Tommy McClennan - Bluebird N°12 - RCA PM 42040

 

Thanks to Marc for the original post.

Tommy McClennan - Bluebird N°12 - RCA PM 42040 [FLAC]

Blind Lemon Jefferson - 1926-29 - Biograph Blp 12000

 Blind Lemon Jefferson - 1926-29 - Biograph Blp 12000 

Thanks to Marc for his original post.

Jimmy Rogers & Left Hand Frank - Dirty Dozens (2009) (JSP 8817)

 

Jimmy Rogers & Left Hand Frank - Dirty Dozens (2009) (JSP 8817) [FLAC]

Drifting Slim - Somebody Done Voodoo The Hoodoo Man - FLY LP-559

Thanks to MarcFr for this LP.

Drifting Slim - Somebody Done Voodoo The Hoodoo Man - FLY LP-559 [FLAC]

 

Uptown Blues - A Decade Of Guitar-Piano Duets 1927-1937 (Yazoo L 1042)

 Uptown Blues - A Decade Of Guitar-Piano Duets 1927-1937 (Yazoo L 1042) [FLAC]

Sam Chatmon - Sittin' on Top of the World (2026) 24-48 [FLAC]

Sam Chatmon: a living connection to early Mississippi blues

If Burnside takes us deep into the Hill Country, Sam Chatmon provides another remarkable connection to Mississippi’s musical past.

His Sitting on Top of the World collection includes performances of songs such as “Make Me A Pallet on the Floor,” “That’s All Right,” “Bumble Bee Blues,” “Hollandale Blues” and “Trouble in Mind,” alongside conversation and other traditional material.

Chatmon’s importance reaches far back into the history of Mississippi string-band and blues music. As a member of the Mississippi Sheiks, he was connected to one of the most influential African American string bands of the pre-war era.

That makes these 1978 recordings more than performances of old songs. They provide a direct human connection between musical traditions that developed in the first decades of the twentieth century and the later blues world Lomax was documenting.

The title itself carries enormous history. “Sitting on Top of the World,” associated with the Mississippi Sheiks, became one of the enduring songs in American roots music, interpreted across blues, folk, country and rock.

Sam Chatmon - Sittin' on Top of the World (2026) 24-48 [FLAC]

Al Cook - The White King Of Black Blues (Wolf Records 120.959 CD)

 Al Cook - The White King Of Black Blues (Wolf Records 120.959 CD) [FLAC]