Various Artists - My Rough And Rowdy Ways
Жанр: Pre-war Blues
Страна: USA
Label: Yazoo
Год издания: 1998
Аудиокодек: MP3
Тип рипа: tracks
Битрейт аудио: 320 kbps
Продолжительность: 02:20:50
CD 1 - time: 01:12:05
Треклист:
01. Grant Brothers - Tell It To Me 02:57
02. Clarence Ashley - Little Sadie 02:51
03. Clifford Gibson - Bad Luck Dice 03:18
04. Jilson Setters - Way Up On Clinch Mountain 03:12
05. Dykes Magic City Trio - Frankie 02:59
06. Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues 03:40
07. Ray Brothers - Got The Jake Leg Too 02:57
08. Dock Boggs - Country Blues 03:02
09. 'Little Hat' Jones - Kentucky Blues 03:13
10. Allen Brothers - Prisoner's Dream 02:49
11. Sweet Brothers_Ernest Stoneman - John Hardy 02:58
12. Will Shade - Better Leave That Stuff Alone 03:25
13. Uncle Dave Macon_Sam McGee - Way Down The Old Plank Road 02:59
14. Ernest Stoneman_Kahle Brewer - The Fate Of Talmedge Osborn 03:14
15. Cannon's Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues 03:12
16. Cleve Chaffin_The McClung Brothers - Rock House Gamblers 03:05
17. Willie Walker - Dupree Blues 03:30
18. Haywood County Ramblers - All Bound Down 03:00
19. Peg Leg Howell - Low Down Rounder Blues 03:17
20. Fruit Jar Guzzlers - Stack-O-Lee 03:18
21. Barefoot Bill - My Crime Blues 02:51
22. Ken Maynard - Jesse James 03:28
23. Watts & Wilson - Chain Gang Special 02:51
CD 2 - time: 01:08:43
Треклист:
01. Dick Justice - Cocaine 03:07
02. The Carolina Buddies - Otto Wood The Bandit 03:12
03. Mississippi John Hurt - Frankie 03:24
04. Uncle Dave Macon - Railroadin' And Gamblin' 02:40
05. David Miller - That Bad Man Stackolee 02:50
06. Sloppy Henry - Canned Heat Blues 02:59
07. Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers - Ain't Nobody's Business 03:02
08. Peg Leg Howell - Skin Game Blues 03:07
09. Uncle Dave Macon & Sam McGee - Late Last Night When Willie Came Home 03:03
10. Bob Campbell - Dice's Blues 02:50
11. Haskell Wolfenbarger - Sailing Out On The Ocean 03:14
12. Hickory Nuts - Louisville Burglar 02:49
13. Robert Wilkins - Old Jim Canan's 02:55
14. Vernon Dalhart - Billy The Kid 03:02
15. Georgia Crackers - Georgia Black Bottom 03:12
16. Emry Arthur - Ethan Lang 03:07
17. Hall Brothers - Wrong Road 02:19
18. Eva Davis - Wild Bill Jones 03:24
19. Lee Green - Bad Man Napper 03:42
20. George Reneau - Jesse James 03:02
21. Bill Cox - My Rough And Rowdy Ways 02:31
22. Bill Broonzy - Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down 02:43
23. Garland Jubilee Singers - This Train 02:30
About
A disc of classic recordings is a rarity, but that's exactly what this is. Some of the performers are well known people, like Clarence Ashley, Dock Boggs, Uncle Dave Macon, and Tommy Johnson. Others, like the Haywood County Ramblers, are far from household names, but that doesn't mean their songs are lesser creations. And these ballads of bad men, hell raisers, violence, and drinking are the stuff of legends, like "Frankie" by the Dykes Magic City Trio, a version of "Frankie and Johnny" by a group reminiscent of the Carter Family. It's interesting that the performers on these songs from the '20s and '30s are both black and white, and the music sounds remarkably similar -- a clear indication that prejudice didn't extend everywhere at the time, and that music was colorblind. From a time when American rural song was still a strong musical force -- before Tin Pan Alley and commercialization had changed everything -- "Little Sadie" and "Viola Lee Blues" come across the years with complete crispness, while the banjo style of Dock Boggs can be heard as an influence on so many who followed. But these pieces also come from the cusp, when urban culture was about to take over, and songs like the Allen Brothers' "Prisoner's Dream" would be replaced by other tunes. In fact, the one piece here that offers any kind of continuity is a version of "Stack-O-Lee" from the Fruit Jar Guzzlers, although their version seems hopelessly naïve and country compared to others that would come later. This is, as it's meant to be, a collection that's very much of its place and time. But since they both represent a crossroad, it's a great place and perfect time in the development of American music. ~Chris Nickson
My Rough and Rowdy Ways, Vol. 2 features 23 songs from the '30s about badmen and hellraisers, by artists ranging from legends like Uncle Dave Macon, Mississippi John Hurt, and Big Bill Broonzy to obscure music pioneers like George Reneau and groups like the Haywood County Ramblers. The mix of white, country, and black, blues artists is one of the better in this series, the music meshing together to form a kind of audio panorama of story-songs dealing with life on the far side of law and order -- "Otto Wood the Bandit" by the Carolina Buddies, (aka Odell Smith [fiddle] and Norman Woodlief [guitar]), segues into Mississippi John Hurt's "Frankie," followed by Uncle Dave Macon's rip-roaring banjo workout "Railroadin' and Gamblin'" (anyone seeking a track that defines Macon's claw-hammer style of banjo playing need look no further than this cut). Among the too little heard bluesmen featured here are Sloppy Henry ("Canned Heat Blues") and Peg Leg Howell ("Skin Game Blues"), who also plays on Henry's cut, and Robert Wilkins, whose "Old Jim Canan's" features a superb guitar duet between the singer and Little Son Joe, later the husband of Memphis Minnie. Country highlights include Georgia based fiddle wildman Earl Johnson ("Nobody's Business") and George Reneau's "Jesse James," which features singing by future star crooner Gene Austin. Yazoo has done a generally good job of remastering these cuts, so the sound on most of it (David Miller's "That Bad Man Stackolee" and Uncle Dave Macon's "Late Last Night When Willie Come Home" are the big exceptions) holds together at a decent volume without any excessive artificial processing or distracting noise. The only drawback is the booklet, which is extremely confusing, since it refers extensively to artists and material on Vol. 1 of this collection, a separate CD. ~Bruce Eder
