| Product Summary | | Label: Sanctuary Records Group | | UPC: 00060768459625 | | Release Date: 3/18/2003 | | Buy.com Sku: 60592603 | | Item#: M25DD4 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Joe Friday - Alvin Youngblood Hart/Samm Carr/Anthony Sherrod ~ Original Soundtrack |  | | 2. Every Goodbye Don't Mean I'm Gone - The Deep Cuts ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 3. Garbage Man - Bobby Rush ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 4. Subway Swing - Greg "Fingers" Taylor/Casey Phillips & The Hounds ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 5. Stormy Monday - Patrice Moncell/The House Rockers ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 6. You Know I've Tried - Levon Lindsey/J.T. Watkins/The King Edward Blues Band ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 7. Casino In The Cottonfield - Vasti Jackson/The King Edward Blues Band ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 8. John Law Burned Down The Liquor Sto' - Chris Thomas King ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 9. Blues Is Alright, The - Dennis Fountain/Pat Brown/The King Edward Blues Band ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 10. What Goes Around, Comes Around - Lucille/Greg "Fingers" Taylor ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 11. Hole In The Wall - The King Edward Blues Band ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 12. Strokin' - Patrice Moncell/Vasti Jackson/The House Rockers ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 13. Members Only - Abdul Rasheed/The House Rockers ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 14. Juke Joint Jam Medley: Last Of The Mississippi Jukes / Next Time You See Me - David Hughes/Jimmy King/Virgil Brawley ~ Original Soundtrack | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Audio Mixers: William Barth; Greg Hartman; Timothy Obeck. | | Recording information: 2002. | | Photographer: Dick Waterman. | | Film director Robert Mugge has been responsible for a number of documentaries chronicling indigenous American musical styles, notably Deep Blues (1991) and Gather at the River: A Bluegrass Celebration (1994). Last of the Mississippi Jukes, which had its first exposure on a premium cable movie channel and was released on DVD concurrently with this audio soundtrack CD, is closest to Deep Blues among his efforts, though it is more concerned with electric blues. Mugge took his cameras into the Ground Zero Blues Club in Clarksdale, MS (a re-created juke joint established by the film star Morgan Freeman), and the Subway Lounge in Jackson, MS. There he captured a variety of lively performers who are heard here. Patrice Moncell, who gets two cuts, is a particular standout, turning in a bravura treatment of the blues standard "Stormy Monday" and a lengthy, salacious recitative called "Strokin'." Other standouts include Chris Thomas King's "John Law Burned Down the Liquor Sto," a shaggy-dog bootlegging story, and Greg "Fingers" Taylor's "Subway Swing," which details goings-on at the Subway Lounge. But the entire disc demonstrates that the blues are alive and well in the clubs of Mississippi. ~ William Ruhlmann |
Producer: Robert Mugge; David Hughes; Robert Mugge; David Hughes |
Engineer: William Barth; Greg Hartman; Timothy Obeck |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 03/18/2003 | | Original Release Date : 2003 | | Catalog ID : 84596 | | Label : Sanctuary (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Live | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00060768459625 |
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4 of 5 Living soundtrack of the blues Tuesday, March 25, 2003
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This soundtrack collects fourteen live tracks from Robert Mugge's film documentary of Mississippi juke joints. Recorded at Clarksdale's Ground Zero Blues Club (established by actor Morgan Freeman) and Jackson's Zero Club, it features a variety of blues, from the electrifying slide guitar playing of Alvin Youngblood Hart, to the folk-blues of Bobby Rush, and electric-backed harmonica work of Greg "Fingers" Taylor (known for his work with Jimmy Buffett).
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Chris Thomas King, at one time known for his fusion of blues and modern sounds like hip-hop, retains the roots-driven approach he used for the soundtrack to "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" His acoustic guitar playing is seasoned with moving slide work. Also featured are electric guitarist Vastie Jackson and vocalist Patrice Moncell.
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Though a CD could hardly hope to recreate the entire atmosphere of Mississippi’s rural blues lounges, as a soundtrack to the documentary, this certainly provides a generous helping of both blues history and the continuing role played by juke joints. It’s not just a live soundtrack, it’s a living one. Was this review helpful?  
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