Name: Texas Worried Blues
Brand: YAZOO
SKU: 63392
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Texas Worried Blues

Rating

Album: Texas Worried Blues
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Fishing Blues	More Info...
2)	Old Country Stomp	More Info...
3)	Charmin' Betsy	More Info...
4)	Lovin' Babe	More Info...
5)	Railroadin' Some	More Info...
6)	Don't Leave Me Here	More Info...
7)	The Little Red Caboose	More Info...
8)	Bob McKinney	More Info...
9)	Honey, Won't You Allow Me One More Chance?	More Info...
10)	Run, Mollie, Run	More Info...
11)	Shanty Blues	More Info...
12)	Woodhouse Blues	More Info...
13)	John Henry	More Info...
14)	Cottonfield Blues	More Info...
15)	Arkansas	More Info...
16)	The Fox And The Hounds	More Info...
17)	Red River Blues	More Info...
18)	Jonah In The Wilderness	More Info...
19)	When The Train Comes Along	More Info...
20)	Bull Doze Blues	More Info...
21)	Don't Ease Me In	More Info...
22)	Texas Easy Street	More Info...
23)	Texas Worried Blues	More Info...

Album: Texas Worried Blues
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Fishing Blues	More Info...
2)	Old Country Stomp	More Info...
3)	Charmin' Betsy	More Info...
4)	Lovin' Babe	More Info...
5)	Railroadin' Some	More Info...
6)	Don't Leave Me Here	More Info...
7)	The Little Red Caboose	More Info...
8)	Bob McKinney	More Info...
9)	Honey, Won't You Allow Me One More Chance?	More Info...
10)	Run, Mollie, Run	More Info...
11)	Shanty Blues	More Info...
12)	Woodhouse Blues	More Info...
13)	John Henry	More Info...
14)	Cottonfield Blues	More Info...
15)	Arkansas	More Info...
16)	The Fox And The Hounds	More Info...
17)	Red River Blues	More Info...
18)	Jonah In The Wilderness	More Info...
19)	When The Train Comes Along	More Info...
20)	Bull Doze Blues	More Info...
21)	Don't Ease Me In	More Info...
22)	Texas Easy Street	More Info...
23)	Texas Worried Blues	More Info...

Performer Notes

Personnel: Henry Thomas (vocals, guitar).
Liner Note Author: Stephen Calt.
These recordings, dating between 1927 and 1929, are a unique body of work: work songs, minstrel numbers, rags, and what we now define as the blues, all offered in an unpretentious form that would have been every bit as compelling had Henry Thomas cut them this way 40 years later. Songs such as "Arkansas," "Fox and the Hounds" (featuring the reed pipes that Thomas also excelled at playing), and "Little Red Caboose" represent a brand of upbeat dance music associated with late-19th century entertainment, a tradition already largely lost or becoming lost when Thomas cut these numbers. Yet Thomas, who was already in his 50s when he recorded these tracks, sings and plays them with a beguiling ease and honesty, not to mention a dexterity on the guitar that makes him sound every bit as vital and urgent as Big Bill Broonzy or any of the other up-and-coming blues legends just starting out at the time these sides were laid down. The blues numbers, including "Shanty Blues," "Woodhouse Blues," "Honey, Won't You Allow Me One More Chance?," and "Bull Doze Blues" are compelling in their own right -- they display musical and lyrical virtuosity and, in the latter two cases, offer a chance to hear the sources for classic works by Bob Dylan and Canned Heat, respectively. Luckily for historians, Henry Thomas recorded for Vocalion and not for one of the truly lost labels like Paramount, and all 23 surviving sides of his work sound very good on this CD. ~ Bruce Eder