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OHCD1002 - CD
670725100226
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AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIDDLERS, 1926-1949, THE VIOLIN PLAYED A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE EARLY HISTORY OF RECORDED BLUES, WITH ITS CRYING VIBRATOS AND SLIDING NOTES CREATING A DRAMATIC AND SOULFUL SOUND. THIS UNIQUE COLLECTION PRESENTS 73 MINUTES OF VINTAGE FIDDLE MUSIC, CAREFULLY REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL 78RPM RECORDS. IN ADDITION TO BLUES, THE ALBUM CONTAINS COUNTRY DANCES, RAGS AND STOMPS, FOLK SONGS AND MEDICINE SHOW MUSIC. THE CD COMES WITH A 32-PAGE, FULL-COLOR BOOKLET WITH DETAILED HISTORY, COMPLETE DISCOGRAPHY, AND A HOST OF RARE PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
VIOLIN, SING THE BLUES FOR ME OFFERS 24 TRACKS OF THIS RARE MUSIC, PLAYED BY MANY OF THE GREATEST BLACK FIDDLERS WHO RECORDED BEFORE MID-CENTURY. FROM THE SOPHISTICATED STYLE OF LONNIE JOHNSON TO THE RAW DELTA BLUES OF HENRY SIMS TO THE ROLLICKING TUNES OF THE MEMPHIS JUG BAND, THESE MUSICIANS DEMONSTRATE THE DEPTH AND DIVERSITY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN FIDDLE MUSIC. INCLUDED ARE TWO EARLY INSTRUMENTALS BY THE MULTI-TALENTED HOWARD ARMSTRONG, ALSO KNOWN AS "LOUIE BLUIE," WHOSE CAREER IN MUSIC SPANNED SEVEN DECADES.
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