Texas: Black Count: 1927-35
Texas: Black Count: 1927-35
Format: CD
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Artist: Texas: Black Count
Label: Document
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 714298516227
Genre: Blues
The title of the album as it appears here is misleading. The Actual title is "Black Country dance music". The 24 tracks presented here contain many great blues and rags. The Dallas String Band plays pre-blues hokum and rags with excellent playing and the singing and some in the songster tradition. If you like mandolin - you will love this. William McCoy is an excellent harmonica player using the upper range of the harmonica very effectively and playing with a lot of energy. He plays instrumental numbers and sings the blues in the old country style playing, reminding one of Jaybird Coleman from Alabama. On his last two tracks he is accompanied by a good clarinet player - creating a sound you rarely here on record. Will Day is also a bluesman who is accompanied by guitar and clarinet, slightly straddling over towards a primitive jazz / blues feel. The same goes for Frenchy's String band. The trumpet lead with a solid rhythm provided by the banjo is just goodtime music at it's best. The Gold Front Boys are another blues group that feature a clarinet and sound like "country jazz" of the late 20's. Carl Davis' band closes with a guitar and washboard sound, backing rusty blues vocals. This is also a band that plays a happy blues, though the lyrics are traditional blues lyrics. A clarinet is featured after the vocals in the first track, played in rough and vocalized style. Overall - this is a very good and enjoyable CD of Dallas black music from the 20's and early 30's, that will interest anyone who loves early blues and jazz music
Tracks:
1.1 Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
1.2 Sweet Mama Blues - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
1.3 So Tired - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
1.4 Hokum Blues - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
1.5 Chasin' Rainbows - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
1.6 I Used to Call Her Baby - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
1.7 Shine - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
1.8 Sugar Blues - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
1.9 Mama Blues - William McCoy
1.10 Train Imitations and the Fox Chase - William McCoy
1.11 Just It - William McCoy
1.12 How Long Baby - William McCoy
1.13 Out of Doors Blues - William McCoy
1.14 Central S Blues - William McCoy
1.15 Central Avenue Blues - Will Day
1.16 Sunrise Blues - Will Day
1.17 Texas and Pacific Blues - Frenchy's String Band
1.18 Sunshine Special - Frenchy's String Band
1.19 Monkeyin' Around - Jake Jones ; the Gold Front Boys
1.20 Southern Sea Blues - Jake Jones ; the Gold Front Boys
1.21 Elm Street Woman Blues - Carl Davis ; the Dallas Jamboree Band
1.22 It May Be My Last Night - Carl Davis ; the Dallas Jamboree Band
1.23 Dusting the Frets - Carl Davis ; the Dallas Jamboree Band
1.24 Flying Crow Blues - Carl Davis ; the Dallas Jamboree Band
