Jack Owens, Blues at home 8
Mbirafon CD108
℗ 2013 Giambattista Marcucci
EAN 8033481381193
Release date: October 15, 2013
Audio File Formats: MP3, FLAC.
Digital Album Price: EUR 5
Although recognized as one of the greatest of bluesmen (along with his fellow-countryman Skip James), very little of Jack Owens' music was ever recorded and released. This album features a range of songs performed, in various versions, by Owens, all informally recorded at his home in Bentonia, Mississippi, between 1978 and 1982. All tracks were digitally remastered from the original tapes in 2013. Editorial assistance by Corey Wetherington, Penn State University.
TRACK LISTING
1. HARD TIMES (TAKE 1) (2:47)
Jack Owens, vocal and guitar
Bentonia, Mississippi, August 13, 1978
2. HARD TIMES (TAKE 2) (2:48)
Jack Owens, vocal and guitar
Bentonia, Mississippi, August 16, 1978
3. HARD TIMES (TAKE 4) (3:25)
Jack Owens, vocal and guitar
Bentonia, Mississippi, June 12, 1982
4. CATFISH BLUES (TAKE 1) (2:58)
Jack Owens, vocal and guitar
Bentonia, Mississippi, August 13, 1978
5. CATFISH BLUES (TAKE 2) (3:28)
Jack Owens, vocal and guitar
Bentonia, Mississippi, May 2, 1980
6. CHERRY BALL (TAKE 1) (3:00)
Jack Owens, vocal and guitar
Bentonia, Mississippi, August 13, 1978
7. CHERRY BALL (TAKE 2) (3:48)
Jack Owens, vocal and guitar
Bentonia, Mississippi, August 16, 1978
8. CHERRY BALL (TAKE 3) (3:50)
Jack Owens, vocal and guitar
Bentonia, Mississippi, May 2, 1980
9. CHERRY BALL (TAKE 4) (6:32)
Jack Owens, vocal and guitar
Bentonia, Mississippi, May 2, 1980
10. DON’T SELL MY MONKEY (TAKE 1) (2:21)
Jack Owens, vocal and guitar
Bentonia, Mississippi, August 16, 1978
11. DON’T SELL MY MONKEY (TAKE 2) (3:21)
Jack Owens, vocal and guitar
Bentonia, Mississippi, August 16, 1978
12. THE DEVIL (TAKE 1) (4:43)
Jack Owens, vocal and guitar
Bentonia, Mississippi, August 13, 1978
13. THE DEVIL (TAKE 2) (3:56)
Jack Owens, vocal and guitar
Bentonia, Mississippi, August 16, 1978
14. THE DEVIL (TAKE 3) (3:49)
Jack Owens, vocal and guitar
Bentonia, Mississippi, May 2, 1980
15. THE DEVIL (TAKE 4) (3:36)
Jack Owens, vocal and guitar
Bentonia, Mississippi, June 12, 1982
16. KEEP ON GRUMBLING (TAKE 1) (4:33)
Jack Owens, vocal and guitar
Bentonia, Mississippi, August 16, 1978
17. CAN’T SEE, BABY (3:39)
Jack Owens, vocal and guitar
Bentonia, Mississippi, August 16, 1978
18. KEEP ON GRUMBLING (TAKE 2) (3:46)
Jack Owens, vocal and guitar
Bentonia, Mississippi, August 16, 1978
19. KEEP ON GRUMBLING (TAKE 3) (3:20)
Jack Owens, vocal and guitar
Bentonia, Mississippi, May 2, 1980
20. GIVE ME YOUR MONEY, BABY (TAKE 2)
(2:01)
Jack Owens, vocal and guitar
Bentonia, Mississippi, August 16, 1978
21. GIVE ME YOUR MONEY, BABY (TAKE 3)
(3:07)
Jack Owens, vocal and guitar
Bentonia, Mississippi, May 2, 1980
22. AIN’T NO LOVING, AIN’T NO GETTING
ALONG (TAKE 4) (1:53)
Jack Owens, vocal and guitar
Bentonia, Mississippi, May 2, 1980
TOTAL PLAYING TIME 77:38