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Description Ripped from original CD with Exact Audio Copy. Art & Rip log included. All tracks are Properly tagged with art embedded in tag. VA - 1999 - Rare Country Blues Vol. 2 (1929-1943) [mp3@320]  Rare Country Blues Vol. 2 (1929-1943)  Artist: Various Artists Title: Rare Country Blues Vol. 2 (1929-1943) Release Date: January 1, 1999 Label: Document Records Catalog: DOCD-5641 Genre: Blues Styles: Country Blues, Acoustic Blues, Early American Blues Duration: 1:15:53 Liner notes by Dave Moore (Copyright 1999: Document Records, Austria) JOHN BYRD was from Mississippi and played a twelve-string guitar, the only twelve-string player known in that state, according to bluesman Johnny Temple, who saw Byrd performing with Tommy Johnson in Jackson around 1930. Ishmon Bracey recalls that Byrd originally came from the Red Lick community, near Natchez. On his two solo sides he is in great form, with "Billy Goat Blues" and "Old Timbrook Blues", the story of the racehorse Ten Broeck, who, ridden by a black jockey, easily beat the main opposition, Miss Mollie McCarthy, in a four-mile race at Louisville, Kentucky in 1878. His fame was such that he was remembered in song nearly fifty years later. A horse of a different colour is featured in "That White Mule Of Sin", a spoof sermon in which Byrd, as the "Reverend George Jones", is joined by Mae Glover, who, as "Sister Jones", contributes a prayer containing a parody of the old social protest song "You Shall Be Free". "The Heavenly Airplane" is another comic sermon: "No spark plugs will cause delay, when we ride in that Heavenly airplane on Judgement Day", with Byrd preaching and Glover singing. At the same session, John Byrd also accompanied Mae Glover on four of her own recordings (see DOCD-5185). Byrd teamed up with WASHBOARD WALTER, from Vicksburg, for the duet "Wasn't It Sad About Lemon", a fine tribute to the great Texas bluesman Blind Lemon Jefferson shortly after his death. They also duetted on "Disconnected Mama", and Byrd backed Walter on several of his own songs. Doubt has been expressed as to whether WALTER TAYLOR and Washboard Walter are the same person. But, comparing the voice on "Coal Camp Blues" with that on "Insurance Man Blues" and "Overall Cheater Blues", it would seem fairly certain that the two Walters are one and the same. Taylor, on washboard, led a small band, which included John Byrd on guitar, producing an intriguing mixture of straight blues, hokum, and hillbilly music. "Thirty-Eight And Plus" should more correctly be titled "Thirty-Eight Plug", since the lyrics mention a bullet of that calibre. "Deal Rag" is a version of "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down", popularised by white old-time musician Charlie Poole on his 1925 recording. The traditional "Corrine Corrine" seems to have been influenced in its treatment here by Bo Carter and friends from 1928, while "Broadcasting Blues" derives from Ida Cox's recording of the same year. "Yo Yo Blues" closely duplicates the lyrics of Barbecue Bob's hit made four months before Walter Taylor's copy, and the hokum "You Rascal, You" follows the version by Lovin' Sam Theard and Cow Cow Davenport of 1929. More of a mystery is BOB CAMPBELL, about whom nothing is known, apart from the four issued titles from his 1934 New York session. He was a fine guitarist, as evidenced particularly by the two up-tempo numbers, "Starvation Farm Blues" and "Worried All The Time", and produced some strong lyrics. His guitar may also be heard accompanying Lucille Bogan (as "Bessie Jackson") on some of her songs from the same session (see BDCD-6038). SETH RICHARD was a singer-guitarist who recorded two blues in 1928 (see DOCD-5170). One of the titles, "Skoodeldum Doo", provided the pseudonym under which he appeared on his only other known recordings some fifteen years later. With harmonica player Sheffield, Skoodle Dum Doo recorded four numbers. "Tampa Blues" once suggested a Florida origin for the duo, but more recent research points to the Bedford County area of Virginia. A competent pair of musicians, their version of "West Kinney Street Blues" offers a swinging updating of Blind Lemon Jefferson's classic "One Dime Blues".  John Byrd & Washboard Walter: 01 - That white mule of sin 02 - The heavenly airplane 03 - Narrow face blues 04 - Wasn`t it sad about Lemon 05 - Insurance man blues 06 - Overall cheater blues 07 - Disconnected mama 08 - Billy goat blues 09 - Old Timbrook blues Walter Taylor: 10 - Thirty-eight and plus 11 - Deal rag 12 - Corrine Corrine 13 - Yo-yo blues 14 - Broadcasting blues 15 - You rascal, you 16 - Diamond ring blues 17 - Coal camp blues (Taylor`s Weatherbirds) 18 - Do you love me blues (taylor`s weatherbirds) Bob Campbell: 19 - Dice`s blues 20 - Shotgun blues 21 - Starvation farm blues 22 - Worried all the time Skoodle Dum Doo and Sheffield: 23 - Tampa blues 24 - Gas ration blues 25 - Broome Street blues 26 - West Kinney Street blues Note: This is not my rip. My thanks to the original uploader (whoever that may be).    ♪♬♫ ENJOY! ♪♬♫ Related Torrents
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