Big Bill Broonzy - Blues with Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Although Big Bill Broonzy was a pioneer of the Chicago blues style (he was a major source of inspiration to Muddy Waters) - during the folk revival, white audiences wanted to hear his early unaccompanied acoustic material, the kind he recorded during the 20's and 30's when he was the best selling artist on the Vocalion tag, and he obliged. His most famous song, InchKey to the HighwayInch has become a blues staple, covered by blues artists from Lightnin' Hopkins to Muddy Waters and popularized by Eric Clapton's version on his Derek & the Dominos InchLayla And Other Assorted Love SongsInch album. Big Bill's version of InchHouse of the Rising SunInch was the version that inspired Eric Burdon and the Animals huge 1960's hit. Recorded in Paris in the early 50's, InchBig Bill Broonzy SingsInch features the master bluesman accompanying himself on acoustic guitar. Included is the original 9 -+ minute version of InchHollerin' And Cryin' the Blues.Inch All selections newly remastered.

Big Bill Broonzy - Big Bill Blues [COMPACT DISCS] date 10/01/2001

24 tracks from the long and varied career of one of the greatest Blues singers of all time. Until his discovery by European audiences in the 1950's and his own reinvention of himself as a folk singer, Big Bill was one of the most prolific Urban Blues singers. These titles span the years 1927 to 1945 and although not hits in the traditional sense include some of his most popular recording