Vol. 2-Early American Women Bl (1997) ( )

Product Summary Label: Yazoo UPC: 00016351202727 Release Date: 5/20/1997 Buy.com Sku: 60044182 Item#: M2PCH6 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Dirty T.B. Blues - Victoria Spivey ~ Various Artists 2. Strugglin' Woman's Blues - Clara Smith ~ Various Artists 3. Everybody Does It Now - Martha Copeland ~ Various Artists 4. Pay Roll Blues - Lucille Bogan ~ Various Artists 5. Forget Me Not Blues - Sara Martin ~ Various Artists 6. Section Hand Blues - Sippie Wallace ~ Various Artists 7. Good Chib Blues - Edith Johnson ~ Various Artists 8. Traveling Blues - Ma Rainey ~ Various Artists 9. Do Dirty Blues - Bertha "Chippie" Hill ~ Various Artists 10. I Helped You, Sick Man, When You Were Down And Out - Katherine Baker ~ Various Artists 11. He's Never Gonna Throw Me Down - Sara Martin ~ Various Artists 12. Blood Hound Blues - Victoria Spivey ~ Various Artists 13. Dead Drunk Blues - Margaret Johnson ~ Various Artists 14. Parlor Social De Luxe - Sippie Wallace ~ Various Artists 15. Bye Bye Baby - Hattie Burleson ~ Various Artists 16. Winter Blues - Madlyn Davis ~ Various Artists 17. My Own Man Blues - Ivy Smith ~ Various Artists 18. Jim Nappy - Hattie Burleson ~ Various Artists 19. How Long - Alberta Brown ~ Various Artists 20. Trouble In Mind - Bertha "Chippie" Hill ~ Various Artists 21. Walking Blues - Ma Rainey ~ Various Artists 22. Mistreating Man Blues - Sara Martin ~ Various Artists 23. Trouble Everywhere I Roam - Sippie Wallace ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Full title: I Can't Be Satisfied: Early American Women Blues Singers, Vol. 2. Performers include: Ma Rainey, Sara Martin, Sippie Wallace, Lottie Kimbrough, Mae Glover. Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins. Liner Note Author: Don Kent. Although this second volume of I Can't Be Satisfied features a more uptown approach to the blues than the first volume, which centered on the rural aspects, this selection of American women blues singers from the 1920s is only a small degree removed from those roots, and the presence of small jazz combos and striking horn leads on these sides augments that Deep South country blues pedigree way more than it transforms it into the halls of urbane sophistication. These tracks are still undeniably the blues, and the jazz trappings can't disguise that fact. After all, having the blues in town isn't any different than having them in the country, and if there is a difference between the rural and the urban approaches, it may be that the sensuality on display here is even more pronounced and boldly delivered. Some of these sides literally purr (and some downright roar) as such fine singers as Sippie Wallace ("Section Hand Blues"), Clara Smith ("Strugglin' Woman's Blues"), Madlyn Davis ("Winter Blues"), and the unstoppable Ma Rainey (a chugging jug band version of "Traveling Blues") instill sometimes clich?d floating blues lyrics with passion and verve, bringing them to life with an often amazing vibrancy, reminding listeners that the blues aren't really about being down and out, but instead are about surviving on one's own terms. ~ Steve Leggett Producer: Don Kent; Richard Nevins   Technical Info Release Date : 03/18/1997 Original Release Date : 1997 Catalog ID : 2027 Label : Yazoo Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Mixed SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00016351202727   Professional Reviews Musician (10/97, p.89) - "...these songs have a vitality in the lyrics, an urge to say something, that has disappeared almost completely in modern blues, where the emphasis has shifted so much to instrumental prowess..."    Product Image