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1.1 Sweet Petunia - Curley Weaver1.2 No No Blues - Curley Weaver1.3 No No Blues - Curley Weaver1.4 Decatur Street Drag - Eddie Mapp ; Guy Lumpkin1.5 Riding the Blinds - Eddie Mapp1.6 Dirty Deal Blues - Curley Weaver1.7 It's the Best Stuff Yet - Curley Weaver1.8 I'm Hot Like That - Slim Barton ; Eddie Mapp1.9 Careless Love - Slim Barton ; Eddie Mapp1.10 Wicked Treatin' Blues - Slim Barton ; Eddie Mapp1.11 It's Tight Like That - Slim Barton ; Eddie Mapp1.12 Poor Convict Blues - Slim Barton ; Eddie Mapp/James Moore1.13 Ta Ta Blues - Curley Weaver1.14 Where You Been So Long - Mapp-Moore-Lumpkin1.15 Fourth Avenue Blues - Slim Barton ; Eddie Mapp1.16 Baby Boogie Woogie - Curley Weaver ; Clarence Moore1.17 Wild Cat Kitten - Curley Weaver ; Clarence Moore1.18 Wait and Listen - Fred McMullen1.19 Rolling Mama - Fred McMullen1.20 Just Can't Stand It - Fred McMullen1.21 I'm Still Sloppy Drunk - Fred McMullen1.22 Man of My Own - Fred McMullen1.23 Poor Stranger Blues - Fred McMullen1.24 Dekalb Chain Gang - Fred McMullen |
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| | Description: | Included here are six assorted sides by Curley Weaver, plus one with Clarence Moore; the only pairing by Eddie Mapp & Guy Lumpkin; the six sides by Slim Barton & Eddie Mapp, plus one with James Moore; the Mapp-Moore-Lumpkin; and the five sides by Fred McMullen, plus the two where he accompanied Ruth Willis. The net result is a splendid anthology of Georgia blues, superbly evoking the Atlanta of the late 1920s and early '30s. These, of course were the days when giants like Willie McTell walked the earth, but a local music scene is always as much about the minor figures, and shadowy though the Mapps and Lumpkins are, they are vital components in the construction as a whole. Weaver himself was never a giant on McTell's scale, but he was an important artist, who played a significant role in shaping the city's music at the time, appearing as accompanist to several artists, as well as recording extensively in his own right. In fact, my favourite track of all his work is included here - "No No Blues", bursting with energy, the slide guitar brilliantly rhythmic and the vocals driving the song along with an urgency he never seemed to quite match on his other records (not even on other versions of the same song). Fred McMullen did not record very much, and he is something of a mystery, but his "De Kalb Chain Gang" is a classic prisoner's blues, and his accompaniments to Ruth Willis and others suggest that he must have been known around town, even if the evidence collected in later years tells us otherwise. Barton, Mapp. Moore and Lumpkin are minor figures, whose 15 minutes of fame occurred when they recorded all at the same time in Long Island for the QRS label. The music is never as gripping as Weaver's or McMullen's, but it is nevertheless most interesting - driving dance tunes like "Decatur Street Drag", which has some tough guitar work from Lumpkin (although it all grinds to a bit of a standstill towards the end), old-fashioned rags like "Hot Like That", slow blues in the solo "Wicked Treating". All in all, this is a useful and thoroughly enjoyable addition to the documentation of blues in Georgia, filling out what we know about Weaver, focusing on the enigmatic McMullen and shining some light in a few long-dark corners that deserve at least a little attentionRemastered at Studio Klement.
Original Matrix Information:
1: Atlanta, Georgia, October 26, 1928 (147304-2, Columbia 14386)
2: Atlanta, Georgia, October 26, 1928 (147305-2, Columbia 14386)
3: Long Island City, New York City, c. June 1929 (464-A, QRS R7082)
4: Long Island City, New York City, c. June 1929 (465-, QRS R7078)
5: Long Island City, New York City, c. June 1929 (466-A, QRS R7078)
6: Long Island City, New York City, c. June 1929 (467-A, QRS R7077)
7: Long Island City, New York City, c. June 1929 (468-A, QRS R7077)
8: Long Island City, New York City, c. June 1929 (469-A, QRS R7088)
9: Long Island City, New York City, c. June 1929 (470-A, QRS R7088)
10: Long Island City, New York City, c. June 1929 (471-A, QRS R7089)
11: Long Island City, New York City, c. June 1929 (472-, QRS R7081)
12: Long Island City, New York City, c. June 1929 (473-, QRS R7081)
13: Long Island City, New York City, c. June 1929 (474-A, QRS R7082)
14: Long Island City, New York City, c. June 1929 (476-, QRS unissued)
15: Long Island City, New York City, c. June 1929 (477-, QRS R7089)
16: Atlanta, Georgia, November 2, 1931 (405088-1, OKeh 8928)
17: Atlanta, Georgia, November 2, 1931 (405089-1, OKeh 8928)
18: New York City, January 16, 1933 (12913-1, Oriole 8209)
19: New York City, January 16, 1933 (12914-1, Oriole 8209)
20: New York City, January 17, 1933 (12917-1, Perfect 0228)
21: New York City, January 17, 1933 (12919-2, Banner 32687)
22: New York City, January 17, 1933 (12920-1, Banner 32687)
23: New York City, January 18, 1933 (12930-1, Vocalion 1743)
24: New York City, January 18, 1933 (12936-, Romeo 5238)
Curley Weaver's complete 1933-1935 recordings are available on [url=http://www.discogs.com/release/2665662]Document DOCD-5111[/url]. His post-war sides are on [url=http://www.discogs.com/release/2580499]Document BDCD-6014[/url].
© ? 1992 & 2008 by Document Records Ltd.
Made in UK.
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24 |
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DCU5110.2 |
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