| Product Summary | | Label: Yazoo | | UPC: 00016351201720 | | Release Date: 3/19/1996 | | Buy.com Sku: 60044172 | | Item#: M4W3JX | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Frisco Town - Memphis Minnie ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Spike Driver's Blues - Mississippi John Hurt ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Feather Bed - Cannon's Jug Stompers ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Fox And The Hounds - Henry Thomas ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Lazy Farmer Boy, A - Buster Carter/Preston Young ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Pick Poor Robin Clean - Luke Jordan ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Nappy Head Blues - Bobby Grant ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Sourwood Mountain - Taylor's Kentucky Boys ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Levee Camp Moan Blues - Texas Alexander ~ Various Artists | | | 10. John Henry Blues - Evans & McClain ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Coming To Christ - Biddleville Quintette ~ Various Artists | | | 12. House Carpenter - Clarence Ashley ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Furniture Man - Lil McClintock ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Alabama Strut - Cow Cow Davenport ~ Various Artists | | | 15. Kassie Jones (Part 1) - Furry Lewis ~ Various Artists | | | 16. Thousand Woman Blues - Blind Boy Fuller ~ Various Artists | | | 17. Champaign Charlie Is My Name - Blind Blake ~ Various Artists | | | 18. Molly Man - Moses Mason ~ Various Artists | | | 19. Chicken You Can Roost Behind The Moon - Frank Stokes ~ Various Artists | | | 20. Little Birdie - John Hammond ~ Various Artists | | | 21. Black Skunk Blues - Barbecue Bob ~ Various Artists | | | 22. Drunkard's Special - Coley Jones ~ Various Artists | | | 23. Easy Winner - Blue Boys ~ Various Artists | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | BEFORE THE BLUES: THE EARLY AMERICAN BLACK MUSIC SCENE, VOLUME 3 chronicles black musical forms from the 1920s and 1930s. | | Compilation producers: Richard Nevins, Don Kent. | | Includes liner notes by Richard Nevins and Don Kent. | | Personnel: Barbecue Bob, Blind Boy Fuller (vocals, guitar); Rev. Moses Mason (vocals, banjo); Joe Evans, Arthur McClain, Alger "Texas" Alexander (vocals); Furry Lewis, Nap Hayes, Lil McClintock, Lonnie Johnson, Luke Jordan, Mississippi John Hurt, Bob Grant (guitar); Gus Cannon (banjo); Matthew Prater (mandolin); Doc Roberts, James Booker (fiddle); Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport (piano). | | Audio Remasterer: Richard Nevins. | | Liner Note Authors: Don Kent; Richard Nevins. | | Unknown Contributor Roles: Clarence Ashley; Frank Stokes; John Hammond, Jr.; Henry Thomas ; Gus Cannon; Memphis Minnie; Preston Young; Taylor's Kentucky Boys; Biddleville Quintette; The Blue Boys; Buster Carter. | | This final volume in an indispensable series collects work by better-known artists like Memphis Minnie and Mississippi John Hurt as well as more obscure geniuses like Henry Thomas and Texas Alexander. What stands out is the amazingly consistent level of quality of the recordings. While some preservation efforts such as this might fill spaces with padding, all the music here is heartbreakingly beautiful. ~ Tim Sheridan |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 03/19/1996 | | Original Release Date : 1996 | | Catalog ID : 2017 | | Label : Yazoo | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Mono | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00016351201720 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Spin (6/96, p.117)
- "...an eerie blend of Appalchian balladry, fiddle breakdowns, ragtime beats, and revival moans. When roots is what you crave, dig deep."Mojo (Publisher)
(6/96, p.124)
- "...almost 70 tracks of songs and music from the era when the emerging blues had not yet obliterated the rags, reels and ballads that preceded it... moving and illuminating music....The sound engineering is terrific..." New York Times (Publisher)
(4/14/96, Sec.2, p.30)
- "...BEFORE THE BLUES offers a tour of folk ballads, ragtime melodies, church hymns and breakdown dances that is as listenable as it is enlightening..." |
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