THE BLUES IS LIFE

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Label
FOLKWAYS RECORDS
Release Date
May 30, 2012
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      SPIVEY, VICTORIA
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 30, 2012
    • UPC
      093070354128
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FOWY3541.2
    • LABEL
      FOLKWAYS RECORDS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Blues
    Works ⌄

    1. By Yourself - A Lonely Woman Blues

      Composer: Victoria Spivey

      Performer: Victoria Spivey

    2. Eagle and Hawk - Jealousy Blues

      Composer: Victoria Spivey

      Performer: Victoria Spivey

    3. You're My Man - Slick Chick Blues

      Composer: Victoria Spivey

      Performer: Victoria Spivey

    4. Don't Worry About It - Two-Timer Blues

      Composer: Victoria Spivey

      Performer: Victoria Spivey

    5. Low Friends - No Friends Blues

      Composer: Victoria Spivey

      Performer: Victoria Spivey

    6. Kazoo Papa Blues - Kazoo Blues

      Composer: Victoria Spivey

      Performer: Victoria Spivey

    7. Don't Care - Angry Blues

      Composer: Victoria Spivey

      Performer: Victoria Spivey

    8. My Head Is Bad - An Alcohol Blues

      Composer: Victoria Spivey

      Performer: Victoria Spivey

    9. Six Foot Daddy - Incendiary Blues

      Composer: Victoria Spivey

      Performer: Victoria Spivey

    10. Can I Wash Your Clothes - Humble Blues

      Composer: Victoria Spivey

      Performer: Victoria Spivey

    11. Good Sissages - A Sausage Blues

      Composer: Victoria Spivey

      Performer: Victoria Spivey

    12. Big Black Belt - Simple Minded Woman Blues

      Composer: Victoria Spivey

      Performer: Victoria Spivey


The Blues is life and life is the Blues. It covers from the first cry of a newborn to the last gasp of a dying man. It's the very existence." And Victoria Spivey took the blues business very seriously, from her many recording contracts to her performance schedule. These thirteen original compositions were written specifically for this recording, and range from a "No Friends Blues" or a "Slick Chick Blues" to a "Humble Blues" and even "A Sausage Blues.