Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Feel Like Going Home

by Martin Scorsese: Feel Like Goin

Overview

Drawn from the soundtrack to Martin Scorsese's seven-part television documentary on the blues, Feel Like Going Home documents the roots behind the roots, traveling from the American South to West Africa and back again, resulting in a remarkable collection that spotlights the past, present, and future of this historically important musical genre. From early 78s by seminal figures Charley Patton ("High Water Everywhere"), Son House (his early version of "Death Letter," here called "My Black Mama"), and Robert Johnson ("Hellhound on My Trail"), through field recordings collected by the venerable Alan Lomax (an early Muddy Waters tune called "Rosalie," which includes rough-hewn country fiddle from Henry "Son" Simms) and the restructured contemporary African blues of Ali Farka Toure and Salif Keita, this fine soundtrack knocks the dust off of the blues and exposes its vital and creative center. Highlights include the wild and eerie sound of Othar Turner and Napoleon Strickland's fife and drum ensembles and the up-to-the-minute trance-inducing blues of Willie King & the Liberators. On "Terrorized," King sings: "You talk about terror/I've been terrorized all my life. "That's the blues, circa 2003. Feel Like Going Home is a fine introduction to the long history and promising future of this impressive musical form. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	09/09/2003
Label:	Columbia
UPC:	0827969048924
Rank:	81642

Tracks

1. Traveling Riverside Blues
2. Dybaflow Blues
3. Hellhound on My Trail
4. Country Blues
5. Celebrated Walkin' Blues
6. Rosalie
7. My Black Mama, Pt. II
8. Government Fleet Blues
9. Gypsy Woman
10. High Water Everywhere, Pt.1
11. C.C. Rider
12. Terrorized
13. Oh Baby
14. Lay My Burden Down
15. Mali Dje
16. Tupelo Blues
17. Amandrai
18. Down Child
19. Ananamin (It's Been So Long)
20. My Babe

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lead Belly   Primary Artist
The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band   Primary Artist
Willie King & the Liberators   Primary Artist
Napoleon Strickland & The Como Drum Band   Primary Artist
Muddy Waters   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Ali Farka Toure   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Son House   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Son Simms   Primary Artist
John Lee Hooker   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Salif Keita   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Robert Johnson   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Napoleon Strickland   Primary Artist,Fife,Vocals
The Liberators   Primary Artist
Otha Turner   Primary Artist,Fife,Vocals,Drums (Bass)
Johnny Shines   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Charley Patton   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Corey Harris   Primary Artist,Guitar
Taj Mahal   Primary Artist,Harmonica,Slide Guitar,Vocals
Willie King   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals
Songhai   Percussion
Frank Kirkland   Drums
Eddie Kirkland   Guitar
Floyd Jones   Bass
Percy Thomas   Guitar
Rodney Evans   Drums (Snare)
Sunnyland Slim   Piano
Ernest "Big" Crawford   Bass
Louis Ford   Mandolin
Fiddlin' Joe Martin   Mandolin
Souleye Kane   Djembe
Aubrey Turner   Drums (Bass)
Fatoumata Traore   Vocals
Aaron Hodge   Guitar
Otha Andre Evans   Drums (Snare)
Leroy Williams   Harmonica

Technical Credits

Bill Grauer, Jr.   Producer
Taj Mahal   Composer,Arranger
Alex Gibney   A&R,Producer
Frank Driggs   Photography
Charley Patton   Composer
Don Law   Producer
Johnny Shines   Composer
Didier C. Deutsch   A&R
Robert Barnett   Project Consultant
Leonard Chess   Producer
Joseph M. Palmaccio   Mastering
Jerry Rappaport   A&R
Samuel Charters   Producer
Jules Taub   Composer
Mark Wilder   Mastering
Phil Chess   Producer
Nick Gold   Producer
Martin Scorsese   Liner Notes,Executive Producer,Compilation Producer
Martin Czembor   Mixing
McKinley Morganfield   Composer
Peter Guralnick   Liner Notes,Compilation Producer
Alan Lomax   Composer,Producer
Muddy Waters   Composer
Willie King   Composer
John Lee Hooker   Composer
Salif Keita   Composer
Robert Johnson   Composer
Napoleon Strickland   Composer
Willie Dixon   Composer
Ulrich Felsburg   Executive Producer
Jody Patton   Executive Producer
Sam Watson   Engineer
John W. Work III   Producer,Photography
James Fraher   Photography
Valerie Wilmer   Photography
David Gahr   Photography
Dan Luskin   Production Assistant
Richard Hutton   Producer
Margaret Bodde   A&R,Producer
Ali Farka Toure   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Steven Berkowitz   A&R
Sonny Boy Williamson II   Composer