Leroy Carr - Sloppy Drunk

Leroy Carr was one of the most famous artists in the history of early blues (1928-1935). Together with his longtime musical partner and guitar player Scrapper Blackwell, they took their music to the top of the race music charts. They managed to build an impressive body of work with a simple concept, catchy blues based figures by Carr's keys and Blackwell's chordal accom- paniment. Many of the songs followed the same replicated structure, only deviating in terms of lyrical imagery and vocal delivery. Carr's voice was a perfect match for the blues, high-pitched and haunted with a fatalistic resolve that mirrored the sorrowful content of the songs. Meanwhile Blackwell's strumming worked mesmerically at caulking all the rhythmic nooks and crannies. Together the two blend in a tightly crafted tandem that still retained a rough and tumble coarseness. Leroy Carr sang city blues about his life, friends, acquaintances, and people he heard about secondhand and third-party. A prolific writer too, Carr scribed most of these tunes, which he sings in a sincere whisky-drenched delivery (as the title implies). These songs provide an intimate peep into black life in the late 1920s/early 1930s. This remarkable 2 disc set moves through the duo's first session to their last. - All-About-Jazz/Allmusic.

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1999
Styles: Blues
Time: 67:20 + 66;50
Size: 155,8 MB + 154,7 MB
Covers: Full

Album: Sloppy Drunk Disc 1
(3:02) 1. How Long, How Long Blues
(3:03) 2. Tennessee Blues
(2:53) 3. You Got to Reap What You Sow
(3:07) 4. Low Down Dirty Blues
(3:12) 5. Box Car Blues
(2:47) 6. How Long, How Long Blues, Pt. 2
(3:15) 7. Baby Don't You Love Me No More
(3:13) 8. Tired of Your Low Down Ways
(3:07) 9. Prison Bound Blues
(3:22) 10. Straight Alky Blues, Pt. 1
(3:22) 11. Straight Alky Blues, Pt. 2
(2:46) 12. Naptown Blues
(3:27) 13. Gettin' All Wet
(2:51) 14. Just Worryin' Blues
(3:13) 15. Christmas in Jail, Ain't That a Pain
(2:52) 16. Prison Cell Blues
(2:44) 17. Papa Wants a Cookie
(2:49) 18. Memphis Town
(2:52) 19. The Dirty Dozen
(3:00) 20. Sloppy Drunk Blues
(3:13) 21. Long Road Blues
(3:02) 22. Four Day Rider

Album: Sloppy Drunk Disc 2
(2:54) 1. Alabama Women Blues
(2:57) 2. Papa's on the Housetop
(3:12) 3. Papa's Got Your Bath Water On
(2:49) 4. New How Long, How Long Blues, Pt. 2
(3:02) 5. Gone Mother Blues
(3:06) 6. Midnight Hour Blues
(3:33) 7. Blues Before Sunrise
(3:10) 8. I Ain't Got No Money Now
(2:51) 9. South Bound Blues
(2:53) 10. Barrelhouse Woman
(2:58) 11. I Believe I'll Make a Change
(2:54) 12. Bo Bo Stomp
(2:37) 13. Hustler's Blues
(2:57) 14. It's Too Short, No. 1
(3:07) 15. Rocks in My Bed
(2:58) 16. When the Sun Goes Down
(2:48) 17. Bad Luck All the Time
(3:11) 18. Big Four Blues
(3:11) 19. Just a Rag
(3:12) 20. Ain't It a Shame
(3:16) 21. Going Back Home
(3:04) 22. Six Cold Feet in the Ground

Sloppy Drunk Disc 1
Sloppy Drunk Disc 2
Sloppy Drunk artwork

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