Release Date: May 3, 1993.
Recording Time: 41 minutes.
Release Info: FCR422435, Compilation, Studio Recording, CD, Album, Reissue.
This fine collection supplants Parchman Farm as the definitive set spotlighting Bukka White's Vocalion country blues recordings. ~ Ron Wynn
"Shake 'Em on Down" was the first (and weakest) recording made by Bukka White upon his "rediscovery" in the early 1960s. The master bluesman is always worth listening to, but he was out of practice here and did not play at his customary level of precision: 'Poor Boy', one of my favorite numbers in his regular repertoire, ends chaotically after just two minutes. The strongest songs on this album are 'I Am in the Heavenly Way' (originally recorded by White and Memphis Minnie in 1930) and a lengthy, assured version of the blues standard 'Baby Please Don't Go'. ~ Jonathan Mitchell
Credits: André Fanelli - Liner Notes; Bukka White - Composer, Guitar, Harmonica, Primary Artist, Vocals.
Tracklist:
- 01. Aberdeen Mississippi Blues (4:10)
- 02. Baby Please Don't Go (4:46)
- 03. New Orleans Streamline (3:39)
- 04. Parchman Farm Blues (2:49)
- 05. Poor Boy Long Ways From Home (2:17)
- 06. Remembrance Of Charlie Patton (3:50)
- 07. Shake 'Em On Down (3:30)
- 08. I Am The Heavenly Way (3:41)
- 09. The Atlanta Special (5:57)
- 10. Drunk Man Blues (3:49)
- 11. Army Blues (2:57)
Bukka is one of the greats of the Delta Blues genre, and this has him at the top of his game. At times he's making sounds come out of his guitar you'd only think could come from 2 or 3! This album is from a session he did in the 60s, and as such has much better sound quality than his Pre World War II cuts. If you like the true blues like only the real deal Bluesmen could make then you can't go wrong wit this record! ~ B. C. Dolsen