Delta Blues

by Mississippi Fred McDowell

Delta Blues cover art

Mississippi Fred McDowell utilizes an open-tuned acoustic guitar and a glass slide to perform heavily rhythmic, repetitive Hill Country blues. The field recording captures the raw, unadorned acoustics of his syncopated picking style and intense vocal delivery.

Genres

  • Delta Blues
  • Hill Country Blues

Tracklist

  1. Write Me A Few Lines
  2. Louise
  3. I Heard Somebody Call
  4. 61 Highway
  5. Mama Don't Allow Me
  6. Kokomo Blues
  7. Fred's Worried Life Blues
  8. You Gonna Be Sorry
  9. Shake 'Em On Down
  10. My Trouble Blues
  11. Black Minnie
  12. That's Alright
  13. When I Lay My Burden Down