Cat. No. 2790: BIG BILL BROONZY ~ VOLUME 2 - THE POST-WAR YEARS. SPV 95772CD. (IMPORT).
BLUES SINGER, GUITARIST AND SONGWRITER, BIG BILL BROONZY WAS BORN JUNE 26, 1893. HIS CAREER BEGAN IN THE 1920s WHEN HE PLAYED COUNTRY MUSIC TO MOSTLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUDIENCES. IN THE 1930s AND 1940s, HE NAVIGATED A CHANGE IN STYLE TO A MORE URBAN BLUES SOUND POPULAR WITH WORKING-CLASS BLACK AUDIENCES. THE 1950s SAW A RETURN TO HIS TRADITIONAL FOLK-BLUES ROOTS WHICH SAW HIM EMERGE AS ONE OF THE LEADING FIGURES OF THE EMERGING AMERICAN FOLK MUSIC REVIVAL AND AN INTERNATIONAL STAR. HIS LONG AND VARIED CAREER MARKS HIM AS ONE OF THE KEY FIGURES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLUES MUSIC IN THE 20TH CENTURY. BROONZY COPYWRITED MORE THAN 300 SONGS, INCLUDING ADAPTATIONS OF TRADITIONAL FOLK SONGS AND ORIGINAL BLUES SONGS. OVER THE YEARS BROONZY RECORDED FOR VARIOUS LABELS INCLUDING PARAMOUNT, BLUEBIRD, RCA VICTOR AND MERCURY. HE WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE ELECTRIC BLUES POST-WAR CHICAGO. BROONZY DIED FROM CANCER IN AUGUST 1958. GREAT POST-WAR BLUES *****
TRACK LISTING: Why Did You Do That To Me / Where The Blues Began / Roll Them Blues / I Can Fix It / Saturday Evening Blues / Texas Tornado Blues / Just Rocking / Stop Lying Woman / Rambling Bill / I Love My Whiskey / Water Coast Blues / Five Feet Seven / I Wonder / Mindin’ My Own Business / Hey Hey / Get Back / Leavin’ Day / Southbound Train / John Henry / Crawdad Hole.
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