Released: 1990
Styles: Blues
Time: 48:38
Size: 112,4 MB
Covers: Full
(2:40) 1. Big Joe Williams - Delta Blues
(2:44) 2. Big Joe Williams - Mama Don't Allow Me
(2:32) 3. Big Joe Williams - She Left Me A Mule
(2:50) 4. Big Joe Williams - Bad Heart Blues
(2:37) 5. Big Joe Williams - Juanita
(2:38) 6. Big Joe Williams - Friends & Pals
(2:46) 7. Big Joe Williams - Over hauling Blues
(2:35) 8. Big Joe Williams - Whistling Pines
(2:42) 9. Luther Huff - 1951 Blues
(2:47) 10. Luther Huff - Dirty Disposition
(2:50) 11. Luther Huff - Bulldog Blues
(2:30) 12. Luther Huff - Rosalee
(2:20) 13. Willie Love & His Three Aces - Everybody's Fishing
(3:02) 14. Willie Love & His Three Aces - My own Boogle
(3:03) 15. Willie Love & His Three Aces - 74 Blues
(2:48) 16. Willie Love & His Three Aces - Shady Lane Blues
(2:38) 17. Willie Love & His Three Aces - 21 Minutes to Nine
(2:26) 18. Willie Love & His Three Aces - Vanity Dresser Boogie
This collection features material by three very different performers: Big Joe Williams, Luther Huff and Willie Love. The Big Joe Williams tracks are solid Delta blues -- Joe is playing his amplified 9-string guitar, tuned to "Spanish" tuning, and for most of the tracks is unaccompanied (a few have him with a bassist). They are fine examples of Big Joe Williams' repetoire and style -- howling slide, booming bass polyrhythms, etc. These are the best pieces on here, the songs that make me rate this five stars. Luther Huff was obscure amateur musician who played parties with his brother. The Huff brothers played in a style associated less with the Delta sound and more with the Jackson-area blues exemplified by Tommy Johnson. Their recordings are masterpieces of interplay between mandolin, guitar, and vocals. Willie Love was a wonderful barrelhouse pianist and singer, whose other recordings can be found on the album "Clownin' With the Blues" which also features Sonny Boy Williamson. None could stomp out a boogie and shout slurred lyrics like Willie Love. He is backed up by a stellar electric band (Little Milton and Elmore James are in there). --Amazon review.
Delta Blues - 1951
