Release Date: 1991.
Recording Time: 64 minutes.
Recording Date: March 27, 1934 - February 20, 1936.
Release Info: Compilation (DOCD-5080) Studio Recording.
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Delta Blues, Regional Blues, Dirty Blues.
from DOCD-5080:
Abridged from this album’s original booklet notes The first Bluebird sessions in March of 1934 marked a return to the studio for Bo after a two and a half year absence. Tastes in blues had changed and the record companies could no longer afford to take chances on untested acts or untried material. A more disciplined approach was applied in the studio and this sometimes led to records that sounded formulaic or unexciting. Bo Carter’s records at this time showed as much or more diversity as any of his recording rivals and his regular trips to the studio attested to his popularity. The twelve titles cut at the January 1935 session further consolidated his position. More than four-fifths of the tracks were finger picked blues and the two that fell outside of this category were piano-guitar duets where considerations of volume may have dictated a change in style. Blue Runner Blues was a remake of his own Okeh recording and Mashing That Thing was a reworking of Papa Charlie Jackson’s best-selling “Shake That Thing”. Bo Carter must have been doing something right because the following five years would see him double his recorded output. ~ Ken Romanowski, Document Records, 1991-2007.
Credits: Bo Carter - guitar, primary artist, vocals; Harry Chatmon - piano; Johnny Parth - producer; Ken Romanowski - liner notes.
Tracks: 1. Howlin' Tom Cat Blues; 2. Don't Cross Lay Your Daddy; 3. Who Broke The Latch?; 4. Don't Do It No More; 5. Skin Ball Blues; 6. Old Shoe Blues; 7. Please Warm My Wiener; 8. She's Gonna Crawl Back Home To You; 9. Let Me Roll Your Lemon; 10. Mashing That Thing; 11. Blue Runner Blues; 12. Fifty-Fifty With Me; 13. To Her Burying Ground; 14. When Your Left Eye Go To Jumping; 15. Ride My Mule; 16. T Baby Blues; 17. I Get The Blues; 18. Spotted Sow Blues; 19. Rolling Blues; 20. All Around Man; 21. Fat Mouth Blues; 22. You Better Know Your Business.