Arhoolie Presents American Masters, Vol. 1: 15 Down Home Country Blues Classics

by DOWN HOME COUNTRY BLUES CLASSIC

Overview

The origins of the blues can be found in the grooves of this fine budget-priced sampler, which includes performances from Mississippi Fred McDowell ("Frisco Line"), the Black Ace ("Drink On, Little Girl"), Bukka White ("Columbus Mississippi Blues") and Big Joe Williams ("Brother James"). ~ Jason Ankeny

Product Details

Release Date:	11/05/1996
Label:	Arhoolie
UPC:	0096297010129
Rank:	7801

Tracks

1. Frisco Line  - Mississippi Fred McDowell
2. Have You Ever Loved a Woman  - Lightnin' Hopkins
3. Going Down in Georgia on a Horn  - John Jackson
4. Lil' Son Jackson  - John Jackson  - Melvin "Li'l" Son Jackson
5. 'Bout a Spoonful  - Mance Lipscomb
6. Drink on Little Girl  -  Black Ace
7. Country Boy Down in New Orleans  - Ford Eaglin  - Snooks Eaglin
8. Columbus, Mississippi Blues  - Bukka White
9. Shake 'Em on Down  - Doctor Ross
10. Just Tippin' In  - Robert Pete Williams
11. Hump in My Back  - Jesse Fuller
12. Brother James  - Big Joe Williams
13. I'm Broke and I'm Hungry  - Smoky Babe  - Robert Brown
14. Poor Black Mattie  - R.L. Burnside
15. Mercury Blues  - K.C. Douglas

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Smoky Babe   Primary Artist
Snooks Eaglin   Primary Artist
John Jackson   Primary Artist
Mississippi Fred McDowell   Primary Artist
K.C. Douglas   Primary Artist
Bukka White   Primary Artist
Doctor Ross   Primary Artist
Lightnin' Hopkins   Primary Artist
Black Ace   Primary Artist
Jesse Fuller   Primary Artist
Robert Pete Williams   Primary Artist
Big Joe Williams   Primary Artist
R.L. Burnside   Primary Artist
Mance Lipscomb   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Lightnin' Hopkins   Composer,Performer
Mississippi Fred McDowell   Composer,Performer
Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson   Composer
Wayne Pope   Cover Design,Art Direction
Tom Diamant   Editing,Producer
Bukka White   Composer,Performer
Mance Lipscomb   Composer,Performer
Smoky Babe   Performer
Big Joe Williams   Composer,Performer
Black Ace   Composer,Performer
Dix Bruce   Design,Artwork,Photo Restoration
John Jackson   Composer,Performer
Robert Pete Williams   Composer,Performer
Doctor Ross   Performer,Composer
Chris Strachwitz   Photography,Producer,Editing
Snooks Eaglin   Performer
R.L. Burnside   Performer,Composer
K.C. Douglas   Performer,Composer
Jesse Fuller   Performer,Composer
Robert Brown   Composer
Ford Eaglin   Composer