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Ragtime Blues Guitar (1927-1930)
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Track Listing
- Dry Bone Shuffle [Take 1] - Blind Blake
- One Way Gal - William Moore
- Ragtime Crazy - William Moore
- Midnight Blues - William Moore
- Ragtime Millionaire - William Moore
- Tillie Lee - William Moore
- Barbershop Rag - William Moore
- Old Country Rock - William Moore
- Ragging the Blues - William Moore
- Brownie Blues
- Unknown Blues
- Myrtle Avenue Stomp - Chicken Wilson
- D.C. Rag - Jimmy "Skeeter" Hinton, Chicken Wilson
- Chicken Wilson Blues - Jimmy "Skeeter" Hinton, Chicken Wilson
- House Snake Blues - Jimmy "Skeeter" Hinton, Chicken Wilson
- Frog Eye Stomp - Jimmy "Skeeter" Hinton, Chicken Wilson
- Station House Rag - Jimmy "Skeeter" Hinton, Chicken Wilson
- Jamestown Exhibition - Bayless Rose
- Black Dog Blues - Bayless Rose
- Original Blues - Bayless Rose
- Frisco Blues - Bayless Rose
- Dupree Blues - Willie Walker
- South Carolina Rag [Take 1] - Willie Walker
- South Carolina Rag [Take 2] - Willie Walker
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #167729 in Music
- Released on: 1994-03-24
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
Great Ragtime Guitar
This disc contains some of the classic recordings in the ragtime blues tradition.
The eight tracks by William Moore, his only issued recordings, have long been favourites with collectors of this genre. Moore (1894 - 1948) was a barber in Tappahannock, Virginia, and performed ragtime songs and gentle blues to his own beautiful guitar accompaniments. Tarter and Gay provide two sophisticated ragtime duets from 1930, while Chicken Wilson & Skeeter Hinton offer more rural entertainment with some lively ragtime numbers for guitar, harmonica & washboard from 1928. Bayless Rose performs three ragtime - influenced blues in the East Coast tradition & one classic rag, "Jamestown Exhibition".
The final performers are better known. The great Blind Blake is represented with a typically virtuoso rendition of "Dry Bone Shuffle", with appropriate percussion. The final three tracks are the only issued recordings by the legendary South Carolina guitar genius Willie Walker. His breathtaking guitar playing, which Josh White likened to Art Tatum's piano style, still impresses today.
This is a wonderful compilation, and showns clearly how ragtime influenced the East Coast guitar blues tradition. Anyone who buys this is guaranteed hours of enjoyment.
CD-Rs from Document Records?
This isn't about the CD's content but about it being a CD-R. Just purchased from a long time Amazon seller of the Document Records LTD titles but this is the first time I know of I've received a CD-R. I checked about 10 Document Records releases I had readily at hand and yeah this appears to be the case. I'm really unhappy about this not being disclosed. Someone, the seller or the manufacture is responsible for informing the buyer and this just isn't happening currently. This also just happen to me with Jazz Oracle from a different long time Amazon seller. So it appears to be the trend and definitely a very bad one for the consumer. FWIW.
Raggin' the blues
these recordings were made between 1927-1930, and feature "ragtime" blues guitar. The only performers I ever heard of before were Blind Blake and Bill Monroe (all of his recorded work is included here). But there are other performers here, too: Tartar and Gay, Bayless Rose, Chicken Wilson and Skeeter Hinton, about which virtually nothing is known. Also includes the only known recordings of Willie Walker. This is a great CD for any blues, guitar, or music enthusiast. A piece of history.
