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Music CD - Big Bill Broonzy: Absolutely the Best
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Music CD: Absolutely the Best
Artist: Big Bill Broonzy
List Price: $11.98
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Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
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1. Baby Please Don't Go - Big Bill Broonzy, Williams, Big Joe
2. In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down) - Big Bill Broonzy, Broonzy, B.
3. St. Louis Blues - Big Bill Broonzy, Handy, W.C.
4. Feelin' Lowdown - Big Bill Broonzy, Broonzy, B.
5. See See Rider - Big Bill Broonzy, Rainey, M.
6. All I Got Belongs to You - Big Bill Broonzy, Broonzy, B.
7. Ridin' on Down - Big Bill Broonzy, Broonzy, B.
8. Sixteen Tons - Big Bill Broonzy, Travis, Merle
9. I Got Up One Mornin' Blues - Big Bill Broonzy, Broonzy, Big Bill
10. Treat Everybody Right - Big Bill Broonzy, Broonzy, B.
11. Down by the Riverside - Big Bill Broonzy, Traditional
12. Black, Brown and White - Big Bill Broonzy, Broonzy, Big Bill
13. This Train (Bound for Glory) - Big Bill Broonzy, Traditional
14. Midnight Special - Big Bill Broonzy, traditional
15. I Get the Blues When It Rains - Big Bill Broonzy, Broonzy, B.
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0030206109023
Format: Original recording remastered
Label: Varese Sarabande
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Varese Sarabande
Release Date: 2000-12-05
Studio: Varese Sarabande
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: solid
Comment: Down home straight from the man's guts and huge heart Big Bill says it as it is.This is no lesser album of his.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Nowhere near the best
Comment: This CD gives a distorted picture of who Big Bill Broonzy really was.
Filled with Broonzy's renditions of spirituals, folk and country songs such as "Sixteen Tons", "This Train" and "The Midnight Special", it forgoes the excellent and highly influential bluesman that was William Lee Conley Broonzy, in favor of the ageing songster who traveled around Europe playing folk songs, because that's what people wanted him to play.Big Bill Broonzy was a huge source of inspiration to Muddy Waters (who recorded a tribute album of Broonzy's songs), Memphis Slim (who did the same), J.B. Lenoir, Little Walter and countless others - including Eric Clapton. He was also a tremendous guitar player, a powerful singer, and the author of countless blues songs which should have been here instead. I mean, where are "Keep Your Hands Off Her", "All By Myself", "When I Been Drinking", "Worrying You Off My Mind", "I Feel So Good" and "Going Back To Arkansas"? And how can you have a Bill Broonzy-collection without "Key To The Highway" and "I Can't Be Satisfied"? If you want the best of Big Bill, go for "Where The Blues Began", "The Young Big Bill Broonzy" and "I Can't Be Satisfied". And perhaps "Big Bill's Blues".
'Cause no single disc is going to do justice to Big Bill Broonzy.
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