Mississippi Fred Mcdowell Live 1971

2 CD Set Contains Previously Unreleased Performances. JESUS ON THE MAINLINE is drawn from two 1971 concerts; April 14th, 1971 in Tacoma, Washington, and November 5th, 1971 at the Gaslight In New York, which would prove to be the final recording of the Delta Blues legend. The bottleneck guitarist was 67 years old when these tracks were recorded and his passion and conviction seem to have strengthened with the years. At this point in McDowell's career he had shifted to playing electric slide guitar. Accompanying McDowell's gruff voice, the guitar often seems to finish the singer's sentences for him; it's like listening to an old married couple.

Mississippi Fred McDowell was one of the links between the blues' past (specifically: Blind Willie Johnson, Robert Johnson, and Son House) and the 1960s blues revival, where the music got a whole new young, white audience. Whereas some blues players attempted to modernize their style, McDowell's approach remained firmly rooted in the spacious, slide guitar-driven Delta (or country) blues.
Shake 'Em On Down captures McDowell live and in fine form in New York City in 1971. His voice is hearty, yet high-pitched and eerie, and his slide playing is terse, razor-sharp, and ominous. This reissue contains a respectable mix of classic McDowell tunes including "You Got To Move," covered by the Rolling Stones, and blues standards like "John Henry" and Big Joe Williams's "Baby Please Don't Go."

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