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Texas Blues Guitar (1929-1935) by Little Hat Jones

Texas Blues Guitar (1929-1935)

Release Date: 1/1/1987

Recording Date: 1/1987

Tracks: 20

Length: 01:02:39 Hrs

Label: Story of the Blues

Type: CD

Genre/Styles:
Piano Blues, Texas Blues, Acoustic Texas Blues, Regional Blues

Album Tracks (20)

Song Title
Length
1.
New Two Sixteen Blues
03:02
2.
Two String Blues
03:16
3.
Rolled from Side to Side Blues
03:04
4.
Hurry Blues
03:15
5.
Little Hat Blues
03:17
6.
Corpus Blues
03:20
7.
Kentucky Blues
03:12
8.
Bye Bye Baby Blues
03:07
9.
Cross the Water Blues
03:19
10.
Cherry Street Blues
03:28
11.
Heart Bleeding Blues
02:52
12.
Hard Luck Man Blues
02:56
13.
Howling Wolf Blues, No. 3
02:45
14.
Howling Wolf Blues, No. 4
02:47
15.
Whiskeyhead Blues
03:09
16.
Forty-Five Blues
02:57
17.
Fool's Blues
02:54
18.
Before Long
03:19
19.
Bantam Rooster Blues
03:02
20.
Ninth Street Stomp
03:26

What the Critics Say

This CD features music from a pair of blues vocalist/guitarists from the 1930s who had unusual nicknames: Little Hat Jones and "Funny Paper" Smith (who was also known as the Howling Wolf, 15 years before the more famous Howlin' Wolf came to prominence). Jones' only ten recordings are on this set and are all unaccompanied performances, although a female vocalist helps out a little on "Little Hat Blues." Jones was an excellent guitarist but just appeared on three sessions in San Antonio, TX, during 1929-1930. Smith made more recordings than the ten included on this CD (they were put out on a Yazoo LP and later all of the music was combined on a Document disc). He is also heard on unaccompanied performances (including "Howling Wolf Blues, No. 3" and "Howling Wolf Blues, No. 4"), other than two songs in which he backs singer/pianist Bernice Edwards. Although this disc has been superseded by the much more extensive Document reissue program, the music is quite rewarding and these two underrated performers deserve more recognition. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi

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