RELEASE April 4, 2003
Angels on the Backroads Vol. 3
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Mounds Landing to Crawford Street
Volume 3—Mounds Landing to Crawford Street
Mounds Landing was right where the Levee broke as
it ushered in the waters of the Mississippi River and flooded much of
the Delta to a depth of 50 feet. But this album doesn’t
start out with the thundering rush of water. We’re sitting
on the bank of the Mississippi River early in the morning. You
can’t tell just how peaceful and quiet the surroundings are until
the silence is broken by the piercing call of a bird. The sound
resonates in Eddie’s old National Steel guitar.
We’re in the Delta still, but we hear quite
a few urban voices as the wanderers leave home. There’s
also the changing face of this country blues as it migrates to the
regions cities and beyond. There’s variety here you would
never expect from the voices of Charlie Patton and Big Bill Broonzy
from Jimmy Reed and the Mississippi Sheiks... Willie Love, Skip James
and Furry Lewis. Variety spawning from this “leaf
shaped” bit of land known as the delta of the Mississippi and
Yazoo Rivers.
We finally surface from the depths of the Delta
and crawl our way up to Vicksburg on the hill. The album ends
with our cover of Bo Diddly’s raucous rendition of the Legendary
Willie Dixon’s tune, “Can’t Judge a Book by the
Cover.”
It’s still hot!
RECORDING LOCATIONS
1. High Water Everywhere - Charlie Patton - Mounds Landing on Mississippi River
4. Catfish Blues - Robert Petway - Banks of the
Yazoo River in Greenwood
6. Bright Lights, Big City - Jimmy Reed - Reed's gin, Dunleith, MS
9. Mean Ol Frisco Blues - Big Boy Crudup
Midnight Gin,
Midnight, MS
10. Baby Please Don't Go - Big Joe Williams - Beside the big, red barn near the southern
city limit of Rolling Fork, MS
11. Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis - At site of Casey Jones' train wreck, Vaughn, MS
12. Cypress Grove Blues - Skip James - At the Blue Front Cafe in Bentonia
13. Sitting On Top Of The World - Mississippi Sheiks - Amidst the rubble in the lobby of
the King Edward Hotel - Jackson
15. Dust My Broom - Elmore
James - Gravel road outside of Richland
17. Can't Judge A Book By The Cover - Willie Dixon - Front porch of Willie Dixon's birthplace
-Vicksburg
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