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Fred McDowell (January 12, 1904 – July 3, 1972), [1] known by his stage name Mississippi Fred McDowell, was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist of hill country blues music. Career [ edit ]
[9] In 1965, Mississippi bluesman Fred McDowell recorded it as a slow, slide guitar hill country blues solo piece. The song generally follows a seven-bar or an eight-bar blues arrangement and has been compared to "Sitting on Top of the World". [10]
Live in New York is the final album recording by the American country blues musician Mississippi Fred McDowell.New York-based American independent Oblivion Records released the first edition in the Spring of 1972, months before McDowell's death in July 1972. [1]
Hill country blues (also known as North Mississippi hill country blues or North Mississippi blues) is a regional style of country blues.It is characterized by a strong emphasis on rhythm and percussion, steady guitar riffs, few chord changes, unconventional song structures, and heavy emphasis on the "groove", which has been characterized as the "hypnotic boogie".
1959 – Mississippi Fred McDowell [4] 1967 – Skip James [5] 1970 – Hot Tuna, on the album Hot Tuna; 1970 – Wizz Jones, on the album The Legendary Me; 1971 – Hot Tuna, on the album First Pull Up, Then Pull Down [6] 1975 – Pearly Brown, on the album It's a Mean Old World to Try to Live In
The event featured Furry Lewis, Bukka White, Piano Red, and Mississippi Fred McDowell, among others. It was enough of a success that they immediately began planning the next one.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, several versions of "Good Morning Little Schoolgirl" were recorded as acoustic country-style blues, including versions by John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Muddy Waters, and Doctor Ross.
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