(Blues) Blind Boy Fuller (Volume 2) [4CDs Boxset]

Blind Boy Fuller - Volume 2
Styles: Prewar Country Blues, Piedmont Blues, East Coast Blues
Released: 2006
Label: JSP Records mp3 320kbps


On August 25, 2001, in the Hayti district of Durham, North Carolina, a historical marker was set up on the corner of Fayetteville and Simmons Streets, outside a branch of the Durham Public Library, where the American Tobacco Trail wends its way for those interested. The marker's heading, 'Bull City Blues', paid tribute to a group of long-dead musicians, led by Blind Boy Fuller and Blind Gary Davis, who more than 60 years previously would play for factory workers gathered around a barbecue stand set up across the street.
Back in the summer of 1939, J.B. Long drove Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry and George (Oh Red) Washington to Memphis for a July 12 recording session. Fuller went first, cutting twelve titles, three solo, five with Terry's harmonica, five with Oh Red's washboard (only 'I Want Some Of Your Pie' had both Terry and Red present). Two, 'You've Got Something There' and 'Red's Got The Piccolo Blues', featured a second guitar probably played by Sonny Jones, who cut three titles of his own at the end of the session.
There was a recording trip to New York in the middle of June 1940 for the Fuller/ Terry/Washington trio. Although the latter didn't have a session to himself, four of the twelve masters allocated to Blind Boy Fuller were in fact released as by Brother George And His Sanctified Singers. ~ Amazon.com

Personnel:
Blind Boy Fuller (vocals, guitar)
Dennis McMillon, Welly Trice, Richard Trice, Sonny Jones, Virgil Childers (vocals, guitar)
George "Bull City Red" Washington (vocals, washboard)
Curley Weaver, Blind Gary Davis (guitar)
Sonny Terry (vocals, guitar, harmonica)
Frank Edwards (vocals, guitar, harmonica)
Floyd "Dipper Boy" Council (vocals, guitar)
Washboard Sam (washboard).

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Disc A




1. I Don't Care How Long [3:06]
2. You've Got Something There [2:47]
3. Baby Quit Your Low Down Ways Take 1 [2:33]
4. Baby Quit Your Low Down Ways Take 2 [2:50]
5. It Doesn't Matter Baby [2:51]
6. Black Bottom Blues [2:31]
7. I Crave My Pigmeat [2:49]
8. Big Leg Woman Gets My Pay [2:45]
9. I'm a Stranger Here [2:55]
10. Red's Got the Piccolo Blues [2:36]
11. I Want Some of Your Pie [2:45]
12. Jivin' Big Bill Blues [2:54]
13. Woman You Better Wake Up [2:54]
14. Step It Up & Go [2:58]
15. Worn out Engine Blues [3:03]
16. Blue & Worried Man [2:49]
17. Passenger Train Woman [2:47]
18. Shake It Baby [2:50]
19. Somebody's Been Talkin' [2:49]
20. Three Ball Blues [2:55]
21. Little Woman You're So Sweet [2:46]
22. Good Feeling Blues [2:40]
23. You Can't Hide from the Lord [2:57]
24. Twelve Gates to the City [2:43]
25. Crooked Woman Blues [2:44]


Personnel:
Blind Boy Fuller (vocals, guitar)
George "Bull City Red" Washington (washboard) (2, 6, 7, 9, 10,14, 16, 18, 19, 22-24), (vocals) (23)
Sonny Terry (harmonica) (1, 9, 11-13, 16, 19, 20, 22, 24), (vocals) (23)


Volume 2 - Disc A

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Disc B




1. I Don't Want No Skinny Woman [2:48]
2. Bus Rider Blues [2:44]
3. You Got To Have Your Dollar [2:43]
4. Lost Lover Blues [2:46]
5. Thousand Woman Blues [2:46]
6. Bye, Bye Baby [3:01]
7. When You Are Gone [2:47]
8. No Stranger Now [2:56]
9. Must Have Been My Jesus [2:56]
10. Jesus Is A Holy Man [2:50]
11. Precious Lord [2:48]
12. Night Rambling Woman [2:48]

George "Bull City Red" Washington

13. Now I'm Talking About You [3:06]
14. I Saw The Light [3:05]
15. Richmond Blues [3:17]
16. I Won't Be Dogged Around [3:11]
17. Pick And Shovel Blues [3:14]
18. Black Woman & Poison Blues [3:04]
19. Mississippi River [3:10]
20. Have You Decided (Which Way To Go) [2:36]
21. I See The Sign Of Judgement [2:37]
22. Everybody Wants To Know How I Die [2:39]
23. I Feel Like Shoutin' [2:42]
24. Jesus Touched Me [2:44]
25. Talkin' With Jesus [2:41]


Personnel:
Blind Boy Fuller (vocals, guitar) (1-12)
George "Bull City Red" Washington (washboard) (1, 2, 4, 8-11, 20-25), (vocals) (8-11, 13-20-25) (guitar) (13-22)
Blind Gary Davis (guitar) (13, 18, 19)
Sonny Terry (harmonica) (1-3, 6, 11), (vocals) (20-25)


Volume 2 - Disc B

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Disc C



Cedar Creek Sheik

1. Ford V-8 [2:50]
2. Watch The Fords Go By [3:13]
3. Mary Had A Little Lamb [2:44]
4. She's Totin' Something Good [3:07]
5. What A Pity [2:38]
6. I Believe Somebody's Been Ridin' My Mule [3:00]
7. Don't Use That Stuff [2:35]
8. Buy It From The Poultry Man [2:44]
9. Don't Credit My Stuff [2:50]
10. Jimmy Shut His Store Doors [2:44]

'Roosevelt' Antrim

11. No Use Of Worryin' [3:27]
12. Complaint To Make [3:26]
13. I Guess You're Satisfied [2:47]
14. Station Boy Blues [3:05]

Virgil Childers

15. Dago Blues [2:26]
16. Red River Blues [2:54]
17. Who's That Knockin' At My Door [2:44]
18. Somebody Stole My Jane [2:58]
19. Travelin' Man [2:57]
20. Preacher And The Bear [2:05]

Sonny Jones

21. Won't Somebody Pacify My Mind [2:50]
22. I'm Pretty Good At It [2:49]
23. Love Me With A Feeling [2:50]
24. Dough Roller [2:34]

Personnel:
Cedar Creek Sheik (Phillip McCutchen) (vocals, guitar) (1-10)
'Roosevelt' Antrim (vocals, guitar) (11-14)
Virgil Childers (vocals, guitar) (15-20)
Sonny Jones (vocals, guitar) (21-14)
George "Bull City Red" Washington (washboard) (22)
Sonny Terry (harmonica) (22)

Volume 2 - Disc C

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Disc D



Floyd 'Dipper Boy' Council

1. Runaway Man Blues [2:53]
2. I'm Grievin' & I'm Worryin' [2:46]
3. Don't Want No Hungry Woman [2:45]
4. Working Man Blues [3:03]
5. Poor And Ain't Got A Dime [3:01]
6. Lookin' For My Baby [2:57]

Welly Trice

7. Come On In Here Mama [3:14]
8. Let Her Go God Bless Her [3:11]

Little Boy Fuller (Rich Trice)

9. Come On Baby [2:50]
10. Trembling Bed Springs [2:47]
11. Shake Your Stuff [2:39]
12. Lazy Bug Blues [2:18]
13. Bed Spring Blues [2:46]
14. Pack It Up And Go [2:44]
15. Blood Red River Blues [2:34]
16. Down-Hearted Man [2:45]

Frank Edwards

17. Sweet Man Blues [2:48]
18. Three Woman Blues [2:58]
19. Terraplane Blues [2:46]
20. We Got To Get Together [2:35]
21. Love My Baby [2:39]
22. Gotta Get Together [2:11]

Dennis McMillon

23. Woke Up One Morning [2:39]
24. Poor Little Angel Girl [2:49]
25. Paper Wooden Daddy [2:34]
26. Goin' Back Home [2:30]

Personnel:
Dennis McMillon (vocals, guitar) (23-26)
Welly Trice (vocals, guitar) (7-8)
Richard Trice (vocals, guitar) (9-16)
Curley Weaver (guitar) (21, 22)
Frank Edwards (vocals, guitar, harmonica) (17-22)
Floyd "Dipper Boy" Council (vocals, guitar) (1-6)
Washboard Sam (washboard) (17-22)

Volume 2 - Disc D