Mr Scrapper's Blues

Scrapper Blackwell - Mr Scrapper's Blues

Mr Scrapper's Blues
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Artist: Scrapper Blackwell
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-07-31
Music Label: Obc
Soundtracks:
  1. Goin' Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog
  2. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
  3. 'A' Blues
  4. Little Girl Blues
  5. George Street Blues
  6. Blues Before Sunrise
  7. Little Boy Blue
  8. 'E' Blues
  9. Shady Lane - Francis 'Scrapper' Blackwell
  10. Penal Farm Blues

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Music Review: Blues Re-issue of 2001!
Rating: 5 Stars

Guitarist Scrapper Blackwell was, with his partner Leroy Carr, one of the most popular blues performers of the early 1930s. However, with the death of Carr in 1935, Blackwell's career faltered, and he lived quietly in Indianapolis until white blues enthusiasts located him in the late 1950s. The result was a handful of recordings, mainly on obscure labels, before he was murdered in 1962.

This session, recorded in July 1961 on top quality equipment, is one of the finest in the whole Bluesville catalogue, and its belated appearance on CD should be a cause for rejoicing amongst all acoustic blues fans. Blackwell is in peak form throughout, both vocally and instrumentally.

His guitar style is a complex one, swinging but blues drenched, and combining strong chordal work and single string runs. He was an inventive self - accompanist, voice and guitar complementing each other superbly on tracks such as "Penal Farm Blues". Equally effective on this CD is Blackwell's vocal work: his voice is gentle, slightly hoarse and immensely weary, combining beautifully with strongly poetic and original lyrics. His blues verses tell a coherent story in a logical and sequential way: not for him the apparently arbitrary selection of random blues verses favoured by some blues singers.

Tracks 3 and 8 are impressive guitar instrumentals, whilst track 4 features Blackwell's piano playing, competent but unremarkable. The remainder of the tracks are vocal blues with guitar accompaniment. Highlights include the wonderful "Shady Lane", and a poignant version of "Down & Out", while "Little Boy Blue" is a delightfully playful rendition of the nursery rhyme.

Recommended unreservedly for all lovers of acoustic guitar blues.

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