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Roots of the Blues

Roots of the Blues
Various Artists

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Track Listing

  1. Louisiana/Field Song from Senegal - Bakari-Badji,
  2. Po' Boy Blues - John Dudley
  3. Katie Left Memphis - Tangle Eye, Tangle Eye
  4. Berta, Berta - Group Of Prisoners, Leroy Miller
  5. Old Original Blues - Mississippi Fred McDowell, Miles Pratcher
  6. Jim and John - Ed Young, Lonnie Young
  7. Emmaline, Take Your Time - Alex Askew
  8. Buttermilk - Bob Pratcher, Miles Pratcher
  9. Mama Lucy - Leroy Gary
  10. I'm Gonna Live Anyhow Till I Die - Bob Pratcher, Miles Pratcher
  11. No More, My Lord - Group Of Prisoners, Tangle Eye, Tangle Eye
  12. Lining Hymn and Prayer - Rev. Robert Crenshaw, Memphis Congregation Of New Brown's Chapel
  13. Death Comes A-Creepin' in My Room - Mississippi Fred McDowell
  14. Church-House Moan - Memphis Congregation Of New Brown's Chapel
  15. Beggin' the Blues - Bessie Jones
  16. Rolled and Tumbled - Rose Hemphill, Mississippi Fred McDowell
  17. Goin' Down to the Races - Fannie Davis, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Miles Pratcher
  18. You Gotta Cut That Out - Forest City Joe

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #351170 in Music
  • Released on: 1992-12-08
  • Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

A good compilation5
The first song combines an American field holler with a Senegaleze field song - showing remarkable similiraties. This more or less sums up the contents of this CD - the roots of the blues are in Africa.
Song 6 is in the rarely recorded Fife and Drum tradition - a Mississippi tradition that is purely African. Song 7 is another Fife piece - this time with accompanying vocal hollers, very similar to the style associated with Sonny Terry.
The recordings by the Pratcher brothers are great - this kind of southern black dance music is just so joyful !
Mississippi Fred Mcdowell contributes some of his best songs here, rhythmically attractive as always.
The prisoner songs and the Church pieces add up to make this a valuable part of any blues / folk collection.

A good compilation5
The first song combines an American field holler with a Senegaleze field song - showing remarkable similiraties. This more or less sums up the contents of this CD - the roots of the blues are in Africa.
Song 6 is in the rarely recorded Fife and Drum tradition - a Mississippi tradition that is purely African. Song 7 is another Fife piece - this time with accompanying vocal hollers, very similar to the style associated with Sonny Terry.
The recordings by the Pratcher brothers are great - this kind of southern black dance music is just so joyful !
Mississippi Fred Mcdowell contributes some of his best songs here, rhythmically attractive as always.
The prisoner songs and the Church pieces make this a valuable part of any blues / folk collector.