The Rough Guide to Bottleneck Blues

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All Music Guide - Rick Anderson
The eerie sound of the bottleneck guitar -- an acoustic guitar played with a glass or metal slide worn over one of the fingers of the left hand -- is closely identified with Delta blues, the rawer, folkier cousin of the louder, more electric, and horn-heavy Chicago school. It's a sound steeped in poverty and humidity, and some of the spookiest and most frightening blues songs in history were written to be played on bottleneck guitar. This collection offers a good cross-section of old and modern bottleneck blues songs by an admirably diverse selection of artists including early masters of the genre Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Bukka White as well as current ...
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All Music Guide - Rick Anderson
The eerie sound of the bottleneck guitar -- an acoustic guitar played with a glass or metal slide worn over one of the fingers of the left hand -- is closely identified with Delta blues, the rawer, folkier cousin of the louder, more electric, and horn-heavy Chicago school. It's a sound steeped in poverty and humidity, and some of the spookiest and most frightening blues songs in history were written to be played on bottleneck guitar. This collection offers a good cross-section of old and modern bottleneck blues songs by an admirably diverse selection of artists including early masters of the genre Robert Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Bukka White as well as current students of the masters Bob Brozman, Stefan Grossman, Martin Simpson. Unfortunately, not all of these artists are represented by their finest work; it's hard to imagine that this rough recording of "Jack O'Diamonds" was the best Pete Harris performance available though the slide playing itself is impressive, or that the compilers couldn't have come up with a better example of Charley Patton's work than the lackluster rendition of "A Spoonful Blues" presented here. But just about everything else borders on the definitive, whether it's Bukka White's amazing "Sic 'Em Dogs On"; Blind Willie Johnson's hair-raising "God Moves on the Water"; or the jaunty, jazzy "You Just as Well Let Her Go" by Casey Bill Weldon. Recommended.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 4/26/2005
  • Label: World Music Network
  • UPC: 605633115123
  • Catalog Number: 331151

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Guitar Rag (3:02)
  2. 2 Fred's Worried Life Blues - Mississippi Fred McDowell (2:42)
  3. 3 God Moves on the Water (2:58)
  4. 4 Falling Down Blues (2:51)
  5. 5 Jack O'Diamonds - Pete Harris (2:04)
  6. 6 Moanin' the Blues (3:03)
  7. 7 Memphis Jellyroll (3:32)
  8. 8 Country Farm Blues (2:11)
  9. 9 Come on in My Kitchen (2:40)
  10. 10 I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters (3:07)
  11. 11 Sic 'Em Dogs On (2:29)
  12. 12 St. Louis Blues - Jim and Bob (2:51)
  13. 13 Mama, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day (3:04)
  14. 14 Dance of the Inhabitants of the Palace of King Philip XIV of Spain - John Fahey (3:19)
  15. 15 A Spoonful Blues (3:11)
  16. 16 Never Drive a Stranger from Your Door - Willie Harris (3:40)
  17. 17 Roll & Tumble Blues (3:07)
  18. 18 The Twelves (3:12)
  19. 19 I Can't Keep from Crying Sometimes (5:48)
  20. 20 Poor Me (4:40)
  21. 21 You Just as Well Let Her Go (3:09)
  22. 22 Baby How Long - Dan Pickett (2:40)
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Album Credits

Technical Credits
Leroy Carr Composer
Furry Lewis Composer
Charley Patton Arranger
Sylvester Weaver Composer
Bukka White Composer
Stefan Grossman Composer
Bob Brozman Arranger
W.C. Handy Composer
Dave Peabody Tray Photo
Martin Simpson Arranger
Mississippi Fred McDowell Composer
John Fahey Composer
Lawrence Cedar Mastering
Son House Composer
Robert Johnson Composer
Muddy Waters Composer
Rufus G. Perryman Arranger
Will Weldon Composer
J. Mayo Williams Arranger
Allen Shaw Composer
Sarah Martin Composer
Traditional Composer
Les Astrella Cover Image
Willie Johnson Composer
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