Music CD - Mississippi Sheiks: Honey Babe Let the Deal Go Down: The Best of the Mississippi Sheiks

	Music CD: Honey Babe Let the Deal Go Down: The Best of the Mississippi Sheiks Artist: Mississippi Sheiks List Price: $11.98 Our Price: $6.20 Your Save: $ 5.78 ( 48% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Sony
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Tracks: 1. Still I'm Traveling On - Mississippi Sheiks, Carter 2. Please Don't Wake It Up - Mississippi Sheiks, Jacobs 3. Stop and Listen Blues No. 2 - Mississippi Sheiks, 4. Sitting on Top of the World - Mississippi Sheiks, Vinson, W. 5. The Jazz Fiddler - Mississippi Sheiks, Jacobs, W. 6. Seen Better Days - Mississippi Sheiks, Alexander, T. 7. Driving That Thing - Mississippi Sheiks, Jacobs 8. Bed Spring Poker - Mississippi Sheiks, Carter, L. 9. When You're Sick With the Blues - Mississippi Sheiks, Carter, L. 10. I've Got Blood in My Eyes for You - Mississippi Sheiks, Carter, L. 11. Things About Comin' My Way - Mississippi Sheiks, Jacobs 12. Livin' in a Strain - Mississippi Sheiks, Jacobs 13. Last Stage Blues - Mississippi Sheiks, Alexander, T. 14. Frost Texas Tornado Blues - Mississippi Sheiks, Alexander, T. 15. Your Good Man Caught the Train and Gone - Mississippi Sheiks, Carter 16. Unhappy Blues - Mississippi Sheiks, Carter 17. Honey Babe Let the Deal Go Down - Mississippi Sheiks, 18. Ramrod Blues - Mississippi Sheiks, 19. West Jackson Blues - Mississippi Sheiks, Carter, L. 20. Bootlegger's Blues - Mississippi Sheiks, Carter
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0074646570920 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: 2004-05-04 Studio: Sony
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Wonderful Band, Decent Collection Comment: The Mississippi Sheiks are the missing link, so to speak, between what we now know as Delta Blues and traditional rural black stringband music. Their songs have been recorded by everyone from the Camp Creek Boys to Bob Wills to the Grateful Dead (Stop and Listen Blues is the predecessor to Smokestack Lightnin'). Although our romantic notions of early Delta blues want to make Robert Johnson the hero of this time period in American music, Johnson was actually quite unpopular in his time. The Sheiks were the reigning heroes and should be remembered as such. Fiddle players should listen carefully to this record, as Lonnie Chatmon uses several odd cross-tunings that aren't common in any fiddle repertoire. Guitar players should simply sit in awe at Bo Chatmon's (aka Bo Carter's) guitar playing on the selected tracks where he sits in, and marvel at the sparse delicacy of Walter Vinson's guitar playing. The Mississippi Sheiks were truly their own chapter in American music history, there was no other band quite like them nor will there ever be. This record is a fairly nice representation of them. I do regret that the original Stop and Listen blues was not included, but the less charming Stop and Listen #2 (the sequel, so to speak) was, instead. If you can, get a collection with Stop and Listen Blues on it (the original one!). More Reviews
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