Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Mississippi Fred McDOWELL - Standing At The Burying Ground 1996


Mississippi Fred McDOWELL - Standing At The Burying Ground 1996
Recorded Live at the London's Mayfair Hotel, London 1969
Label: SEQUEL
Org. Rec. Red Lightnin´Records 1984

Blues

This compact disc gives us the complete contents of two British Red Lightnin' LPs, and McDowell's complete 1969 show from London's Mayfair Hotel. He is completely in his element here, scratching out dazzling licks on his hollow-body electric guitar, which is turned up loud enough to crunch and grind as he strums and sting real loud when he picks, but not so loud as to distort or overwhelm his singing. The highlights, which could really be the entire album, include "61 Highway," "Shake 'Em On Down," Willie Dixon's "My Babe," Mance Lipscombe's "Evil Hearted Woman," and McDowell's own "Kokomo Blues." Renowned British blueswoman Jo Ann Kelly sits in on one song, "When I Lay My Burden Down," which builds in intensity almost hypnotically, on what may be the best single CD in McDowell's output, and certainly his best concert release.
By  Bruce Eder, All Music Guide.
**
01. 61 Highway 5:59
02. Red Cross Store 5:04
03. When I Lay My Burden Down 4:14
04. Evil Hearted Woman 4:32
05. I Asked For Whiskey, She Gave Me Gasoline 2:56
06. Standing At The Burying Ground 6:24 
07. Glory Hallelujah 3:25
08. Write Me A Few Of Your Lines 5:31
09. My Baby Done Me Wrong 3:42
10. Shake 'em On Down 6:36
11. Louise 6:93
12. My Babe 5:48
13. Waves Of the Water 6:18
14. Kokomo 4:56
**
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