Down the Dirt Road - Charley Patton Tribute

Various Artists - Blues | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 28, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Telarc
• ASIN: B00005NSWJ
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #470,133 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Elder Greene Blues - Steve James

2. Poor Me - Graham Parker

3. Pea Vine Blues - Charlie Musselwhite

4. Pony Blues - Snooky Pryor

5. I Shall Not Be Moved - Paul Rishell

6. Some Of These Days - Mark Murphy

7. Sugar Mama - Joe Louis Walker

8. Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues - Dave Van Ronk

9. Moon Going Down - Corey Harris

10. Shake It And Break It - Steve James

11. Some Summer Day - Kid Bangham

12. Down The Dirt Road Blues/When Your Way Gets Dark - Colleen Sexton

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Play it again, Sam, November 22, 2002

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Media Vixen "mediavixen" (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Down the Dirt Road - Charley Patton Tribute (Audio CD)

I can't even remember why I bought this, but I am glad I forgot. It's really quite beautiful. I must admit I don't know Patton's music back ward and forward but this is moving, interesting, and, ( is this damning with faint praise?) PLEASANT to listen to. Good for anytime, anyplace, I say. Parker's cover is arresting. Lots of subtlety and terrific musicianship on this CD. More than worth a risk. Did I mention sexy and scary?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great interpretations, December 23, 2001

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Starhead "starhead" (El Granada, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Down the Dirt Road - Charley Patton Tribute (Audio CD)

This is one of those rare tribute albums that's so good you buy a bunch more tribute albums trying to find one just like it. The originals are pretty tough listening with notoriously bad sound quality. Great stuff, but not for regular listening. This album moves the songs out of history and into the present and it sounds great with some very interesting tracks.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Found it to be a really enjoyable cd, September 27, 2001

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"musicfaninnewyork" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Down the Dirt Road - Charley Patton Tribute (Audio CD)

I agree the Graham Parker performance is great but so is Snooky Pryor's track which is my favorite. Just behind that are the great acoustic performances by Charlie Musselwhite and Joe Louis Walker. There are surprise interpretations on the album that i found delightful. I've been very pleased by this project and was amazed to see the bad revue below. Since it was too negative, i thought I'd post my views.