Lonesome

Lonesome Sundown (his real name was Cornelius Green) had a little bit more Delta and Chicago blues in him than most of his Louisiana labelmates who recorded for producer J.D. Miller. Not that Sundown's sound isn't solidly in the so-called swamp blues tradition, but where Slim Harpo, Silas Hogan, and the other Excello artists worked from a laconic, Jimmy Reed-like shuffle, Sundown quickened the pace (at least for an Excello act) to a nastier level, and with Miller's reverb-laden production, ended up sounding a little bit like Jimmy Reed on speed, particularly on tracks like "Don't Go." Not that Lonesome Sundown couldn't do the patented Louisiana blues shuffle when he chose to, as his signature tune, "I'm a Mojo Man," shows, or even improve on the pattern, as with the loose-limbed and brilliant "I'm a Samplin' Man," but he seemed most at home doing more standard blues fare like the modern-sounding "My Home Is a Prison"…

Beginning in the early '90s, Sammy Shelor and Ronnie Bowman's version of the Lonesome River Band would become one of the most influential bluegrass groups of the decade. Best of the Sugar Hill Years captures the group's stint at the label between 1994 and 2000 with 16 selections. All of these selections feature vocalist/bassist Bowman and banjoist Shelor, who are joined by a number of regulars including Dan Tyminski, Don Rigsby, and Kenny Smith, and a number of guests, including Jerry Douglasand Stuart Duncan.

“If you don’t know the blues, there’s no point in picking up the guitar and playing rock’n’roll or any other form of popular music,” says Keith Richards. Blues pioneers such as Howlin’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Big Bill Broonzy and Robert Johnson had a huge impact on the young Rolling Stones, influencing Richards’ guitar licks and Mick Jagger’s vocals and songwriting.

Curly Putman - Lonesome Country & World Of Country Music (2013) {Omni Recording OMNI-172 rec 1967-1969}
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© 1967-69, 2013 ABC Music / Omni Recording Corporation | OMNI - 172
Country / Country-Folk / Country-Pop / Progressive Country / Singer–Songwriter

Curly Putman was, by most accounts, a songwriter and by no means was he a pike. He wrote several songs that are acknowledged standards, chief among them "Green Green Grass of Home," "He Stopped Loving Her Today," "My Elusive Dreams," "D-I-V-O-R-C-E," plus "Dumb Blonde," "Blood Red and Going Down," and "It's a Cheating Situation," songs that were big and defined eras for their respective artists. With this track record, it's no surprise that he was given a shot at his own recording career, and Omni's 2013 compilation, World of Country Music/Lonesome Country, combines his 1969 and 1967 albums for ABC Records, adding the 1968 single "Little Bitty Soldiers" for good measure.