096297051825

Hear Me Howling: Blues, Ballads, & Beyond

Various Artists

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Format: 4CD

Cat No: ARHCDB518

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Release Date:  21 March 2011

Label:  Arhoolie

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  4

Barcode:  096297051825

Genres:  Blues  

  • Description

    'Hear Me Howling!' is a 136 page hardback book and 4 CDs documenting the music of the 1960s in the San Francisco Bay Area. But it may not be the music you're thinking of. By 1960 the 'folk revival' was beginning to blossom. Clubs and festivals were starting to feature traditional folk artists in addition to interpreters, and Chris Strachwitz with his fledgling label Arhoolie Records, was there to document it.

    Or at least the part he liked! his apssion was, and is to this day, down home roots music. Not only did he record it then, but he promoted and presented many roots musicians to the young folk audiences eager to hear the 'real thing'

    This collection represents the beginning of Chris's plunge into documenting a world and culture, part traditional, part contemporary that forms the basis of one of the great record labels of American music.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Stop Time - K.C. Douglas and band*
      • 2. Brother Low Down - Jesse Fuller*
      • 3. Berkeley's Junko Partner - Skid Band*
      • 4. Tight Like That - Skid Band*
      • 5. Moose March - Bob Mielke's Bearcats +
      • 6. Highway 49 - Big Joe Williams*
      • 7. Oakland Blues - Big Joe Williams with Mary Williams*
      • 8. Greystone (Alameda County Jail) Blues - Big Joe Williams
      • 9. I Know You Didn't Want Me - K.C. Douglas and band +
      • 10. Night Shirt Blues - K.C. Douglas and band
      • 12. Hear Me Howling - K.C. Douglas and band
      • 13. Stand Alone Blues - Lonnie Johnson*
      • 14. Brenda - Lonnie Johnson*
      • 15. Changed the Lock on my Door - Sonny Terry*
      • 16. Bald Eagle Train (take 1) - Bukka White*
      • 17. Tom Moore's Farm - Lightning Hopkins*
      • 18. Up on Telegraph (Avenue) - Lightning Hopkins
      • 19. Lady Luck - Mercy Dee

      Disc 2

      • 1. I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag - Country Joe and the Fish +
      • 2. You Turned Your Back - Toni Brown +
      • 3. How Could I Stand It - Toni Brown +
      • 4. Don't Forget Me, Love - Toni Brown +
      • 5. Charles Giteau - Crabgrass +
      • 6. Midnight Blues - the Joy of Cooking*
      • 7. Depression Gone from Me - T.A. Talbott +
      • 8. Mr. Brakeman - T.A. Talbott*
      • 9. Who's Going to Be My Man? - Debbie Green*
      • 10. Come See - Bob Neuwirth*
      • 11. Lady Gay - Janet Smith +
      • 12. Talking Protest Blues - Merritt Herring +
      • 13. Black Jack David - Alice Stuart
      • 14. Eventually - Perry Lederman +
      • 15. Impressions of John Henry - Perry Lederman +
      • 16. Deportees - Barbara Dane
      • 17. Grand Texas - Hackberry Ramblers*
      • 18. Jolie Blonde - Hackberry Ramblers*
      • 19. Turtle Tail - Hackberrry Ramblers*
      • 20. The Beatles are in Town - the Fondettes +

      Disc 3

      • 1. Willie Poor Boy - Mance Lipscomb
      • 2. The Titanic - Mance Lipscomb
      • 3. Mean Boss Man - Mance Lipscomb
      • 4. Sugar Babe - Mance Lipscomb
      • 5. Working on a Building - Rev. Louis Overstreet*
      • 6. The Old Ship of Zion - Rev. Louis Overstreet*
      • 7. I'm a Soldier - Rev. Gary Davis*
      • 8. Floor Sweepin' Boy - Rev. Gary Davis*
      • 9. Courtin' Boy - Rev. Gary Davis*
      • 10. Shake 'Em on Down - Fred McDowell
      • 11. Louise - Fred McDowell
      • 12. Write Me a Few of Your Lines - Fred McDowell*
      • 13. Low Down Dirty Things - Skip James*
      • 14. 22-20 Blues (Mr. Kress) - Skip James*
      • 15. Sea Walking Jesus - Skip James*
      • 16. No Special Lover - Skip James*
      • 17. Peace in the Valley - Skip James*

      Disc 4

      • 1. Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong - Vern & Ray*
      • 2. The Touch of God's Hand - Vern & Ray*
      • 3. 'Fore Day in the Mornin' - Big Mama Thornton*
      • 4. Ball and Chain - Big Mama Thornton*
      • 5. Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton*
      • 6. Monsieur Leonard - John Semien & the Opelousas Playboys*
      • 7. Chi Ca Nai - John Semien & the Opelousas Playboys +
      • 8. Bye Bye Rosa - John Semien & the Opelousas Playboys*
      • 9. Mr. Charlie - Clifton Chenier*
      • 10. Louisiana Rock - Clifton Chenier
      • 11. What Am I Doing Here? - Notes from the Underground +
      • 12. To Be a Thief - Stanley Willis*
      • 13. Pretty Good - NOW Creative Arts Ensemble +
      • 14. In the Breeze - Jerry Hahn
      • 15. To 'Trane (aka: Two Trains) - Smiley Winters
      • 16. The Beauty of Isis - Sonny Simmons