Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals & Blues

by Jesse Fuller

Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals & Blues cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1958
  • Label: Good Time Jazz
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:02
  • Community rating: 3.86/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Operating as a true one-man band, the extraordinary folk-blues musician utilizes his self-invented 'fotdella' foot-pedal bass alongside acoustic guitar, harmonica, and kazoo. His energetic, ragtime-influenced rhythms and deeply authentic repertoire cover a vast swath of Black American musical history. The record is a joyous, highly influential masterpiece that deeply impacted the 1960s folk revival.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, rhythmic, folk, traditional, bluesy, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Take This Hammer (4:44)
  2. Linin' Track (1:43)
  3. I'm Going to Meet My Loving Mother (4:17)
  4. Tiger Rag (2:47)
  5. Memphis Boogie (3:27)
  6. Raise a Ruckus (2:31)
  7. By and By (3:54)
  8. Fingerbuster (3:18)
  9. Stagolee (4:32)
  10. 99 Years (3:34)
  11. Hesitation Blues (5:10)

Credits

  • Jesse Fuller - primary artist, vocals, twelve-string guitar, harmonica, kazoo, cymbal, performer [fotdella]
  • Lester Koenig - producer, liner notes

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