Mississippi Fred McDowell was one of the finest blues guitarists - TopicsExpress



          

Mississippi Fred McDowell was one of the finest blues guitarists of all time. He was discovered by Alan Lomax & Shirley Collins, championed by Chris Strachwitz of Arhoolie Records, covered by The Rolling Stones and a major influence on Bonnie Raitt. McDowell’s repertoire consisted of his own material mixed with variants of better known songs that were to become blues standards, such as I’m Going Down To The River which was a reconstruction of John Estes’ Brownsville Blues, a version of Will Batts’ 1933 recording of 61 Highway Blues and one of Fred’s all-time favourite Sonny Boy Williamson songs, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl. //Tony PS. This is a playlist, so there are more blues goodies in here.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:54:58 +0000

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