LIL SON JACKSON - Blues Come To Texas
AHL1004
Sello: Arhoolie
LP + MP3
“Like a number of Texas bluesmen, Lil' Son Jackson had a short-lived music career during the post-W.W.II period when labels like Gold Star put out singles for the rural jukebox trade, only to have the rug pulled out from under him when music tastes shifted to R&B and R&R. For Jackson that meant he went back to making a living as a garage mechanic and occasionally singing in church. But unlike other transitional bluesmen who disappeared into the gap between acoustic and electric music, Jackson had something of a second career when Chris Strachwitz of Arhoolie located him during the summer of 1960 in Dallas and convinced Jackson to try recording once again. From these sessions came nearly two dozen songs in the traditional Texas blues style that seems to be an offshoot from the music of the Mississippi delta region. Among the tracks included in this reissue are 'Blues Come to Texas,' 'West Dallas Blues,' 'I Walked from Dallas,' and, in something of a stretch, 'Cairo Blues,' a particularly fine performance. This is a fine collection.”
01. Blues Come To Texas
02. Cairo Blues
03. Ticket Agent
04. Louise Blues
05. Sugar Mama
06. The Girl I Love
07. Santa Fe Blues
08. Turn Your Lamp Down Low
09. Groundhog Blues
10. Gambler Blues
11. Charley Cherry (Take 1)
12. Charley Cherry (Take 2)
13. West Dallas Blues
14. Rollin' Mill Went Down
15. Red River Blues
16. Johnnie Mae
17. Buck Dance
18. I Walked From Dallas
19. Rock Me
20. Roberta Blues
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