Clarence Edwards Baton Rouge Downhome Blues (CD)

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(Wolf Records) 16 tracks "Clarence Edwards: Baton Rouge Downhome Blues" is a CD with 16 tracks... more

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Clarence Edwards: Baton Rouge Downhome Blues (CD)

(Wolf Records) 16 tracks

"Clarence Edwards: Baton Rouge Downhome Blues" is a CD with 16 tracks recorded in the USA. The main musicians are Clarence on guitar and vocals, Steve Coleridge on bass and Ronnie Houston on drums. Various local musicians are involved in the tracks, which were recorded in Fort Worth, St. Louis, Edwardsville and Montgomery, Alabama. The album received positive reviews, with Norman Darwen praising Clarence's strong and authentic vocals. Steve Coleridge partially identified places and musicians based on his memories.

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Interpret: Clarence Edwards
Album titlle: Baton Rouge Downhome Blues (CD)
Genre Blues
Label WOLF RECORDS
Artikelart CD
EAN: 0799582063526
weight in Kg 0.1

Edwards, Clarence - Baton Rouge Downhome Blues (CD) CD 1
01	Every Night About This Time	Antoine Domino
02	Dealin’ From The Bottom Of The Deck	Cornelius Green /Bruce Bromberg
03	Crawling	King Snake Trad
04	All Your Love	Sam Maghett
05	Down Home Blues	George Jackson
06	Well, I Done Got Over It	Eddie Jones
07	Still A Fool	McKinley Morganfield
08	I’m The One Trad, arr	Clarence Ed
09	Rocky Mountain Blues	Bill Gaither / Honey Hill
10	Don’t Make Me Pay For His Mistakes	Miles Grayson / Bobby Lexing
11	I Want You To Love Me	McKinley Morganfield
12	Hoochie Coochie Man	Willie Dixon
13	Everybody Has Their Ups And Downs	Clarence Edwards
14	The Things That I Used To Do	Eddie Jones
15	It’s Love Baby (24 Hours A Day)	Ted Jarrett
16	Highway 61 Blues Trad, arr	Clarence Edwards

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"Clarence Edwards"

Clarence Edwards

Clarence Edwards was one of the part-time folk-blues musicians recorded by Harry Oster in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In the Baton Rouge area, apart from Cage and Thomas, Oster recorded Robert Pete Williams and a number of neighbours and acquain- tances of these three men; Sally Dotson, Robert Brown, Charles Henderson, William Dotson, and others. He also mentioned Arthur Jenkins, Roselle Wilkerson and Leslie Anders, and con- cluded, 'in the back country of the deep South, the roots of negro folk music are still alive and vibrant.'

In the case of Clarence Edwards, though, Oster found a man whose repertoire was based on the recorded blues of recent years by men like Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. Edwards was an excellent guitarist and singer who said he was self-taught. This recording provides us with a more folky, down-home take on the theme recorded by both of his inspira- tions, complete with Wolf-like howl.

Born in Linsey in 1933 and living since the early 1940s in Alsen on Highway 61 just out from the Scotlandville area of north Baton Rouge, Edwards was proficient enough to be jamming in Zachary with Butch Cage and others including his brother Cornelius. To Oster, Clarence Edwards was a good looking young man "currently working in a junk yard during the week and playing as part of a trio, two guitars and drums, on weekends at dances." Working the joints and bars...

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Extract from: Various Artists - Blues Kings Of Baton Rouge (2-CD) - BCD17512
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