VA - Great Bluesmen Newport (1988)

Artist: VA
Title Of Album: Great Bluesmen Newport
Year Of Release: 1959-65/1988
Label (Catalog#) :VanguardVCD 77/78
Country:: USA
Genre: Delta Blues, Country Blues, Chicago Blues
Quality: FLAC (*tracks + log)
Bitrate: Lossless
Time: 71:22
Full Size: 374Mb(+3%)

While the likes of Chess and Delmark were wellsprings of '60s electric blues, Vanguard carved out a concurrent niche as a harbor for aging country bluesmen. It was a natural match since the gentler likes of Sleepy John Estes and Mississippi John Hurt went over well with the label's core folk audience. The coalition extended to the Newport Folk Festival, which was much more receptive to acoustic blues than their amplified Chicago offspring. Great Bluesmen/Newport (originally a two-LP set) presents 21 tracks culled from late '50s and mid-'60s performances at the Newport Folk Festival. A consistently rewarding collection, Great Bluesmen nevertheless has its highlights, foremost being John Lee Hooker's brooding "Tupelo." But with Son House, Skip James, Mississippi Fred McDowell, and Lightnin' Hopkins in evidence, how can a folk-blues fan go wrong? --Steven Stolder

Tracks:
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1. Midnight Boogie - Robert Pete Williams
2. Levee Camp Blues - Robert Pete Williams
3. My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door - Sonny Terry/Brownie McGhee
4. Tupelo - John Lee Hooker
5. Bus Station Blues - John Lee Hooker
6. Son Blues - Son House
7. Pony Blues - Son House
8. Mailman Blues - Sleepy John Estes
9. Clean Up At Home - Sleepy John Estes
10. Hey Rattler/Oh My Lord - Doc Reese
11. Sliding Delta - Mississippi John Hurt
12. Trouble, I've Had It All My Days - Mississippi John Hurt
13. Hard Time Killing Floor Blues - Skip James
14. Illinois Blues - Skip James
15. Death Don't Have No Mercy - Reverend Gary Davis
16. Catfish Blues - Willie Doss
17. I Had A Woman - Willie Doss
18. Lord, I'm Going Down South - Mississippi Fred McDowell
19. If The River Was Whiskey - Mississippi Fred McDowell
20. Cotton Field Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
21. Shake That Thing - Lightnin' Hopkins
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Produced live at the Newport Folk Festivals, Newport, Rhode Island, 1959 to 1965.

All thanks to original releaser