Title: Down Home Country Blues Classics / Various Artist: Various Artists Label: Smithsonian Folkways Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 096297010129 Genre: Blues Release Date: 1996-11-05 Number of Discs: 1 Additional Details: MANUFACTURED ON DEMAND
This collection of 1960s-era country blues music was released in 1996 as part of Arhoolie's "American Masters Budget Series." Country blues is primarily an acoustic guitar form of the blues, mixing blues elements with country and folk music. The raspy sounds of guitar and harmonica reflect the origins of the genre. The album features individual selections from artists such as Lightnin' Hopkins, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Snooks Eaglin, and Big Joe Williams. Liner notes include a list of each track's original album.
Tracks: 1.1 Frisco Line - Mississippi Fred McDowell 1.2 Have You Ever Loved a Woman - Lightning Hopkins 1.3 Going Down in Georgia on a Horn - John Jackson 1.4 Cairo Blues - Lil' Son Jackson 1.5 'Bout a Spoonful - Mance Lipscomb 1.6 Drink on Little Girl - Black Ace 1.7 Country Boy Down in New Orleans - Snooks Eaglin 1.8 Columbus Mississippi Blues - Bukka White 1.9 Shake 'Em on Down - Dr. Ross 1.10 Just Tippin' in - Robert Pete Williams 1.11 Hump in My Back - Jesse Fuller 1.12 Brother James - Big Joe Williams 1.13 I'm Broke and I'm Hungry - Smoky Babe 1.14 Poor Black Mattie - R.L. Burnside 1.15 Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas
