Get On Board: The Songs Of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

Nonesuch Records 1-667107

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 22 Apr 2022
Genre: Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country Blues
[Tracklist]
A1 My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door (4:16)
A2 The Midnight Special (3:26)
A3 Hooray Hooray (4:20)
A4 Deep Sea Diver (5:18)
A5 Pick A Bale Of Cotton (3:03)
A6 Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee (3:16)
B1 What A Beautiful City (4:11)
B2 Pawn Shop Blues (5:52)
B3 Cornbread, Peas, Black Molasses (3:44)
B4 Packing Up Getting Ready To Go (2:50)
B5 I Shall Not Be Moved (4:19)
[Credits]
Ry Cooder (guitar/mandolin/banjo/vocals) Taj Mahal (harmonica/guitar/piano/vocals) Joachim Cooder (drums/bass)
Liner Notes: Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal, Engineer: Martin Pradler
[Notes]
Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder played together during the mid-'60s as part of roots rock band Rising Sons and cut an unreleased album for Columbia. In 1968, Cooder, then 17, played guitar behind Jesse Ed Davis on Mahal's eponymously titled Columbia debut. The raucous, woolly, Get On Board: The Songs of Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee places them in the studio together for the first time in more than 50 years. All 11 songs are drawn from the Terry-McGhee catalog, including three that originally appeared on the guitar-and-harmonica duo's 1952 Folkways recording Get On Board (even the album cover was modeled on the original). Terry and McGhee made records, but as fresh fare for their many live performances -- they toured constantly during the '50s and '60s. Their influence and impact on Mahal and Cooder is incalculable; it completely informed their long careers. Though this pair are grizzled veterans, they perform with the joy of a Saturday-night jam session, rendering the material with rowdy exuberance, killer vibes, and chops galore.- AllMusic Review by Thom Jurek

They All Played for Us

Arhoolie Records 50th Anniversary Celebration

Arhoolie Records – ARH00540

Format: 4 x CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2012
Genre: Jazz, Funk & Soul, Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Bluegrass, Blues, Cajun & Zydeco, Country; Jazz & Ragtime, Latin
[Disk One]
01 Introduction, Vol. 1: Nick Spitzer (0:06)
02 Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio: Santiago Jimenez Jr. y la familia Peña-Govea (2:59)
03 Viva Seguín: Santiago Jimenez Jr. y la familia Peña-Govea (3:33)
04 Voy Caminando: Los Cenzontles (2:52)
05 El Chuchumbe: Los Cenzontles (3:39)
06 Vigilante Man: Ry Cooder (6:46)
07 Wooly Bully: Ry Cooder (3:06)
08 Let Me Fall: Any Old Time String Band (2:42)
09 Long Lost Lover Blues: Any Old Time String Band (5:12)
10 C-U-B-A: Any Old Time String Band (4:55)
11 I've Got What It Takes: Any Old Time String Band (4:22)
12 Bee la Manche: David Doucet (3:47)
13 La Valse a Pop: David Doucet (2:49)
14 Boudreaux / J'ai Été Au Zydeco: David Doucet (6:24)
15 The Free Mexican Air Force: Peter Rowan (4:07)
16 Break My Heart Again: Peter Rowan (5:11)
17 O My Malissa: Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands (2:47)
18 Here Today: Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands (5:44)
19 Sally Gooden: Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands (5:06)
[Disk Two]
01 Texas Blue Bonnets: Laurie Lewis and the Right Hands (4:13)
02 I Bid You Goodnight: Ensemble (3:05)
03 Introduction, Vol. 2: Nick Spitzer (0:36)
04 Oh By Jingo: The Goodtime Washboard 3 (3:22)
05 Pasadena: The Goodtime Washboard 3 (3:02)
06 Oakland: The Goodtime Washboard 3 (3:04)
07 Step It Up and Go: The Goodtime Washboard 3 (2:52)
08 Le Fond De Culottes & La Danse De La Misere: Creole Belles (2:11)
09 Separation Waltz: Creole Belles (2:59)
10 Tes Parents Ne Veulent Plus Me Voir: Creole Belles (2:07)
11 Joe Simien Special: Creole Belles (1:45)
12 My Bucket's Got a Hole in It: Barbara Dane and Bob Mielke's Jazz All Stars (5:00)
13 Make Me a Pallet on the Floor: Barbara Dane and Bob Mielke's Jazz All Stars (5:51)
14 Milenburg Joys: Barbara Dane and Bob Mielke's Jazz All Stars (6:58)
15 Trouble in Mind: Barbara Dane and Bob Mielke's Jazz All Stars (5:29)
16 Midnight Blues / Closer to the Ground: Toni Brown and Terry Garthwaite (10:40)
17 Port Arthur Blues: Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band (4:00)
18 Marie: Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band (5:03)
[Disk Three]
01 Midland Two Step: Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band (4:09)
02 I Made a Big Mistake: Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band (5:03)
03 Amede Two Step: Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band (5:16)
04 Parade: The Treme Brass Band (1:13)
05 Jazz Funeral: The Treme Brass Band (6:48)
06 My Bucket's Got a Hole in It: The Treme Brass Band (7:00)
07 Welfare Blues: The Treme Brass Band (4:35)
08 When the Saints Go Marching In: The Treme Brass Band (6:18)
09 I Don't Drink No Whiskey: Suzy and Eric Thompson (3:11)
10 In the Pines: Suzy and Eric Thompson (4:51)
11 In My Girlish Days: Suzy and Eric Thompson (3:22)
12 Lake Arthur Stomp: Suzy and Eric Thompson (2:59)
13 I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag: Country Joe McDonald (3:12)
14 Save the Whales: Country Joe McDonald (4:44)
15 Oklahoma Hills: Country Joe McDonald (2:19)
16 End of My Journey: Campbell Brothers (9:42)
[Disk Four]
01 Going Home on the Morning Train: Campbell Brothers (6:26)
02 Jump for Joy: Campbell Brothers (6:15)
03 México Americano: Los Cenzontles (2:59)
04 Prenda del alma: Los Cenzontles (3:57)
05 Arizona, estado de vergüenza: Los Cenzontles (4:00)
06 Puno de tierra: Los Cenzontles (3:38)
07 Lapin Dans Son Nique: The Savoy Family Band (4:10)
08 Little Black Eyes: The Savoy Family Band (4:20)
09 Quo Faire: The Savoy Family Band (5:00)
10 Reno Waltz: The Savoy Family Band (3:47)
11 Eunice Two Step: The Savoy Family Band (6:36)
12 Blues with a Feeling: Taj Mahal (5:33)
13 Roscoe's Mule Down in Roscoe's Barn: Taj Mahal (3:15)
14 Fishing Blues: Taj Mahal (3:09)
15 Corinna: Taj Mahal (4:06)
16 The New Hula Blues: Taj Mahal (4:09)
17 Goodnight, Irene: Ensemble (3:52)
[Credits]
Manager: Bob Whitfield, Liner Notes: Adam Machado and Chris Strachwitz, Designer: Debbie Berne, Photographer: Rufus Diamant and Mike Melnyk, Engineer: Alberto Hernandez and Brian Walker
[Notes]
German-born Chris Strachwitz founded Arhoolie Records in El Cerrito, California in 1960, and over the next 50-plus years, the label released 310 LPs, a half-hundred 45s, and as the digital era dawned, some 375 CDs of blues, folk, Cajun, zydeco, gospel, jazz, country, jazz, and bluegrass that helped define Americana roots music. This handsome box set presents the music of a three-day, 50-year anniversary concert held in February of 2011 to celebrate Arhoolie's legacy, and includes live tracks from some 70 musicians, including Santiago Jimenez, Jr., Ry Cooder, the Creole Belles, the Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band, Country Joe McDonald, the Campbell Brothers, Los Cenzontles, and Taj Mahal.-- AllMusic Review by Steve Leggett

A Vision Shared: A Tribute to Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly 1988

Columbia C-44034 AL-44034

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Gatefold
Country: US
Released: 1988
Genre: Blues, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country, Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Sylvie (Lead Belly): Sweet Honey in the Rock (2:01)
A2 Pretty Boy Floyd (Woody Guthrie): Bob Dylan (4:34)
A3 Do Re Mi (Woody Guthrie): John Mellencamp (3:23)
A4 I Ain't Got No Home (Woody Guthrie): Bruce Springsteen (3:40)
A5 Jesus Christ (Woody Guthrie): U2 (3:13)
A6 Rock Island Line (Lead Belly): Little Richard with Fishbone (2:32)
A7 East Texas Red (Woody Guthrie): Arlo Guthrie (5:34)
B1 Philadelphia Lawyer (Woody Guthrie): Willie Nelson (2:59)
B2 Hobo's Lullaby (Goebel Reeves; performed by Woody Guthrie): Emmylou Harris (2:41)
B3 The Bourgeois Blues (Lead Belly): Taj Mahal (2:43)
B4 Grey Goose (traditional; performed by Lead Belly): Sweet Honey in the Rock (2:07)
B5 Goodnight, Irene (Lead Belly): Brian Wilson (2:38)
B6 Vigilante Man (Woody Guthrie): Bruce Springsteen (4:09)
B7 This Land Is Your Land (Woody Guthrie): Pete Seeger with Sweet Honey in the Rock, Doc Watson & The Little Red School House Chorus (3:45)

[Notes]
This is a solid collection of alternately exuberant and faithful covers of the songs of Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly. Great cuts are Little Richard's fuel-injected "Rock Island Line," and Springsteen's "Vigilante Man." Bob Dylan does "Pretty Boy Floyd."