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John Jackson

Title: Rappahannock Blues

Label: Smithsonian Folkways

Cat No:SFWCD40181
Format:CD

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• Culled from hundreds of live concert recordings in the Smithsonian Folkways archives, the twenty tracks highlight John Jackson the way he most wanted to be remembered - as a bluesman.

• Raised in a large, musical farm family in Rappahannock County, Virginia, John Jackson (1924–2002) was the most important black Appalachian musician to come to broad public attention during the mid-1960s.

• Having learned guitar and his wide-ranging stock of songs as a youth from family and 78-rpm recordings, he enthralled major audiences during more than three decades with his vintage style and repertoire.

• ‘Rappahannock Blues’ is the 5th release in the ongoing Smithsonian Folkways African American Legacy series, co-presented with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.

• Total Time : 57 mins. - 20 tracks (** 18 previously unreleased) - plus excellent 32-page booklet.

Track Listing for Rappahannock Blues
1. Rocks and Gravel
2. Too Tight Rag
3. Candy Man
4. Truckin’ Little Baby
5. Railroad Bill
6. Nobody’s Business (If I Do)
7. Don’t You Want To Go Up There
8. The Year Clayton Delaney Died
9. John Jackson’s Breakdown
10. Red River Blues
11. Brown’s Ferry Blues
12. Cindy
13. You Ain’t No Woman
14. John Henry15. Diddy Wah Didy
16. Just A Closer Walk With Thee
17. Frankie and Johnny
18. Don’t Let You Deal Go Down
19. Step It Up and Go
20. West Coast Rag

Reviews

Blues & Rhythm - Bob Tilling

he expressed near the end of his life that he really wanted, above all else, to be remembered as a bluesman and this magnificent disc truly illustrates that's what he truly was.

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