Cary Tate & Alonzo Burks, Blues at home 5
Mbirafon CD105
℗ 2013 Giambattista Marcucci
EAN 8033481381124
Release date: October 15, 2013
Audio File Formats: MP3, FLAC.
Digital Album Price: EUR 5
This album features two virtually unknown bluesmen, one discovered in Humboldt, Tennessee, in 1976, and the other in Flora, Mississippi, in 1978. Cary Tate, who died suddenly in 1977, gives us a glimpse into traditional southwestern Tennessee blues, while Alonzo Burks provides renditions of several Mississippi country blues standards (along with a spiritual). All tracks were digitally remastered from the original tapes in 2013. Editorial assistance by Corey Wetherington, Penn State University.
TRACK LISTING
1. BUMBLE BEE BLUES (2:11)
Cary Tate, vocal and guitar
Humboldt, Tennessee, July 27, 1976
2. THE HONYDRIPPER (2:11)
Cary Tate, vocal and guitar
Humboldt, Tennessee, July 27, 1976
3. UNTITLED BLUES (2:21)
Cary Tate, vocal and guitar
Humboldt, Tennessee, August 12, 1976
4. EARLY ONE MORNING, ABOUT
THE DAWN OF DAY (2:04)
Cary Tate, vocal and guitar
Humboldt, Tennessee, July 27, 1976
5. CATFISH BLUES (TAKE 1) (2:29)
Cary Tate, vocal and guitar
Humboldt, Tennessee, July 27, 1976
6. CATFISH BLUES (TAKE 2) (2:30)
Cary Tate, vocal and guitar
Humboldt, Tennessee, July 27, 1976
7. CATFISH BLUES (TAKE 3) (4:42)
Cary Tate, vocal and guitar
Humboldt, Tennessee, August 12, 1976
8. COAL BLACK MARE (2:36)
Cary Tate, vocal and guitar
Humboldt, Tennessee, July 27, 1976
9. BLUES ALL IN MY BREAD (2:00)
Cary Tate, vocal and guitar
Humboldt, Tennessee, July 27, 1976
10. WHAT'S THAT SMELLS LIKE GRAVY
(TAKE 1) (1:39)
Cary Tate, vocal and guitar
Humboldt, Tennessee, July 27, 1976
11. WHAT'S THAT SMELLS LIKE GRAVY
(TAKE 2) (1:29)
Cary Tate, vocal and guitar
Humboldt, Tennessee, August 12, 1976
12. HOW MANY MORE YEARS (2:27)
Cary Tate, vocal and guitar
Humboldt, Tennessee, August 12, 1976
13. BLUEBIRD BLUES (2:52)
Cary Tate, vocal and guitar
Humboldt, Tennessee, August 12, 1976
14. GOING DOWN BROWNSVILLE (4:50)
Cary Tate, vocal and guitar
Humboldt, Tennessee, August 12, 1976
15. CARY TATE DISCUSSES THE MEANING
OF THE BLUES (0:41)
Cary Tate, spoken
Hammie Nixon, spoken
Humboldt, Tennessee, July 27, 1976
16. CARY TATE DISCUSSES REPERTOIRE
AND GUITAR STYLE (0:50)
Cary Tate, spoken
Hammie Nixon, spoken
Humboldt, Tennessee, July 27, 1976
17. CATFISH BLUES (2:16)
Alonzo Burks, vocal and guitar
Flora, Mississippi, August 17, 1978
18. TRAIN I RIDE (2:37)
Alonzo Burks, vocal and guitar
Flora, Mississippi, August 17, 1978
19. WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN (2:12)
Alonzo Burks, vocal and guitar
Flora, Mississippi, August 17, 1978
20. BACK DOOR FRIEND (2:32)
Alonzo Burks, vocal and guitar
Flora, Mississippi, August 17, 1978
21. LOUISIANA BLUES (2:18)
Alonzo Burks, vocal and guitar
Flora, Mississippi, August 17, 1978
22. SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING (2:19)
Alonzo Burks, vocal and guitar
Flora, Mississippi, August 17, 1978
TOTAL PLAYING TIME 52:59