Down Home Blues 1959

~ Release by Mississippi Fred McDowell (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Track 1-01 - 1-05 recorded in Como, MS (21 September 1959)
Track 1-06 - 1-22 recorded in Como, MS (22-25 September 1959)
Track 2-01 recorded in Como, MS (21 September 1959)
Track 2-02 - 2-04 recorded in Parchman Farm, MS (October 1959)
Track 2-05 - 2-12 recorded in Como, MS (21 September 1959)
Track 2-13 - 2-24 recorded in Hughes, AK (1 October 1959)

This release falsely lists G.D. Young as the snare drum player on tracks 2-05 to 2-09. However, during that session recorded by Alan Lomax, the snare drum was played by Lonnie Young's son, Lonnie Young Jr.
This is documented in the Lomax Digital Archive: https://archive.culturalequity.org/node/849

G.D. Young did play with Ed Young and Lonnie Young Sr., but this was several years later and not during the 1959 recordings for Alan Lomax.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleLength
1When You Get Home, Write Me a Few Little Lines
3:26
2Drop Down Mama
2:51
3Shake 'em on Down
3:21
4Fred McDowell's Blues
4:11
5Goin' Down to the River
4:18
6You Gonna Be Sorry
6:43
7You Done Tol' Everybody
6:10
8Woke Up This Morning With My Mind on Jesus
3:18
9Soon One Mornin'
3:13
10Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
2:44
11Wished I Was in Heaven Sitting Down
2:11
12Germany Blues
3:11
13Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
2:58
14Freight Train Blues
3:06
15Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
3:11
16Been Drinkin' Water Out of a Hollow Log
2:58
17I Want Jesus to Walk With Me
3:08
1861 Highway Blues
3:09
19Lord Have Mercy
1:54
20Worried Mind
3:35
21What's the Matter Now
4:57
22Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
0:37
2▶CD