This first Earwig blues sampler commemorates the 16th anniversary since label Producer and CEO Michael Frank began the label by taking Frank Frost, Sam Carr, and Jack Johnson -- The Jelly Roll Kings -- into a Memphis studio to record Rockin' The Juke Joint Down (4901). Since that magic session, these guys have made four Earwig albums between them.
Earwig has concentrated on middle-aged and elder bluesmen who are under-represented in recordings and live performance. Honeyboy Edwards, Sunnyland Slim, Homesick James, and H-Bomb Ferguson - seminal figures in the history of the blues - all made new recordings on Earwig. The label also made the first album recordings of Lester Davenport, Aron Burton, Lovie Lee, Big Jack Johnson, and John Primer as bandleaders rather than as sidemen. And the label has proudly released private tapes produced by Little Brother Montgomery - one of the most important blues and traditional jazz pianists of all time.
These musicians and more make up the Earwig story -- 16 years and 18 cuts -- featuring every Earwig artist at this date. Check it out!
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.earwigmusic.com
Track List:
1. Jelly Roll King
2. Lightnin' Struck the Poor House
3. Hair Like a Horse's Mane
4. Oil Man
5. Be Careful How You Vote
6. I'm Gonna Build My Bed on the Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea
7. Bottom of the Harp
8. Wes Cide Bluze
9. Eyes Full of Tears
10. When the Blues Hit You
11. Cairo
12. Shake Your Apple Tree
13. Past, Present, and Future
14. Stick Candy
15. Better Know What You Runnin' From
16. Come Here Mama
17. Young Girl
18. Sittin Here Wonderin
Suggested CDs:
Earwig has concentrated on middle-aged and elder bluesmen who are under-represented in recordings and live performance. Honeyboy Edwards, Sunnyland Slim, Homesick James, and H-Bomb Ferguson - seminal figures in the history of the blues - all made new recordings on Earwig. The label also made the first album recordings of Lester Davenport, Aron Burton, Lovie Lee, Big Jack Johnson, and John Primer as bandleaders rather than as sidemen. And the label has proudly released private tapes produced by Little Brother Montgomery - one of the most important blues and traditional jazz pianists of all time.
These musicians and more make up the Earwig story -- 16 years and 18 cuts -- featuring every Earwig artist at this date. Check it out!
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.earwigmusic.com
Track List:
1. Jelly Roll King
2. Lightnin' Struck the Poor House
3. Hair Like a Horse's Mane
4. Oil Man
5. Be Careful How You Vote
6. I'm Gonna Build My Bed on the Bottom of the Deep Blue Sea
7. Bottom of the Harp
8. Wes Cide Bluze
9. Eyes Full of Tears
10. When the Blues Hit You
11. Cairo
12. Shake Your Apple Tree
13. Past, Present, and Future
14. Stick Candy
15. Better Know What You Runnin' From
16. Come Here Mama
17. Young Girl
18. Sittin Here Wonderin
Suggested CDs:
- Liz Mandville Greeson
- Johnny Yard Dog Jones
- Johnny Drummer
- Big Jack Johnson
- Lil Ed and Dave Weld
- H-Bomb Ferguson
- Jimmy Dawkins
- BLUES: Chicago Style
- BLUES: Rhythm & Blues
- TYPE: VOCAL