Ragtime Guitars Foremost Fingerpicker

Blind Blake | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 8, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Yazoo
• ASIN: B000000G84
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #301,635 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Diddie Wa Diddie

2. Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around

3. Southern Rag

4. Police Dog Blues

5. C.C. Pill Blues

6. Hard Pushing Papa

7. Rope Stretching Blues

8. Skeedle Loo Doo Blues

9. Chump Man Blues

10. Hastings Street

11. Georgia Bound

12. Righteous Blues

13. Too Tight Blues #2

14. Blind Arthur's Breakdown

15. One Time Blues

16. Playing Policy Blues

17. You Gonna Quit Me Blues

18. Bad Feeling Blues

19. Hey Hey Daddy Blues

20. Black Dog Blues

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD

The mysterious Blind Blake was a guitar marvel and good singer whose recording career lasted just a few years, 192~ 32. These twenty-three titles on the Paramount label, most of them blessed with clear sound, are as much about his easeful control over picking technique as his emotional outlook. Blake's blues, ragtime, and unclassifiable tunes are interestingly written, with melodies, improvisations, and rhythms taking unexpected routes. The music always has a certain charm to it, even when lachrymose (e.g., "Chump Man Blues," "Rope Stretching Blues"). -- © Frank John Hadley 1993

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Guitar picker ambrosia, September 17, 1999

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Daniel L. Boyd (Missouri) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ragtime Guitars Foremost Fingerpicker (Audio CD)

As a worshipper of Django, Robert Johnson and other guitar legends, I'm ashamed to say that I didn't know about Blind Blake. If you like guitar, this is ambrosia. It's like being a baseball fan and hearing about Shoeless Joe Jackson for the first time.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A revelation, September 29, 2002

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danK (San Anselmo, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ragtime Guitars Foremost Fingerpicker (Audio CD)

As a fingerpicker and long-time fan of Rev. Gary Davis, Dave Van Ronk, Jorma Kaukkonen I am astounded to learn from this record that virtually everything they did was done not only first by Blind Blake, but better.
Brilliant, beautiful, indispensible!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rag-Time Guitar at its Best!, September 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Ragtime Guitars Foremost Fingerpicker (Audio CD)

Blind Blake was a master of the acoustic guitar. His rag-time style is clearly one of the most technically difficult to perform; but his natural ability makes it sound so smooth. A musical genius, Blake perfected a sound that can only rarely be imitated. Anyone who appreciates acoustic guitar will fall in love with this classic recording.