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