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Downhome Blues 1959 - Mississippi Fred Mcdowell
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  1. When You Get Home, Write Me a Few Little Lines
  2. Drop Down Mama
  3. Shake 'Em on Down
  4. Fred McDowell's Blues
  5. Goin' Down to the River
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  1. When You Get Home, Write Me a Few Little Lines
  2. Drop Down Mama
  3. Shake 'Em on Down
  4. Fred McDowell's Blues
  5. Goin' Down to the River
  6. You Gonna Be Sorry
  7. You Done Tol' Everybody
  8. Woke Up This Morning with My Mind on Jesus
  9. Soon One Mornin'
  10. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
  11. Wished I Was in Heaven Sitting Down
  12. Germany Blues
  13. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
  14. Freight Train Blues
  15. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
  16. Been Drinkin' Water Out of a Hollow Log
  17. I Want Jesus to Walk with Me
  18. 61 Highway Blues
  19. Lord Have Mercy
  20. Worried Mind
  21. What's the Matter Now
  22. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
  23. Shake 'Em on Down
  24. Cool Water Blues
  25. Po' Boy Blues
  26. Clarksdale Mill Blues
  27. Jim and John
  28. Hen Duck
  29. Chevrolet
  30. Oree
  31. Sittin' on Top of the World
  32. All Night Long
  33. I'm Gonna Live Anyhow 'til I Die
  34. Buttermilk
  35. Levee Camp Reminiscence
  36. Train Time
  37. Red Cross Store
  38. You Gotta Cut That Out
  39. Stop Breaking Down
  40. Drink on Little Girl
  41. She Lived Her Life Too Fast
  42. She Don't Love Me That Way
  43. Forrest City Jump
  44. Boogie Children
  45. Joe Lee's Rock
  46. You Got Dimples in Your Jaw
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Downhome Blues 1959 contains 46 tracks, spread out over two CDs, tracing the rural blues guitarist Mississippi Fred McDowell's earliest recordings. The sessions take place on the front porch of his Como, MS farm between September 21-25, 1959 and recorded by folk researcher Alan Lomax with assistance from Shirley Collins. On the first disc, McDowell is heard playing acoustic guitar and is occasionally joined by guitarist Miles Pratcher with Fannie Davis on kazoo and comb, with vocals by McDowell's wife Annie Mae, James ...

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Downhome Blues 1959 2011, JSP Records

UPC: 788065422721

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