Love My Stuff

by Paul Geremia

Overview

Paul Geremia emerged at the tail end of the '60s folk/blues boom, cutting his first album in 1968. Ever since, he has single-mindedly pursued his blues muse, carrying the torch of traditional acoustic blues all the way into the 21st century. Though Geremia never previously recorded many of the tunes on his live album Love My Stuff, it nevertheless offers a good introduction to the Rhode Island-born bluesman's approach. Like Dave Van Ronk and Jorma Kaukonen, Geremia remains faithful to the old-school Delta and country blues template, and offers a vital, visceral interpretation of that sound, but never resorts to mimicry, consistently stamping his own identity on every song. As is so often the case with great bluesmen, Geremia is probably best encountered in concert, so these live recordings -- mostly from the 2000s, with a couple of '80s cuts thrown in -- capture him at his best. In addition to tackling tunes by Mississippi John Hurt, Leadbelly, Sleepy John Estes, Charley Patton, etc., Geremia offers up some early jazz and jug band songs of a similar vintage, making it all stream seamlessly together. Perhaps even more impressive is the fact that the small handful of original tunes on Love My Stuff sound like they could easily have come from the catalogs of one of the aforementioned blues heroes. Bridging the gap between trad blues and new material is notoriously hazardous for postwar bluesmen, but Geremia makes that move (like most others) with ease. ~ J. Allen

Product Details

Release Date:	10/11/2011
Label:	RED HOUSE
UPC:	0033651023920

Tracks

1. See See Rider
2. Shuckin' Sugar Blues
3. Mama Don't Allow No Low Down Hangin' Around
4. Love My Stuff
5. Lovin' Sam (The Sheik of Alabam')
6. Death Don't Have No Mercy
7. Intro To Silver City Bound
8. Silver City Bound
9. Cocaine Princess
10. Special Agent (Road Police Blues)
11. Stomp Down Rider
12. Dr. Jazz
13. Where Did I Lose Your Love?
14. Intro To My Money Never Runs Out
15. My Money Never Runs Out
16. Lock and Key Blues
17. Intro To Stray Dog Suffle
18. Stray Dog Shuffle
19. Savannah Mama
20. Crawlin' King Snake Blues
21. Kick It In the Country

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Paul Geremia   Primary Artist,Vocals,Harmonica,Guitar (12 String)
Rich Delgrosso   Featured Artist,Mandolin
Rory MacLeod   Bass,Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Ramblin' Thomas   Composer
John Adam Estes   Composer
Tom McCarthy   Engineer
Dave Frey   Engineer
Gus Cannon   Composer
Greg Bass   Engineer
Joe "King" Oliver   Composer
Gary Trail   Engineer
Peter Belanger   Engineer
Rich Seymour   Engineer
Suzanne Burkey   Photography
Traditional   Composer
Paul Geremia   Composer,Liner Notes
Blind Willie McTell   Composer
Blind Lemon Jefferson   Composer
King Oliver   Composer
Chris Frymire   Engineer
Jack Yellen   Composer
Charley Patton   Composer
Huddie Ledbetter   Composer
Rev. Gary Davis   Composer
Milton Ager   Composer
Alan Lomax   Composer
Eric Peltoniemi   Compilation Producer