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Sleepy John Estes-Drop Down Mama-American Blues-NEW LP
Sleepy John Estes – Drop Down Mama
Label:
Night Records (4) – NR08
Sleepy John Estes
Real Name:
John Adam Estes
Profile:
Born: January 25, 1899 in Ripley, Tennessee.
Died: June 05, 1977 in Brownsville, Tennessee.
American blues singer & guitarist.
Estes made his debut as a recording artist in Memphis in 1929, at a session organized by Ralph Peer for Victor Records. He later recorded for the Decca and Bluebird labels, with his last pre-war recording session taking place in 1941. He made a brief return to recording at Sun Studio in Memphis in 1952, recording "Runnin' Around" and "Rats in My Kitchen," but otherwise was largely out of the public eye for two decades.
Though only modestly skilled as a guitarist (he was frequently teamed with more capable musicians, like Yank Rachell, Hammie Nixon, and the piano player Jab Jones), Estes was a fine singer, with a distinctive "crying" vocal style. He sounded so much like an old man, even on his early records, that blues revivalists reportedly delayed looking for him because they assumed he would have to be long dead, and because fellow musician Big Bill Broonzy had written that Estes had died. By the time he was tracked down, by Robert G. Koester and Samuel B. Charters in 1962, he had become completely blind and was living in abject poverty. He resumed touring and recording, though his later records are generally considered less interesting than his pre-war output.
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country:
France
Released:
21 Sep 2018
Genre:
Blues
Style:
Tracklist
A1 Drop Down Mama
A2 Someday Baby Blues
A3 The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
A4 Stop That Thing
A5 Who's Been Telling You Buddy Brown?
A6 I wanta Tear It All The Time
A7 Down South Blues
B1 Working Man Blues
B2 Broken-Hearted, Ragged And Dirty Too
B3 Married Woman Blues
B4 Government Money
B5 Lawyer Clark Blues
B6 Little Laura Blues
B7 I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More
Credits
Artwork – Jean-Luc Navette
Layout – Julien Louvet
Mastered By – Julien Louvet
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode (Printed, Sticker): 3 426300 101198
Barcode (Scanned, Sticker): 3426300101198