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- Date Released: March 9, 2004
- Genre: Blues
- Label: Inside Sounds / IODA
The female Howlin' Wolf?
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We Say...
The granddaughter of legendary North Mississippi Hill Country fife and drum band leader Sid Hemphill, Jesse Mae was a sizzling slide guitarist who could also sing like a female Howlin' Wolf. Her razor-sharp rhythmic, sometimes droning, style could take apart a familiar blues like "Mystery Train" and reassemble it as a brand new, rough-and-tumble admonition like "Streamline Train" that was spookier than the original. These ragged, hard-edged blues and gospel performances from 1979 and 1984-5 offer a devastating slice of what Jim Dickinson calls "world boogie."
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They Say...
Until a stroke sidelined her in 1993, Jessie Mae Hemphill may well have been the most accomplished and versatile of the North Mississippi folk-blues musicians who emerged in the early 1980s with a stripped down, primal version of jook blues that was (and is) at stylistic odds with most of the contemporary blues scene (not that Hemphill and company had suddenly started playing this way, just that the rest of the world finally caught up with it). Hemphill, whose grandfather was the legendary Sid Hemphill who recorded some pretty wild and wooly fife and drum-styled classics for Alan Lomax in 1942 and 1959, has a hands-on understanding of the various folk forms of her native hill country, and her soulful, vibrant music is a thing apart. Assembled by folklorist Dr. David Evans, Get Right Blues collects 15 previously unreleased recordings cut by Hemphill in 1979, 1984 and 1985, and the range of blues and spirituals presented here is impressive and inspiring. Part boogie, part folk-gospel revival, part history lesson, this collection doesn't contain a single lame track, and it's amazing that none of these have been released before, since everything here is a stunner. From the ramshackle "Streamline Train" (Hemphill's version of "Mystery Train") that opens the disc through a pair of raw, atmospheric diddley bow pieces ("Little Rooster Reel," "Get Right, Church") and a hushed solo take on Memphis Minnie's "Honey Bee," Hemphill brings a ragged, perfect sense of urgency and soul to everything she touches. Even now, unable to play guitar because of her stroke, Jessie Mae Hemphill can still stun a crowd with just her voice and a foot tambourine. She is indeed a national treasure, and Get Right Blues makes a wonderful introduction to this amazing musician.
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Streamline Train |
5:09 |
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| 02. | |
Shake Your Booty (Shake It, Baby) |
4:02 |
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| 03. | |
Go Back To Your Used To Be |
3:33 |
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| 04. | |
Take Me Home With You, Baby |
2:48 |
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| 05. | |
Baby, Please Don't Go |
3:13 |
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| 06. | |
Lord, Help The Poor And Needy |
2:28 |
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| 07. | |
Cowgirl Blues |
3:30 |
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| 08. | |
Little Rooster Reel |
3:01 |
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| 09. | |
He's A Mighty Good Leader |
3:26 |
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| 10. | |
All Night Boogie (Jessie's Boogie) |
2:40 |
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| 11. | |
Loving In The Moonlight |
3:43 |
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| 12. | |
Get Right, Church |
1:59 |
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| 13. | |
Jessie's Love Song (Tell Me You Love Me) |
2:51 |
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Honey Bee |
5:33 |
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| 15. | |
Jesus Will Fix It For You |
3:27 |
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15 Total Tracks, 51:23 Total Length
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Credits
- Jessie Mae Hemphill - Guitar // Jessie Mae Hemphill - Guitar // Jessie Mae Hemphill - Drums (Bass) // Jessie Mae Hemphill - Drums (Bass) // Jessie Mae Hemphill - Sound Effects // Jessie Mae Hemphill - Sound Effects // Jessie Mae Hemphill - Tambourine // Jessie Mae Hemphill - Tambourine // Jessie Mae Hemphill - Vocals // Jessie Mae Hemphill - Vocals // Jessie Mae Hemphill - Bells // Jessie Mae Hemphill - Bells // Jessie Mae Hemphill - Drums (Snare) // Jessie Mae Hemphill - Drums (Snare) // Jessie Mae Hemphill - Foot Tambourine // Jessie Mae Hemphill - Foot Tambourine // Jessie Mae Hemphill - Diddley Bow // Jessie Mae Hemphill - Diddley Bow // Lois Brown - Bass // Joe Hicks - Drums // Joe Hicks - Drums // Jerry Thompson - Engineer // Jeff Cline - Remastering Supervisor // Gleno Faulkner - Diddley Bow // Dr. David Evans - Guitar // Dr. David Evans - Producer // Dr. David Evans - Engineer // Dr. David Evans - Liner Notes // Dr. David Evans - Photography // Eddie Dattel - Executive Producer // John Robinette - Cover Painting // Napoleon Strickland - Vocals // Alan Reitano - Engineer // Chris Johnson - Design // Chris Johnson - Layout Design // Tom Wofford - Photography // Jason McDaniel - Remastering // Jason McDaniel - Mixing Engineer // Bob Vinisky - Engineer // Bettye Mitchell - Tambourine
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