Artist: Various
Album: The Modern Downhome Blues Sessions Volume 4 - The Southern Country Blues Guitarists 1948-1952
Genre: Blues
Released: 2005
Reaching Volume Four of The MODERN DOWNHOME BLUES SESSIONS represents the realisation of a long-held dream for this writer. There have been many happy experiences in putting this series together, not the least being the excellent working relationship that series supervisor and co-compiler John Broven, annotator Jim O'Neal and myself have achieved during its preparation. More or less creating our own little web chat room, discussion and thoughts have flowed back and forth and many surprising discoveries have been made in the process. But by far the happiest aspect has been the enthusiastic reception with which the series has been greeted. The aim has been to present the unique downhome blues music that Modern Records recorded in programmes that entertain as well as preserve vitally important music.
The series has predominantly concentrated on collecting the results of Joe Bihari and Ike Turner's early 50s field trips, together with sides that emerged out of Sam Phillips' legendary studio. There is more to follow but this volume concentrates on guitar-based country blues plus a couple of very fine small combo sessions, basically covering the territory attempted on Kent's 12-track LP Blues From The Deep South" but realised here in its entirety. We are finally able to include a take of each piece recorded by Big Charley Bradix at his 1948 Dallas, Texas session, as well as Alexander Moore's complete session recorded in the same city three years later. The latter's original RPM 78 is so obscure that it was one of the very few omitted from the pioneering Blues Research listing. Moore recorded in the 30s and later reached a folk and blues audience but his one post war commercial session represents the finest that he ever recorded. The storming Neglected Woman is followed by a superior unissued version of If I Lose You Woman and the unissued Carolina. Smokey Hogg's supporting guitar shows his capabilities in a new light with riffs and boogie patterns on the fast pieces and a wonderful walking bass on the slower ones.
Tracklist
01 Neglected Woman - Alexander Moore (with Smokey Hogg)
02 Carolina - Alexander Moore with Smokey Hogg
03 Lillie Mae Boogie - Alexander Moore with Smokey Hogg
04 If I Lose You Woman - Alexander Moore with Smokey Hogg
05 Meet Me Tonight Along The Avenue - Jesse Thomas
06 Gonna Write You A Letter - Jesse Thomas
07 Applejack Boogie - Pine Top Slim and His Guitar
08 I'm Gonna Carry On - Pine Top Slim and His Guitar
09 John Henry - Pine Top Slim and His Guitar
10 Baby Please Don't Go - Pine Top Slim and His Guitar
11 13 Highway - Leroy Simpson with Lane Hardin
12 Bluebird Blues - Leroy Simpson with Lane Hardin
13 Keep 'Em Down - Lane Hardin aka Arkansas Johnny Todd
14 I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You - Lane Hardin aka Arkansas Johnny Todd
15 Dark Old World - Big Bill Dotson
16 Thinking Life Over aka Just Sittin' Down Thinkin' - Big Bill Dotson
17 Fast Life - Pine Top Slim and His Guitar
18 Mean Old Frisco - Pine Top Slim and His Guitar
19 Poor Boy - Pine Top Slim and His Guitar
20 Applejack Boogie (Take 1) - Pine Top Slim and His Guitar
21 Milford Blues - Little Son Jackson
22 Talkin' Boogie - Little Son Jackson
23 Night Time Anytime aka Tomorrow I May Be Gone - Jesse Thomas
24 Texas Blues - Jesse Thomas
25 Numbered Days - Big Charley Bradix
26 Wee Wee Hours - Big Charley Bradix
27 Dollar Diggin' Woman - Big Charley Bradix
28 Boogie Like You Wanna - Big Charley Bradix
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