Some Might Be Interested in ....
Robert J Dewar
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Also recommended (email me if you want to see a photo or song listing):
Willie Foster, My Inspiration, Mempho Records, 2003, $15. Brand new
posthumous release by the blues legend of Greenville, Mississippi. Nice
harp, strong band. One of his best - and VERY hard to find! Thanks to Brad
Webb for making it happen.
Big George Brock, Front Door Man, Tee Time Records, $16. Originally from
Grenada, Mississippi, 72-year-old harp player/singer Big George has been
around. He currently holds court in St. Louis... but made a memorable return
to Mississippi recently to play the festival here in Clarksdale.
Jessie Mae Hemphill, Shake It Baby, 2003 HMG/Highwater, $15. Great CD brings
together the best of her two previous full length albums - plus a few
previously unreleased cuts. Just wonderful. Who says hill country or delta
blues is only a man's music!?
Compilation, Lowdown Dirty Mississippi Blues, 2001 Stand On The Ocean
Records, $16. Woo hoo! Our best-selling CD is back in print thanks to
producer Ron Roth. Hear what the clubs and jukes in Clarksdale and
Greenville sound like TODAY (or at least in circa 2001). Includes Big T,
Blues Prodigy, the late Willie Foster and others. (You won't find this one
at the mall record store.)
Otha Turner. Cat Head is your Otha Headquarters! We stock 3 different Otha
CDs ($15 ea.), an Otha 45 rpm EP record ($4), a compilation of fife music
that includes Otha ($15) and a hard-to-find new Otha video ($22). PLUS, we
have a wonderful Otha T-shirt that the Turner family had printed - great
photo ($16). Email for details.
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Hmmm... I thought it was spelled "Othar"???
I just picked up Jessie Mae`s "Feeling Good" on HMG/HighTone. Very happy I
did! I just love this artist ever since her performance in "Deep Blues"
left me mesmerized.
Willie Foster`s "I Found Joy" has been much praised on the list. This one
looks interesting
And Big George Brock intrigues me, especially since Tom Freeland was
impressed with them at this years Clarksdale Fest.
Robert J Dewar
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