Dirty Laundry: the Soul of Black Country [Import]

Dirty Laundry: The Soul of Black Country (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 7, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Trikont
• ASIN: B0006B0Q16
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #195,757 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. He Called My Baby

2. Chokin' Kind

3. Your Cheating Heart

4. Love's Where Life Begins

5. Stand By Your Man

6. What Condition My Condition Is In

7. There's A Heartbreak Somewhere

8. She's My Rock

9. Mama Mambo

10. You Are My Sunshine

11. Almost Persuaded

12. Bouquet Of Roses

13. In A Moment Of Weakness

14. Just Because You Can't Be Mine

15. Don't Take Her She's All I Got

16. Shutters & Boards

17. Snap Your Fingers

18. Jet Black Daddy Lilly White Mama

19. Fairy Tale

20. Sixteen Tons

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

First installment in this series, a collection of black approaches to Country music. It not only wants to reveal long forgotten treasures of music history, and shed light on the often neglected Country roots of Soul stars, but put Afro-American Country musicians into a context beyond their genre. Not only do black Americans make up for a considerable share of Country's audience, they have also contributed - a fact very often overlooked by the media - a great deal to the heritage of Country music as songwriters, producers, and singers, who worked against the white clich‚ of their favorite genre. From afar, it might seem that the Afro-American presence in Country music started and ended with Charly Pride. But whoever takes a closer look at the relationship between black artists and Country music will soon discover a the story of a great love, sorely tried and often denied. 24 tracks including cuts from Ella Washington, Joe Simon, Candy Staton, Betty Lavette, Arthur Alexander and many others. Trikont.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspired!, April 7, 2008

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GeeBilly "geebilly" (Trailer Park, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dirty Laundry: the Soul of Black Country (Audio CD)

This is one of the best purchases in made in music in the last few years. Kept in heavy rotation for months, always turning it up loud for James Brown covering Hank William and Candi Staton covering Tammy Wynette. Like they use to say All Killer! No Filler!

Get down in the country.

5.0 out of 5 stars Geebilly tells it right, May 27, 2011

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Earth that Was - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dirty Laundry: the Soul of Black Country (Audio CD)

This is a superb album. Just get the damn thing! It's great.

My favorite is Andre Williams and 2 Star Tabernacle's "Jet Black Daddy Lilly White Mama." Isn't that where all the best American music comes from!