This Ain't No Rock N' Roll, by Mississippi Fred McDowell

This Ain't No Rock N' Roll

by Mississippi Fred McDowell

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1.	My Baby 02:33	buy track
2.	Levee Camp Blues 05:34	buy track
3.	When the Saints Go Marching In 03:11	buy track
4.	Diamond Ring 04:26	buy track
5.	Dankin's Farm 03:28	buy track
6.	You Ain't Treatin' Me Right 02:49	buy track
7.	Ethel Mae Blues 05:29	buy track
8.	Meet Me Down in Froggy Bottom 03:41	buy track
9.	Mama Said I'm Crazy 06:01	buy track
10.	I Heard Somebody Calling Me 05:56	buy track
11.	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning 03:58	buy track
12.	I Wonder What Have I Done Wrong 04:26	buy track
13.	I Worked Old Lu and I Worked Old Bess 05:32	buy track
14.	Jim, Steam Killed Lula 04:13	buy track
15.	Worried Now, Won't Be Worried Long 03:08	buy track
16.	Going Away, Won't Be Gone Long 03:29	buy track
17.	Going Down That Gravel Bottom 04:32	buy track
18.	Bye, Bye Little Girl 04:17	buy track

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Late in his career, legendary country bluesman Mississippi Fred McDowell (1906–1972) would often begin his performances by saying he didn’t “play no rock an’ roll,” playing instead the “natural blues.” Although he was known for his acoustic bottleneck guitar sound, this 1969 recording features McDowell on amplified guitar in two different settings: in a studio environment and at Arhoolie Records founder Chris Strachwitz’s house. In both sessions, McDowell amply demonstrates that the “natural blues” can be played on an amplified guitar.

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released January 1, 1995

1995, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Originally released on Arhoolie Records.

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