Grammy 2024 -ehdokas: paras historiallinen albumi.
In the 1950s and 60s, the blues was the dominant form of Black vernacular music throughout Texas and the surrounding areas. In segregated neighborhoods, community members gathered in saloons, dancehalls, and each other's homes to hear their neighbors sing their stories of sorrow, heartbreak, jubilation, and triumph. Robert "Mack" McCormick, an academically untrained but fanatical devotee of the blues, stepped into this world and became one of its most devout advocates and documentarians. By photographing Black and Latino Texans and their neighborhoods, as well as recording and interviewing musicians,many of whom never stepped foot into a proper recording studio, McCormick endeared and eventually embedded himself into these communities. By the time he died in 2015, McCormick had amassed a collection of 590 reels of sound recordings and 165 boxes of manuscripts, original interviews and research notes, thousands of photographs and negatives, playbills, and posters. Because McCormick never published or released most of these materials, his collection became a thing of legend and intense speculation among scholars, blues aficionados, and musicians alike. 'Playing for the Man at the Door: Field Recordings from the Collection of Mack McCormick, 1958-1971' is the first compilation of music drawn from this fabled collection, which indelibly documents a pivotal moment in African American history. It features never-before-heard performances not only from musicians who became icons in their own right,including Lightnin' Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb, but also, crucially, performers whose names may be unfamiliar to even the most devoted blues fans and scholars. Newly mastered recordings and accompanying photographs bring to life many of these forgotten figures: offering insight into their lives and illuminating in new, enlightening ways their joys and anguish, deep social connections, distinctive voices, and cultural networks. The collection spans gospel, ragtime, country blues dirges, the unclassifiable music of George "Bongo Joe" Coleman, and more, showing that no community, no matter how tight knit, is monolithic. Accompanying the music is a 128-page book, which contains breathtaking photographs by McCormick and his associates, as well as contextual essays by producers Jeff Place and John Troutman on McCormick's life, and by musicians Mark Puryear and Dom Flemons on some of the marginalized communities throughout "Greater Texas" to which McCormick devoted his life's work. This release is a partnership with the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.
Disc: 1
1 Mojo Hand- Lightin' Hopkins - Lightnin' Hopkins
2 God Moves On The Water- Mance Lipscomb - Mance Lipscomb
3 The - Robert Shaw - Robert Shaw
4 Sugar Blues- Kid Wiggins - Kid Wiggins
5 St. James Infirmary-Dudley Alexander and Washboard Band - Dudley Alexander and Washboard Band
6 Darlin' (You Know I Love You)- CeDell Davis - CeDell Davis
7 You Gonna Look Like A Monkey- Dennis Gainus - Dennis Gainus
8 One Room Country Shack- Grey Ghost - Grey Ghost
9 Groceries On My Shelf (Piggly Wiggly)-Edwin "Buster" Pickens - Edwin 'Buster' Pickens
10 3 O'clock Blues- Hop Wilson - Hop Wilson
11 Anything From A Foot Race To A Resting Place- Jealous Jame Stanchell - Hop Wilson
12 Salty Dog Rag- James Tisdom - James Tisdom
13 Goin' To The River-Gozy Kilpatrick - Gozy Kilpatrick
14 Quills- Joe Patterson - Joe Patterson
15 Ma Pa Cut The Cake- Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' Hopkins
16 Crazy About Oklahoma-Otis Cook - Otis Cook
17 Little Red Rooster-Grey Ghost - Grey Ghost
18 My Work Will Be Done-The Spiritual Light Gospel Group - The Spiritual Light Gospel Group
19 Steel Guitar Rag- James Tisdom - James Tisdom
20 Tall Angel At The Bar-Mance Lipscomb - Mance Lipscomb
21 This Whole World's In A Sad Condition-George "Bongo Joe" Coleman - George 'Bongo Joe' Coleman
Disc: 2
1 World's In A Tangle-Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' Hopkins
2 Someday Baby-Robert Shaw - Robert Shaw
3 It's Alright-CeDell Davis - CeDell Davis
4 Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay-R.C. Forest/Gozy Kilpatrick - R.C. Forest and Gozy Kilpatrick
5 China Tea-Allen Van - Allen Van
6 Put Your Money Where Your Mouth-George "Bongo Joe"Coleman - George 'Bongo Joe' Coleman
7 Tom Moore's Farm-Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' Hopkins
8 Tom Moore's Farm-Mance Lipscomb - Mance Lipscomb
9 Don't Do Me No Small Favors (Help The Bear)- Jealous James Stanchell - Jealous James Stanchell
10 Fox Chase- Billy Bizor - Bill Bizor
11 Black Widow Spider Blues-R.C. Forest - R.C. Forest
12 Come And Go With Me To That Land-Hardy Gray - Hardy Gray
13 Rollin' And Tumblin'-CeDell Davis - CeDell Davis
14 Train Roll Up-Leroy "Country" Johnson/Edwin "Buster" Pickens - Leroy 'Country' Johnson with Edwin 'Buster' Pickens
15 Shorty George-Edwin "Buster" Pickens - Edwin 'Buster' Pickens
16 Matchbox Blues-Joel Hopkins - John Hopkins
17 It's My Life Baby-Blues Wallace - Blues Wallace
18 Hello Central, Gimme 209-Andrew Everett - Andrew Everett
19 Bad Lee Brown-Jim Wilkie - Jim Wilkie
20 Tin Pan Alley Blues-R.C. Forest/Gozy Kilpatrick - R.C. Forest and Gozy Kilpatrick
21 Medicine Show Pitch-Murl "Doc" Webster - Murl 'Doc' Webster
Disc: 3
1 So Different Blues-Mance Lipscomb - Mance Lipscomb
2 I Feel So Good-James Tisdom - James Tisdom
3 Mr. Charlie-Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' Hopkins
4 The Ma Grinder-Edwin "Buster" Pickens - Edwin 'Buster' Pickens
5 Deep Ellum Blues-Paul Elliott - Paul Elliott
6 K.C. Ain't Nothing But A Rag-Andrew Everett - Andrew Everett
7 Lonesome Road- Kid Wiggins - Kid Wiggins
8 Old Judge Blues-Dennis Gainus - Dennis Gainus
9 The Slop-Melvin "Jack" Jackson/Lightnin' Hopkins - Melvin 'Jack' Jackson and Lightnin' Hopkins
10 Corrine, Corrina-Lightnin' Hoipkins - Lightnin' Hopkins
11 Talking Blues-Jimmy Womack - Jimmy Womack
12 Good Times Here, Better Times Down The Road-Joel Hopkins - John Hopkins
13 Put Me In The Alley-Robert Shaw - Robert Shaw
14 Auctioneer-Walter Britten - Walter Britten
15 Runaway-Hardy Gray - Hardy Gray
16 Broke And Hungry-Hop Wilson - Hop Wilson
17 Big Road Blues- Mager Johnson - Mager Johnson
18 Casey Jones-Mance Lipscomb - Mance Lipscomb
19 Atomic Energy-Jimmy Womack - Jimmy Womack
20 Natural Born Lover-Long Gone Miles/Lightnin' Hopkins/Love Crazy - Long Gone Miles/Lightnin' Hopkins and Love Crazy
21 Swanee River Boogie-E.B. Busby - E.B. Busby
22 Rock Me Baby-Long Gone Miles - Long Gone Miles
23 Blues Jumped A Rabbit-Lightnin' Hopkins - Lightnin' Hopkins
24 George Coleman For President, Nobody For Vice President-George "Bongo Joe" Coleman - George 'Bongo Joe' Coleman
