Southland SCD-21

Various Artists
National Downhome Blues Festival, Vol. 1

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It is our pleasure to present the recordings of the National Downhome Blues Festival which was held in Atlanta, October 19-24, 1984. Both the festival coordination and the recording supervision were in the capable hands of George Mitchell, Artists and Repertoire Manager for Southland Records. The festival introduced new and exciting blues artists, each in the creative phase of his or her career, and welcomed many of the familiar and established stars of the blues world...

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Selections

• 1 That Train Coming Around the Bend
  • Lonnie Pitchford
• 2 My Babe
  • Lonnie Pitchford
• 3 Mary Had a Little Lamb
  • Lonnie Pitchford
• 4 One-String Boogie
  • Lonnie Pitchford
• 5 Walking Blues
  • Lonnie Pitchford
• 6 Last Fair Deal
  • Lonnie Pitchford
• 7 Baby, Please Come Home to Me
  • Precious Bryant
• 8 Ain't That Loving You Baby
  • Precious Bryant
• 9 Black Rat Swing
  • Precious Bryant
• 10 You Don't Have to Go
  • Precious Bryant
• 11 Long Distance Call
  • Precious Bryant
• 12 Precious Bryant Staggering Blues
  • Precious Bryant
• 13 Hooks in the Water
  • Thomas Burt
• 14 Hate to See the Evening Sun Go Down
  • Thomas Burt
• 15 Ain't Got No Loving Baby Now
  • Thomas Burt
• 16 Train, Train
  • Jessie Mae Hemphill
• 17 All Night Long
  • Junior Kimbrough and the Soul Blues Boys
• 18 You Put That Thing on Me
  • Sunnyland Slim
• 19 She's Got Things Going On
  • Sunnyland Slim
• 20 Chicken Raid
  • Frank Edwards
• 21 Burning Bridges
  • John Cephas and Phil Wiggins
• 22 Stagolee
  • John Cephas and Phil Wiggins
    

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Year Released: 1996

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