Down Home Blues 1959

~ Release by Mississippi Fred McDowell (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Track 1-01 - 1-05 recorded in Como, MS (21 September 1959)
Track 1-06 - 1-22 recorded in Como, MS (22-25 September 1959)
Track 2-01 recorded in Como, MS (21 September 1959)
Track 2-02 - 2-04 recorded in Parchman Farm, MS (October 1959)
Track 2-05 - 2-12 recorded in Como, MS (21 September 1959)
Track 2-13 - 2-24 recorded in Hughes, AK (1 October 1959)

This release falsely lists G.D. Young as the snare drum player on tracks 2-05 to 2-09. However, during that session recorded by Alan Lomax, the snare drum was played by Lonnie Young's son, Lonnie Young Jr.
This is documented in the Lomax Digital Archive: https://archive.culturalequity.org/node/849

G.D. Young did play with Ed Young and Lonnie Young Sr., but this was several years later and not during the 1959 recordings for Alan Lomax.

Annotation last modified on 2022-02-05 21:51 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1When You Get Home, Write Me a Few Little Lines
3:26
2Drop Down Mama
2:51
3Shake 'em on Down
3:21
4Fred McDowell's Blues
4:11
5Goin' Down to the River
4:18
6You Gonna Be Sorry
6:43
7You Done Tol' Everybody
6:10
8Woke Up This Morning With My Mind on Jesus
3:18
9Soon One Mornin'
3:13
10Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
2:44
11Wished I Was in Heaven Sitting Down
2:11
12Germany Blues
3:11
13Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
2:58
14Freight Train Blues
3:06
15Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
3:11
16Been Drinkin' Water Out of a Hollow Log
2:58
17I Want Jesus to Walk With Me
3:08
1861 Highway Blues
3:09
19Lord Have Mercy
1:54
20Worried Mind
3:35
21What's the Matter Now
4:57
22Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
0:37
2▶CD