Memphis Blues 1928 - 1935; Robert Wilkins, Tom Dickson, Allen Shaw
Memphis Blues CDs The city of Memphis has been linked with the blues since W.C. Handy updated 'Boss' Crump's political campaign song of 1909 and published it as 'The Memphis Blues' in 1912. This was, of course, a formal composition but when 'race' recordings really took off in the 1920's a whole underworld of blues activity was discovered to be in existence in the city, centred on the 'black' thoroughfare of Beale Street. Beale was rough; joints such as Pee Wee's, The Hole In The Wall and Jim Kanane's reveling in a reputation for having a man for breakfast' everyday - even though 'you never find a dead Nigger on Beale'. The implication being that bodies were quickly hauled out and dumped elsewhere. But there was another side to the Memphis Blues. It was born from the “Country Blues” that were drawn in by Afro-Americans from outlying rural areas looking for work and bringing their music with them. This, the first of two volumes (see also Document DOCD-5159) covers the work of three outstanding musicians playing in the Country Blues genre. Robert Wilkins was born in Hernando, Mississippi but as soon as he was old enough relocated to Memphis, Tennessee a city he had visited many times as a child whilst on the traditional "cotton run". The evocative, Rolling Stone, has a storyline that builds verse by verse, gaining its momentum with a hypnotic guitar figure. The infectious, upbeat New Stock Yard Blues was inspired by his day job at the local live stock auction. That's No Way To Get Along is a song with a haunting melody and lyrical images like, "they treated me like my poor heart was made of a rock of stone, you know that was enough, mama, to make your son wish'd he's dead and gone". In 1964 Wilkins, who had by then turned his back on “The Devil’s Music”, recorded and improvised reworking of That’s No Way To Get Along using the biblical theme of the "Prodigal Son" for the lyric base. This was subsequently covered by the Rolling Stones. Tom Dickson and Allen Shaw keep the standard high with Shaw (see also DOCD-5159) producing the fine, driving Moanin’ The Blues with bottleneck slide guitar accompaniment. Includes informative booklet notes by Alan Balfour and detailed discography.
Robert Wilkins
01 - (1928-1935) Rolling stone - part 1
02 - Rolling stone - part 2
03 - Jail house blues
04 - I do blues
05 - That`s no way to get along
06 - Alabama blues
07 - Long train blues
08 - Falling down blues
09 - Nashville stonewall blues
10 - Police sergeant blues
11 - Get away blues
12 - I`ll go with her blues
13 - Dirty deal blues
14 - Black rat blues
15 - New stock yard blues
16 - Old Jim Canan`
17 - Losin` out blue
Tom Dickson
18 - (1928) Death bell blues
19 - Worry blues
20 - Happy blues
21 - Labor blues
Allen Shaw
22 - (1934) I couldn`t help it
23 - Moanin` the blues
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