BLUES IN ST. LOUIS 2: HENRY BROWN& EDITH JOHNSON

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Label
FOLKWAYS RECORDS
Release Date
May 30, 2012
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      BROWN, HENRY
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 30, 2012
    • UPC
      093070381520
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FOWY3815.2
    • LABEL
      FOLKWAYS RECORDS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Blues
    Works ⌄

    1. Henry Brown Blues

      Composer: Henry Brown

      Performer: Edith Johnson, Henry Brown

    2. Little Drops of Water

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Edith Johnson, Henry Brown

    3. Take It Light

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Edith Johnson, Henry Brown

    4. Soothing Syrup Blues

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Edith Johnson, Henry Brown

    5. Original Blues

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Edith Johnson, Henry Brown

    6. Honeysuckle Rose

      Composer: Fats Waller

      Performer: Edith Johnson, Henry Brown

    7. Nickel's Worth of Liver

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Edith Johnson, Henry Brown

    8. Deep Brown Blues

      Composer: Henry Brown

      Performer: Edith Johnson, Henry Brown

    9. Old Time Fast Blues

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Edith Johnson, Henry Brown

    10. Changing Blues

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Edith Johnson, Henry Brown

    11. Drive My Baby Slow

      Composer: Edith Johnson

      Performer: Edith Johnson, Henry Brown


Recorded in 1961, The Blues in St. Louis, Vol. 2 celebrates 1930s and '40s style Barrelhouse Blues and Boogie Woogie. Henry Brown and Edith Johnson came from very different musical backgrounds: pianist Brown was formally trained, while Johnson learned the blues by singing along with music playing in her husband's record shop. Yet, the two came together in Jazz and Blues fan Bob Oswald's recording studio, and the result is a combination of Classic Blues instrumentals and vocals like "Honeysuckle Rose" and "Little Drops of Water," often accompanied by Brown tapping his foot against the piano pedal. Musician and scholar Samuel Charters gives a first hand account of the musicians and circumstances of recording in the liner notes.