Release Date: 1991.
Recording Time: 66 minutes.
Recording Date: May 4, 1956 - May 6, 1956.
Release Info: Compilation (STCD 8016) Live Recording.
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Acoustic Chicago Blues, Country Blues, Regional Blues, Blues Revival.
Chicago blues pioneer Big Bill Broonzy spent much of the 1950s (up until his death in 1958) touring and recording in Europe, where he was revered as a living legend of the blues able to make a decent living from his music, after decades of financial hardship. Recorded live at Copenhagen's 'Club Montmartre' on May 4, 1956, this rare LP is one of the few remaining live recordings of Broonzy from this period. While the track selection of standard blues numbers is typical of his European performances, Broonzy was always a crowd pleaser and tried to play the songs each individual audience wanted to hear, never letting his ego get in the way and, thereby, winning the hearts of fans everywhere! Liner notes by one of the founding fathers of British Blues, Alexis Korner.
Credits:
Arranged By - Big Bill Broonzy (tracks: 3 to 5, 14, 15);
Executive Producer - Karl Emil Knudsen;
Guitar - Big Bill Broonzy;
Vocals - Big Bill Broonzy;
Written-By - Alan Lomax (tracks: 18), Big Bill Broonzy (tracks: 2, 7, 9, 11 to 13, 16, 17), Leadbelly (tracks: 18), Leroy Carr (tracks: 6), Stephen Foster (tracks: 3), Tampa Red (tracks: 1).
Tracklist:
01. When Things Go Wrong - Big Bill Broonzy
02. Barrelhouse Shuffle - Big Bill Broonzy
03. Down By The Riverside - Big Bill Broonzy
04. Swanee River - Big Bill Broonzy
05. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Big Bill Broonzy
06. In The Evening When The Sun Goes Down - Big Bill Broonzy
07. Big Bill Talks - Big Bill Broonzy
08. John Henry - Big Bill Broonzy
09. Just A Dream - Big Bill Broonzy
10. Ananais - Big Bill Broonzy
11. Louisiana Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
12. Somebody Loves Me - Big Bill Broonzy
13. Willie Mae Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
14. The Crawdad Song - Big Bill Broonzy
15. The Blue Tail Fly - Big Bill Broonzy
16. Black, Brown And White - Big Bill Broonzy
17. Guitar Blues - Big Bill Broonzy
18. Goodnight, Irene - Big Bill Broonzy
Personnel: Big Bill Broonzy - guitar, vocals.
Rec. live at Club Montmartre, Copenhagen, 4-6/5/1956;
Tracks 1 to 13 originally released on Storyville LP SLP 154 "Portraits In Blues Vol. 2";
Tracks 14 to 18 originally released on Storyville LP SLP 114 "An Evening With Big Bill Broonzy".