Texas Songster, Vol. 2 - You Got To Reap What You Sow

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I Say Me for a Parable: The Oral Autobiography of Mance Lipscomb, Texas Bluesman Mance Lipscomb (1895-1976), the son of a former slave, lived almost his whole life in Navasota, Texas, supporting himself and his family by tenant farming for a meagre return. He was a blues guitarist and singer. This text is a compilation of his oral autobiography.	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 Okeh Recordings Mississippi John Hurt recorded 13 country-blues songs for the Okeh Electric Records company in 1928. Then he vanished. Actually, he never went anywhere. Indeed, he never strayed from his hometown of Avalon, Mississippi. He simply put the guitar down. It was the Great Depression, ...	Remastered 1935-1938	Where Did You Sleep Last Night: Lead Belly Legacy, Vol. 1 Forty years after his death, Lead Belly's songs and style have continued to influence folk, blues, and rock artists including Neil Young, William Styron, Ben Harper, Keb' Mo, Dionne Farris, and the late Kurt Cobain (Nirvana). Between 1941 and 1947 Lead Belly recorded some of his ...	The Complete Studio Recordings Mississippi John Hurt Gentle, graceful, subtle, sweet--these aren't descriptions generally applied to the blues, but they offer a sense of Mississippi John Hurt's uniqueness and enduring legacy. Rediscovered during the 1960s folk boom after last recording in the late 1920s, Hurt cut the three albums c...

TEXAS COUNTRY BLUES COME ALIVE
There have always been many trends in blues, reflecting the different localities from which musicians have come. Let us face it, blues thrives best under such local nurturing. There are two Texas blues sounds- one, reflected in the Lightening Hopkins, electric citified blues sound and the other as presented here with Mance Lipscomb's country blues sound. That country sound is different from the Delta and North Carolina country sound in that the picking is flatter and the melodies more laid back. If you want the best example of the Texas country blues sound in its pristine presentation then Mance Lipscomb and this cd are for you. Stick-outs include Corrina, Corrina, Mance's Blues and Wonder Where My Easy Rider Is Gone.

Master Bluesman & Songster
Mance Lipscomb is one of my Heroes.A Master bluesman; whose repertoire included over 250 songs. One of Greatest Accoustic Bluesman who ever lived. This album showcases his broad repertoire of Blues,Rags,Spirituals,even Spanish music.This album is definitive Turn-of-the-Century Texas Country Blues ;Don't get much better than this!!!

The one to come back to
This CD and its companion vol. 1 comprise one of the very best introductions to country blues. Mance's texas style country guitar is clear as a bell and a perfect complement to his voice. Mance described himself as a songster rather than a bluesman, because he played a variety of music. I bought and wore out the LPs of these two CD collections--after you listen to it to define country blues, then you study it to learn the subtlties of the deceptively simple work. "Bumble bee" is an interesting contrast to the Memphis Minnies cover of the "same" song. His "Titanic" stands head-and-shoulders above similar "folkie" attempts at the subject. Mance's monotonic bass line adds a kind of texture to his songs that can't be matched with the more familiar alternating bass. The CDs add several songs to the original. There were 5 LPs covering basicly the same material. This one you will come back to again and again and again. BUY IT(THEM).