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- Date Released: April 12, 2005
- Genre: Blues
- Style: Chicago Blues
- Label: Document Records / The Orchard
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Though now largely forgotten, this Indianapolis dandy was arguably the most popular bluesman of his time, an influence on everyone from Robert Johnson to Count Basie, Howlinâ Wolf to the Inkspots. His urbane style showcased his high, tugging voice more than his suave but unremarkable piano. But his accompanist Scrapper Blackwell was a virtuoso, providing a distinct, single-note guitar style that was such a perfect foil the two men got equal billing on their initial releases; Leroy floated like a butterfly while Scrapper stung like a bee. âHow Long-How Long Blues,â his debut single and an instant standard, sets a mood thick as quicksand, while âBlues Before Sunrise,â whose opening line unleashes a striking internal rhyme, shows how Carrâs songwriting put a smooth sheen on rough, traditional imagery. Think of Carr as the Charles Brown of his day.
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| 01. |  |
Gone Mother Blues |
3:04 |
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| 02. | |
Midnight Hour Blues |
3:07 |
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| 03. | |
Moonlight Blues |
3:11 |
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| 04. | |
The Depression Blues |
3:05 |
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| 05. | |
Mean Mistreater Mama (Take 1) |
3:07 |
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| 06. | |
Mean Mistreater Mama (Take 2) |
2:57 |
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| 07. | |
Mean Mistreater Mama No. 2 |
3:30 |
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| 08. | |
Court Room Blues |
3:14 |
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| 09. | |
Hurry Down Sunshine |
3:37 |
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| 10. | |
Corn Licker Blues |
3:41 |
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| 11. | |
Hold Them Puppies |
3:39 |
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| 12. | |
Shady Lane Blues |
3:44 |
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| 13. | |
Blues She gave Me |
3:04 |
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| 14. | |
You Can't Run My Business No More |
3:14 |
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| 15. | |
Blues Before Sunrise (Take 1) |
3:35 |
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| 16. | |
Blues Before Sunrise (Take 2) |
3:38 |
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| 17. | |
I Ain't Got No Money Now |
3:11 |
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| 18. | |
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child |
2:45 |
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| 19. | |
Stormy Night Blues (Take 2) |
2:39 |
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| 20. | |
Take A Walk Around The Corner |
3:08 |
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| 21. | |
Baby, Come Back To Me |
2:27 |
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| 22. | |
Blue Night Blues |
2:58 |
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| 23. | |
My Woman's Gone Wrong |
2:31 |
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23 Total Tracks, 73:06 Total Length
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