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Luther Dickinson – Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook) Volumes I & II (CD)

$ 14.95
$ 14.95
Est. 1974, Curated by Heads
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Son of Jim Dickinson and a cornerstone of the North Mississippi Allstars, Luther Dickinson carries one of American roots music's most storied bloodlines. These two volumes find him doing what the deepest tradition demands: stripping everything back, letting the songs breathe, and trusting the material to hold its own weight without ornament.

Blues and Ballads, this acoustic collection of songs interpreted simply, recorded live, solo or with a small group of friends celebrates my relationship between music, songs, the written word and legacy. Blues and Ballads celebrates the American oral tradition of blues and folk songs, not only being passed down and evolving but being transcribed (the original recording technique) and entered into the discipline of written sheet music and songbooks. I represent the Memphis underground and the mid-south region's music. This art is not for the masses. It is meant to wither and fade and then rise from the ashes again and again, evolving and mutating. - Luther Dickinson 2015

Tracklist

Volume I

1. Hurry Up Sunrise (3:53)
2. Up Over Yonder (3:19)
3. Bang Bang Lulu (3:43)
4. Moonshine (4:40)
5. Jackson (3:46)
6. Mean Ol' Wind Died Down (4:00)
7. How I Wish My Train Would Come (4:32)
8. Ain't No Grave (3:51)
9. Let It Roll (4:02)
10. My Leavin' (2:25)

Volume II

1. Horseshoe (Reprise) (3:01)
2. Highwater (Soldier) (3:06)
3. And It Hurts (3:58)
4. Storm (4:38)
5. Mojo, Mojo (3:33)
6. Ol' Cannonball (2:44)
7. Devilment (3:21)
8. Blow Out (1:59)
9. Mayor Langford Birmingham Blues (2:49)
10. Shake (Yo Mama) (3:19)
11. Horseshoe (3:46)

UPC: 607396634620
Label: New West Records
Release Date: 2.5.16
Format: CD