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Description: Louisiana Swamp Blues Volume I
Live At Tabby's Blues Box
The recording of a blues album at Tabby' s Blues Box in Baton Rouge is a good tribute to a forgotten home of the Blues.
Baton Rouge has been a home of the blues for years. Yet, as Jimmy Beyer points out, the history of Baton Rouge blues was often overlooked compared to the attention paid to Mississippi and Texas for the music of Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Blind Lemon Jefferson and Lightnin Hopkins. Baton Rouge was home of blues giants like Slim Harpo and Lightnin Slim, both of whom had reputations outside of Louisiana and as far away as Europe. Slim Harpo even had an impact on the fame of Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones. The importance of Baton Rouge blues is demonstrated by the fact that current rock and blues bands continue to sing and record the songs of Slim Harpo, Lazy Lester and other Baton Rouge legends. The Baton Rouge Blues tradition Slim Harpo and Lightnin Slim were part of had its brightest moments during the 1950s and 1960s. During this period Lonesome Sundown, Lazy Lester, Robert Milburn, Silas Hagan, Robert Pete Williams and many other local artists were enjoying success an records and in live performances. By the early 1970s this tradition of live entertainment was replaced by disco records and night clubs with jukeboxes or disc jockeys. After a ten year slump, the Baton Rouge blues was revived in the early part of 1980. A central force in this revival was the institution created by local bluesman Tabby Thomas, Tabby' s Blues Box and Heritage Hall. The Blues Box, since it opened in 1980, had brought a number of veteran blues players back to stages in Louisiana, the United States and Europe.
1. Tammy Thomas - Lord Oh Lord 3,39
2. Silas Hogan - Free Hearted Man 2,54
3. Silas Hogan - Let Me Be Your Hatchet 4, 1 1
4. Tabby Thomas - So Close Together 2,56
5. Tabby Thomas - Long Distance Call 4, 10
6. Oscar 'Harp' Davis - Baby What You Want Me To Do 2,24
7. Oscar 'Harp' Davis - Caress Me Baby 3,3
8. Oscar 'Harp' Davis - Ain' t Gonna Be Your Fool 3,20
9. Oscar 'Harp' Davis - Rainin' In My Heart 3,04
10. Arthur 'Guitar' Kelley - Diggin' My Potatoes 3,50
11. Chris Thomas - Part - Time Love 5,21
12. Henry Gray - It Hurts Me Too 4,45
13. W.W. Woodfolk - The Stars Are Crying 4,34
14. Clarence Edwards - Lonesome Bedroom Blues 4,40
15. Clarence Edwards - I' M The One 2,58
This CD Is Dedicated To Tabby Thomas
produced by Tabby Thomas & Stephen Coleridge (songs 8,9,12,14 recorded by Tabby Thomas on May, 1987 & Stephen Coleridge, 1991 mixed & edited by Alex Munkas, Tonart Studio Vienna photos by Stephen Coleridge, Tabby Thomas, Hannes Folterbauer & Rien Wisse linernotes by Moriba Karamoko layout by Andrea Maria Folterbauer credit must be given to the Louisisana Blues Society
personell:
Chris Thomas, guitar
Tammy Thomas Ronnie Houston, drums
Oscar Davis, harp
Tabby Thomas, organ
Silas Hogan Jr Stephen Coleridge, bass
Alfred Jackson, guitar
In this Boxset there are 6 volumes.
Next time the Volume n.2
Stay tune...
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