Leroy Carr - Naptown Blues (1993) 320 vtwin88cube

Leroy Carr
Naptown Blues
The Blues Collection (1993)

The term "urban blues" is usually applied to post-World War II blues band music, but one of the forefathers of the genre in its pre-electric format was pianist Leroy Carr. Teamed with the exemplary guitarist Scrapper Blackwell in Indianapolis, Carr became one of the top blues stars of his day, composing and recording almost 200 sides during his short lifetime, including such classics as "How Long, How Long," "Prison Bound Blues," "When the Sun Goes Down," and "Blues Before Sunrise." His blues were expressive and evocative, recorded only with piano and guitar, yet as author Sam Charters has noted, Carr was "a city man" whose singing was never as rough or intense as that of the country bluesmen, and as reissue producer Francis Smith put it, "He, perhaps more than any other single artist, was responsible for transforming the rural blues patterns of the '20s into the more city-oriented blues of the '30s."


Born: Mar 27, 1905 in Nashville, TN

Died: Apr 29, 1935 in Indianapolis, IN

Genres: Chicago Blues, Piedmont Blues

Instruments: Piano

Channels: 2 (stereo)
Sample Rate: 44.1 KHz
Sample Size: 16 bit
Bit Rate: 320 kbps

Audio Quality: Very High (Lossy)
Encoder: LAME 3.98r
Encoder Settings: Constant Bit Rate 320 kbps (Insane)
Contains: Album Art, ID Tag [ID3v2.3 (ANSI) & ID3v1.1]

Format: Mp3
Genre: Blues
M3U Playlist: Yes

01.I'm Going Away And Leave My Baby
02.Tennessee Blues
03.Truthful Blues
04.You Don't Mean Me No Good
05.Mean Old Train Blues
06.Prison Bound Blues
07.Naptown Blues
08.Gettin' All Wet
09.Carried Water For The Elephant
10.Papa Wants A Cookie
11.Four Day Rider
12.Low Down Dog Blues
13.What More Can I Do
14.I Keep The Blues
15.Longing For My Sugar
16.Bread Baker


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