Various Artists - Rough Guide To Texas Blues (Various Artists) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Named after the rough and ready bars where labourers gathered to drink and dance, barrelhouse was a raucous form of piano blues that got the juke joints swinging. From early pioneers such as Cow Cow Davenport and Speckled Red to the boogie-woogie legends Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons, this collection charts the rise and incredible influence of this good-time blues.01 Speckled Red The Dirty Dozen 03 11 02 Jimmy Yancey Slow And Easy Blues 02 3203 Cripple Clarence Lofton Strut That Thing 02 5604 Will Ezell Heifer Dust 02 57 05 Walter Roland Watcha Gonna Do? 02 5706 Cow Cow Davenport Cow Cow Blues 03 0807 Romeo Nelson Head Rag Hop 02 5608 Roosevelt Sykes 32-20 Blues 03 0709 Clarence InchPinetopInch Smith Pinetop's Boogie Woogie 03 1010 Skip James If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road 02 5211 Turner Parrish Fives 03 1612 Bert Mays You Can't Come In 03 0613 Meade Lux Lewis Honky Tonk Train Blues 02 5814 Charlie Spand Soon This Morning Blues 02 5615 Herve Duerson Avenue Strut 02 4716 Victoria Spivey Hoodoo Man Blues 02 3617 Henry Brown Henry Brown Blues 02 5718 Little Brother Montgomery Vicksburg Blues 02 5619 Jabo Williams Pratt City Blues 03 1920 Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons Barrelhouse Boogie 03 0121 Bob Call 31 Blues 02 3922 Freddie InchReddInch Nicholson You Gonna Miss Me Blues 03 0323 Montana Taylor Detroit Rocks 03 1924 Louise Johnson On The Wall 03 0025 Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell Barrelhouse Woman No.2 02 39

Harrison Kennedy's voice, banjo, spoons and guitar, Jean-Jacques Milteau's imaginative harmonica and Vincent Segal's lyrical cello converse and play as the members of this inspired trio pay homage to their roots without sacrificing to nostalgia, inventing no less than the future of the blue note in the process. Kennedy owes forbearers who traveled the Underground Railroad all the way to Ontario, fleeing the Southern plantations where they were enslaved. Harrison has kept from this aching heritage a deep respect for the Mississippi and Tennessee roots he nurtures to this day in a truly original and personal fashion. The proud holder of a 2016 Juno Award and recipient of the 2015 Blues Prize granted by Académie, Charles Cros got his start at the height of the soul era. After making a noted debut on the prestigious Motown imprint joined the stellar group Chairmen of the Board, traveling across the world and sharing the stage with the likes of Stevie Wonder, George Harrison, and Tom Jones, among others. Eclecticism remains to this day the dominant trait of an artist who has always combined tradition and innovation. Jean-Jacques Milteau needs no introduction. This French harmonica wizard is a respected specialist of the blue note whose fruitful work with Eric Bibb around the repertoire of old-time songster Lead Belly has recently been acclaimed. Milteau, the winner of two Victoires de la Musique has worked, in the studio and on stage, with the likes of B.B. King, Little Milton, Mighty Mo Rodgers and Sam McClain. As for Vincent Segal, winner of an impressive number of Victoires de la Musique and with twenty years on the road with Cyril Atef and the duo Bumcello under his belt, his cello has graced an impressive number of projects in a wide variety of musical styles.

2020 . From the earthy guitar-driven country blues of Blind Lemon Jefferson and Charley Patton to the sequined glamour of the classic blues singers Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey, this Rough Guide charts the early recorded history of the blues through it's key pioneers.