CD Details
- Released: October 22, 1991
- Label: Arhoolie Records
Tracks:
- 1.Leaving Memphis, 'Frisco Bound
- 2.Got A Date At Half Past Eight
- 3.Hump In My Back
- 4.Flavor In My Ice Cream
- 5.Finger Twister
- 6.Just Like A Ship On The Deep Blue Sea
- 7.Cincinati Blues
- 8.Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- 9.Motherless Children
- 10.Amazing Grace
- 11.Hark From The Tomb
- 12.As Long As I Can Feel The Spirit
- 13.I'm Going To Sit At The Welcome Table - (previously unreleased)
- 14.Together Let Us Live - (previously unreleased)
- 15.Memphis Boogie - (previously unreleased)
- 16.Footdella Stomp - (previously unreleased)
- 17.Crazy About A Woman
- 18.99 Years
- 19.Stranger's Blues
- 20.Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home
- 21.Preacher Lowdown
- 22.San Francisco Bay Blues
Product Description:
Solo performer: Jesse Fuller (vocals, acoustic 12-string guitar, harmonica, kazoo, fotdella).
Recorded in 1955 and 1967.
Personnel: Jesse Fuller (vocals, guitar, harmonica, kazoo).
Liner Note Authors: Chris Strachwitz; Harry Oster.
Recording information: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (04/22/1955-11/??/1962); San Francisco, CA (04/22/1955-11/??/1962).
Editor: Dix Bruce.
A one-man band with guitar, harmonica, kazoo, and "footdella" bass, these are some of his first recordings, ca. 1955. Innocent echoes of turn-of-the-century rural America. ~ Mark A. Humphrey