Sonny Boy Williamson I - Bluebird Blues: The Secret History Of Rock & Roll

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 72:22
Size: 165.7 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2003
Art: Front

[2:58] 1. Good Morning School Girl
[3:03] 2. Blue Bird Blues
[2:57] 3. Sugar Mama Blues
[2:33] 4. Got The Bottle Up And Gone
[2:46] 5. Early In The Morning
[2:54] 6. Whiskey Headed Blues
[3:31] 7. Decoration Blues
[3:12] 8. Deep Down In The Ground
[2:46] 9. I Been Dealing With The Devil
[2:56] 10. My Little Machine
[2:50] 11. Jivin' The Blues
[2:59] 12. Western Union Man
[3:09] 13. My Baby Made A Change
[3:03] 14. Mattie Mae Blues
[3:13] 15. Sloppy Drunk Blues
[3:02] 16. Million Years Blues
[2:42] 17. My Black Name Blues
[2:36] 18. She Was A Dreamer
[2:45] 19. Sonny Boy's Jump
[2:38] 20. Elevator Woman
[2:54] 21. Hoodoo Hoodoo
[2:33] 22. Mellow Chick Swing
[2:26] 23. Polly Put Your Kettle On
[2:47] 24. Alcohol Blues
[2:56] 25. Better Cut That Out

Bluebird Blues focuses on 25 excellent performances by John Lee Williamson (aka Sonny Boy Williamson I, not to be confused with Rice Miller aka Sonny Boy Williamson II). These tracks were originally recorded between May 1937 through November 1947 for RCA Victor and include the staples "Sugar Mama Blues," "Blue Bird Blues," and one of the most recorded tunes in both blues and rock, "Good Morning, School Girl." Joining the versatile prewar harmonica wizard on numerous tracks are Big Joe Williams, Robert Lee McCoy, Henry Townsend, Yank Rachell, Blind John Davis, Big Bill Broonzy, Willie Dixon, and Eddie Boyd. If the only Sonny Boy you're familiar with is Rice Miller, give Sonny Boy I equal space in your collection. This is a great disc to start with. ~Al Campbell

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Blind John Davis - My Own Boogie

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1995
Styles: Blues
Time: 39:29
Size: 90,8 MB
Covers: Front, Tray

(2:25) 1. My Own Boogie
(3:50) 2. Every Day I Have the Blues
(2:03) 3. Texas Tony
(2:45) 4. Trouble in Mind
(3:09) 5. If I Had a Listen
(2:48) 6. St. Louis Blues
(3:10) 7. After Hours
(2:04) 8. How Long Blues
(2:26) 9. Everybody's Boogie
(3:03) 10. Memphis Blues
(2:41) 11. Rockin Chair Boogie
(1:38) 12. The House of Blues Lights
(3:24) 13. C.C. Rider
(1:49) 14. Run Away Boogie
(2:09) 15. Pinetop Boogie

Blind John Davis is one of the great blues piano players, often accompanying blues giants such as Big Bill Broonzy and Tampa Red. Although he released a series of solo albums in his lifetime, it is as an accompanist that he gives listeners his best work, but that's not to say there's nothing to commend on this release. Essentially a budget collection of some of Davis' best solo sides, every cut is accomplished boogie piano playing, in the style of, but far more relaxed than, say, Pete Johnson. It's hard to see this release as anything near to definitive, but as a budget introduction to an overlooked pianist it serves its purpose well. -- Allmusic.

My Own Boogie

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Blind John Davis - Moanin' the Blues

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 1976
Styles: Blues
Time: 50:41
Size: 116,8 MB
Covers: Full

(1:55) 1. It's My Boogie
(3:50) 2. When I Lost My Baby
(2:17) 3. Dippermouth Blues
(3:57) 4. Summertime
(2:51) 5. I've Got the World on a String
(2:41) 6. Jimtown Blues
(3:37) 7. St. James Infirmary
(1:53) 8. Pinetop's Boogie
(0:21) 9. Little Break-Theme
(1:51) 10. Boogie' N Roll
(2:50) 11. Cow Cow Blues
(4:35) 12. Everyday I Have the Blues
(2:27) 13. Limehouse Blues
(5:31) 14. Moanin' the Blues
(1:48) 15. Frankie & Johnny
(3:45) 16. Baby Won't You Please Come Home
(3:15) 17. Kansas City
(1:08) 18. Good Night My Friends

Although he helped invent the Chicago blues sound through his session work in the 1930s and 1940s, pianist John Henry Davis was never particularly flashy or demonstrative, and he remained a relative unknown in the U.S. throughout his career. In Europe, however, he was highly regarded, and this solo set, recorded live in Bonn, Germany, in 1973, is fairly typical of his later work. An easy, natural entertainer, Davis favored a kind of lounge blues approach to things, and he tackles blues, boogie, and jazz pieces, pop standards, and even R&B here in this relaxed, intimate set before a small audience. Highlights include his version of "St. James Infirmary," a breezy rendition of "Frankie & Johnny," and the touching and heartfelt closing track "Goodnight My Friends," which features the promise "I'm going away real slow/but I intend to hurry back." While never overpowering or flashy, Davis delivers a delightful history of American blues-based vernacular piano here, and if he sounds a bit like a hundred other piano players in piano bars all across the globe, keep in mind that Davis helped invent this stuff. -- Allmusic.

Moanin' the Blues

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