For a while now (and when I say a while I mean more than 3 days… more like since i started doing monthly mixes), I’ve wanted to do a delta blues-themed mix. But every month something new comes along that I really want to put on a mix and I scrap the blues for a more eclectic mix. Occasionally one or two blues tracks make it in to the otherwise indipophoptronicoul mixes, but this one is finally dedicated to being more of mood music than the other mixes. And it was hard too… this month the new Diamond District and Tap Tap nearly put me over the edge. Luckily my all-together behindedness assembling selections forced my hand. Yes there are a couple gospel tracks, a jazz track and a 60s blues track, but I think they all fit the mood. Mississippi Records (out of Portland, Not Mississippi) should get some credit for this mix, as I used 3 tracks from their own delta blues and gospel LPs. Go out and research further into any of these artists, there is plenty more to be rediscovered. Well, except maybe Radio Four… I don’t think there really is anything else by them.
[Image by Stan Douglas. The font is League Gothic]
November 2009 Mix
01 Cryin’ Sam Collins – Lonesome Road
02 Cecil Gant – I Wonder
03 Radio Four – Walk Around My Bedside
04 Jack Teagarden – Stars Fell On Alabama
05 Mississippi John Hurt – Stack O’Lee Blues
06 Memphis Minnie – North Memphis Blues
07 Elmore James – Dust My Broom
08 Kokomo Arnold – Milk Cow Blues
09 Robert Wilkins – That’s No Way To Get Along
10 Washington Phillips – The Church Needs Good Deacons
