Various Artists – The George Mitchell Collection

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Artist: Various

Album: The George Mitchell Collection, Vol. 1-45

Label: Fat Possum

Year: 2008

Genre: Blues

RIAA Radar Status: SAFE

Encoder: XLD

Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz

Codec: LAME 3.98

Avg Bit Rate: 151 kbps

Posted by: jjohnathann

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As a high school senior in 1962, George Mitchell began wandering Memphis back alleys and the rural roads of Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi in search of the blues. He found them all right, as evidenced by this 7-CD collection of recordings spanning 20 years and including a few familiar names like R.L. Burnside, Robert Nighthawk, and Big Joe Williams, as well as dozens of virtual unknowns. Don’t call Mitchell a folklorist, however. In lively liner notes, Sam Sweet derides the field – John and Alan Lomax in particular – as “frosty, insular, uptight types.” He contends that Mitchell “radiated warmth and eccentricity” and thus connected with bluesmen he recorded because of his generosity of spirit and a shared Southern culture. Purists offended by Burnside’s rocking electro-infused collaborations with Jon Spencer and Kid Rock in the 1990s will no doubt prefer the four dirty Delta originals included here, the first-ever recordings of the Mississippi bluesman. Mitchell’s recollections of the sessions are often hilarious and always honest. He remembers the one-string-bass- and kazoo-playing Dewey Corley, recorded 1967 in Memphis, as “a crotchety old motherfucker, very irritable.” Cecil Barfield, also recorded that same year in Albany, Ga., provides four standout cuts highlighted by his hypnotizing if barely decipherable swampy howl. Excellent sides of Precious Bryant, Rosa Lee Hill, and Jessie Mae Hemphill are among the only known recordings of black female guitarists from the South in the 1960s. Percussion is generally limited to stomping of feet, and children playing and friendly chatter are par for the background on these intimate sessions. Clocking in at more than eight hours and 174 tracks, the collection might be overkill for the casual fan, but for the serious collector, The George Mitchell Collection comes available as 45 7-inches.

Track Listing

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[01/173] Lucy Mae Blues (Cecil Barfield) (3:31) 209 kbps 5.36 MB

[02/173] I Woke Up Crying (Cecil Barfield) (1:35) 191 kbps 2.24 MB

[03/173] Love Blues (Cecil Barfield) (3:14) 285 kbps 6.70 MB

[04/173] I Told You Not To Do That (Cecil Barfield) (2:37) 216 kbps 4.14 MB

[05/173] In the Evening (Buddy Moss) (2:20) 144 kbps 2.50 MB

[06/173] Hey Lawdy Mama (Buddy Moss) (2:25) 135 kbps 2.42 MB

[07/173] Thousand Woman Blues (Buddy Moss) (1:17) 131 kbps 1.28 MB

[08/173] Blue Shadow Falling (Buddy Moss) (2:04) 134 kbps 2.07 MB

[09/173] Cold Rainy Day (Buddy Moss) (1:49) 133 kbps 1.82 MB

[10/173] Amy (Buddy Moss) (2:45) 133 kbps 2.72 MB

[11/173] Motherless Child (Leon Pinson) (2:16) 169 kbps 2.82 MB

[12/173] Hush, Somebody is Calling My Name (Leon Pinson) (2:58) 164 kbps 3.59 MB

[13/173] What God Can Do (Leon Pinson) (1:25) 159 kbps 1.70 MB

[14/173] He’ll Understand and Say Well Done (Leon Pinson) (4:25) 159 kbps 5.12 MB

[15/173] Big Road Blues (Houston Stackhouse) (2:30) 163 kbps 3.02 MB

[16/173] Cool Water Blues (Houston Stackhouse) (3:20) 155 kbps 3.79 MB

[17/173] Big Fat Mama Blues (Houston Stackhouse) (2:51) 156 kbps 3.29 MB

[18/173] Take a Little Walk With Me (Houston Stackhouse) (2:54) 158 kbps 3.38 MB

[19/173] Everyone Got a Woman (Big Joe Williams) (2:29) 128 kbps 2.38 MB

[20/173] What She Need With a Rooster (Big Joe Williams) (2:35) 130 kbps 2.48 MB

[21/173] Sink or Swim (Big Joe Williams) (2:40) 131 kbps 2.59 MB

[22/173] Prison Bound (Big Joe Williams) (2:23) 137 kbps 2.43 MB

[23/173] Who’s Gonna Be Your Man (John Lee Ziegler) (4:36) 140 kbps 4.70 MB

[24/173] If I Lose Let Me Lose (John Lee Ziegler) (4:54) 139 kbps 4.98 MB

[25/173] Black Woman (Othar Turner) (3:25) 145 kbps 3.64 MB

[26/173] Bumble Bee (Othar Turner) (4:04) 146 kbps 4.33 MB

[01/173] Rabbit on a Log (Lonzie Thomas) (2:23) 141 kbps 2.50 MB

[02/173] Raise a Ruckus Tonight (Lonzie Thomas) (2:21) 137 kbps 2.40 MB

[03/173] My Three Women (Lonzie Thomas) (2:49) 138 kbps 2.88 MB

[04/173] Red Cross Store (Lonzie Thomas) (2:34) 139 kbps 2.64 MB

[05/173] Rats in the Kitchen (Sleepy John Estes) (1:41) 145 kbps 1.83 MB

[06/173] Special Agent (Sleepy John Estes) (2:53) 151 kbps 3.21 MB

[07/173] Trying to See (Sleepy John Estes) (2:51) 137 kbps 2.89 MB

[08/173] Mail Man Blues (Sleepy John Estes) (1:52) 136 kbps 1.90 MB

[09/173] Down Home Blues (Teddy Williams) (3:35) 141 kbps 3.71 MB

[10/173] Catfish Blues (Teddy Williams) (1:43) 138 kbps 1.79 MB

[11/173] Black Mattie (Teddy Williams) (2:57) 141 kbps 3.07 MB

[12/173] Sun Don’t Shine (Teddy Williams) (2:16) 138 kbps 2.32 MB

[13/173] Trouble Brought Me Down (Green Paschal) (1:41) 140 kbps 1.78 MB

[14/173] My Lord (Green Paschal) (2:09) 147 kbps 2.36 MB

[15/173] Mother is Dead (Green Paschal) (1:24) 140 kbps 1.49 MB

[16/173] Lay My Burden Down (Green Paschal) (1:35) 142 kbps 1.70 MB

[17/173] Your Close Friend (Green Paschal) (1:19) 139 kbps 1.40 MB

[18/173] I’m Gonna Leave You in the Hands of the Lord (Green Paschal) (1:51) 142 kbps 1.97 MB

[19/173] Hard Time Blues (William ”Do Boy” Diamond) (3:24) 147 kbps 3.66 MB

[20/173] Just Want to Talk to You (William ”Do Boy” Diamond) (4:21) 145 kbps 4.59 MB

[21/173] Just a Dream I Got On My Mind (Dewey Corley & Walter Miller) (2:52) 146 kbps 3.10 MB

[22/173] Memphis is a Wonderful City (Dewey Corley & Walter Miller) (1:49) 144 kbps 1.97 MB

[23/173] Down to Arkansas (Dewey Corley & Walter Miller) (3:47) 144 kbps 3.99 MB

[24/173] Rock Me Mama (Bud Grant) (2:06) 136 kbps 2.14 MB

[25/173] Freight Train Blues (Bud Grant) (2:31) 137 kbps 2.56 MB

[26/173] So Sweet (Bud Grant) (2:54) 137 kbps 2.92 MB

[27/173] Bud Grant’s Grunt (Bud Grant) (2:13) 139 kbps 2.29 MB

[01/173] Go Ahead On (Bud White) (2:51) 210 kbps 4.37 MB

[02/173] You’ve Been Gone So Long (Bud White) (2:25) 132 kbps 2.38 MB

[03/173] White Horses (Bud White) (4:05) 216 kbps 6.40 MB

[04/173] When I’m Sober I’m Drunk Blues (George Henry Bussey) (2:51) 134 kbps 2.82 MB

[05/173] Mean Mistreater (George Henry Bussey) (3:05) 132 kbps 3.01 MB

[06/173] Blues Around My Bed (George Henry Bussey) (3:53) 132 kbps 3.77 MB

[07/173] Looking For My Woman (George Henry Bussey) (1:39) 132 kbps 1.64 MB

[08/173] Old Red #2 (Jim Bunkley) (3:02) 139 kbps 3.11 MB

[09/173] Jack of Diamonds (Jim Bunkley) (1:52) 134 kbps 1.87 MB

[10/173] Them Greasy Greens (Jim Bunkley) (2:42) 141 kbps 2.81 MB

[11/173] Rocking Chair (Jim Bunkley) (1:42) 132 kbps 1.69 MB

[12/173] Old Breakdown (Tom Turner) (4:23) 138 kbps 4.42 MB

[13/173] Drop Down Mama #1 (Tom Turner) (3:34) 137 kbps 3.59 MB

[14/173] Search Me Lord (James Shorter) (2:35) 139 kbps 2.66 MB

[15/173] My Mother Died and Left Me (James Shorter) (2:28) 140 kbps 2.56 MB

[16/173] Consolation (James Shorter) (1:41) 166 kbps 2.09 MB

[17/173] Home Going (James Shorter) (3:01) 143 kbps 3.17 MB

[18/173] Better Than Myself (Abe McNeil) (4:15) 144 kbps 4.47 MB

[19/173] Steady Rollin’ Man (Abe McNeil) (2:30) 142 kbps 2.63 MB

[20/173] Drink Drink Drink (Abe McNeil) (2:20) 152 kbps 2.63 MB

[21/173] Country Blues (Joe Callicot) (3:24) 210 kbps 5.22 MB

[22/173] River Blues (Joe Callicot) (2:49) 172 kbps 3.57 MB

[23/173] 3 O’Clock in the Morning (Johnny Woods) (3:55) 161 kbps 4.60 MB

[24/173] I’s Be Troubled (Johnny Woods) (2:41) 159 kbps 3.14 MB

[01/173] Someday Baby (Robert Diggs) (2:49) 150 kbps 3.12 MB

[02/173] Racehorse Charleston (Robert Diggs) (2:00) 150 kbps 2.25 MB

[03/173] Done Lost My Health (Robert Diggs) (3:36) 149 kbps 3.94 MB

[04/173] Drive Your Car (Robert Diggs) (1:38) 147 kbps 1.80 MB

[05/173] Woke Up This Morning (Cliff Scott) (2:56) 132 kbps 2.87 MB

[06/173] Long Wavy Hair (Cliff Scott) (2:22) 135 kbps 2.38 MB

[07/173] Please Come Home (Cliff Scott) (2:55) 136 kbps 2.92 MB

[08/173] Pole Pattin’ (Cliff Scott) (2:10) 132 kbps 2.14 MB

[09/173] I Wanna Ramble (Jimmy Lee Harris) (4:33) 251 kbps 8.26 MB

[10/173] Sitting Here Looking 1000 Miles Away (Jimmy Lee Harris) (3:55) 227 kbps 6.44 MB

[11/173] Just Like a Bird Without a Feather (R.L. Burnside) (3:11) 169 kbps 3.94 MB

[12/173] Skinny Woman (R.L. Burnside) (2:12) 158 kbps 2.57 MB

[13/173] Goin’ Down South (R.L. Burnside) (2:36) 172 kbps 3.30 MB

[14/173] Poor Black Mattie (R.L. Burnside) (2:08) 159 kbps 2.52 MB

[15/173] Hold My Body Down (Robert Johnson) (2:41) 143 kbps 2.84 MB

[17/173] Precious Lord (Robert Johnson) (2:00) 142 kbps 2.11 MB

[18/173] He’ll Make A Way (Robert Johnson) (3:16) 145 kbps 3.48 MB

[19/173] Sugar Mama (Robert Longstreet) (2:58) 142 kbps 3.11 MB

[20/173] Black Gal (Robert Longstreet) (2:58) 143 kbps 3.13 MB

[21/173] Sloppy Drunk (Robert Longstreet) (2:40) 143 kbps 2.82 MB

[22/173] Decoration Day (Robert Longstreet) (3:05) 142 kbps 3.23 MB

[23/173] Shake ‘Em On Down (Fred McDowell) (2:54) 179 kbps 3.81 MB

[24/173] Mama Says I’m Crazy (Fred McDowell) (3:54) 182 kbps 5.16 MB

[01/173] That Ain’t It (John Henry Barbee) (3:35) 136 kbps 3.58 MB

[02/173] Gonna Lose Your Mind (Johny Henry Barbee) (3:37) 140 kbps 3.71 MB

[03/173] Flat Foot Boogie (Albert Macon & Robert Thomas) (4:04) 215 kbps 6.36 MB

[04/173] Mama Can I Lay It Down (Albert Macon & Robert Thomas) (1:34) 137 kbps 1.63 MB

[05/173] How Can You Do It (Albert Macon & Robert Thomas) (2:51) 137 kbps 2.89 MB

[06/173] John Henry (Jessie Clarence Gorman) (1:35) 133 kbps 1.60 MB

[07/173] Goin’ Up to the Country #1 (Jessie Clarence Gorman) (1:56) 143 kbps 2.08 MB

[08/173] Goin’ Up to the Country #2 (Jessie Clarence Gorman) (1:45) 142 kbps 1.87 MB

[09/173] Dirty Dozens (Will Shade) (2:44) 133 kbps 2.70 MB

[10/173] Won’t You Send Me John (Will Shade) (2:16) 133 kbps 2.24 MB

[11/173] Wine Headed Man (Will Shade) (2:46) 140 kbps 2.88 MB

[12/173] K.C. Blues (Will Shade & Charlie Burse) (3:03) 146 kbps 3.27 MB

[13/173] Every Time I Come Around (Georgia Fife & Drum Band) (3:10) 131 kbps 3.06 MB

[14/173] J.W.’s Special (Georgia Fife & Drum Band) (1:51) 128 kbps 1.79 MB

[15/173] Old Hen Cackle (Georgia Fife & Drum Band) (3:20) 130 kbps 3.19 MB

[16/173] Buck Dance (Georgia Fife & Drum Band) (1:25) 137 kbps 1.48 MB

[17/173] Hey Freddie (Como Fife & Drum Band) (1:56) 138 kbps 1.99 MB

[18/173] Late in the Evening (Como Fife & Drum Band) (2:20) 141 kbps 2.44 MB

[19/173] Punky Tony (Como Fife & Drum Band) (2:34) 133 kbps 2.54 MB

[20/173] Shimmy She Wa (Como Fife & Drum Band) (3:04) 140 kbps 3.16 MB

[21/173] You Got Reap What You Sow (Maxwell Street Jimmy) (3:55) 156 kbps 4.46 MB

[22/173] Everything’s Gonna Be Alright (Maxwell Street Jimmy) (3:04) 153 kbps 3.45 MB

[23/173] That’s the Way the Good Thing Go (Precious Bryant) (2:16) 134 kbps 2.27 MB

[24/173] Georgia Buck (Precious Bryant) (2:25) 136 kbps 2.44 MB

[25/173] When the Saints Go Marching In (Precious Bryant) (2:50) 190 kbps 3.96 MB

[26/173] Pork & Beans (Rosa Lee Hill) (3:29) 137 kbps 3.51 MB

[27/173] Count the Days I’m Gone (Rosa Lee Hill) (1:42) 146 kbps 1.86 MB

[28/173] Roll & Tumble (Rosa Lee Hill) (3:43) 146 kbps 3.98 MB

[29/173] Bullying Well (Rosa Lee Hill) (1:55) 147 kbps 2.12 MB

[01/173] Good Morning Judge (Furry Lewis) (5:32) 247 kbps 9.88 MB

[02/173] Furry Lewis’ Careless Love (Furry Lewis) (5:05) 195 kbps 7.21 MB

[03/173] What Makes Grandpa Love Grandma So (Jimmy Lee Williams) (4:03) 192 kbps 5.65 MB

[04/173] Have You Ever Seen Peaches (Jimmy Lee Williams) (4:18) 161 kbps 5.04 MB

[05/173] Hoboing Into Hollywood (J.W. Warren) (3:37) 206 kbps 5.44 MB

[06/173] Sundown Blues (J.W. Warren) (2:00) 220 kbps 3.24 MB

[07/173] Rabbit on a Log (J.W. Warren) (2:37) 215 kbps 4.11 MB

[08/173] You’re Gonna Miss Me (J.W. Warren) (2:45) 183 kbps 3.70 MB

[09/173] House on the Hill (Eddie Harris) (3:36) 134 kbps 3.55 MB

[10/173] I Have to Love Somebody (Eddie Harris) (4:58) 137 kbps 4.98 MB

[11/173] Old Country Rock #1 (James Davis) (3:46) 138 kbps 3.81 MB

[12/173] Instrumental #1 (James Davis) (2:56) 137 kbps 2.97 MB

[13/173] Who Stole the Lock Off the Henhouse Door (James Davis) (3:16) 135 kbps 3.23 MB

[14/173] Instrumental #4 (James Davis) (2:06) 138 kbps 2.17 MB

[15/173] Canned Heat (Robert Nighthawk) (3:25) 202 kbps 5.05 MB

[16/173] Nighthawk Boogie (Robert Nighthawk) (2:53) 187 kbps 3.95 MB

[17/173] Down by the Woodshed (Robert Nighthawk) (2:59) 190 kbps 4.13 MB

[18/173] Home Going (Jessie Mae Hemphill) (2:24) 194 kbps 3.41 MB

[19/173] I Want to be Ready (Jessie Mae Hemphill) (1:49) 184 kbps 2.50 MB

[20/173] Interview (Jessie Mae Hemphill) (4:00) 165 kbps 4.80 MB

[01/173] Miss Maybelle (Jessie Lee Vortis) (4:35) 135 kbps 4.51 MB

[02/173] When My Baby Got On Board (Jessie Lee Vortis) (4:06) 141 kbps 4.25 MB

[03/173] Them Greasy Greens #1 (George Hollis) (3:39) 138 kbps 3.68 MB

[04/173] Rock and Roll to Milledgeville (George Hollis) (1:41) 150 kbps 1.90 MB

[05/173] Black Rat Swing (Willie Rockomo) (2:32) 137 kbps 2.57 MB

[06/173] Tease Me Baby #2 (Bruce Upshaw & Willie Rockomo) (2:46) 137 kbps 2.80 MB

[07/173] Someday Baby #1 (Bruce Upshaw) (2:43) 141 kbps 2.83 MB

[08/173] Wonder Why My Baby Treat Me So Bad (Bruce Upshaw) (2:22) 131 kbps 2.32 MB

[09/173] Rosa Lee (Bruce Upshaw) (2:20) 135 kbps 2.35 MB

[10/173] I Got a Woman (Buddy Hubbard) (2:34) 136 kbps 2.59 MB

[11/173] So Sweet (Buddy Hubbard) (2:08) 135 kbps 2.15 MB

[12/173] You’re Gonna Miss Me (Ira ”Tiny” Coney) (2:28) 133 kbps 2.45 MB

[13/173] Mamie (Ira ”Tiny” Coney) (3:02) 132 kbps 2.96 MB

[14/173] I’m So Lonesome (Ira ”Tiny” Coney) (3:58) 131 kbps 3.80 MB

[15/173] Blood Red River (Eddie Hodge) (2:57) 133 kbps 2.90 MB

[16/173] Sitting on Top of the World (Eddie Hodge) (1:40) 133 kbps 1.67 MB

[17/173] Glory Hallelujah (Eddie Hodge) (2:35) 139 kbps 2.65 MB

[18/173] Jesus is Coming Back to Me (Pettis Sisters) (2:48) 135 kbps 2.80 MB

[19/173] Bound for Zion (Pettis Sisters) (3:21) 136 kbps 3.37 MB

[20/173] You Told Me Baby (Houston & Sara Mae Stovall) (2:25) 142 kbps 2.55 MB

[21/173] Sweet as an Apple on a Tree (Houston & Sara Mae Stovall) (1:38) 139 kbps 1.71 MB

[22/173] Juke #2 (Houston & Sara Mae Stovall) (1:10) 140 kbps 1.25 MB

[23/173] Woke Up This Morning (Houston & Sara Mae Stovall) (1:57) 140 kbps 2.05 MB

[24/173] Tell Me You Love Me (Houston & Sara Mae Stovall) (1:48) 137 kbps 1.86 MB

Total number of files: 173

Total size of files: 547.49 MB

Total playing time: 482:26

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