{"product_id":"rough-guide-to-the-best-country-blues-youve-var-rough-guide-to-the-best-country-blues-youve-var","title":"Rough Guide To The Best Country Blues You've \/ Var- Rough Guide To The Best Country Blues You've \/ Var (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection delves yet deeper into the archives of country blues, uncovering hidden gems by artists shrouded in mystery. From classic renditions of blues standards to intriguing novelty songs, this is a must-listen for any blues connoisseur.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLoosely speaking, country blues is best described as the first flowering of acoustic, mainly guitar-driven forms of the blues, often incorporating elements of ragtime, Gospel, hillbilly and Dixieland jazz. The term also provides a convenient general heading for all the multiple regional styles and variations such as Piedmont, Memphis, Texas \u0026amp; Delta etc. Keeping this in mind, we have tried to touch on its many different facets, including some real hidden oddities like the Gospel parody `G. Burns Is Gonna Rise Again' by T. C. Johnson, Blue Coat Tom Nelson \u0026amp; Porkchop, a bizarre name even by blues standards. In fact, it seems that the deeper you dig into the blues annals the more intriguing the names become, such as \"Hi\" Henry Brown, whose wonderful opener `Skin Man Blues' is akin to the playing of other St. Louis-based bluesmen such as Henry Townsend and Charley Jordan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough many of the artists won't be familiar, there's certainly a few well-known blues standards in this collection, from Long \"Cleve\" Reed \u0026amp; Little Harvey Hull's wonderful take on the classic murder ballad `Stackolee' to the mysterious Tommie Bradley's heartfelt rendition of `Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out'. Of particular note is the upbeat instrumental version of `Careless Love' which highlights the virtuosic harmonica playing of Eddie Mapp, who is joined by fellow East Coast bluesman Slim Barton on guitar. Also from the Eastern states, Bull City Red delivers a great performance of Memphis Minnie's `Now I'm Talking About You', complete with the nimble guitar accompaniment of Reverend Gary Davis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNowhere was the incredible diversity of early blues forms more concentrated than in the city of Memphis, which brought together both rural and urban musical traditions and songs from traveling minstrel and medicine shows. Both Jed Davenport \u0026amp; His Beale Street Jug Band and Minnie Wallace and her Night Hawks give us a taster of this upbeat and vibrant scene from a city whose bright lights had long provided a lure for blues musicians from nearby Mississippi and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the guitar was undoubtedly the chief vehicle of expression for country blues artists, there were many exceptions, as in the case of the mysterious Bogus Ben Covington who accompanied his bawdy songs like the featured `It's A Fight Like That' with a banjo-mandolin and harmonica on a rack. Similarly, the equally salacious `Stuff Stomp' sees the singer\/guitarist Elijah Jones receive privileged accompaniment by the master of blues mandolin Yank Rachell. Another mandolinist Matthew Prater, along with the help of guitarist Napoleon \"Nap\" Hayes, recorded the instrumental gem `Easy Winner' which combined elements of ragtime and blues into a string band format, borrowing freely from Scott Joplin's most famous piece, `The Entertainer'. Of all the double acts, undoubtedly the most unlikely partnership is the seamless marrying of the clarinet with Will Day's guitar playing and vocals on `Sunrise Blues', which gives the song a heartfelt intensity unto its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike other more well-known country bluesmen who found a renewed level of popularity in the folk revival of the 1960s, a few of these featured artists also made comebacks of sorts including Walter Vincent, a member of the Mississippi Sheiks and co-writer of the blues standard `Sitting on Top of the World', as well as John Henry Barbee, whom the great Willie Dixon found working as an ice cream server in Chicago, before bringing him back to the stage in 1964. The Texas bluesman Jesse \"Babyface\" Thomas, brother of the more well-known Ramblin' Thomas, was another who managed to forge a long musical career spanning eight decades, and his closing track `No Good Woman Blues' belies the fact that he was only 18 years old when he recorded it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Rough Guide To The Best Country Blues You've Never Heard (Volume 2)\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cdiv data-bt-autogen\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHi Henry Brown - Skin Man Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTommie Bradley - When You're Down and Out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSkoodle Dum Doo ; Sheffield - Tampa Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBull City Red - Now I'm Talking About You\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKid Prince Moore - Mississippi Water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJed Davenport ; His Beale Street Jug Band - You Ought to Move Out of Town\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWalter Vincent - Overtime Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLong \"Cleve\" Reed ; Little Harvey Hull - Original Stack O'Lee Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMinnie Wallace and Her Night Hawks - Field Mouse Stomp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVirgil Childers - Travelin' Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLil McClintock - Don't Think I'm Santa Claus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGene Campbell - Robbin' and Stealin' Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBogus Ben Covington - It's a Fight Like That\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLewis Black - Gravel Camp Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLonnie Coleman - Wild About My Loving\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBig Boy Cleveland - Goin' to Leave You Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElijah Jones - Stuff Stomp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdward Thompson - Seven Sisters Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSlim Barton ; Eddie Mapp - Careless Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWill Day - Sunrise Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Henry Barbee - God Knows I Can't Help It\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilliam McCoy - Central Tracks Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlue Boys - Easy Winner\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOtis Harris - You'll Like My Loving\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eT.C. 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