Long Way From Home

Fred McDowell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Obc
• ASIN: B000000XY6
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #161,673 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Train I Ride

2. Poor Boy, Long Way From Home

3. Milk Cow Blues

4. John Henry

5. Gravel Road Blues

6. Millionaire's Daughter Blues

7. Big Fat Mama

8. You Drove Me From Your Door

9. Sail On, Little Girl

Editorial Reviews

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, Cheap McDowell Album, June 13, 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: Long Way From Home (Audio CD)

Unlike his Mississippi Delta colleagues, Fred McDowell played in the Hill Country style. This basically means that his timing was eccentric, from a relative perspective, that his music was more closely related to what Lonnie Pitchford played on his diddley-bow, and that Fred's music was closer to what West African music sounds like. Fred possessed an excellent library of Blues lyrics in his head, he was one of the greatest slide players of all time, and his vocals, while not the most powerful, were always convincing. This is a great album to own.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Country blues at its best, April 16, 2003

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James Mann (Decatur, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Long Way From Home (Audio CD)

McDowell shines on this early (1966) collection. Acoustic blues, very dark, expertly played and sung. Fred didn't "play no rock and roll" but what he did play, he aced. If you love the sound of slide guitar on a National, this record is for you.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Haunting................., November 19, 2004

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J. Krall "Horror/Bizarro/Noir Author" (Noir Jersey, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Long Way From Home (Audio CD)

This is a haunting, trance-inducing album.. Simply wonderful. I don't want to say "If you like the blues, get this.." because this surpasses any one genre. If you like music that has emotion, creates an atmosphere and is a showcase for great guitar playing, GET THIS.