(Piano Blues) Blind John Davis - Alive 'Live' And Well (Vinyl)

Styles: Piano Blues, Boogie-Woogie, Chicago Blues
Released: 1976
Label: Chrischaa
File: mp3@320K/s (from vinyl)
Size: 118.8 MB
Time: 51:52
Art: fron + back

1. Introduction - 0:51
2. It's My Boogie - 1:36
3. When I Lost My Baby - 3:42
4. Dippermouth Blues - 2:34
5. Summertime - 3:58
6. Got The World On A String - 2:46
7. Jim Town Blues - 2:18
8. St. James Infirmary - 3:38
9. Pinetop's Boogie - 2:24
10. Little Break (Theme) - 0:09
11. Boogie 'n' Roll - 2:08
12. Cow Cow Blues - 2:33
13. Everyday I Got The Blues - 4:27
14. Limehouse Blues - 2:45
15. Moanin' The Blues - 4:42
16. Frankie & Johnnie - 3:12
17. Baby Won't You Please Come Home - 3:30
18. Kansas City - 3:22
19. Good Night My Friends - 1:09



The piano work of John Davis was featured on blues records by the score during the '30s and '40s. His accompaniments to Tampa Red, Sonny Boy Williamson, Big Bill Broonzy, and others brought him fame as a blues musician, but like his piano compatriot Little Brother Montgomery, Davis did not care to be typecast as such and often expressed a preference for the sweet, sentimental favorites he played in countless piano lounges. But as with Montgomery, most of Davis's own recording opportunities came from blues companies, and he never failed to acquit himself well when it came to blues and boogie-woogie. He was the first pianist to do a European blues tour (with Broonzy in 1952), returning to the continent frequently as a solo act during the '70s and '80s. With blues-piano appreciation in Europe being what it is and has been, it's not surprising that most of the albums of Blind John Davis were recorded there and not in Chicago, his home from the age of two until his death.