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Mance Lipscomb“Texas Songster”CD/CASS 306
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Buy It Now!
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Mance Lipscomb - vocals & guitar.
Recorded 1960-64. Includes the original notes by Mack McCormick (All of ARH LP 1001 & much of 1026.)
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Listen to some of the tracks!! (uses RealAudio®) 1. Sugar Babe (It's All Over Now) 2. Going Down Slow 3. Freddie 4. Jack O' Diamonds 5. Baby Please Don't Go 6. One Thin Dime 7. Shake, Shake, Mama 8. Ella Speed 9. Mama Don't Allow 10. Ain't It Hard 11. Bout A Spoonful 12. Take Me Back Babe 13. Rag In G 14. Big Boss Man 15. You Ain't Gonna Quit Me 16. Blues In G 17. Mama, Don't Dog Me 18. Willie Poor Boy 19. Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night 20. Knocking Down Windows 21. Nobody's Fault But Mine 22. Motherless Children |
REVIEW “Mance Lipscomb, a Texas sharecropper for most of his life, was born in 1895. When not farming in his hometown of Navasota, he assumed the role of local entertainer and songstera versatile singer/musician who could handle a hardened blues just as easily as a soft children's song. Although Lipscomb didn't begin recording until he was nearly 65, he left behind a remarkably rich catalog of Texas blues before he died in 1976.Country blues, that sparse, mostly raw and rootsy form directly linked to slave worksongs and field hollerswas his specialty. Equipped with a voice that could convey a range of emotions, Lipscomb was also an impressive guitarist, as this anthology reveals. Most of the 22 songs on 'Texas Songster' are originals, the best being 'Sugar Babe,' an obscure ditty written by Lipscomb when he was a teen; 'Ella Speed,' a bluesy ballad that remains one of his better-known numbers; and 'Bout a Spoonful,' a clever song about sex. Lipscomb never quite achieved the popularity in mainstream blues circles as another Texas bluesman, Sam `Lightning' Hopkins. But it wasn't because he didn't deserve the recognition. Listen to this disc, read the excellent liner notes by Chris Strachwitz (the folklorist who discovered him) and Mack McCormick, and you'll agree that Lipscomb is one of the music form's great unsung heroes.” (Robert Santelli — CD Review) |
