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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]
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
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.
He knows every single note Robert Johnson ever played and can play it brilliantly, and not just Robert Johnson, but Blind Willie Johnson, Mississippi Fred McDowell; he knows that whole canon ...
The Rolling Stones credited Davis and Mississippi Fred McDowell for "You Gotta Move" on their 1971 album Sticky Fingers. Davis died of a heart attack in May 1972 in Hammonton, New Jersey. [13] He is buried in plot 68 of Rockville Cemetery in Lynbrook, New York.
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]