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- Date Released: January 1, 2000
- Genre: Blues
- Style: Chicago Blues
- Label: Document Records / The Orchard
A little bit of country with your blues?
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We Say...
This Texan put a lot of country feeling into her jazz-inflected, urban blues. Her crying, moaning vocal style gave her a hit on her first try, the 1926 "Black Snake Blues" (with sister Addie Spivey and Dorothy Scott playing one piano). "T.B. Blues" and "Dope Head Blues" are classics of early blues realism. She was also no stranger to winking, double — to say nothing of single — entendre eroticism like "Steady Grind" and "The Alligator Pond Went Dry." Spivey was one of the few to outlast her era, moving into movies and revues in the '30s and remaining active until the early '50s. She came out of retirement in 1962 with her own label, on which Bob Dylan made his recording debut as a harmonica sideman.
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They Say...
The first of four Document CDs that contain all of singer Victoria Spivey's pre-war recordings has her first 23 sides. Spivey made her initial reputation with her series of dark blues that were full of symbolism, such as her trademark "Black Snake Blues" -- snakes and tuberculosis were common topics in her lyrics. Her first four selections were recorded in St. Louis from May 11-13, 1926 (she was 19 at the time); she then relocated to New York. Spivey is heard backed by several ensembles led by pianist John Erby in August 1926 (including her first meetings with guitarist Lonnie Johnson) and on five pieces in October 1927 with Johnson and pianist Porter Grainger. By the time the latter sides were recorded, her style was becoming a little more lighthearted and softer but no less powerful. Among the highlights of this superior set are "Black Snake Blues," "Hoodoo Man Blues," "Spider Web Blues," "Got the Blues So Bad," "The Alligator Pond Went Dry," "T.B. Blues," and "Garter Snake Blues." This is highly recommended, as are the other three CDs in this important series.
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| 01. |  |
Black Snake Blues |
3:08 |
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| 02. | |
Dirty Woman's Blues |
3:10 |
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| 03. | |
Long Gone Blues |
3:05 |
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| 04. | |
No More Jelly Bean Blues |
3:18 |
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| 05. | |
Hoodoo Man Blues |
2:40 |
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| 06. | |
Spider Web Blues |
3:03 |
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| 07. | |
It's Evil Hearted Me |
2:55 |
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| 08. | |
Santa Fe Blues |
3:21 |
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| 09. | |
Humored And Petted Blues |
2:27 |
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| 10. | |
Big Houston Blues |
2:45 |
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| 11. | |
Got The Blues So Bad |
3:02 |
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| 12. | |
Blue Valley Blues |
2:53 |
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| 13. | |
Steady Grind |
3:27 |
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| 14. | |
Idle Hour Blues |
3:01 |
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| 15. | |
Arkansas Road Blues |
3:20 |
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| 16. | |
The Alligator Pond Went Dry |
2:44 |
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| 17. | |
No. 12 Let Me Roam |
3:32 |
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| 18. | |
T.B. Blues |
3:15 |
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| 19. | |
Garter Snake Blues |
3:17 |
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| 20. | |
Christmas Morning Blues |
3:28 |
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| 21. | |
Dope Head Blues |
3:22 |
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| 22. | |
Red Lantern Blues |
3:11 |
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| 23. | |
Blood Thirsty Blues |
3:03 |
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23 Total Tracks, 71:27 Total Length
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Credits
- Lonnie Johnson - Guitar // Lonnie Johnson - Guitar // Lonnie Johnson - Guitar // Lonnie Johnson - Accompaniment // Lonnie Johnson - Accompaniment // Lonnie Johnson - Accompaniment // Victoria Spivey - Vocals // Victoria Spivey - Main Performer // John Erby - Piano // John Erby - Accompaniment // Porter Grainger - Piano // Porter Grainger - Accompaniment // Johnny Parth - Producer // Johnny Parth - Compilation // Chris Frazer Smith - Liner Notes // DeLloyd Barnes - Piano // DeLloyd Barnes - Accompaniment
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