Blues

Artist Taj Mahal
Title Giant Step / De Ole Folks At Home
Label Columbia
Giant Step
1. Ain’t Gwine Whistle Dixie (Anymo’)
2. Take a Giant Step
3. Give Your Woman What She Wants
4. Good Morning Little School Girl
5. You’re Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond
6. Six Days on the Road
7. Farther On Down The Road (You Will Accompany Me)
8. Keep Your Hands Off Her
9. Bacon Fat

De Ole Folks At Home
10. Linin’ Track
11. Country Blues No. 1
12. Wild Ox Man
13. Light Rain Blues
14. A Little Soulful Tune
15. Candy Man
16. Cluck Old Hen
17. Colored Aristocracy
18. Blind Boy Rag
19. Stagger Lee
20. Cajun Tune
21. Fishing Blues
22. Annie’s Lover

Artist Bishop Perry Tillis
Title Too Close
Label Birdman
Perry Tillis was born July 29, 1919, in Elba , Alabama , and began playing his brand of rambling blues at a very early age. He continued playing the blues and singing gospel, despite going blind, up until his death on November 3, 2004. In the ’40s Tillis played the Chicago blues circuit alongside all-time greats likes Muddy Waters and Furry Lewis. However, when a revelation convinced him it was the devil’s music, he moved back home and began preaching the gospel.

In 1972 Swedish music archivist Begnt Olsson tracked down Tillis at his church in Samson , Alabama, and recorded these tracks over three sessions. He was frail and old when Olsson found him, but he played the guitar, both electric and acoustic, with a mosquito-like fragility that is truly transcendent.

In an age when major pre-war blues players were being rediscovered, unknown geniuses like Tillis were still playing a style of blues (gospel) that touched upon greatness and kept alive the traditions that were inspiring the likes of The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton. This CD has a hallucinatory, Velvet Underground-like groove that meanders through each hymn. The slide guitar playing is beautiful and Tillis’ voice speaks of a knowledge all but lost in the 21st Century. A wonderful debut release from an unknown blues virtuoso who is missed. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer that item on our site at the moment. Please contact us to enquire about purchasing it offline.

Artist Walter Trout
Title The Outsider
Label Provogue

Artist Walter Trout
Title Unspoiled By Progress
Label Provogue

Artist Walter Trout and Friends
Title Full Circle
Label Ruf

Artist Big Joe Turner
Title Shout Rattle and Roll 4CD
Label Proper