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The Folkways years 1959-1973 [sound recording]
Title:
The Folkways years 1959-1973 [sound recording]
JLCTITLE245:
[sound recording] / Memphis Slim.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, p2000.
Physical Description:
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Primarily blues for piano, voice and piano, or for voice and small ensemble.
Most selections previously released.
Includes detailed program notes in English on insert.
Added Title Contained Works:
Joggie boogie.
I left that town.
Harlem bound.
Key to the highway.
Chicago rent party.
Stewball.
Dirty dozens.
Beer-drinking woman.
Walking blues.
Pinetop's boogie woogie.
San Juan blues.
Prison bound.
If the rabbit had a gun.
Backwater blues.
You name it.
M & O blues.
M and O blues.
Every day I have the blues.
Just a dream.
Midnight special.
Mean old Frisco.
Variant Title:
Memphis Slim : the Folkways years 1959-1973
Contents:
Joggie boogie (3:24) -- I left that town -- Harlem bound / Peter Chatman (2:15) -- Key to the highway / C. Segar-W. Broonzy (2:54) -- Chicago rent party / Peter Chatman (3:53) -- Stewball (3:32) -- The dirty dozens / Rufus Perryman (2:48) -- Beer-drinking woman / Peter Chapman (2:28) -- Walking blues (3:08) -- Pinetop's boogie woogie / C. Smith (4:09) -- San Juan blues / Peter Chatman (2:19) -- Prison bound / Leroy Carr (3:23) -- If the rabbit had a gun / Memphis Slim (2:57) -- Backwater blues / Bessie Smith (3:41) -- You name it / Memphis Slim (2:13) -- M & O blues / Walter Davis, Jr. (3:35) -- Every day I have the blues / Peter Chatman (2:23) -- Just a dream / W.L. Broonzy (4:10) -- Midnight special / H. Ledbetter (1:47) -- The bells (2:33) -- Mean old Frisco / Arthur Crudup (3:19) -- The gimmick / Memphis Slim (3:49).
Performer:
Memphis Slim, piano and on some selections, voice or Hammond organ ; other performers on some selections, including Willie Dixon on vocals and bass ; Jazz Gillum on vocals and harmonica ; Arbee Stidham on guitar and vocals ; Jump Jackson on drums ; Matt Murphy on guitar ; and Pete Seeger on banjo and vocals.