A Tall Cup o' Sterno...blues mix
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Blue Concentrate Vol. 1: Tall Cup o' Sterno
Cloven Devil Recordings, CDR-005, 2011
1. Blind Willie Johnson: Dark Was the Night???Cold Was the Ground [1927]
Haunting Texas moan.
2. Bukka White: The Panama Limited [1930]
Mississippi-born cousin of BB King with a storytelling country drone.
3. Canned Heat: Change My Ways [1969]
Killer, hypnotic tune from their third fourth album, Hallelujah; nice guitar interplay.
4. Charles Brown: Black Nite [1950]
Last-call Texas-via-L.A. piano blues.
5. Charley Patton: Rattlesnake Blues [1930]
Ancient-sounding Mississippi progenitor.
6. Elmore James: Madison Blues [1960]
Great, upbeat shuffle from Mississippi slide master.
7. Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra: After Hours [1940]
Tipsy and slightly sleazy (with a wink and a nod) piece from this Alabama trumpeter's pianist Avery Parrish.
8. G.L. Crockett: It???s a Man Down There [1965]
Obscure version of "One Way Out" from Washington, DC???area performer.
9. Henry Thomas: Bulldoze Blues [1928]
Sublime minstrel blues from Texas, famously swiped by Canned Heat.
10. Howlin' Wolf: Back Door Man [1960]
First recording of standard from this Mississippi/Chicago titan.
11. J.B. Hutto and His Hawks: Too Much Alcohol [1966]
Rockin' Chicago slide blues version of a Sonny Boy Williamson number.
12. Jimmy Reed: Ends & Odds [1957]
Harp-led Mississippi/Chicago lazy blues.
13. John Lee Hooker: Sugar Mama [1952]
Mississippi/Detroit legend keeps his own time.
14. Johnny Temple: The Evil Devil Blues [1935]
Melancholy cover of Skip James' "Devil Got My Woman" from this Mississippi/Chicago guitarist.
15. Little Walter: Boom, Boom, Out Go the Lights [1955]
Happy little number about beating the shit out of your shorty, from this Louisiana harpist.
16. Mississippi Bracey: Stered Gal [1930]
Caldwell Bracey recorded four sides for Okeh, including this catchy tune.
17. The Misunderstood: You Don???t Have to Go Out [1965]
From their Hollywood session with John Peel; swaggering white blues rock.
18. Robert Johnson: Cross Road Blues [1936]
Gotta admire the tricky guitar work.
19. Roy Brown: Rockin??? at Midnight [1949]
Swingin' New Orleans jump blues.
20. Rube Lacy: Mississippi Jail House Groan [1928]
Defeated moan recorded in Chicago.
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