We have a What Are You Listening To for Jazz and Gospel, and for Folk, folk rock and Rock and Roll, but none for Pre-War Blues. I checked back five pages and didn't find one, unless I overlooked it. I really enjoy the other What Are You Listening to's, so I thought that I'd start this one.
I'll start out with The Complete Roosevelt Graves and Brother on Document. Don't forget the "And Brother." I came to Graves by hearing Woke Up This Morning, and I'll Be rested (not one song) on an anthology (where Roosevelt was spelled Rooseveldt (an old African spelling?) I didn't know any more than that about him. And his brother. This CD was a wonderful surprise. I didn't realize that Grave was more of a blues man than a gospel singer, or that he sang in a number of different groups and combination. I was first attracted to him by his guitar work... powerfully rhythmic with a strong bass line on the gospel stuff I first heard. Woke Up This Morning is sung regularly in black churches, and I do it with my gospel quartet. It's a great song to get everybody rolling. When I'm out in Wisconsin to visit my family, my wife and I go to a small black church in Beloit, and they always start out the service with two or three men getting up and leading the congregation in singing.
But, this is a blues thread, and I'm putting this CD here, because it's primarily blues.
So, what are you listening to in pre-war blues?
If I'm mistaken and there is already a thread with this topic, feel free to deep six this one.
Jerry
I'll start out with The Complete Roosevelt Graves and Brother on Document. Don't forget the "And Brother." I came to Graves by hearing Woke Up This Morning, and I'll Be rested (not one song) on an anthology (where Roosevelt was spelled Rooseveldt (an old African spelling?) I didn't know any more than that about him. And his brother. This CD was a wonderful surprise. I didn't realize that Grave was more of a blues man than a gospel singer, or that he sang in a number of different groups and combination. I was first attracted to him by his guitar work... powerfully rhythmic with a strong bass line on the gospel stuff I first heard. Woke Up This Morning is sung regularly in black churches, and I do it with my gospel quartet. It's a great song to get everybody rolling. When I'm out in Wisconsin to visit my family, my wife and I go to a small black church in Beloit, and they always start out the service with two or three men getting up and leading the congregation in singing.
But, this is a blues thread, and I'm putting this CD here, because it's primarily blues.
So, what are you listening to in pre-war blues?
If I'm mistaken and there is already a thread with this topic, feel free to deep six this one.
Jerry
