Track Listing 1. Cat Man Blues - (Take 2) 2. When Your Gal Packs up and Leaves 3. Mama Let Me Lay It on You 4. If You Don't Give Me What I Want 5. Boots and Shoes 6. Truckin' My Blues Away, No. 2 - (Take 1) 7. Truckin' My Blues Away, No. 2 - (Take 2) 8. Sweet Honey Hole 9. Untrue Blues 10. Tom Cat Blues 11. My Baby Don't Mean Me No Good 12. Been Your Dog 13. My Best Gal Gonna Leave Me 14. Wires All Down 15. Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon 16. Death Alley 17. Mamie - (Take 1) 18. Mamie - (Take 2) 19. New Oh Red! 20. If You See My Pigmeat 21. Stingy Mama 22. Why Don't My Baby Write to Me? 23. Some Day You're Gonna Be Sorry 24. You Never Can Tell
| Details | | Playing Time: | 67 min. | | Distributor: | Allegro Corporation (Dist | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel includes: Blind Boy Fuller (vocals, guitar); Dipper Boy Council (guitar); Bull City Red (washboard). Personnel: Blind Boy Fuller (vocals, guitar); Floyd "Dipper Boy" Council (guitar); Bull City Red (washboard). Liner Note Author: Ken Romanowski. Recording information: New York, NY (04/29/1936-07/12/1937). The second volume in Document's chronological overview of Blind Boy Fuller's life and music contains some of his most popular recordings, including the 1936 sessions which yielded both "Truckin' My Blues Away" (an update of Tampa Red's "What Is It That Tastes Like Gravy?") and "Mama Let Me Lay It on You" (a rendition of Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe's "Can I Do It for You?"), both of them definitive versions. Fuller's gift for making familiar songs his own pops again on his next session, from early February of 1937; backed by Dipper Boy Council and Bull City Red, he delivers renditions of "Mamie," "Untrue Blues" (a version of the "Crow Jane" theme) and "New Oh Red!," all of them revelatory and unforgettable. ~ Jason Ankeny
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