Release Date: October 22, 1991.
Recording Time: 66 minutes.
Recording Date: 1958.
Release Info: Compilation (ARHCD-348) Studio Recording.
Series: Over 60 Minutes Of Classic Blues.
Styles: Acoustic New Orleans Blues, Country Blues, Louisiana Blues, New Orleans Blues, Regional Blues.
Country Boy Down in New Orleans collects 23 tracks Snooks Eaglin recorded in the '50s. During this time, he was a street musician, playing with just one guitar or as a one-man band. On these tracks, he is accompanied by a couple of washboard players and a harpist. As expected, the sound is stripped-down, but it is exciting. Eaglin's early repertoire included a broad variety of blues, folk, and gospel songs and all of these genres are covered thoroughly on this delightful single disc. It may not be the ripping electric blues of his best-known records, but it is just as enjoyable. ~ Thom Owens
Credits: Richard Allen - Engineer; Paul Barnes - Composer; Lucius Bridges - Performer, Primary Artist, Vocals, Washboard; Dix Bruce - Liner Editor; Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - Composer; Ford Eaglin - Composer; Snooks Eaglin - Composer, Guitar, Guitar (12 String), Percussion, Primary Artist, Tom-Tom, Vocals, Washboard; Joe Liggins - Composer; Harry Oster - Engineer, Liner Notes; Wayne Pope - Cover Design; Percy Randolph - Harmonica, Performer, Primary Artist, Vocals, Washboard; Chris Strachwitz - Liner Editor, Reissue Producer; Traditional - Composer.
Tracklist:
01. Country Boy Down In New Orleans (2:29)
02. Mama Don't You Tear My Clothes (1:57)
03. I've Had My Fun (3:58)
04. Bottle Up And Go (2:51)
05. Give Me The Good Old Boxcar (3:23)
06. Walking Blues (3:16)
07. Possum Up A Simmon Tree (1:58)
08. That's All Right (3:45)
09. Veal Chop And Pork Chop (1:31)
10. Down By The Riverside (2:36)
11. Model T And The Train (2:20)
12. Jack O'Diamonds (1:37)
13. Death Valley Blues (3:54)
14. Rock Me Mama (2:48)
15. John Henry (2:41)
16. Locomotive Train (2:12)
17. I Had A Little Woman (3:11)
18. Rock Me Mama (4:15)
19. Mailman Passed (2:30)
20. Going Back To New Orleans (2:52)
21. Mardi Gras Mambo (3:32)
22. Bottle Up & Go (2:19)
23. This Train (3:43)
Notes:
Tracks 1 to 6 and 19 & 20 previously unissued in the U.S., tracks 7 to 18 previously available as Arhoolie/Folklyric LP Possum Up a Simmon Tree Snooks Eaglin - Possum Up A Simmon Tree, tracks 21, 22 & 23 previously unissued takes.