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- Date Released: February 18, 2000
- Genre: Blues
- Style: Traditional Blues
- Label: Yazoo - Shanachie Records / The Orchard
Classics from the great blues teacher
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We Say...
Lewis — who spent most of his life as a street sweeper on and around Beale Street — is perhaps more important for the musicians he inspired than the songs he recorded: Memphis mainstays like Jim Dickinson, Alex Chilton and Sid Selvidge all learned at his feet. But Lewis had a gentle manner that brought Mississippi John Hurt to mind, and the handful of tracks he recorded in the late '20s are well worth a listen. The two-part "Kassie Jones," (which Dickinson covered almost note-for-note on his 1972 solo album, Dixie Fried) is epic and haunting, "Good Looking Girl Blues" marks one of the first appearances of a certain 16-coach-long mystery train and "Furry's Blues" — which begins with Lewis threatening to "Buy a graveyard of my own/ And kill everybody that have done me wrong" — is as wry and charming as the man himself must have been. (For comparison's sake, check out the equally excellent Good Morning Judge, which Lewis recorded a full 40 years later.)
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They Say...
In His Prime (1927-1928) is the best overview of Furry Lewis classic late-'20s sides, containing 14 songs from the period (though not "John Henry"), all of which are crisply remastered, showing off both his superb guitar playing and his brilliantly expressive singing (the vocal performance on "Falling Down Blues" alone is worth the price of the disc) to excellent advantage. A seminal part of any blues collection, as well as any collection of Lewis' material.
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| 01. |  |
Good Looking Girl Blues |
2:53 |  |
| 02. | |
Falling Down Blues |
2:51 | |
| 03. | |
I Will Turn Your Money Green (Alternate Take) |
3:11 | |
| 04. | |
Mean Old Bedbug Blues |
2:45 | |
| 05. | |
Furry's Blues |
3:16 | |
| 06. | |
Mistreatin' Mama |
3:09 | |
| 07. | |
Cannonball Blues |
3:06 | |
| 08. | |
Jellyroll |
2:40 | |
| 09. | |
Why Don't You Come Home Blues |
2:46 | |
| 10. | |
Kassie Jones Part 1 |
3:07 | |
| 11. | |
Kassie Jones Part 2 |
3:04 | |
| 12. | |
Everybody's Blues |
2:54 | |
| 13. | |
Rock Island Blues |
2:48 | |
| 14. | |
Judge Harsh Blues (Alternate Take) |
3:05 | |
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