TRADITIONAL BLUES - VOL. 1

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Label
FOLKWAYS RECORDS
Release Date
May 30, 2012
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      MCGHEE, BROWNIE
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 30, 2012
    • UPC
      093070242128
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FOWY2421.2
    • LABEL
      FOLKWAYS RECORDS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Blues
    Works ⌄

    1. Cholly Blues

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Brownie McGhee

    2. Pinetop's Blues

      Composer: Pinetop Smith

      Performer: Brownie McGhee

    3. Hangman's Blues

      Composer: Brownie McGhee

      Performer: Brownie McGhee

    4. Jelly Roll Baker

      Composer: Lonnie Johnson

      Performer: Brownie McGhee

    5. Loving Mama Blues

      Composer: Brownie McGhee

      Performer: Brownie McGhee

    6. Backwater Blues

      Composer: Lonnie Johnson

      Performer: Brownie McGhee

    7. Four Day Creep

      Composer: Ida Cox

      Performer: Brownie McGhee

    8. Black Snake Moan

      Composer: Brownie McGhee

      Performer: Brownie McGhee

    9. Freight Train Blues

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Brownie McGhee

    10. Long Gone

      Composer: Brownie McGhee

      Performer: Brownie McGhee


This album presents a variety of blues, and in Brownie McGhee's singing are echoes of work and dance songs, as well as spirituals. Brownie himself once said, "I want to make music the way I know is real," and the blues on this collection exemplify his honest, powerful style.