The Blues Bloggers

Arhoolie's Texas Sharecropper & Songster is a recording made in 1960, during the blues revival. Prior to the blues revival, Mance Lipscomb was an unknown, and his discovery was one of the positive byproducts of the revival. He was a great country-blues man, and this is perhaps his greatest effort, capturing him running through a number of traditional songs. Most of the songs are augmented by his jackknife slide guitar, and all feature his raw, haunted vocals, which make these classic songs sound timeless.






Track list:
1 Sugar Babe 2:06
2 Goin' Down Slow 3:07
3 Freddie 2:42
4 Jack O'Diamonds 4:05
5 Baby Please Don't Go 1:47
6 One Thin Dime 2:59
7 Shake, Shake Mama 2:53
8 Ella Speed 2:36
9 Mama Don't Allow 2:26
10 Ain't It Hard 3:16
11 'bout a Spoonful 3:27
12 Take Me Back 1:59
13 Rag in "G" 2:02
14 Big Boss Man 3:09
15 You Gonna Quit Me, Baby 2:38
16 Blues in G 4:11
17 Mama, Don't Dog Me 3:23
18 Willie Poor Boy 3:02
19 Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night 2:48
20 Knocking Down Windows 2:25

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