Ollie Watkins- Used to Keep Me Worried
These are the long-lost, never before released recordings of the enigmatic blues man Ollie Watkins, who is remembered by only a handful of people who witnessed him playing on the streets & in informal gatherings in California's Central Valley in the late 1950s & early 1960s, when these recordings were made. The biting guitar playing, soulful vocals & recorded reminiscences reveal a troubled man & mind
Tracklist:
- Country Boy
- Let Me Go
- MR. Lou Wants Me to Tell My Life Story - (Interview With Ollie)
- California Blues
- Precious Lord
- Greyhound Bus
- Baby Doll
- ...Saw My Mother, When She Got Me Out of the Nuthouse - (Intervi
- Used to Keep Me Worried
- Woman I've Been Knowin'
- Lord I Want to Go Through
- I'm Twenty One
- Baby Doll - (alternate take)
- I Ain't Never
- Call Him Mister Now... Respect Him - (Interview With Ollie)
- California Blues - (alternate take, Blue Yodel Number 4)
- Twist
These are the long-lost, never before released recordings of the enigmatic blues man Ollie Watkins, who is remembered by only a handful of people who witnessed him playing on the streets & in informal gatherings in California's Central Valley in the late 1950s & early 1960s, when these recordings were made. The biting guitar playing, soulful vocals & recorded reminiscences reveal a troubled man & mind
Tracklist:
- Country Boy
- Let Me Go
- MR. Lou Wants Me to Tell My Life Story - (Interview With Ollie)
- California Blues
- Precious Lord
- Greyhound Bus
- Baby Doll
- ...Saw My Mother, When She Got Me Out of the Nuthouse - (Intervi
- Used to Keep Me Worried
- Woman I've Been Knowin'
- Lord I Want to Go Through
- I'm Twenty One
- Baby Doll - (alternate take)
- I Ain't Never
- Call Him Mister Now... Respect Him - (Interview With Ollie)
- California Blues - (alternate take, Blue Yodel Number 4)
- Twist