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2017 release. "Worried Blues features rare, lost, and out-of-print recordings from 10 towering figures of 20th Century delta blues, including R.L. Burnside, Reverend Gary Davis, Honeyboy Edwards, Mississippi John Hurt, Skip James, Furry Lewis, Little Brother Montgomery, Houston Stackhouse, Bukka White, and Reverend Robert Wilkins. There is one full album devoted to each artist. The bulk of Worried Blues was recorded from 1963-1972 by Gene Rosenthal, blues scholar and founder of Adelphi Records, along with contributions from acclaimed musicologist and one of Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, John Fahey. The 10 albums provide a rich and varied catalog of artists who were scattered across the Mississippi Delta, largely inactive until a new generation sought them out."
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"This set of recordings was one of the artistic peaks of the pre-war country blues recording boom. Intense and passionate, these songs are filled with social comment, harsh observations of the life he was subjected to and all performed with an intensity and brilliant hard rhythm. Essential!"
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"Born Booker T. Washington White, Bukka's trajectory as a blues performer follows a familiar template for his time. Born in Mississippi, maybe in Houston, MS -- maybe in Aberdeen, MS -- maybe in 1902, maybe in 1909 or even 1906 he recorded throughout the 1930s. Bukka even recorded while incarcerated in the Mississippi State Penitentiary aka Parchman Farm. Asked about his time at Parchman White commented 'Well, I mostly played guitar.' During the 1940s and 50s as Blues moved from the Delta to Chicago, from rural to urban, Bukka's career went dormant. And then, like many of his time, his talent was 'rediscovered' in the early 60s, in no small part thanks to a brilliant guitarist in his own right, John Fahey. Performances and all new recordings happened throughout the 60s, building interest in Bukka White's Delta roots. This compilation of White's best early material was first issued in 1969 (1970 in the US), collecting Bukka's 78s recorded for Vocalion and Okeh. His influence on rock performers of that day cannot be understated. He opened for rock bands he'd inspired at venues like The Fillmore, played his instrument in such a fashion that some said it's like he was trying to destroy that guitar, his most famous guitar, a 1933 National Duolian, was even known as 'Hard Rock.' And then there's the fact that his song 'Shake'em On Down' was so influential on Led Zeppelin that they, 'borrowed' from the song for both 'Hats Off To Roy Harper' and 'Custard Pie.' Bukka White was many things, a strong influence on his cousin B.B. King, a cotton picker, a mule driver, a hobo, a player in the old Negro Leagues, a boxer, a preacher, a convict, a factory laborer and, as celebrated here, one of America's blues pioneers."
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"This 1973 release features some of the last Bukka White recordings featuring songs that span his career. At the time, White played on Beale Street in Mississippi regularly, and his chops are dead on and his feel simply grooves. His improvisational vocal style along with his driving playing make this record a final Memphis party and show why he was one of the Kings of the Blues. Originally on Biograph, available for the first time since its original release." On 180 gram vinyl.
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