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Best Of Arthur 'Blind' Blake, The (Import) (CD)

By: Blind Blake

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DISC 1 for Best Of Arthur 'Blind' Blake, The (Import) (CD) Album By Blind Blake
1   Southern Rag  
2   Georgia Bound  
3   Blind Arthur's Breakdown  
4   Too Tight Blues No. 2  
5   Dry Bone Shuffle  
6   Rope Stretchin' Blues (part 1)  
7   Panther Squall Blues  
8   Skeedle Loo Doo Blues  
9   You Gonna Quit Me Blues  
10   Sea Board Stomp  
11   No Dough Blues  
12   West Coast Blues  
13   Depression's Gone From Me Blues  
14   Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around  
15   Wabash Rag  
16   He's In The Jailhouse Now  
17   Diddie Wa Diddie No. 2  
18   Blake's Worried Blues  
19   Ice Man Blues  
20   Doggin' Me Mama Blues  
21   Chump Man Blues  
22   Guitar Chimes  
23   Early Morning Blues  
 

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Includes liner notes by Steve Calt, Woody Mann and Don Kent.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Album Description

Little is known about Blind Blake, including the date of his birth and death. His recording career lasted six years, from 1926-1932, and included 79 titles. After this, he disappeared. His music, however, has survived. Blake's a distinguished vocalist, with a steady medium range reminiscent of Big Bill Broonzy. His easy delivery on "Too Tight Blues, No. 2" and "Georgia Bound" is immediately accessible. The ragtime flavor of many of the tunes creates a light and happy blues. Even when the songs occasionally turn bare and graphic, covering everything from suicide to sex to murder, Blake's spry delivery comes off as joyful. There are also a number of ragtime-influenced instrumentals like "Southern Rag," "Blind Arthur's Breakdown," and "West Coast Blues" that feature his complicated guitar work. "Blind Arthur's Breakdown" is a tour de force in ragtime guitar that features complicated fingerpicking and multiple changes in pacing. Blake is accompanied on several cuts by other unidentified musicians, including a harmonica player on "Panther Squall Blues" and vibraphonist on "Doggin' Me Mamma Blues." It would have been helpful to know a little more about these musicians, though this information may not be available. The liner notes provide a good overview of Blake's music and try to sort out the fact and fiction of his scant biography. These recordings have been transferred from 78s, scratches, surface noise, and all. This is particularly noticeable on songs like "Ice Man Blues" and "Guitar Chimes," but both Blake's vocals and guitar picking remain discernable, and it's probably fortunate that these recordings have been preserved at all. With The Best of Blind Blake, Yazoo has released another fine recording of vintage blues. ~Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.

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