Time: 46:41
File: Flac
Released: 1994
Styles: Blues
Art: Front
1. Good Morning Blues (4:11)
2. I Went To The Graveyard (4:35)
3. Hearse Oh Hearse (Oh My Lord What Shall I Do) (3:28)
4. Old Time Religion (1:32)
5. Hobo Blues (3:33)
6. Mean Woman Going To Make Me So Mean (1:14)
7. Blues In The Bottle (4:09)
8. Blue Steel (3:59)
9. Going Downtown In The Morning (3:13)
10. Getting Ready To Go (1:40)
11. Hey Little Girl (3:35)
12. The Good Book Told Me (1:53)
13. Going Back To Jesus (2:21)
14. Motherless Children (3:22)
15. Hard Time (3:49)
Black Cowboy Blues and Church Songs is a mixture of songs from both named categories as performed by Alfred "Snuff" Johnson, a Texas bluesman who had been playing for around 70 years at the time of this recording. Accompanying himself with acoustic guitar, Johnson sings no-nonsense recompositions of "Good Morning Blues," "Getting Ready to Go," "Motherless Children," and more in his thick-throated, rich voice. An interesting smattering of unexpected sharps and minors get thrown into the guitar picking, but this can be chalked up more to choice and Johnson's relaxed style (that has, by the way, a Mance Lipscomb-influence of a thumb-strummed bassline) than to lack of ability, as Johnson also pulls off some mean guitar work on other songs, including "Hobo Blues" and "Blue Steel 44." Overall, it's good, low-key, acoustic country blues from a bluesman who, sadly, went unrecorded until the 1990s.
Black Cowboy Blues And Church Songs FLAC
