Various Artists – Classic Piano Blues
9th Annual Blues Album Nominee
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Genre: Blues
Smithsonian Folkways
HOMEBASE/COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: USA
ALBUM NOMINATED SONG IS ON: Classic Piano Blues from Smithsonian Folkways
ARTISTS ON THIS TRACK:
101 Dedication to Pete Johnson Memphis Slim 3:12
Play 102 Early in the Morning Booker T. Laury 3:06
Play 103 How Long Blues Speckled Red 3:20
Play 104 Yellow Dog Blues James P. Johnson and Katherine Handy Lewis 2:56
Play 105 Key to the Highway Jazz Gillum, Memphis Slim 2:54
Play 106 Medium Blues Meade “Lux” Lewis 2:51
Play 107 Black Wolf Blues Champion Jack Dupree 2:57
Play 108 Dices Blues Big Chief Ellis 4:54
Play 109 Big Fat Woman Lead Belly 1:10
Play 110 Harlem Parlor Blues Sammy Price 2:51
Play 111 Little Drops of Water Henry Brown w/ Edith North Johnson 3:03
Play 112 Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie Little Brother Montgomery 4:08
Play 113 Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie Speckled Red 3:26
Play 114 Wish Me Well Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon 2:14
Play 115 All My Money’s Gone Henry Townsend 2:53
Play 116 You’re My Man Victoria Spivey 4:33
Play 117 On My Way to See Moe Asch Champion Jack Dupree 4:21
Play 118 Sweet Old Chicago Roosevelt Sykes 2:56
Play 119 No Special Rider Blues Little Brother Montgomery 3:29
Play 120 Hesitation Blues James P. Johnson
WHERE WAS SONG RECORDED? Mostly in New York City
WHICH GENRES BEST DESCRIBE YOUR MUSIC? Piano Blues
WHAT’S THIS SONG ABOUT? Storyville nightclubs, Beale Street juke joints, gambling houses, barrelhouse bars in the lumber and turpentine camps of East Texas—these were the places African American piano bluesmen called home. Born of ragtime and hard times, the piano blues migrated with its players from the deep South to the urban North. Classic Piano Blues revisits raucous boogie-woogie and blues legends Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon, Champion Jack Dupree, Speckled Red, Meade “Lux” Lewis, Lead Belly, Little Brother Montgomery, Roosevelt Sykes, James P. Johnson, and more, in 20 tracks drawn from the well of the Folkways Collections.
WHERE IS YOUR MUSIC AVAILABLE? Folkways.SI.EDU
DID FANS HELP FUND THIS PROJECT? No
WHO IS SITTING IN YOUR AUDIENCE? Music fans from around the world that support artistic expression.
WHAT’S IN THE WORKS FOR 2010? Smithsonian Folkways continues its Classic Series with “Classic Appalachian Blues” out February 16th. It’s the 18th release in the “Classic from Smithsonian Folkways” series. For more, visit:
http://www.folkways.si.edu/find_recordings/ClassicSeries.aspx
WHAT IS YOUR DEFINITION OF SUCCESS? Our mission is the legacy of Moses Asch, who founded Folkways Records in 1948 to document “people’s music,” spoken word, instruction, and sounds from around the world. The Smithsonian acquired Folkways from the Asch estate in 1987, and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings has continued the Folkways commitment to cultural diversity, education, increased understanding, and lively engagement with the world of sound.
WHAT’S ON YOUR IPOD THAT WOULD SURPRISE YOUR FANS?
“Handwriting Analysis” by Dorothy Sara (http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=1100)
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