Casey Bill Weldon - Guitar Swing

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2002
Styles: Blues
Time: 74:04
Size: 171,4 MB
Covers: Full

(3:25) 1. Two Timin' Woman
(2:50) 2. Rooster Blues
(2:56) 3. Guitar Swing
(2:34) 4. Has My Gal Been Here
(3:06) 5. Front Door Blues
(3:12) 6. Back Door Blues
(3:12) 7. The Big Boat
(2:55) 8. My Stove Won't Work
(2:48) 9. Brown Skin Mama
(3:16) 10. W.P.A. Blues
(3:02) 11. I Believe I'll Make a Change
(3:08) 12. Did You Mean What You Said?
(3:20) 13. Somebody Changed the Lock on My Door
(2:54) 14. Red Hot Blues
(3:37) 15. I'm a Stranger
(2:48) 16. Go Ahead Buddy
(3:20) 17. Blues Everywhere I Go
(2:46) 18. Arlena
(2:51) 19. Casey Bill's New Wpa Blues
(3:13) 20. Can't You Remember
(3:08) 21. Just as Well Let Her Go
(3:21) 22. I'm Just a Bad Luck Man
(3:16) 23. I Believe You're Cheatin' on Me
(2:54) 24. Round and Round

During the years 1935-1938 Will Weldon recorded over 60 titles as a principal artist and he appeared as an accompanist on numerous other recordings by bluesmen as Peetie Wheatstraw and Bumble Bee Slim. Welson's abilities as a instrumentalist were much in demand and his records sold in huge quatities. Despite his popularity, little is known about this musician. Weldon was born in Arkansas and as a teenager he travelled the South with medicin shows. In the late 1920s he relocated to Memphis and in 1927 and 1928 he recorded with The Memphis Jug Band. After this he moved to Kansas City and there he perfected his unique bottleneck style as well as acquiring his nickname of Casey (from K.C.). In the mid 1930s he moved to Chicago and recorded for Vocalion as The Hawaiian Guitar Wizard (in order to promote him as a rival for Bluebird's slide master "Guitar Wizard" Tampa Red). Weldon was one of the few guitarists of the pre-war period to play in the Hawaiian manner - with a National steel guitar laid flat on his lap - He merged Hawaiian music with blues and jazz phrasing. His vocals are deep and warm and often embellished with a pleasing falsetto. After 1938 he didn't record anymore. About the rest of his life little is known.

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Various - Booze & The Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:48
Size: 148.3 MB
Styles: Assorted blues styles
Year: 1995
Art: Front

[3:13] 1. State Street Swingers - You Drink Too Much
[2:50] 2. Charley Jordan - Cherry Wine Woman
[2:49] 3. Memphis Minnie - Drunken Barrel House Blues
[3:30] 4. Mississippi Sheiks - Bootleggers' Blues
[3:06] 5. Barbecue Bob - Me And My Whiskey
[2:38] 6. Kid Prince Moore - Bug Juice Blues
[2:36] 7. Charlie Spand - Rock And Rye
[2:50] 8. Memphis Jug Band - Rukus Juice And Chittlin'
[2:34] 9. Merline Johnson - Bad Whiskey Blues
[3:04] 10. Amos Easton - Part I
[3:08] 11. Amos Easton As Bumble Bee Slim - Part Ii
[2:43] 12. Little Bill Gaither - Moonshine By The Keg
[2:54] 13. Lucille Bogan - Drinking Blues
[2:59] 14. Peetie Wheatstraw - More Good Whiskey Blues
[3:00] 15. Joshua White - Pigmeat And Whiskey Blues
[2:42] 16. Casey Bill Weldon - Give Me Another Shot
[2:55] 17. Rosetta Howard - When I Been Drinking
[2:53] 18. Lewis Black - Corn Liquor Blues
[3:07] 19. Sloppy Henry - Canned Heat Blues
[3:14] 20. Big Bill Broonzy - When I Been Drinking
[2:46] 21. Jack Newman - Blackberry Wine
[3:04] 22. Rev. W.M. Mosley - Drinking Shine

Booze & the Blues is a thoroughly entertaining collection of 22 pre-war blues songs about wine, drinking, whiskey and blues. It's a gimmicky excuse for a collection, but it works, not only because the songs and performances are good, but because the tracks all have a similar spirit. Among the highlights are tracks by Memphis Minnie, Mississippi Sheiks, Robert Hicks, the Memphis Jug Band, Amos Easton, Lucille Bogan, Peetie Wheatstraw and Joshua White. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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Various - Great Blues Guitarists: String Dazzlers

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:30
Size: 138.5 MB
Styles: Pre-war blues, Acoustic blues
Year: 1991
Art: Front

[2:56] 1. Lonnie Johnson - Hot Fingers
[3:05] 2. Lonnie Johnson, Eddie Lang - A Handful Of Riffs
[3:15] 3. Texas Alexander - Work Ox Blues
[3:16] 4. Sylvester Weaver - I'm Busy And You Can't Come In
[3:01] 5. Blind Willie McTell - Georgia Rag
[2:53] 6. Blind Willie McTell - Warm It Up To Me
[3:11] 7. Sylvester Weaver - (Untitled)
[2:51] 8. Sylvester Weaver - (Untitled)
[3:00] 9. Blind Willie Johnson - When The War Was On
[3:08] 10. Blind Willie Johnson - Nobody's Fault But Mine
[2:50] 11. Big Bill Broonzy - How You Want It Done
[3:15] 12. Big Bill Broonzy - Getting Older Every Day
[2:56] 13. Casey Bill Weldon - Guitar Swing
[3:15] 14. Lonnie Johnson, Eddie Lang - Bull Frog Moan
[2:50] 15. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Black Snake Moan
[2:58] 16. Joshua White - Little Brother Blues
[2:55] 17. Joshua White - Prodigal Son
[2:54] 18. Tampa Red - Denver Blues
[2:49] 19. Lonnie Johnson - Away Down In The Alley Blues
[3:05] 20. Lonnie Johnson - I Love You, Mary Lou

Ten excellent blues guitarists are heard on 20 selections dating from 1924-40 on this enjoyable CD reissue from the Columbia/ Legacy series. Included are Sylvester Weaver (the first blues guitarist to record an unaccompanied solo), the team of Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang (who are heard on a pair of duets and with singer Texas Alexander), the influential Big Bill Broonzy (superb on "How You Want It Done?"), the always passionate Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Casey Bill Weldon, Blind Lemon Jefferson ("Black Snake Moan"), Joshua White and Tampa Red. Three previously unheard selections are included on this fine overview but completists will probably prefer to skip over the set in favor of the more comprehensive Document CDs. ~Scott Yanow

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