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Southern Blues Volume 2 [Acrobat]

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Southern Blues Volume 2
Acrobat (U.K.) label

The tracks on this CD are:
1. Mamlish Blues performed by Ed Bell ,
2. Gone Dead on You Blues performed by Blind Lemon Jefferson,
3. Nappy Head Blues performed by Bob Grant ,
4. Cocaine Blues performed by Luke Jordan ,
5. Three Woman Blues performed by McTell, Blind Willie ,
6. Superstitious Blues performed by Hattie Burleson ,
7. Bull Doze Blues performed by Henry Thomas ,
8. Lonesome Trail Blues performed by Emma Wright ,
9. Gonna Tip Out Tonight performed by Pink Anderson ,
10. Rolling Mill Blues performed by Peg Leg Howell,
11. Pennsylvania Woman Blues performed by Six Cylinder Smith,
12. Shelby Country Workhouse Blues performed by Hambone Willie Newburn,
13. South Carolina Rag performed by Willie Walker ,
14. Atlanta Moan performed by Barbecue Bob ,
15. Howling Wolf Blues Part 1 performed by Funny Pappa Smith,
16. Diddle-Da-Diddle performed by Georgia Cotton Pickers ,
17. Katy Crossin' Blues performed by Texas Alexander ,
18. B.D. Woman's Blues performed by Lucille Bogan ,
19. Rag, Mama, Rag performed by Blind Boy Fuller,
20. Ninth Street Stomp performed by Bernice Edwards ,
21. Sundown Blues performed by Blind Norris ,
22. Sweet Woman Blues performed by Georgia Slim ,
23. Fannie Mae Blues performed by Pinetop Burks ,
24. Alberta performed by Hammond, Stick Horse ,
25. If You Change You Ways Woman performed by Cool Papa Smith

The 2 separate cds of "Southern Blues," Vols. 1 and 2 are very well made, well executed compilations. both have excellent liner notes. both are very good to excellent transfer to cd format, with little or no surface noise on either cd. and best of all, a very good bargain price from this UK distributor, which also puts out a large number of bargain compilations of US blues and jazz from before WW2. all in all, if you manage to find this cd, you will not be disappointed, which includes some hard to find songs as well. dave.

When you see a title like "Southern Blues, Volume 2," you know at once that it is in some way a follow-up to something called "Southern Blues, Volume 1." And indeed, "Southern Blues, Volume 2" has much in common with its predecessor. Like Volume 1, Volume 2 is a production of the same British recording company. Like Volume 1, it provides brief but useful liner notes. And like Volume 1, it focuses on relatively unadorned blues compositions from around 1927-49, many of which feature nothing more than the artist and his or her guitar. Some highlights include Henry Thomas's "Bull Doze Blues," covered years later by blues-rock band Canned Heat as "Goin' Up the Country," as well as songs by Blind Lemon Jefferson and Luke Jordan. If you want your blues music rocked up with heavy drums and loud electric guitar, this is not the album for you. If, on the other hand, you want to hear authentic Southern blues music as one would have heard it in the early- to mid-20th-century American South, you should find this album rewarding.