene, joins in on a few tunes, too. But not even his presence can rouse the somnolent Estes. Not long after these recordings, Estes, Nixon and Rachell appeared at the 1964 Newport Folk Festival.

Broke and Hungry

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