Mott Willis & Others, Blues at home 13

Mbirafon CD113

℗ 2013 Giambattista Marcucci

EAN 8033481381285

Release date: October 15, 2013

Audio File Formats: MP3, FLAC.

Digital Album Price: EUR 5

 

 

This album is an anthology featuring various blues artists I met during my field research from 1976 to 1982 in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Louisiana. None of the performers have been featured in previous Mbirafon CDs. Included, among others, are Mott Willis, Lum Guffin, Do-Boy Diamond, Mager Johnson, Roosevelt Holts, Asie Payton, Willie Borum, and Jacob Stuckey. All tracks were digitally remastered from the original tapes in 2013. Editorial assistance by Corey Wetherington, Penn State University.

 

 

TRACK LISTING

 

1. BABY, PLEASE DON’T GO (2:13)

Mott Willis, vocal and guitar

Vicinity Terry, Mississippi, August 18, 1978

2. BABY, PLEASE DON’T GO (TAKE 1) (1:15)

Lum Guffin, vocal and guitar

Memphis, Tennessee, August 8, 1978

3. BABY, PLEASE DON’T GO (TAKE 2) (2:11)

Lum Guffin, vocal and guitar

Memphis, Tennessee, August 8, 1978

4. BABY, PLEASE DON’T GO (2:27)

Walter Cooper, vocal and guitar

Hammie Nixon, harmonica

Brownsville, Tennessee, July 23, 1976

5. PEACH TREE BLUES (3:35)

Walter Cooper, vocal and guitar

Hammie Nixon, harmonica

Brownsville, Tennessee, July 23, 1976

6. ROLLING AND TUMBLING (4:36)

Lum Guffin, vocal and guitar

Memphis, Tennessee, August 8, 1978

7. CASEY JONES (3:06)

Lum Guffin, vocal and guitar

Memphis, Tennessee, August 8, 1978

8. LOUISE BLUES (2:24)

Lum Guffin, vocal and guitar

Memphis, Tennessee, August 8, 1978

9. TRAIN I RIDE 18 COACHES LONG (2:00)

Lum Guffin, vocal and guitar

Memphis, Tennessee, August 8, 1978

10. CATFISH BLUES (2:42)

Lum Guffin, vocal and guitar

Memphis, Tennessee, August 8, 1978

11. MY BABE (1:20)

William “Do-Boy” Diamond, vocal and guitar

Canton, Mississippi, August 17, 1978

12. MISSISSIPPI FLAT (1:33)

William “Do-Boy” Diamond, vocal and guitar

Canton, Mississippi, August 17, 1978

13. BLACK MATTIE (TAKE 3) (2:08)

William “Do-Boy” Diamond, vocal and guitar

Canton, Mississippi, August 17, 1978

14. SHAGGY HOUND BLUES (TAKE 2) (1:58)

William “Do-Boy” Diamond, vocal and guitar

Canton, Mississippi, August 17, 1978

15. I GOT THE BLUES SO BAD (1:46)

Charley Taylor, vocal and guitar

Vicinity Terry, Mississippi, August 18, 1978

16. UNTITLED BLUES (3:22)

Charley Taylor, vocal

Unknown, guitar

Vicinity Terry, Mississippi, August 18, 1978

17. TRAVELING MAN BLUES (2:09)

Mager Johnson, vocal and guitar

Vicinity Terry, Mississippi, August 18, 1978

18. CATFISH BLUES (3:05)

Mager Johnson, vocal and guitar

Vicinity Terry, Mississippi, August 18, 1978

19. BIG ROAD BLUES (2:34)

Roosevelt Holts, vocal and guitar

Bogalusa, Louisiana, August 19, 1978

20. MAGGIE CAMPBELL (2:25)

Roosevelt Holts, vocal and guitar

Bogalusa, Louisiana, August 19, 1978

21. LET’S TALK IT ALL OVER AGAIN (3:00)

Roosevelt Holts, vocal and guitar

Bogalusa, Louisiana, August 19, 1978

22. LITTLE BITTY WOMAN (3:45)

Roosevelt Holts, vocal and guitar

Bogalusa, Louisiana, August 19, 1978

23. I GOT THE BLUES THIS MORNING (1:23)

Clay Pittman, vocal and harmonica

Bogalusa, Louisiana, August 20, 1978

24. BLIND MAN (COMPLETE VERSION) (3:50)

Asie Payton, vocal and guitar

Holly Ridge, Mississippi, August 14, 1976

25. MY BABE (1:43)

Asie Payton, vocal and guitar

Holly Ridge, Mississippi, August 14, 1976

26. CATFISH BLUES (TAKE 2) (3:48)

Asie Payton, vocal and guitar

Holly Ridge, Mississippi, August 14, 1976

27. DUST MY BROOM (1:37)

Asie Payton, vocal and guitar

Holly Ridge, Mississippi, August 14, 1976

28. 61 HIGHWAY BLUES (2:47)

Memphis Willie Borum, vocal and guitar

Memphis, Tennessee, August 2, 1978

29. ARMY BLUES (1:58)

Memphis Willie Borum, vocal and guitar

Memphis, Tennessee, August 2, 1978

30. IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE DEVIL (TAKE 3)

(2:03)

Jacob Stuckey, vocal and guitar

Bentonia, Mississippi, July 14, 1982

31. IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE DEVIL (TAKE 4)

(1:49)

Jacob Stuckey, vocal and guitar

Bentonia, Mississippi, July 14, 1982

 

TOTAL PLAYING TIME 77:50

 

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Mott Willis - Baby Please Don't Go

 

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