Brownsville Blues: His 23 Greatest Songs [Import, Original recording remastered]

Yank Rachell, Hammie Nixon, Sleepy John Estes | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 11, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Wolf Records
• ASIN: B00003Q5B3
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #139,334 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #77 in Music > Indie Music > Blues > Traditional Blues

Track Listings

1. The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair

2. Broken-Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too

3. Divin' Duck Blues

4. Black Mattie Blues

5. MIlk Cow Blues

6. Street Car Blues

7. Stack O'Dollars

8. Down South Blues

9. Stop That Thing

10. Someday Baby Blues

11. Married Woman Blues

12. Drop Down Mama

13. Government Money

14. Floating Bridge

15. Poor Man's Friend

16. Airplane Blues

17. Liquor Store Blues

18. Brownsville Blues

19. Mailman Blues

20. Jailhouse Blues

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Poet of The Blues, July 7, 2008

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D. B Pepper "neonx83" (Plainview, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brownsville Blues: His 23 Greatest Songs (Audio CD)

"Sleepy" John Estes was one of the greatest Blues poets. Though he could barely play guitar, he was a fantastic, emotional singer and one of the best lyricists in the history of the Blues. "Black Mattie Blues", "Down South Blues", "Drop Down Mama" and "Lawyer Clark Blues" are all fantastic. There isn't a dull song on this album. Estes was known for singing about the people and places around him, thus his Blues is very personal. When he was found in the 1960s, living in complete filth, he had already gone stone blind. He was brought to the Country Blues concerts of the day, but failed to re-capture the greatness he had once achieved. Still, this is an essential album for all Blues fans!

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Estes, September 20, 2011

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Gary R. Palmer (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Brownsville Blues: His 23 Greatest Songs (Audio CD)

An excellent collection with high audio quality. A must for Blues fans seeking true original performers of the genre. You can't get much more original than Sleepy John Estes both in performance and song writing quality. Estes has some really interesting views on his life at the time such as Lawyer Clark Blues. Check it out and do yourself a favor.