Terraplane

Scott Ainslie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 2, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cattail Music, Ltd.
• ASIN: B000CAEARC
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #362,899 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Got to Find My Baby

2. Parchmans Farm Blues

3. Chumpman Blues

4. Terraplane Blues

5. Death Don't Have No Mercy

6. If I Had Possession over Judgment Day

7. Police Dog Blues

8. My Baby Walks on Fire

9. Walkin' Blues

10. Change My Name

11. Spike Driver Blues

12. You Gotta Get Up

13. Run Like Water

14. Rambli' on My Mind

15. Rocks and Gravel

16. Amazing Grace

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Blues Knows No Color, Baby, October 12, 2001

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Hallie Johannson (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Terraplane (Audio CD)

Just a quick note to anyone that might be new to listening to delta blues...please don't pay any mind to the reviews spouting dislike of "white people trying to sing black!" This CD's music speaks for itself and the blues is an attitude, not a color! An artist singing from the soul is just that....and should not be compared to what some narrow-minded folks think a blues voice should be. I have been, and always will be, drawn back to this music and my feeble attempts to play my resonator because of the music of many of the blues greats which include Scott Ainslie, Rory Block, and Chris Whitley (get his "Dirt Floor" CD and see what I mean), all of whom happen to be caucasian! Listen with your ears and your heart and your soul.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nice, but..., January 1, 2001

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Matthew Agnew "Slot Car Nerd" (Christchurch, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Terraplane (Audio CD)

While I can't fault Ainslie's playing (it's really good), the singing just sounds contrived. Not to sound racist, it just sounds weird to have a white voice trying so hard to emulate a black one. It just doesn't do it for me. If you want to hear these songs, listen to them as recorded by the original artist. The diddley-bow playing is interesting but only goes so far - there's just so much you can do with one string.

My hat goes off to Mr Ainslie for trying this hard, but I'd rather hear an album of instrumentals or originals sung in his "natural" voice.

"Terraplane" gets three stars due to his excellent guitar work.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars NICE EFFORT!, May 19, 2000

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deepbluereview "deepbluereview" (SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Terraplane (Audio CD)

Scott Ainslie is a blues historian, teacher and fine musician that has compiled 4 originals with 4 Robert Johnson tunes and a sprinkling of tunes written by Bukka White, Gary Davis and others. Ainslie performs solo on all numbers but two--"Change my Name" where he is accompanied by son Gabriel on percussion and "My baby walks on fire" where he is accompanied by Jazz/Blues guitarist Scott Sawyer. On the various tunes Ainslie plays his 1931 National, electric guitar and a one string "diddley bow". While Peter Green does a better interpretation of the Robert Johnson tunes on his "Robert Johnson Songbook" and "HotFoot Powder" CD's, the combination of materials on this Cd make this a well done delta blues album.