Mississippi Fred McDowell : 9 results priced between £10.00 and £25.00

Release Date: 2002-01-28, Rating: To Be Announced

Arguably the greatest recordings of the great Fred McDowell’s career were the two albums for Arhoolie, recorded at the height of the blues revival in 1964-65. This is the first of those two and an absolutely stunning piece of delta blues majesty. Stripped down beauty that’s reissued here with an exact reproduction of the paste-on sleeve. Includes download card. Information:

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1969 Capitol. When Mississippi Fred McDowell proclaimed on one of his last albums, "I do not play no rock & roll," it was less a boast by an aging musician swept aside by the big beat than a mere statement of fact. As a stylist and purveyor of the original Delta blues, he was superb, equal parts Charley Patton and Son House coming to the fore through his roughed-up vocals and slashing bottleneck style of guitar playing. McDowell knew he was the real deal, and while others were diluting and updating...

Born in Rossville, Tennessee in 1904, Mississippi Fred McDowell is one of the great Delta bluesmen, and by 1971 when his “You Gotta Move” first appeared on the Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers album, one of its best known. But in 1959 when he was first hunted down at his home in Como, Mississippi by Alan Lomax (and Shirley Collins) he had not yet made a single recording. The first time McDowell’s amazing repertoire was ever committed to tape was when Lomax set up his tape recorder on McDowell’s front...

Description Who hasn't been influenced by Mississippi Fred McDowell? Imitated by just about everyone that has picked up a slide, his impact has spread the world over. With so many trying to figure out exactly how he played, we are so fortunate to have a lesson like this one where we get to learn from the man himself. The footage of Fred McDowell seen in this lesson is a treasure because it's as if it was filmed with us, the students of McDowell's style, in mind. With clear shots of his left and...

Recorded in Como Mississippi on February 13, 1964 with One Capps Condenser Microphone.

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