Mance Lipscomb Texas Songster (blues)(mp3@320)[rogercc][h33t]

Mance Lipscomb - Texas Songster
Label: Arhoolie Records (Arhoolie 306)
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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



Mance Lipscomb Texas Sharecropper and Songster
Released :1960
Arhoolie 1001
Recorded : August 11, 1960 at Navasota, TX by Chris Strachwitz and Mack McCormick; Mance Lipscomb, voc, g


Tracklist 01. Sugar Babe (2:06)
02. Going Down Slow (3:07)
03. Freddie (2:42)
04. Jack O' Diamonds (4:05)
05. Baby Please Don't Go (1:47)
06. One Thin Dime (2:59)
07. Shake, Shake, Mama (2:54)
08. Ella Speed (2:36)
09. Mama Don't Allow (2:26)
10. Ain't It Hard (3:16)
11. 'bout A Spoonful (3:27)



Mance Lipscomb Vol. 3
Texas Songster in a Live Performance
Arhoolie 1026
Released : 1965

12. Take Me Back Babe (2:00)
13. Rag In G (2:02)
14. Big Boss Man (3:09)
15. You Gonna Quit Me (2:38 )
16. Blues In G (4:11)
17. Mama, Don't Dog Me (3:23)
18. Willie Poor Boy (3:02)
19. Tell Me Where You Stayed Last Night (2:48 )
20. Knocking Down Windows (2:25)
21. Nobody's Fault But Mine (1:27)
22. Motherless Children (2:41)