Scrapper Blackwell

Scrapper Blackwell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Yazoo
• ASIN: B000000G7C
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,753 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #45 in Music > Indie Music > Blues > Traditional Blues

Track Listings

1. Kokomo Blues

2. Down South Blues

3. Good Woman Blues

4. My Dream Blues

5. Hard Time Blues

6. Penal Farm Blues

7. Down In Black Bottom

8. Pack Up Her Trunk Blues

9. Back Door Blues

10. Blue Day Blues

11. Whiskey Man Blues

12. Trouble Blues Part 1

13. Trouble Blues Part 2

14. Barrelhouse Woman No. 2

Customer Reviews

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pathos at Its Hilarious Finest, August 23, 2001

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Acnoth "acnoth" (Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scrapper Blackwell (Audio CD)

This is a CD designed to emphasise the guitar playing of Scrapper Blackwell, a blues guitarist of the late 1920s and 1930s. It also showcases the piano playing of Blackwell's long-time partner, Leroy Carr. In fact, as good as Blackwell definitely is, I found that it is the piano playing of Carr that holds much of the CD together. His playing underscores Blackwell's guitar by providing a very solid bass rhythm that provides the fundamental basis for the toe-tapping style behind many of the tracks. A prime example of this is the fantastic "Barrelhouse Woman No. 2." The themes found on the CD are the normal classic blues themes, although they are definitely flavoured by a northern urban environment, as is most glaringly demonstrated by "Down South Blues," a litany of yearning for the south as seen by a transplanted southerner(Blackwell played out of Indianapolis). Another theme is alcohol. "Whiskey Man Blues" is hilarious, but at the same time the celebration of unrepentant over-consumption has gloomier overtones. Finally, for just sitting back and listening to some excellent guitar picking, Blackwell is a treat, and definitely worth the price of admission.