Takoma Slide { Various Artists }

Eddie One String Jones (Performer), Robert Pete Williams (Performer), John Fahey (Performer), Bukka White (Performer), Son House (Performer), Ron Thompson and the Resistors (Performer), Mike Bloomfield (Performer), Mike Auldridge (Performer), Charles Darrow (Performer), Leo Kottke (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 5, 1999)
• Original Release Date: September 28, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Takoma
• ASIN: B00000K4JQ
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #488,062 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rolling and Tumbling Blues - Eddie 'One String' Jones

2. Rolling Stone - Robert Pete Williams

3. Poor Boy - John Fahey

4. New Orleans Streamline - Bukka White

5. Preachin' Blues [Live] - Son House

6. T.L. Walkin' - Ron Thompson & The Resistors

7. At the Cross - Michael Bloomfield

8. Everybody Slides - Mike Auldridge

9. Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home - Bukka White

10. Phoney Baloney - Chris Darrow

11. Vaseline Machine Gun - Leo Kottke

12. Goodbye, My Friend - Michael Gulezian

13. O Lord I Want You to Help Me - Rev. Robert Wilkins

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Typical 'Various Artists' Fare, July 18, 2010

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jimnypivo "Jim Hisson" (west of Chicago, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Takoma Slide { Various Artists } (Audio CD)

Because I love the sound of slide guitar, I put 'Takoma Slide' on my Amazon Wish List, where it sat for a few years.

I'm a fan of the Takoma label from the music of John Fahey, Leo Kottke and Peter Lang. I thought this might be a good purchase, so I got it for myself.

Now if I was a big fan of Mississippi Delta blues, I might love this disc. But I'm not and I don't. You gotta be in the right mood for the chattering, talking blues style. And 'various artists' collections seldom serve up a consistent selection of delicious treats.

There are some tunes I liked: classic tunes from Fahey (Poor Boy) and Kottke (Vaseline Machine Gun). Bukka White's 'O Lord, I Want You to Help Me', and Mike Auldrige's 'Everybody Slides' are very good. But the rest are unremarkable.

Listen to the song previews on Amazon first, and let your response to them guide your purchase decision.