Great Bluesmen-Newport Festiva (1976) (Hooker/Reese/Hopkins/Hurt/Doss)

Artist: Various Artists
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Label: Vanguard
UPC: 00015707007726
Release Date: 1/1/2002
Buy.com Sku: 60046732
Item#: MPVN25
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Midnight Boogie - Robert Pete Williams ~ Various Artists
2. Levee Camp Blues - Robert Pete Williams ~ Various Artists
3. My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door - Sonny Terry/Brownie McGhee ~ Various Artists
4. Tupelo - John Lee Hooker/Bill Lee ~ Various Artists
5. Bus Station Blues - John Lee Hooker/Bill Lee ~ Various Artists
6. Son Blues - Son House ~ Various Artists
7. Pony Blues - Son House ~ Various Artists
8. Mailman Blues - Sleepy John Estes ~ Various Artists
9. Clean Up At Home - Sleepy John Estes ~ Various Artists
10. Hey Rattler / Oh My Lord - Doc Reese ~ Various Artists
11. Sliding Delta - Mississippi John Hurt ~ Various Artists
12. Trouble, I've Had It All My Days - Mississippi John Hurt ~ Various Artists
13. Hard Time Killing Floor Blues - Skip James ~ Various Artists
14. Illinois Blues - Skip James ~ Various Artists
15. Death Don't Have No Mercy - Reverend Gary Davis ~ Various Artists
16. Catfish Blues - Willie Doss ~ Various Artists
17. I Had A Woman - Willie Doss ~ Various Artists
18. Lord, I'm Going Down South - Mississippi Fred McDowell ~ Various Artists
19. If The River Was Whiskey - Mississippi Fred McDowell ~ Various Artists
20. Cotton Field Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins/Samuel Lay ~ Various Artists
21. Shake That Thing - Lightnin' Hopkins/Samuel Lay ~ Various Artists



 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Inlcudes liner notes by Samuel Charters.
2 LPs on 1 CD.
This two-LP, single-CD compilation offers up 21 songs recorded live between 1959 and 1965 at the Newport Folk Festival. This is a killer selection of cuts by rediscovered '30s blues legends, many rising to the occasion to perform in front of thousands of people at once. A lot of comebacks and late-in-life careers were sparked by the performances captured on this CD, which is essential listening for anyone who cares about the blues.
Robert Pete Williams, playing his first concert outside Louisiana gave a performance so powerful, energetic, and dexterous, that he built a new career while still a relatively young man at the age of 40. Everyone who has heard Son House's album on Columbia and wondered if they were missing something might better look to the performance on this CD. With Mance Lipscomb accompanying him, the legendary slide player provides a good look at what his playing and singing were like in his prime. Mississippi John Hurt, who made some great records during this era, was at his best working in front of an audience, and had done so in Mississippi for decades. He gives a devastatingly nimble performance on this concert disc, both in his singing and playing. Similarly, Skip James launched a whole new career for himself with his performance on "Hard Time Killing Floor Blues" and "Illinois Blues." Willie Doss appears to have gotten not too much further than his Newport performances, fine though they were, but the Reverend Gary Davis and Mississippi Fred McDowell both reignited their commercial careers with the work heard here. Rounding out the set are contributions from Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee, John Lee Hooker, and Lightnin' Hopkins, working musicians for decades up to that time, who were simply playing very big outdoor gigs. ~ Bruce Eder

Producer: Maynard Solomon

 
Technical Info
Release Date : n/a
Original Release Date : 1976
Catalog ID : 77/78
Label : Vanguard Records (USA)
Number of Discs : 1
Runtime : 71m : 20s
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00015707007726

  
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