My Home Is in the Delta

by Fred McDowell

My Home Is in the Delta cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1964
  • Label: Testament
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 54:18
  • Community rating: 3.8/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Discovered by Alan Lomax, Fred McDowell delivers an uncompromising masterclass in Mississippi hill country blues. The stark acoustic recording emphasizes his hypnotic, rhythmic slide guitar technique and deeply resonant, spiritual vocal delivery.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, repetitive

Tracklist

  1. Waiting For My Baby (3:22)
  2. I'm In Jail Again (4:06)
  3. The Girl I'm Loving (2:54)
  4. Going Down South, Carry My Whip (3:05)
  5. Diving Duck Blues (4:35)
  6. The Sun Rose This Morning (4:56)
  7. Six White Horses (2:29)
  8. Down On Dankin's Farm (4:11)
  9. Get Right, Church (3:01)
  10. Amazing Grace (3:21)
  11. Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed (2:31)
  12. Where Could I Go (But To The Lord)? (3:16)
  13. The Lord Will Make A Way (2:55)
  14. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning (2:52)
  15. When The Saints Go Marching In (2:19)
  16. Big Road Blues (1:52)
  17. When I Lay My Burden Down (2:24)

Credits

  • Fred McDowell - primary artist, guitar, vocals
  • Annie Mae McDowell - vocals

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