The Alan Lomax Recordings, by Fred McDowell

The Alan Lomax Recordings

by Fred McDowell

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Finally back in print! The classic 2011 release, featuring 2-page historical notes written by Arhoolie Records’ Adam Machado and the Alan Lomax Archive’s Nathan Salsburg.

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1.	Shake 'Em On Down 02:44	buy track
2.	Good Morning Little Schoolgirl 02:58	buy track
3.	Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning 03:11	buy track
4.	Fred McDowell's Blues 04:14	buy track
5.	Woke Up This Morning With My Mind On Jesus 03:18	buy track
6.	Drop Down Mama 02:53	buy track
7.	Going Down To The River 05:04	buy track
8.	Wished I Was In Heaven Sitting Down 02:11	buy track
9.	When The Train Comes Along 02:52	buy track
10.	When You Get Home Please Write Me A Few Of Your Lines 03:25	buy track
11.	Worried Mind Blues 03:35	buy track
12.	Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning (instrumental) 00:34	buy track

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These are Fred McDowell's first recordings—before the folk festivals and blues clubs, before “Mississippi” was inserted in front of his name, before the Rolling Stones covered his “You Got To Move.” They’re the sound of the music McDowell played on his porch, at picnics, and juke joints; with his friends and family; occasionally for money but always for pleasure.

Remastered from 24-bit digital transfers of Alan Lomax’s original tapes, and annotated by Arhoolie Records’ Adam Machado and the Alan Lomax Archive’s Nathan Salsburg, they are an illustration of the mind-blowing revelation that was Fred McDowell.

On the first day of fall, 1959, in Como, Mississippi, a farmer named Fred McDowell emerged from the woods and ambled over to his neighbor
Lonnie Young’s front porch with a guitar in hand. Alan Lomax and Shirley Collins were there recording the Young brothers’ fife and drum ensemble, as well as the raggy old country dance music of their neighbors, the Pratcher brothers, and they had no idea what to expect from this slight man in overalls. They certainly didn’t expect that Fred would soon become internationally known as one of the most original, talented, and affecting country bluesmen ever recorded.

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released June 4, 2021

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