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The Best Of Blind Lemon Jefferson (Yazoo) (CD)

By: Blind Lemon Jefferson (Artist)

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Blind Lemon Jefferson Artist Snapshot:

One of the first recorded blues artists, Blind Lemon Jefferson was also one of the genre's most influential musicians. His dexterous, percussive guitar style, and haunting vocals set the standard for country blues artists. Were it not for the fact that his extant recordings from the 1920s are scratchy and low-fi, perhaps he and not Robert Johnson would be universally acclaimed as the paramount figure of early blues history.

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DISC 1 for The Best Of Blind Lemon Jefferson (Yazoo) (CD) Album By Blind Lemon Jefferson (Artist)
1   Match Box Blues
2   That Crawlin' Baby Blues
3   Hot Dogs
4   Corinna Blues
5   Rambler Blues
6   Rabbit Foot Blues
7   Dry Southern Blues
8   'Lectric Chair Blues
9   One Dime Blues
10   Got The Blues
11   See That My Grave's Kept Clean
12   He Arose From The Dead
13   Black Horse Blues
14   Prison Cell Blues
15   Booster Blues
16   Bed Spring Blues
17   Jack O' Diamond Blues
18   Beggin Back
19   Wartime Blues
20   Easy Rider Blues
21   How Long How Long
22   Long Lonesome Blues
23   I Want To Be Like Jesus In My Heart
 

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Title Note

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Though KING OF THE COUNTRY BLUES is the definitive Blind Lemon Jefferson collection, THE BEST OF still packs 23 tracks of some of the best country blues ever put to tape. There is some crossover between the two discs, including Jefferson classics like "Rabbit Foot Blues" and "See That My Grave's Kept Clean" (complete with Jefferson's simulation of church bells on guitar). But BEST OF contains several essential tracks not on KING OF, including the provocative "Bed Spring Blues," "Jack O' Diamond Blues" with its dreamy, free-floating tempo, and the rag-like "Dry Southern Blues." The wrenching "'Lectric Chair Blues," and the spiritual "I Want to be Like Jesus in My Heart"--neither of which are on KING OF--are here as well.

The sources for these recordings were original 78s--most of which were quite rare and in poor repair. Despite meticulous remastering, then, the sound quality is quite patchy, with a great deal of hiss and crackle. Nevertheless, Jefferson's plaintive, deeply soulful tenor and dazzling six-string technique (in which folk figures, blazing embellishments, boogie patterns, and funky ostinatos are blended together in a seamless, intoxicating style) can be heard and appreciated. This is utterly essential, classic country blues of the first order.

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