Name: The Early Years Collection 1929-36
Price: 11.25 USD
Availability: BackOrder

Release Date: 7th Oct 2022
Catalogue No: ADDCD3447
Label: Acrobat

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Disc 1

1. Scandalous and a Shame - Blind Joe Taggart & Josh White

2. Black and Evil Blues - Joshua White

3. Little Brother Blues - Joshua White

4. Baby, Won't You Doodle-doo-doo - Joshua White

5. High Brown Cheater - Joshua White

6. Bad Depression Blues - Joshua White & His Guitar

7. Howling Wolf Blues - Joshua White & His Guitar

8. Crying Blues - Joshua White

9. Double Crossing Woman - Joshua White

10. Good Gal - Pinewood Tom

11. Downhearted Blues - Joshua White

12. Lazy Snake Blues - Joshua White

13. Low Cotton - Joshua White

14. Blood Red River - Joshua White

15. Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed - Joshua White

16. Motherless Children - Joshua White

17. Pure Religion Hallilu - Joshua White

18. I Don't Intend to Die in Egyptland - Joshua White

19. There's a Man Going 'Round Taking Names - Joshua White

20. Lay Some Flowers On My Grave - Joshua White

21. This Heart of Mine - Joshua White

22. Can't Help But Crying Sometime - Joshua White

23. Lord, I Want to Die Easy - Joshua White

24. Death's Comig Back After You - Joshua White

Disc 2

1. You Sinner You - Joshua White

2. Stormy Weather No. 1 - Pinewood Tom

3. Welfare Blues - Pinewood Tom

4. I Believe I'll Make a Change - Pinewood Tom

5. Gone Mother Blues - Pinewood Tom & His Blue Hounds

6. Evil Man Blues - Pinewood Tom & His Blue Hounds

7. Mean Mistreater Mama - Pinewood Tom & His Blue Hounds

8. She's Alright With Me - Pinewood Tom & His Blue Hounds

9. Black Gal - Pinewood Tom

10. Milk Cow Blues - Pinewood Tom

11. D.B.A. Blues - Pinewood Tom

12. Badly Mistreated Man - Pinewood Tom

13. Sissy Man - Pinewood Tom

14. Gone Dry Blues - Pinewood Tom

15. Black Man - Pinewood Tom

16. Homeless and Hungry Blues - Pinewood Tom

17. Prodigal Son - Pinewood Tom

18. I Got a Home in That Rock - Joshua White

19. Cherry Picker - Pinewood Tom

20. Got the Key to the Kingdom - Joshua White

21. Jet Black Woman - Pinewood Tom

22. On My Way - Joshua White

23. My Soul Is Gonna Live With God - Joshua White

24. Silicosis Is Killin' Me - Pinewood Tom

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Josh White was an entertainer, singer, songwriter, guitarist, actor and civil rights activist, who became a very public face of protest in the 1940s and was well-known and popular in showbiz circles. However, his early career, having been born in South Carolina in 1914, was as a street performer working with blind blues singers, dancing, singing and collecting money. Making his way with Blind Joe Taggart to Chicago in 1927, he made his first recordings with Taggart in 1929, and a couple of years later started recording in his own right as a solo artist. He recorded under various names for the American Record Corporation (ARC) which owned several imprints releasing records for dime store chains as well as the mainstream market, and his records came out variously on the Melotone, Banner, Perfect, Oriole, Romeo and Conqueror labels. He recorded initially as Joshua White, and then in blues style as Pinewood Tom, sometimes with a group The Blue Hounds, and in gospel style as Joshua White (The Singing Christian). This 48-track 2-CD set comprises one title for Paramount with Blind Joe Taggart, and then selected sides on the labels mentioned in his various guises through to 1936, when his career was interrupted for a couple of years by a hand injury until he returned to record for major labels. It includes many of his notable compositions, and underlines his authenticity and skill as a guitarist and blues performer as he carved out a living through the Depression years.

The Early Years Collection 1929-36

2 CDs

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