Leroy Carr - American Blues Legend

Title: American Blues Legend Artist: Leroy Carr Release Date: 7/1/1999 Label: Charly Records Duration: 62:11 Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 4017692334128 Genre: Blues Style: Piano Blues Moods: Organic, Passionate, Swaggering, Earnest, Gritty, Plaintive, Rollicking, Nocturnal, Reflective, Sparse, Brash, Intimate, Laid-Back/Mellow, Yearning, Earthy, Refined/Mannered, Sophisticated Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Barrelhouse Woman
2. Take a Walk Around the Corner
3. South Bound Blues
4. Mean Mistreatin' Mama
5. Big Four Blues
6. Blues Before Sunrise
7. It's Too Short
8. My Woman's Gone Wrong
9. Hustler's Blues
10. Bo Bo Stomp
11. When the Sun Goes Down
12. Shining Pistol
13. Good Woman Blues
14. Shady Lane Blues
15. Corn Likker Blues
16. Bread Baker
17. Hurry Down Sunshine
18. I Believe I'll Make a Change
19. How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone
20. Midnight Hour Blues

Year Type Label Catalog # 1999 CD Charly Records 8333

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Leroy Carr remains one of the shadowy figures of the blues; enormously successful but with a musical cannonade that has not worn well with the intervening decades, classically doomed and dead at an early age from the evils of alcohol, Carr should actually have more of a rep in blues history than he currently maintains. Reissues of his classic work are not as plentiful as one would think, and this one is one of the best. With over an hour of play time packed into 20 tracks, this highlights Carr -- usually in the company of guitar partner Scrapper Blackwell -- in a collection of his best-known tunes like "How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone," "Blues Before Sunrise," "When the Sun Goes Down," and "Mean Mistreater Mama." Josh White adds guitar work to five tracks, including "It's Too Short," "Shining Pistol," and "Hustler's Blues." A great little collection to start with. ~ Cub Koda, All Music Guide

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