Eugene Powell, Blues at home 3
Mbirafon CD103
℗ 2013 Giambattista Marcucci
EAN 8033481381070
Release date: October 15, 2013
Audio File Formats: MP3, FLAC.
Digital Album Price: EUR 5
An outstanding but underrated blues guitar player, Eugene Powell, who recorded for the Bluebird label in 1936, finally reappears with this album, which includes a wide selection of his repertoire recorded at his home in Greenville, Mississippi, between 1976 and 1982. All tracks were digitally remastered from the original tapes in 2013. Editorial assistance by Corey Wetherington, Penn State University.
TRACK LISTING
1. PONY BLUES (SANTA FE) (3:26)
Eugene Powell, vocal and guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, August 8, 1976
2. FORTY-FOUR BLUES (TAKE 4) (1:54)
Eugene Powell, vocal and guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, June 11, 1982
3. FORTY-FOUR BLUES (TAKE 1) (4:15)
Eugene Powell, vocal and guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, August 8, 1976
4. TEXAS BLUES (3:11)
Eugene Powell, vocal and guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, August 8, 1976
5. UNTITLED BLUES (4:22)
Eugene Powell, vocal and guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, August 8, 1976
6. MEET ME IN THE BOTTOM (3:23)
Eugene Powell, vocal and guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, August 8, 1976
7. POOR BOY BLUES (TAKE 1) (4:20)
Eugene Powell, vocal and guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, August 8, 1976
8. POOR BOY BLUES (TAKE 2) (3:13)
Eugene Powell, vocal and guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, August 13, 1978
9. POOR BOY BLUES (TAKE 3) (1:31)
Eugene Powell, vocal and guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, May 3, 1980
10. OLD HOME BLUES (2:18)
Eugene Powell, guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, August 8, 1976
11. M & O BLUES (3:22)
Eugene Powell, vocal and guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, August 8, 1976
12. BIG FAT MAMA RAG (1:28)
Eugene Powell, vocal and guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, August 8, 1976
13. I'VE BEEN A DOG IN MY FAMILY (5:00)
Eugene Powell, vocal and guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, August 8, 1976
14. BLUES JUMPED A RABBIT (3:28)
Eugene Powell, vocal and guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, August 8, 1976
15. DARK ROAD BLUES (2:28)
Eugene Powell, vocal and guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, August 8, 1976
16. HESITATION BLUES (2:50)
Eugene Powell, vocal and guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, August 15, 1978
17. SEE SEE RIDER (1:57)
Eugene Powell, vocal and guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, August 15, 1978
18. BOOGIE-WOOGIE (1:17)
Eugene Powell, guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, August 15, 1978
19. GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOLGIRL
(1:34)
Eugene Powell, guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, May 3, 1980
20. MY LONESOME SONG (2:25)
Eugene Powell, vocal and guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, May 3, 1980
21. DON’T TEAR MY CLOTHES (1:25)
Eugene Powell, spoken
Greenville, Mississippi, June 11, 1982
22. BUDDY NEAL BLUES (4:08)
Eugene Powell, vocal and guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, August 15, 1978
23. SO COLD IN CHINA (3:01)
Eugene Powell, vocal and guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, May 3, 1980
24. EUGENE POWELL DISCUSSES HIS
MUSIC (2:44)
Eugene Powell, vocal and guitar
Greenville, Mississippi, August 8, 1976
TOTAL PLAYING TIME 70:02