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The Downhome Blues Sessions Volume 5: Back In the Alley (CD)

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DISC 1 for The Downhome Blues Sessions Volume 5: Back In the Alley (CD) Album By Various Artists
1   Hard Times - Johnny Fuller  
2   It's Your Life - Johnny Fuller  
3   I've Done Everything I Can - Walter Robinson  
4   Johnny's Low Down Blues - Johnny Fuller  
5   This Is The End - James Reed  
6   My Mama Told Me - James Reed  
7   Dr. Brown - James Reed  
8   I Think My Time Is Here [Take 1] - Jimmy McCracklin (take)  
9   Josephine [Take 6] - Jimmy McCracklin (take)  
10   Beer Drinkin' Woman [Take 4] - Jimmy McCracklin (take)  
11   I'm Prison Bound - Lowell Fulson  
12   My Baby Left Me - Lowell Fulson  
13   You Had A Good Man [Take 2] - Roy Hawkins (take)  
14   Just A Poor Boy [Take 2] - Roy Hawkins (take)  
15   You Better Hold Me - James Reed  
16   Oh People - James Reed  
17   My Love Is Real - James Reed  
18   I Walk All Night - Johnny Fuller  
19   Back Home - Johnny Fuller  
20   Sputtering Blues - Walter Robinson  
21   Buddy - Johnny Fuller  
22   Prowling Blues - Johnny Fuller  
23   End, The - James Reed  
24   Dr. Brown [Alternate Take] - James Reed (alternate take)  
25   Couldn't Be A Dream [Take 1] - James Reed (take)  
26   I'll Get A Break Someday [Take 7] - Jimmy McCracklin (take)  
 

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Review

Record Collector (magazine) (p.105) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Not only a fine tribute to one of blues' less trumpeted movers, but an often mesmerising picutre of a vital era in American blues history."

Title Note

While the first four volumes of this series focused on just-post-World War II blues recorded at various locations in the south, this fifth installment turns its focus to somewhat more citified blues cut between 1949 and 1954 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Most of the sides found their way to releases on the Modern family of labels, though some of them appear here for the first time. But the main common denominator is record label owner/manager/songwriter Bob Geddins, who was involved in the careers of all of the artists who recorded these 26 tracks. Two of the performers, Lowell Fulson and Jimmy McCracklin, had pretty successful careers; one, Roy Hawkins, had some success and notoriety (primarily for doing the original version of "The Thrill Is Gone"); and the others (Johnny Fuller, Walter Robertson, and James Reed) aren't even known to most blues collectors. A collection of such rare cuts -- even the ones by Fulson, McCracklin, and Hawkins will be unfamiliar to most of their fans -- has pretty specialized appeal, as the songs are average to the verge of being clich‚d. But it's an acceptable reflection of earthier California blues styles of the era, if hardly the best introduction to the subgenre. A few of the McCracklin tracks (most of which are previously unissued) count among the liveliest items, especially "Josephine" and "I'll Get a Break Someday," which are rawer than the subsequent recordings with which he'd attract most notice. The 1949 Fulson single on the CD is barely urbanized rural blues, and while much of the rest of the disc is more in line with the more refined, more jazzy ballad-tinged form of West Coast blues, it often has a gloomier aura than most such music. ~ Richie Unterberger

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