$
/
US

Mississippi Fred McDowell & Johnny Woods Mama Says I'm Crazy

Fat Possum | Item No: 291371
Vinyl LP | 2002 / US – Reissue | New
$ 21.04
VAT free plus Shipping Costs
Add to Cart Coming Soon Sold out Currently not available Not Enough Coins
Currently not available Item is probably back in stock in about 1-3 weeks
Item Description
FRED MCDOWELL was born in Rossville, Tennessee. His parents, who were farmers, died when McDowell was a youth. He started playing guitar at the age of 14 and played at dances around Rossville. Wanting a change from plowing fields, he moved to Memphis in 1926 where he started to work in the Buck-Eye feed mill where they processed cotton into oil and other products. He also had a number of other jobs and played music for tips. Later in 1928 he moved south into Mississippi to pick cotton. He settled in Como, Mississippi, about 40 miles south of Memphis, in 1940 or 1941, and worked steadily as a farmer, continuing to perform music at dances and picnics. Initially he played slide guitar using a pocket knife and then a slide made from a beef rib bone, later switching to a glass slide for its clearer sound. He played with the slide on his ring finger. While commonly lumped together with Delta Blues singers, McDowell actually may be considered the first of the bluesmen from the 'North Mississippi' region-parallel to, but somewhat east of the Delta region-to achieve widespread recognition for his work. A version of the state's signature musical form somewhat closer in structure to its African roots (often eschewing the chord change for the hypnotic effect of the droning, single chord vamp), the north hill country blues style (or at least its aesthetic) may be heard to have been carried on in the music of such figures as Junior Kimbrough and R. L. Burnside, while serving as the original impetus behind creation of the Fat Possum record label out of Oxford, Mississippi.
Item Details
Item No: 291371
Artist: Mississippi Fred McDowell & Johnny Woods
Title: Mama Says I'm Crazy
Label: Fat Possum
Catalog No: FP 803641
Format: Vinyl LP, Vinyl, LP
Pressing: US – Reissue
Release Date: 2002
Genre: Organic Grooves
Style: Blues
Available since: 2012-09-27
Condition: New
Price: $ 21.04
Weight: 250g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
A1 Shake Em On Down
A2 Goin Away
A3 Mama Says I'm Crazy
A4 I Got A Woman
A5 Red Cross Store
A6 Going Down To The River
B1 Standing At The Back Door
B2 What's Going To Become Of Me
B3 Long Haired Doney
B4 John Henry
B5 I Walked All Night Long
Our customers also bought
Related Items
Our customers also bought
Related Items
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Artist
Used Vinyl from Artist
Merchandise from Artist
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Artist
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Artist
Used Vinyl from Artist
Used Vinyl from Artist
Merchandise from Artist
Merchandise from Artist
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Artist
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Artist
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Artist
Used Vinyl from Artist
Used Vinyl from Artist
Used Vinyl from Artist
Merchandise from Artist
Merchandise from Artist
Merchandise from Artist
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Label
Used Vinyl from Label
Merchandise from Label
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Label
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Label
Used Vinyl from Label
Used Vinyl from Label
Merchandise from Label
Merchandise from Label
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Label
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Label
Vinyl, CD & Tape from Label
Used Vinyl from Label
Used Vinyl from Label
Used Vinyl from Label
Merchandise from Label
Merchandise from Label
Merchandise from Label