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Snooks Eaglin: New Orleans Street Singer
Snooks Eaglin: New Orleans Street Singer

New Orleans Street Singer

Snooks Eaglin

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Format: CD

Cat No: SFW40165

Release Date:  30 August 2005

Label:  Smithsonian Folkways

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  093074016527

Genres:  Blues  

Release Date:  01 November 2000

Label:  Smithsonian Folkways

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  717101802326

Genres:  Blues  

  • Description

    Folkways Records released New Orleans Street Singer in 1959 and the album set the world of folk and acoustic blues fans on fire. Snooks Eaglin was in the early stages of his long R&B career when folklorist Harry Oster heard him playing solo on the streets of the French Quarter. That very recording, presented here with 7 previously unreleased tracks, captured Eaglin's genius and elevated him to the pantheon of eccentric, uncategorizable guitar virtuosos. 32-page booklet. 25 classic tracks. 68 minutes.

    Description

    "A human jukebox who could listen just once to any song, then reproduce and reinterpret it, whether classical, gospel or blues, Snooks recorded three albums in short succession from 1958 to 1961. A significant influence on the contemporary English folk blues scene… a diverse range of covers, all delivered with smoky, easy vocals reminiscent of Ray Charles, and incredibly dextrous, swinging 12-string guitar. Snooks generally played fingerstyle, with bass lines, rhythm and lead all miraculously issuing forth from one acoustic. It's quite possibly the most virtuoso performance you'll hear from a solo musician, not least because Snooks' typically New Orleans swing never lets up. Snooks' considerable genius tends only to be celebrated by New Orleans afficionados but his landmark albums (now fortuitously compiled onto this Storyville CD) are a monumental calling card for a dazzling talent." - Paul Trynka (Mojo).

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Looking For A Woman
      • 2. Walking Blues
      • 3. Careless Love
      • 4. Saint James Infirmary
      • 5. High Society
      • 6. I Got My Questionnaire
      • 7. Let Me Go Home, Whisky
      • 8. Mama, Don't Tear My Clothes
      • 9. Trouble In Mind
      • 10. The Lonesome Road
      • 11. Helping Hand (A Thousand Miles Away From Home)
      • 12. One Room Country Shack
      • 13. Who's Been Foolin' You
      • 14. Drifting Blues
      • 15. Sophisticated Blues
      • 16. Come Back, Baby
      • 17. Rock Island Line
      • 18. See See Rider
      • 19. One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
      • 20. Mean Old World
      • 21. Mean Old Frisco
      • 22. Every Day I Have The Blues
      • 23. Careless Love
      • 24. Drifting Blues 2
      • 25. The Lonesome Road

    Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Alberta
      • 2. That's Alright
      • 3. Malaguena
      • 4. When They Ring Them Golden Bells
      • 5. Remember Me
      • 6. Fly Right Back Baby
      • 7. I Don't Know
      • 8. Mean Old World
      • 9. I Must See Jesus
      • 10. She's One Black Rat
      • 11. Don't You Lie To Me
      • 12. Well, I Had My Fun
      • 13. Brown Skin Woman
      • 14. Mama, Don't You Tear My Clothes
      • 15. Who's Been Foolin' You
      • 16. When Shadows Fall
      • 17. One More Drink
      • 18. I Got A Woman
      • 19. Come Back, Baby
      • 20. Trouble In Mind
      • 21. I Got My Questionaire
      • 22. The Drifter Blues
      • 23. Every Day I Have The Blues
      • 24. A Thousand Miles From Home
      • 25. I'm Looking For A Woman

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