Time: 49:03
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2002
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Blues Folk
Art: Full
01. One Dime Blues (3:05)
02. Aunt Caroline Dye Blues (4:34)
03. Shake 'em On Down (3:48)
04. Match Box Blues (3:11)
05. Candy Man (2:47)
06. Mellow Peaches (Peach Tree Blues) (3:14)
07. Railroad Blues (3:24)
08. State Of Arkansas Blues (2:52)
09. Prison Bound Blues (4:10)
10. Skinny Woman (Gravel Road Woman) (2:53)
11. Keep On Grumling (3:44)
12. See See Rider (3:58)
13. Big Road Blues (3:48)
14. One Kind Favor (3:29)
A scholar, field researcher, and director of the ethnomusicology program at the University of Memphis since 1978, David Evans isn't your typical blues man. But don't worry, he doesn't let his academic pedigree prevent him from having a whole lot of fun with this ragtag set of folk-blues pieces, and the result is a delightful and lively reimagining of some country blues classics, complete with kazoos, jugs, and washboards as well as guitars and pianos. Evans doesn't attempt to copy the original versions on any of these songs so much as he tries to reanimate them, and his versions of Booker White's "Shake 'Em on Down," Leroy Carr's "Prison Bound Blues," Babe Stovall's "Candy Man," and Tommy Johnson's "Big Road Blues" are all revelations, reminding you that the worst thing that can happen to any of these songs is that they become set in stone. ~Steve Leggett
Match Box Blues
1 comment:
Thanks very much for posting this. I have read a bunch of his material but am not that familiar with his music.
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