Buddy Moss - The Essential

Buddy Moss (1914?-1984) was one of the most important and influential bluesman of East Coast style. Moss started playing the harmonica as a child and busked the streets of Atlanta. Curley Weaver and Barbecue Bob noticed the young man and asked him to join their Georgia Cotton Pickers band. In December 1930 they recorded four songs for Columbia Records. Moss learned himself to play the guitar by watching Curley Weaver. And in January 1933 he recorded his debut for ARC in New York City. His records sold so well they were outselling those of his friends Curley Weaver and Blind Willie McTell. In 1935 however, he was convicted a long time prison term for murdering his wife; although there was considderable doubt of his guilt, Moss spend his time in jail, and this broke the back of his career as a blues recording star. After six years in jail, with the help of manager J.B. Long and his good behaviour Moss got out on parole. He had to stay out the state of Georgia for ten years and he had to work with J.B. Long. In October 1941 he travelled to New York City with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee to record for OKeh Records. His comeback was short, because the USA entered in World War II and the government began rationing shellac. In 1942 the musician's union placed a ban on recording and after the war the popularity of acoustic country blues was over. Buddy Moss performed in Richmond and Durham, but music was no longer his means of making a living. He worked on tobacco farms and drove trucks for the next decades. In the mid 1960s he was rediscovered and performed in a series of concerts before college audiences.

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2002
Styles: Blues
Time: 52:45 + 53:40
Size: 121,8 MB + 123,9 MB
Covers: Full

Album: Buddy Moss - The Essential Disc 1
(2:44) 1. Oh Lordy Mama
(2:58) 2. Jealous Hearted Man
(2:38) 3. Misery Man Blues
(3:16) 4. Bye Bye Mama
(2:55) 5. Red River Blues
(3:17) 6. Daddy Don't Care
(2:43) 7. Stinging Bull Nettle
(3:03) 8. Going to Your Funeral
(3:01) 9. Man of My Own
(3:11) 10. Hard Times Blues
(2:46) 11. Back to My Used to Be
(2:35) 12. Joy Rag
(2:44) 13. Struggle Buggie
(2:39) 14. Love Me, Baby, Love Me
(2:52) 15. Joker Man Blues
(3:11) 16. Can't Use You No More
(3:10) 17. Prowling Gambler Blues
(2:51) 18. Tricks Ain't Walking No More

Album: Buddy Moss - The Essential Disc 2
(2:57) 1. Gravy Server
(2:50) 2. Can't Use You No More
(2:52) 3. Broke Down Engine
(3:09) 4. Too Dog Gone Jealous
(2:46) 5. Some Lonesome Day
(2:57) 6. Next Door Man
(2:47) 7. Jinx Man Blues
(2:51) 8. You Need a Woman
(2:49) 9. I'm Sitting Here Tonight
(3:21) 10. Stop Hanging Around
(3:10) 11. Dirty Mistreater
(2:57) 12. Shake It All Night Long
(3:14) 13. Undertaker Blues
(3:06) 14. Worrysome Woman
(3:05) 15. My Baby Won't Pay Me No Mind
(2:43) 16. Dough Rolling Papa
(3:09) 17. Broke Down Engine No. 2
(2:50) 18. Someday Baby

The Essential Disc 1
The Essential Disc 2
The Essential artwork

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