Label: Yazoo Records.
Release Date: 1991.
Recording Date: All tracks from 1929.
Release Info: Compilation (L1027) Studio Recording.
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Pre-War Country Blues, Regional Blues.
Louisville-born and St. Louis-based blues guitar master Clifford Gibson left a small but potent legacy of fine recordings which were originally cut in 1929 and 1931 for the QRS and Victor labels. His early works began to surface on LP reissue collections featuring multiple artists in 1968, five years after his demise and a full eight years following the release of four titles on Bobbin 45 rpm singles whereby he enjoyed a brief comeback as Clifford "Grandpappy" Gibson. Yazoo's Beat You Doing It, the first and only LP devoted exclusively to Gibson, appeared in 1972. It contains 14 of the 18 recordings from 1929 known to have been released under Gibson's name. Those who cannot locate the LP or desire an even better selection of Gibson's work on CD are advised to seek out Document's Complete Recorded Works (1991) or P-Vine's Tired of Being Mistreated (2002). ~ arwulf arwulf
Credits: Stephen Calt - liner notes; Clifford Gibson - composer, guitar, primary artist, vocals; Joel Margulies - artwork; Nick Perls - liner notes, mastering; Michael Stewart - liner notes; Robert Vosgien - digital mastering.
Tracks: 1. Bad Luck Dice; 2. Levee Camp Moan; 3. Hard Headed Blues; 4. Blues Without a Dime; 5. Jive Me Blues; 6. Society Blues; 7. Ice and Snow Blues; 8. Drayman Blues; 9. Old Time Rider; 10. Tired of Being Mistreated, Pt. 1; 11. Brooklyn Blues (45th Street Blues); 12. Beat You Doing It; 13. Sunshine Moan; 14. Stop Your Rambling.