BLUES: MUSIC DOCUMENTARY / VAR

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Label
FOLKWAYS RECORDS
Release Date
May 30, 2012
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      BLUES: MUSIC DOCUMENTARY / VAR
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 30, 2012
    • UPC
      093070110120
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FOWY101.2
    • LABEL
      FOLKWAYS RECORDS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Blues
    Works ⌄

    1. Introduction - Alone in the Evening Hours

      Composer: Memphis Slim

      Performer: Joe Short, Memphis Willie Borum, Memphis Slim

    2. Slidin' Delta

      Composer: J.D. Short

      Performer: Joe Short

    3. Old Cotton Fields of Home

      Composer: Pink Anderson

      Performer: Pink Anderson

    4. John Henry

      Composer: Furry Lewis

      Performer: Furry Lewis

    5. Bad Blues

      Composer: Baby Tate

      Performer: Baby Tate

    6. Sitting Here Thinking

      Composer: Memphis Slim

      Performer: Memphis Willie Borum, Memphis Slim, Gus Cannon

    7. Lonesome Ground

      Composer: John Adam Estes

      Performer: Jon Estes

    8. If I Could Holler Like a Mountain Jack

      Composer: Baby Tate

      Performer: Baby Tate

    9. When I First Started Hoboing

      Composer: Baby Tate

      Performer: Baby Tate

    10. Weeping Willow Blues

      Composer: Pink Anderson

      Performer: Pink Anderson


While recording in the South in the early 1960s, producer, writer, and music historian Samuel Charters was inspired not only by the sound of Furry Lewis's guitar, but by the patterns of movement in his hands and fingers as he played. Thus Charters decided to make a film that would document aspects of the blues that couldn't be put on a phonograph record. In the sweltering summer of 1962, Charters journeyed through St. Louis, Memphis, Louisiana, and South Carolina to shoot the film the Blues and record this soundtrack. Artists featured in addition to Lewis are J.D. Short, Baby Tate, and Sleepy John Estes. Liner notes include details of the making of the film and biographies of the artists.