The Ultimate Jazz Archive Vol.42 - Josh White [1932-1936] [2005]

01.Black And Evil Blues
02.Howling Wolf Blues
03.Greenville Sheik
04.Double Crossing Woman
05.Lazy Black Snake Blues
06.Downhearted Man Blues
07.Low Cotton
08.Lord, I Want To Die Easy
09.My Father Is A Husbandman
10.Welfare Blues
11.Stormy Weather No. 1
12.Friendly City Blues
13.Milk Cow Blues
14.Badly Mistreated Man
15.New Milk Cow Blues
16.Black Man
17.Bed Springs Blues
18.Paul And Silas Bound In Jail
19.Did You Read That Letter
20.Silicosis Is Killin’ Me

To many blues enthusiasts, Josh White was a folk revival artist. It's true that the second half of his music career found him based in New York playing to the coffeehouse and cabaret set and hanging out with Burl Ives, Woody Guthrie, and fellow transplanted blues artists Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee. In Chicago during the 1960s, his shirt was unbuttoned to the waist à la Harry Belafonte and his repertoire consisted of folk revival standards such as "Scarlet Ribbons." He was a show business personality -- a star renowned for his sexual magnetism and his dramatic vocal presentations. Many listeners were unaware of White's status as a major figure in the Piedmont blues tradition. The first part of his career saw him as apprentice to some of the greatest blues and religious artists ever, including Willie Walker, Blind Blake, Blind Joe Taggart (with whom he recorded), and allegedly even Blind Lemon Jefferson. On his own, he recorded both blues and religious songs, including a classic version of "Blood Red River." A fine guitar technician with an appealing voice, he became progressively more sophisticated in his presentation. Like many other Carolinians and Virginians who moved north to urban areas, he took up city ways, remaining a fine musician if no longer a down-home artist. Like several other canny blues players, he used his roots music to broaden and enhance his life experience, and his talent was such that he could choose the musical idiom that was most lucrative at the time. --- Barry Lee Pearson, Rovi

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