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Robert Wilkins The Original Rolling Stone
Label: Yazoo Released : 1980/1992 Format : Mp3@320  Yazoo's Original Rolling Stone is a wonderful disc containing 14 of the 17 sides Robert Wilkins recorded before the war. Wilkins was one of the great country-blues artists, and these songs -- including "Rollin' Stone," "That's No Way to Get Along," "Jailhouse Blues" and "I'll Go with Her" -- became legendary, not only because the songs were terrific (which they are) but also because the performances are intense and haunting. Original Rolling Stone features these songs in the best fidelity possible, along with some fairly good liner notes, making this the best package of his most influential recordings. ~Thom Owens  Tracklist : 1. I'll Go With Her [3:07] Recorded : Memphis, Tenn. c. February 1930; Robert Wilkins, v; acc. own g 2. Rollin' Stone (Part 1) [2:54] Recorded : September 7, 1928 in Memphis, Tenn.; Robert Wilkins, v; acc. own g 3. Get Away Blues [3:33] Recorded : Memphis, Tenn. c. February 1930; Robert Wilkins, v; acc. own g 4. Alabama Blues [2:38] Recorded : Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tenn. September c. 23, 1929; Robert Wilkins, v; acc. own g 5. I Do Blues [3:38] Recorded : Memphis, Tenn. September 8, 1928; Robert Wilkins, v; acc. own g. 6. Long Train Blues [3:06] Recorded : Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tenn. September c. 23, 1929; Robert Wilkins, v; acc. own g 7. That's No Way To Get Along [2:54] Recorded : Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tenn. September c. 23, 1929; Robert Wilkins, v; acc. own g. 8. Fallin' Down Blues [2:38] Recorded : Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tenn. September c. 23, 1929; Robert Wilkins, v; acc. own g. 9. Jailhouse Blues [3:33] Recorded : Memphis, Tenn. September 8, 1928; Robert Wilkins, v; acc. own g. 10. Losin' Out Blues [3:11] Recorded : Jackson, Miss. October 10/12, 1935; Tim Wilkins, v; acc. own g.; # + Son Joe, g.; 'Kid Spoons', spoons 11. Rollin' Stone (Part 2) [3:30] Recorded : September 7, 1928 in Memphis, Tenn.; Robert Wilkins, v; acc. own g 12. Old Jim Canan's [2:58] Recorded : Jackson, Miss. October 10/12, 1935; Tim Wilkins, v; acc. own g.; 'Kid Spoons', spoons 13. Nashville Stonewall [3:24] Recorded : Memphis, Tenn. c. February 1930; Robert Wilkins, v; acc. own g 14. Police Sergeant Blues [3:01] Recorded : Memphis, Tenn. c. February 1930; Robert Wilkins, v; acc. own g Robert Timothy Wilkins (January 16, 1896 – May 26, 1987) was an American country blues guitarist and vocalist, of African American and Cherokee descent. His distinction was his versatility; he could play ragtime, blues, minstrel songs, and gospel with equal facility. Wilkins was born in Hernando, Mississippi, 21 miles from Memphis. He worked in Memphis during the 1920s at the same time as Furry Lewis, Memphis Minnie (whom he claimed to have tutored), and Son House. He also organized a jug band to capitalize on the "jug band craze" then in vogue. Though never attaining success comparable to the Memphis Jug Band, Wilkins reinforced his local popularity with a 1927 appearance on a Memphis radio station. Like Sleepy John Estes (and unlike Gus Cannon of Cannon's Jug Stompers) he recorded alone or with a single accompanist. He sometimes performed as Tom Wilkins or as Tim Oliver (his stepfather's name). His best known songs are "That's No Way To Get Along" (to which he – an ordained minister since the 1930s – had changed the 'unholy' words to a biblical theme and since titled it "The Prodigal Son", covered under that title by The Rolling Stones), "Rolling Stone", and "Old Jim Canan's". Led Zeppelin also wrote "Poor Tom", which was believed to have been influenced by "That's No Way To Get Along". Alarmed by fighting at a party where he was playing, he deserted secular music and he took up the twin careers of herbalist and minister in the Church of God in Christ in the 1930s, and began playing gospel music with a blues feel. During the 1960s blues revival, the "Reverend" Robert Wilkins was "rediscovered" by blues enthusiasts Dick and Louisa Spottswood, making appearances at folk festivals and recording his gospel blues for a new audience.[3] These include the 1964 Newport Folk Festival; his performance of "Prodigal Son" there was included on the Vanguard album Blues at Newport, Volume 2. Wikins died on May 26, 1987 in Memphis, Tennessee, at the age of 91. Related Torrents
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