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| | Fred McDowell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | McDowell's 1969 album "This Ain't No Rock N' Roll" was his first featuring electric guitar. | | | McDowell continued to perform delta blues much as he had for decades, but he sometimes performed on electric guitar rather than acoustic. | | | Fred McDowell (January 12, 1904-July 3, 1972), called "Mississippi Fred McDowell", was a blues singer and guitar player. |
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| | Mississippi Fred McDowell MP3 Downloads - Mississippi Fred McDowell Music Downloads - Mississippi Fred McDowell Music ... |
| | Two albums, Fred McDowell, Volume 1 and Volume 2, were released on Arhoolie in the mid-'60s, and the shock waves were felt throughout the folk-blues community. | | | When Mississippi Fred McDowell proclaimed on one of his last albums, "I do not play no rock'n'roll," it was less a boast by an aging musician swept aside by the big beat than a mere statement of fact. | | | Lomax was the first to record this semi-professional bluesman, the results of which were released as part of a American folk music series on the Atlantic label. |
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http://www.mp3.com/mississippi-fred-mcdowell/artists/20789/biography.html
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| | BLUES ACCESS CD Review: |
| | McDowell’s distinctive approach to rhythm and time is showcased in "Baby Please Don’t Go," where he uses sudden tempo accelerations as a way of building up excitement and creating a dialogue between performer and listener. | | | McDowell’s vocals are exceptional, and his impressive guitar playing, driving rhythms and dynamic riffs on tunes like "Don’t Mistreat Nobody," "Good Morning Little School Girl" and "White Lightnin’" will put a smile on your face and a swing in your step. | | | Written in the ’30s by Big Joe Williams, this number is one of the highlights of the 23-song concert. |
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http://www.bluesaccess.com/No_45/mississippifred.html
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| | Blues Hall of Fame-- Mississippi Fred Mcdowell |
| | Fred was born in 1904 in Rossville, Tennessee (McDowell didn't mind that they called him Mississippi since he ultimately settled in Mississippi in 1940). | | | In my pilgrimage to discover true slide blues guitar players
it was either Fred McDowell or Furry Lewis who was the first true country blues slide guitar player that I heard
but it was Fred McDowell that captured a sound that has inspired the likes of Bonnie Raitt and the Rolling Stones. | | | Fred enjoyed performing dates at coffeehouses, the Newport Folk Festival, and became a member of the American Folk Blues Festival in Europe. |
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http://www.themusicarchive.com/drboom/fame/mcdowell.htm
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| | Fred McDowell Page |
| | Mississippi Fred McDowell was one of the last great country bluesmen whose roughed-up bottleneck guitar style and coarsely textured vocals were extensively documented on record in the 1960s. | | | Fred McDowell once heard Charlie Patton play live in a juke joint and was quite impressed with the music. | | | McDowell recorded regularly in the '60s and left his mark on blues-based rock artists like Bonnie Raitt and the Rolling Stones. |
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| | Southwest Blues Magazine |
| | Fred McDowell music sits on the fence between secular and religious music that formed vital parts of black existence in the south. | | | McDowell is said to have switched to electric guitar for the session that included bassist Jerry Puckett and drummer Dulin Lancaster. | | | Feel the blues when listening to Fred McDowell, for they were a vital part of his life. |
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http://www.southwestblues.com/05.02cdmcdowell.htm
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| | Mississippi Fred McDowell, I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll |
| | The album is McDowells way of snubbing his nose at rock groups and their feeble attempts at this genre. | | | McDowell's answer for both these situations -- to be off somewhere by himself, playing his guitar for as long as it takes, letting all those blue feelings filter through him and into his guitar until he's finally feeling better and satisfied. | | | This recording is an honest reflection, a sincere look, at Mississippi Fred McDowell, the man and his music. |
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http://www.rambles.net/mcdowell_idonot69.html
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| | Central Iowa Blues Society |
| | Lomax was the first to record McDowell and the results were released on the Atlantic label. | | | McDowell's first albums for Arhoolie sent shock waves throughout the folk-blues community. | | | Bonnie Raitt has covered some of Fred's tunes including a medley of "Write Me a Few of Your Lines/Kokomo Blues" on her album Takin' My Time from 1973. |
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| | Mississippi Fred |
| | Although McDowell scorned the rock and roll sound, as he was quoted, "I don't play no rock and roll"; he is a favorite among lovers of rock, blues-rock and traditional blues music. | | | While the blues musicians of his day were scrambling over each other to keep up with new markets, Fred McDowell held fast to the historic, rootsy brand of blues, not falling prey to the new rock 'n roll sound (ironically enough, the Rolling Stones covered 'You Got to Move' on their Sticky Fingers album). | | | Performed November 5, 1971, this is the final recording of Mississippi Fred McDowell's 50+ year career. |
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http://www.bigroadblues.com/features/gaslight.shtml
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| | Superb blues collections of Son House, Mississippi Fred McDowell (printable version) |
| | The McDowell songs were recorded mostly in the 1960s and have excellent sound. | | | McDowell was one of the great slide guitarists, and he’s an invigorating gospel-influenced singer as well. | | | Only two overly conventional, jazz-flavored songs from the ’40s and a subpar concert take from 1965 fail to excite. |
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| | Mighty Sam McClain, Fred McDowell, Brownie McGhee profiles on Rev Rabia BLUES UP |
| | Arhoolie Records release two popular albums by McDowell called Fred McDowell Volumes 1 and 2 those albums brought Fred long deserved attention: Bonnie Raitt recorded some of his material in the early 1970's and the Rolling Stones paid tribute to him in 1971 by including, "You Gotta Move" on their Sticky Fingers album. | | | In 1969, Fred was signed to Capitol Records and released popular (title but not the best in my oppinion) album "I Don't Play No Rock and Roll". | | | In 1959, folklorist Alan Lomax recorded Fred McDowell for a series of blues and folk songs being produced by Atlantic Records. |
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| | Fred McDowell, This Ain't No Rock N Roll |
| | At the time this album was recorded in 1969 (and 1968) it represented a significant departure for Fred, for here he was heard for the first time in an entire program of performances with electric guitar and sometimes with the support of a small group. | | | McDowell is joined by a harmonica player and drummer on "Mama Said I'm Crazy." The drummer stays for two more tunes, and the remainder are McDowell alone with his electric guitar. | | | “To quote the liner notes, "One can never have enough of Fred McDowell in his record collection." That sums it up for me. Tracks #18 were recorded in 1969 and were previously released as Arhoolie LP 1046. |
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| | Telarc International: |
| | McDowell later signed with Arhoolie Records, where he released a series of recordings that added fuel to the burgeoning folk-blues scene of the ‘60s. | | | He settled in Mississippi and spent the next thirty years in relative obscurity, splitting his time between music and farming, until music historian/folklorist Alan Lomax recorded some of his songs in 1959 as part of an American folk music series on the Atlantic label. | | | In celebration of McDowell’s legacy, twelve of the most prominent and innovative figures in contemporary blues—including Charlie Musselwhite, Tab Benoit, Sue Foley and Steve James—have come together to record Preachin’ the Blues: The Songs of Mississippi Fred McDowell. |
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http://www.telarc.com/gscripts/title.asp?gsku=3536&mscssid=KKBT916JGVSR2P290G05AFURQN700DC7
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| | Blues Foundation :: Inductees |
| | McDowell's bottleneck style of guitar playing exhibited a beautiful touch and resonating voice-like phrasings that allowed the guitar to speak. | | | Artists such as Bonnie Raitt and The Rolling Stones added Fred's songs to their live shows and recordings. | | | The ensuing success of this recording set Fred McDowell out on the Folk music circuit, taking the stages at the prestigious Newport Blues Festival and the American Folk Blues Festival in Europe. |
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http://www.blues.org/halloffame/inductees.php4?ArtistId=268
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| | MP3tunes.com |
| | He had onlyrecently begun using an electric bottleneck guitar in his performances,so this is one that fans of the late, great bluesman's usual acoustic music will want to hear. | | | McDowell's fast tunes show a lesser-known side of Mississippi blues by eschewing the shuffle rhythm which so many of us associate with typical blues and also avoiding the stop/start guitar accompaniment which typifies the classic delta blues guitar style. | | | In addition to the driving gospel-like rhythms and unparalleled slide licks that are the hallmarks of McDowell's style, Shake 'Em On Down provides a unique look at McDowell's rapport with his audience, his method of sequencing the songs for dramatic impact and his singular electric guitar sound. |
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| | Splendid Magazine reviews Mississippi Fred McDowell: The Best of... |
| | McDowell's bottle-neck slithers over the acoustic strings like a caduceus; in tandem with the plucked chords, it creates a perfect backdrop for his old, authoritative voice, which plumbs the depths of his soul. | | | On one tune, McDowell is supported by a bass, drums and a second guitar; the outcome of this combination is the superlative "Levee Camp Blues" -- one of the best You-Can't-Do-Me songs ever recorded, and worthy of Robert Johnson himself. | | | So, whether you're a blues purist or neophyte, take a seat beside McDowell and witness him giving voice to the earth itself -- and travel back to a time when some Americans only had their troubles, their guitars and their music to call their own. |
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http://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=321424136682725
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| | Fred McDowell |
| | In 1970 two albums are released of his concerts in London and in 1971 The Rolling Stones record Fred's 'You Gotta Move' for their Sticky Fingers album. | | | Bonnie Raitt pays a tribute to Fred in 1976 by covering his songs 'Write Me a Few of Your Lines' and 'Kokomo Blues' on her Takin' My Time album. | | | In 1962 admirers of Fred's music begin making their way to Como to record him and two years later Fred plays at the Newport Folk Festival, the following year he makes his first visit to Europe, as part of the American Folk Blues Festival. |
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| | Preachin' the Blues - The Music Of Mississippi Fred McDowell By Todd Warnke |
| | It was not until he was 55 that Alan Lomax finally discovered and recorded the man. At that, it took a further five years before the Arhoolie label came looking and McDowell recorded his first full length album. | | | All but two of the tracks here are solo, usually guitar and voice only, as befits McDowell's style. | | | There is not a bad track here, hell, there isn't a bad note here. |
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| | Fred McDowell - Mel Bay Profile |
| | Fred's first record was recorded in his home for the Arhoolie label in 1964. | | | Fred's songs eventually became well known, the and Rolling Stones even recorded his "You Gotta Move." Over the years, Fred McDowell visited the West Coast many times and made more recordings. | | | As a young man Fred moved to Memphis, where he first heard records by Blind Lemon Jefferson and Charlie Patton. |
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| | various artists, Preachin' the Blues: The Music of Mississippi Fred McDowell |
| | Fred McDowell died in 1972 and 30 years later there's still a lot of reflection on his music. | | | The musicians who play in tribute on this CD say they're not attempting to imitate Fred McDowell's playing or singing. | | | The 15 musicians who play on The Music of Mississippi Fred McDowell use their own interpretations and voices. |
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| | il popolo del blues |
| | McDowell also became a frequent visitor to Europe, touring with the American Folk Blues Festival and later appearing in concert in London, where he was supported by Jo Ann Kelly. | | | He was a stunning master of the bottleneck guitar style, playing in open-chord country tunings. | | | Although his compositions were not widely covered, the Rolling Stones recorded a haunting version of 'You've Got To Move' on Sticky Fingers (1971). |
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| | Rounder Records - Album Detail |
| | Here is a glimpse of Mississippi Fred McDowell before the world discovered him, playing some of the delta's most distinctive country blues in his Como, Mississippi living room for an audience of family and friends. | | | One of his signature tunes, "You Got to Move," was covered by the Rolling Stones, bringing McDowell wide recognition and a significant royalty check. | | | Out-of-print for some time, and never before issued in the US, this album focuses on the blues songs McDowell recorded that day in 1962. |
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http://www.rounder.com/index.php?id=album.php&catalog_id=4728
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| | Various Artists: Preachin' the Blues: The Music of Mississippi Fred McDowell - PopMatters Music Review |
| | Preachin' the Blues: The Music of Mississippi Fred McDowell is a rare tribute album where professional musicians actually succeed in interpreting the works of an untrained folk artist. | | | This collection is recommended because, far from helping the listener understand Mississippi Fred McDowell, it defies him, ascending his eccentricities and breathing new life into his work. | | | The musicians on this album are slick, to be sure, but they all give each piece reverence and unsullied fire. |
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http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/various/various-preachintheblues.shtml
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| | YEAR OF THE BLUES 2003 |
| | This particular version of the recording gathers the original LP tracks, complete with McDowell's often lengthy and always intriguing stories and song introductions, and augments them with five extra ones featuring an unaccompanied McDowell. | | | Though frequently considered part of the "rediscovery" phenomenon of the early 1960s — in which collectors and scholars, enthralled with the music on their decades-old 78s, began tracking down the men and women who had recorded them — Mississippi Fred McDowell had actually never been on record prior to 1959. | | | The appearance of his recordings, however, was as stunning as the return from obscurity of Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, and Skip James. |
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http://www.yearoftheblues.org/features.asp?id={C8E99698-738D-4396-B99A-AA0476B6E7FB}&type=52
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| | Rykodisc Catalog Artist |
| | It wasn't until 1959, when he was discovered by Alan Lomax, that Fred recorded any music. | | | He recorded almost exclusively on acoustic guitar in the Sixties, but moved to an electric in 1969. | | | Early in life, he moved to Mississippi where he spent most of his life farming, and playing music. |
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http://www.rykodisc.com/Catalog/CatalogArtist_01.asp?Action=Get&Artist_ID=232
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| | Mississippi Fred McDowell |
| | Telarc has released records featuring a variety of artists doing the songs of Charley Patton and of Robert Johnson, songs about love and songs "for a rotten afternoon." In general, I do not care for this strategy, as it appears to be a tawdry, thinly veiled way to recycle recordings. | | | However, Preachin' The Blues, devoted to the music of Mississippi Fred McDowell, is an exception and a thoroughgoing pleasure. | | | These twelve songs share an emphasis on the greatest strength of pre-war blues, which is a natural sense of what blues is. They all build musical intensity and lyrical surprises on simple, familiar rhythms. |
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| | Mississippi Fred McDowell CD Review |
| | With many of Fred McDowell's original recordings out of print, fans of the bluesman are forced to rely on compilations such as this to obtain his music. | | | While Mississippi Fred McDowell never garnered the fame or accolades he deserved, his music influenced a generation. | | | A nice companion to this record would be 2001's Best of Mississippi Fred McDowell on Arhoolie. |
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http://www.mnblues.com/cdreview/2003/mississippifredmcdowell-heritage-te.html
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| | Mississippi Fred McDowell |
| | Fred's guitar style echoes in the music of Bonnie Raitt and the Rolling Stones, but his feel and field-holler voice were his and his alone.” | | | “One of the great exponents of the Mississippi Delta slide guitar style, Fred McDowell was in every respect a blues poet of the very first rank. | | | If you're looking for the definitive McDowell CD, this is it.” |
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| | Preachin' The Blues: The Songs Of Mississippi Fred McDowell CD Review |
| | It was Alan Lomax that brought Fred McDowell's backwoods brand of country blues to the attention of record labels who jumped to record the Delta musician at the forefront of the folk blues revival of the early 1960s. | | | All the artists here are true to the character of McDowell's music, and respectful of the Mississippi bluesman's contributions to the genre. | | | A very healthy collection of acoustic blues is found on the disc. |
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http://www.mnblues.com/cdreview/2002/preachin-fredmcdowell-mc.html
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| | Amazon.com: Live at the Gaslight: Music: Mississippi Fred McDowell |
| | I found the second set even better than the first; Fred's chemistry with the audience and the sheer brilliance of his music made for an electric performance. | | | Sound quality is superb - it sounds like Fred is in your living room. | | | Amazon.com: Live at the Gaslight: Music: Mississippi Fred McDowell |
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| | Amazon.ca: fred: Search Results Music |
| | Fred McDowell (June 11, 2002 - Audio CD) | | | Fred Hersch (March 15, 2005 - Audio CD) | | | Fred Astaire (March 12, 2002 - Audio CD) |
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| | WhatzUp |
| | Entitled I do not play no Rock and Roll, the album features a rare spoken introduction to the performance and to his style in general. | | | Any music lover looking for a quick and powerful introduction to the acoustic Delta blues tradition needs look no further than two new releases of the songs of Mississippi Fred McDowell, the ultimate bottle-neck blues man. | | | Speaking of those rich white boys, and just about totally contradicting myself (“very well, I contradict myself,” as Walt Whitman said), we have the brand spanking new CD from Telarc, Preaching the Blues: Tribute to Mississippi Fred McDowell. |
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| | Mississippi Fred McDowell |
| | He loved to work in open E or D tuning and use that high note to do a lot of his singing for him, echoing his voice. | | | Recorded in 1959 by Alan Lomax, McDowell caught the attention of Chris Strachwitz of Arhoolie Records. | | | His banner was, "I don't play no rock 'n roll" and that's just fine. |
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| | The Austin Chronicle Music: Phases and Stages |
| | This 17-track disc is drawn from the four LPs McDowell recorded for the label, as well as a previously unreleased live performance that's a charm. | | | The Best of Mississippi Fred McDowell (Arhoolie) Fred McDowell's recordings for Arhoolie are perhaps his best. | | | The label's owner, Chris Strachwitz, had a gift for catching McDowell at the right time and place. |
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http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/dispatch/2001-12-28/music_phases16.html
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| | NPR: All Songs Considered: Episode 23 |
| | Alan Lomax will be remembered for the remarkable collection of field recordings he made with his father of traditional folk music beginning in the 1930s. | | | Here we feature one of the better-known artists Lomax recorded, Mississippi Fred McDowell. |
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http://www.npr.org/programs/asc/archives/asc23
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| | FredMcDowellTscr |
| | The following transcriptions of Fred McDowell's speech are from an undated recording made in the late 1960s in Jackson, Mississippi, and released on Capitol Records SM-409 sometime in the 1970s. | | | Lines that end with a question mark "?" here are given a high-rising inflection on the recording; lengthened sounds are followed by a ":"; and the lowering of /I/ to [ae] as in "thang" is noted where it happens. | | | As a well-known musician, his recordings are widely available, and his life has been more or less carefully documented (here's some |
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| | Tower Records - Amazing Grace - Fred McDowell |
| | McDowell's ability to rework his guitar style to meet the needs of a sacred setting confirms his standing as one of the true geniuses of Delta guitar." | | | Tower Records - Amazing Grace - Fred McDowell | | | Mojo (1/95, p.111) - "...[McDowell] wears his Sunday clothes for...all of AMAZING GRACE...his bottleneck guitar lining out hymns sung by the congregation of his local church..." |
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| | Live at the Mayfair Hotel by Mississippi Fred McDowell |
| | Portions of content provided by All Music Guide © 2001 AEC One Stop Group, Inc. All Music Guide is a registered Trademark of AEC One Stop Group, Inc. | | | Tag all your own MP3 files with album covers easily with MUSICMATCH Jukebox Plus! | | | Running 64 minutes, this compact disc gives us the complete contents of two British Red Lightnin' LPs, and McDowell's complete 1969 show from London's Mayfair Hotel |
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| | lomax site |
| | This collection, originally on 1.5 Irish brand recording tapes) was the basis of the seven album Southern Heritage series issued on Altantic Records in 1960 (reissued on CD as Sounds of the South) and the 12-album Prestige International Southern Journey released in 1961 (reissued in expanded form on CD on Rounder Records). | | | Lomax's 1959 and 1960 Southern Journey recordings feature some of the region's finest and most representative musicians and styles: Delta blues guitarists, fife-and-drum ensembles, Sacred Harp singers, backwoods balladeers, and prison work gangs. | | | Sidney Carter, Vera Ward Hall, Sid and Rose Hemphill, Bessie Jones and the Georgia Sea Island Singers, Willie Jones, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Neil Morris, Almeda Riddle, Hobart Smith, and Ed Young. |
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| | Fred McDowell |
| | They sat facking each other while Fred gave Johnny instructions under his breath. | | | One of the most talented musicians of his time, Fred McDowell performed to large crowds all over the United States and Europe for several decades. | | | A couple of songs later, Woods dragged himself in, still in a haze so thick you could see it in his eyes. |
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| | New Releases |
| | Fred Sokolow - Playing and Understanding Jazz Guitar - DVD | | | Fred Sokolow - Playing and Understanding Jazz Guitar - Video | | | Nothing sounds as bluesy as a slide guitar, and this 70 minute lesson shows you |
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| | CANOE -- JAM! Music - Artists - Aerosmith |
| | The 12-song disc, released March 30, saw Aerosmith tackling old blues/roots covers such as Muddy Waters' I'm Ready and Mississippi Fred McDowell's You Gotta Move plus one Aerosmith original, The Grind. | | | Thus, Honkin' On Bobo -- possibly the most memorable title of 2004 -- was born. | | | And, in the case of their sold-out show on Thursday night at Hamilton's Copps Coliseum with fellow '70s rock veterans Cheap Trick, that's a very good thing indeed. |
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| | Mississippi Fred's Burial |
| | They give me $32 a week and I am just stealing that money, Dick.' | | | This is the current tombstone for "Mississippi" Fred. | | | This is the original tombstone for Fred McDowell. |
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| | CMT.com : Mississippi Fred McDowell : Albums |
| | I Do Not Play No Rock 'N' Roll [Bonus Tracks] | | | Receive Free Artist Updates For Mississippi Fred McDowell | | | Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Fred McDowell |
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| | NetRhythms: Book reviews |
| | The remaining eight range from the comparatively well-known (the three Tims - Buckley, Hardin and Rose - and Phil Ochs) to David Ackles, Fred Neil and Tom Rush and the (until recently) defiantly obscure David Blue. | | | On that very trip, for example, Lomax "discovered" Mississippi Fred McDowell (and the rest of course is the stuff of legend)
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