Mississippi Blues (2002)

Product Summary Label: Koch International Distributio UPC: 00790248019628 Release Date: 2/12/2002 Buy.com Sku: 60517762 Item#: M4SDVM Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Part Time Love - Luther Allison ~ Various Artists 2. Come On In This House - Junior Wells ~ Various Artists 3. Mean Ol Frisco - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup ~ Various Artists 4. More You Lie To Me, The - Artie White ~ Various Artists 5. 3 O'Clock In The Morning Blues - Ike & Tina Turner ~ Various Artists 6. St. James Infirmary - Bobby Bland ~ Various Artists 7. Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor - Mississippi John Hurt ~ Various Artists 8. Come On In My Kitchen - Chris Thomas King ~ Various Artists 9. Baby Don't Do Me Wrong - John Lee Hooker ~ Various Artists 10. I Got To Make A Change Blues - Memphis Minnie ~ Various Artists 11. Stewball - Memphis Slim ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Includes liner notes by Scott Jordan. Liner Note Author: Scott Jordan. Illustrator: Nicola Heindl. Arranger: Chris Thomas King. More than Chicago, its electric home, or Detroit and Memphis, where it morphed into modern soul, Mississippi is the blues. But, like every musical form, the blues have evolved since the days Charley Patton lived on Dockery's Plantation and played house dances and juke joints around Clarksdale. And that very evolution is going to make any collection called Mississippi Blues problematic. To many, Mississippi is associated with the acoustic Delta blues. To a younger generation, it's the raw electric artists of Mississippi hill country who appear on the Fat Possum label (and who are essentially unrepresented here). To be fair, the compilers do their best in a thankless job. From the early generation listeners get Memphis Minnie, Memphis Slim, and Mississippi John Hurt (notably a cut from his '60s rediscovery). Slightly later come Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup -- one of Elvis Presley's inspirations, with his big, laid-back voice -- some relatively early Ike & Tina Turner, John Lee Hooker (an odd choice; although his roots were in Clarksdale, his work didn't begin until he was up north in Detroit), and the wonderful Bobby "Blue" Bland, with a take on the classic "St. James Infirmary." There is one young inclusion, happily, in the rising Chris Thomas King. But where's Muddy Waters, whose first work was recorded down in the Delta in the early '40s? Where are Robert Johnson and Charley Patton, whose styles epitomize and define early blues? Where's Junior Kimbrough or R.L. Burnside? This is a fair collection which tries to bill itself as "a musical journey down the Mississippi River," but from conception it never stood a chance of being remotely complete in just 11 tracks. ~ Chris Nickson More than Chicago, its electric home, or Detroit and Memphis, where it morphed into modern soul, Mississippi is the blues. But, like every musical form, the blues have evolved since the days Charley Patton lived on Dockery's Plantation and played house dances and juke joints around Clarksdale. And that very evolution is going to make any collection called Mississippi Blues problematic. To many, Mississippi is associated with the acoustic Delta blues. To a younger generation, it's the raw electric artists of Mississippi hill country who appear on the Fat Possum label (and who are essentially unrepresented here). To be fair, the compilers do their best in a thankless job. From the early generation, listeners get Memphis Minnie, Memphis Slim, and Mississippi John Hurt (notably a cut from his '60s rediscovery). Slightly later come Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup -- one of Elvis Presley's inspirations, with his big, laid-back voice -- some relatively early Ike & Tina Turner, John Lee Hooker (an odd choice; although his roots were in Clarksdale, his work didn't begin until he was up north in Detroit), and the wonderful Bobby "Blue" Bland, with a take on the classic "St. James Infirmary." There is one young inclusion, happily, in the rising Chris Thomas King. But where's Muddy Waters, whose first work was recorded down in the Delta in the early '40s? Where are Robert Johnson and Charley Patton, whose styles epitomize and define early blues? Where's Junior Kimbrough or R.L. Burnside? This is a fair collection which tries to bill itself as "a musical journey down the Mississippi River," but with just 11 tracks, it can't touch on nearly enough. ~ Chris Nickson   Technical Info Release Date : 02/12/2002 Original Release Date : 2002 Catalog ID : 196 Label : Putumayo Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Mixed SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00790248019628   Professional Reviews NAPRA Review (05-06/02, p.75) - "...Focuses on the bountiful, deep musical roots between Memphis and New Orleans....Extensive liner notes and informative artist bios complete this lush package..."    Product Image