{"product_id":"jesse-fuller-josh-white-four-classic-albums","title":"JESSE FULLER \u0026 JOSH WHITE - Four Classic Albums (Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals \u0026 Ballads \/ The Lone Cat \/ Sings Ballads-Blues \/ Empty Bed Blues) (2CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAVID Roots continues with its Four Classic Albums series with a re-mastered 2CD release featuring two albums apiece from Jesse Fuller \u0026amp; Josh White complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details\u003cbr\u003eJesse Fuller- “Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals \u0026amp; Ballads” and “The Lone Cat”; Josh White –”Sings Ballads \u0026amp; Blues” and “Empty Bed Blues”\u003cbr\u003eFollowing the incredible success of our AVID Roots series which includes such classic blues names as Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Jimmy Reed and B.B King, we thought it was time to add another couple of names to our Roots roster - Jesse Fuller and Josh White. Our first bluesman, Jesse Fuller, did not quite follow the traditional blues musicians path in that he did not start playing and earning money as a blues singer until he was in his fifties, hell, he didn’t even record his first album until he was 62! Although he was an accomplished guitarist he had always earned a living the more traditional way by working on railroads, shining shoes or wherever he could to make a buck. Following a meeting with Douglas Fairbanks while operating a hot dog stand in southern California he had even appeared in a couple of Hollywood movies! Not knowing or trusting any other musicians, Jesse decided to create his own one man band, playing a variety of instruments including guitar, kazoo, harmonica and fordella (a unique percussion device!). The results can be heard on our two wonderful albums. To do justice to the life and achievements of Josh White would take an entire book. His was an extaordinary story of a man who travelled from being a shoeless child street entertainer to being a central character in the early civil rights movement to performing in the White House for the Roosevelts, to the HUAC hearings where he was blacklisted as communist, he then relocated to the UK and performed all over Europe. And that’s not to mention his acting career and his life as a family man and oh yeah his fantastic career as a blues singer and guitarist. Featuring only two of his extensive recordings hardly scratches the surface of his many musical styles but we hope our selections will give you a flavour of the man and his talent. We at AVID have a strong suspicion that we will be re-visiting his catalogue for a full Four Classic Album set in the very near future. As they say, watch this space.\u003cbr\u003eCheck out:- Muddy Waters\/Howlin’ Wolf (AMSC1162); Lightnin’ Hopkins (AMSC1225 \u0026amp; 1254); Jimmy Reed (AMSC1214); John Lee Hooker (AMSC1234); B.B. King (AMSC1203); Lonnie Johnson (AMSC1207; Rev. Gary Davis (AMSC1271); Rural Blues: The Essentil Collection (AVC942).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD1\u003cbr\u003e1-11: ‘Jesse Fuller: Jazz, Folk Songs, Spirituals \u0026amp; Ballads’\u003cbr\u003e1.Take This Hammer\u003cbr\u003e2. Linin’ Track\u003cbr\u003e3. I’m Going To Meet My Loving Mother\u003cbr\u003e4. Tiger Rag\u003cbr\u003e5. Memphis Boogie\u003cbr\u003e6. Raise A Ruckus\u003cbr\u003e7. By And By\u003cbr\u003e8. Fingerbuster\u003cbr\u003e9. Stagolee\u003cbr\u003e10. 99 Years\u003cbr\u003e11. Hesitation Blues\u003cbr\u003e12-23: ‘Jesse Fuller: The Lone Cat ’\u003cbr\u003e12. Leaving Memphis, Frisco Bound\u003cbr\u003e13. Take It Slow And Easy\u003cbr\u003e14. The Monkey And The Engineer\u003cbr\u003e15. New Corrine\u003cbr\u003e16. Guitar Blues\u003cbr\u003e17. Runnin’ Wild\u003cbr\u003e18. Hey Hey\u003cbr\u003e19. In That Great Land\u003cbr\u003e20. The Way You Treat Me\u003cbr\u003e21. Down Home Waltz\u003cbr\u003e22. Beat It On Down The Line\u003cbr\u003e23. Buck And Wing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD2\u003cbr\u003e1-12: ‘Josh White: Sings Ballads - Blues’\u003cbr\u003e1. Midnight Special\u003cbr\u003e2. Miss Otis Regrets\u003cbr\u003e3. Halleleu\u003cbr\u003e4. Woman Sure Is A Curious Critter\u003cbr\u003e5. Prison Bound Blues\u003cbr\u003e6. Gloomy Sunday\u003cbr\u003e7. Ball And Chain Blues\u003cbr\u003e8. One For My Baby\u003cbr\u003e9. Jim Crow Train\u003cbr\u003e10. Told My Captain\u003cbr\u003e11. So Soon In The Morning\u003cbr\u003e12. Bury My Body\u003cbr\u003e13-22: ‘Josh White: Empty Bed Blues’\u003cbr\u003e13. Empty Bed Blues\u003cbr\u003e14. Mother On That Train\u003cbr\u003e15. Bottle Up And Go\u003cbr\u003e16. Blackwater Blues\u003cbr\u003e17. Baby Baby Blues\u003cbr\u003e18. Lord Have Mercy\u003cbr\u003e19. Home In That Rock\u003cbr\u003e20. Paul And Silas\u003cbr\u003e21. His Eye Is On The Sparrow\u003cbr\u003e22. 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