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Liner
Notes
Produced by Tim Sparks
Recorded by Rod Volker, Steve Elliot, Bob
Pierce, Bruce Muckala, Phil Kerr
Design by Lacey Koby
Photography by Gale
Kass
Tonewood
Records
The tunes in this collection evoke
a time in the early 20th Century when
American Roots music crystallized and was
transformed by the effects or recording
and radio. Some of these selections were
written for guitar while others are
adaptations from piano and jazz band
arrangements. On Sidewalk Blues you'll
hear Ragtime and Jazz from New Orleans
Sportin' Houses and Harlem Speakeasies
mixed with Country Blues and Gospel tunes
that evoke a world of tobacco fields,
fire-breathing itinerant preachers,
moonshine on Saturday night and rapturous
Gospel singing on Sunday morning.
These tracks were recorded at different
times and locations over the last few
years and have been chosen for quality and
spirit of performance. Video lessons of
Mississippi Blues, Maple Leaf Rag, Victory
Rag, Jelly Roll Blues and Amazing Grace
can be found on the "Roots, Rags and
Blues" CD-ROM, available from
Truefire.com.
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Track
list
- Mississippi Blues (Willie
Brown)
- Sidewalk Blues (Jelly Roll
Morton)
- Oriental Blues (Eubie Blake)
- Potato Head Blues (Louis
Armstrong)
- In a Mist (Bix Beiderbecke)
- The Alligator Crawl (Fats
Waller)
- How Great Thou Art
(Traditional)
- There Ain't No Sweet Man That's
Worth the Salt O' My Tears (Fred
Fisher)
- The Pearls (Jelly Roll Morton)
- Maple Leaf Rag (Scott Joplin)
- This Great Caravan Keeps On Rolling
Along (Vep Ellis)
- Goin' Back to Mississippi Blues
(Willie Brown, Arrangement by Tim
Sparks)
- Carolina Shout (James P.
Johnson)
- I'll Fly Away (Albert Brumley)
- Victory Rag (Maybelle Carter)
- Jelly Roll Blues (Jelly Roll
Morton)
- Amazing Grace (Traditional)
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