Texas Worried Blues: Complete Recorded Works 1927-1929

by Henry Thomas

Texas Worried Blues: Complete Recorded Works 1927-1929 cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1 January 1989
  • Label: Yazoo
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:08:03
  • Community rating: 4.1/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The 23 surviving Vocalion sides Thomas cut from 1927 to 1929, when he was already in his fifties, fill this Yazoo collection, later inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. He accompanies himself on guitar and quills, a set of reed pipes heard on 'Fishing Blues', and his 'Bull Doze Blues' later supplied Canned Heat with 'Going Up the Country'.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, traditional, guitars, archival, bluesy

Tracklist

  1. Fishing Blues (2:42)
  2. Old Country Stomp (2:51)
  3. Charmin' Betsy (3:01)
  4. Lovin' Babe (3:05)
  5. Railroadin' Some (3:15)
  6. Don't Leave Me Here (3:25)
  7. The Little Red Caboose (2:47)
  8. Bob McKinney (2:53)
  9. Honey, Won't You Allow Me One More Chance? (2:50)
  10. Run, Mollie, Run (2:51)
  11. Shanty Blues (2:53)
  12. Woodhouse Blues (2:47)
  13. John Henry (2:43)
  14. Cottonfield Blues (2:46)
  15. Arkansas (2:46)
  16. The Fox And The Hounds (2:36)
  17. Red River Blues (3:04)
  18. Jonah In The Wilderness (2:54)
  19. When The Train Comes Along (2:56)
  20. Bull Doze Blues (3:25)
  21. Don't Ease Me In (2:58)
  22. Texas Easy Street (3:06)
  23. Texas Worried Blues (3:17)

Credits

  • Nick Perls - mastered by, liner notes
  • Robert Vosgien - mastered by [digital]
  • Bernard Klatzko - producer

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