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'Papa' Charlie Jackson - Why Do You Moan When You Can Shake That Thing

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Format: CD
Rel. Date: 04/28/2015
UPC: 788065718428

Why Do You Moan When You Can Shake That Thing
Artist: 'Papa' Charlie Jackson
Format: CD
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DISC: 1

1. Papa's Lawdy Lawdy Blues
2. Airy Man Blues
3. Salt Lake City Blues (Take 2)
4. Salty Dog Blues (Take 2)
5. The Cat's Got The Measles
6. I Got What It Takes, But It Breaks My Heart To Give It Away (Take 1)
7. Shave 'em Dry (Take 2)
8. Coffee Pot Blues (Take 1)
9. Mister Man - Part 1
10. Mister Man - Part 2
11. Shake That Thing (Take 2)
12. The Faking Blues (Take 2)
13. I'm Alabama Bound
14. Drop That Sack
15. Hot Papa Blues (Aug. 1925 Version)
16. Take Me Back Blues
17. Mama Don't Allow It (And She Ain't Gonna Have It Here)
18. Mama Don't You Think I Know
19. How Long Daddy, How Long?
20. Maxwell Street Blues
21. All I Want Is A Spoonful
22. I'm Going To Where The Chilly Winds Don't Blow (Take 1)
23. Texas Blues (Take 1)
24. Texas Blues (Take 2)
25. I'm Tired Of Fooling Around
26. Jackson's Blues
27. Let's Get Along

DISC: 2

1. Mumsy Mumsy Blues (Jan. 1926 Version)
2. Butter And Egg Man Blues
3. The Judge Cliff Davis Blues
4. Up The Way Bound (Take 1)
5. Up The Way Bound (Take 2)
6. Four Eleven Forty-Four
7. Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine
8. Bad Luck Woman Blues
9. Salty Dog
10. Gay Cattin' (Take 1)
11. Fat Mouth Blues
12. She Belong To Me Blues
13. Coal Man Blues
14. Skoodle Um Skoo (May 1927 Version)
15. Sheik Of Desplaines Street
16. Look Out Papa, Don't Tear Your Pants
17. Baby Don't You Be So Mean
18. Bright Eyes
19. Blue Monday Morning Blues
20. Long Gone Lost John
21. I'm Looking For A Woman Who Knows How To Treat Me Right
22. Ash Tray Blues
23. No Need Of Knockin' On The Blind
24. I Like To Love My Baby
25. Baby, Papa Needs His Lovin'
26. Lexington Kentucky Blues

DISC: 3

1. Good Doing Papa Blues
2. Ma And Pa Poor House Blues
3. Big Feeling Blues
4. Jungle Man Blues
5. Corn Liquor Blues
6. Don't Break Down On Me
7. Baby Please Loan Me Your Heart
8. Dentist Chair Blues - Part 1
9. Dentist Chair Blues - Part 2
10. Hot Papa Blues No.2
11. We Can't Buy It No More
12. Tailor Made Lover
13. Take Me Back Blues No.2
14. 'tain't What You Do, But How You Do It
15. Forgotten Blues
16. Papa Do Do Do Blues
17. I'll Be Gone Babe
18. Papa Charlie And Blind Blake Talk About It - Part 1
19. Papa Charlie And Blind Blake Talk About It - Part 2
20. You Got That Wrong
21. Self Experience
22. Skoodle Um Shoo (Nov. 1930 Okeh Version)
23. If I Got What You Want
24. What's That Thing She's Shaking
25. You Put It In, And I'll Take It Out

DISC: 4

1. I Got What It Takes, But It Breaks My Heart To Give It Away (Take 3)
2. Hot Papa Blues (Take 1)
3. Mama Don't You Think I Know
4. Gay Cattin' (Take 2)
5. Salt Lake City Blues (Take 1)
6. Salty Dog Blues (Take 1)
7. Shave 'em Dry (Take 1)
8. Coffee Pot Blues (Take 2)
9. Shake That Thing (Take 1)
10. The Faking Blues (Take 1)
11. I'm Going Where The Chilly Winds Don't Blow (Take 2)
12. Mumsy Mumsy Blues (Jan. 1926 Version)
13. Pistol Blues
14. Some Scream High Yellow
15. You Can't Keep No Brown
16. When The Saints Come Marching Home
17. I'm On My Way To Kingdom Land
18. Why Do You Moan?
19. Devil And My Brown Eyes
20. Poor Boy Blues
21. Jefferson County Blues
22. Jefferson County Blues (Alternate Take)
23. You Can't Keep No Brown (Test Recording)
24. Christians, Fight On Your Time Ain't Long
25. Heaven Is My View

More Info:

Rural blues from two masters. Here's the rowdy, spirited and downright bawdy version of the blues that both singers took to audiences all over the South. Papa Charlie worked in travelling shows for at least a decade before he entered the recording studio. His records were instantly popular - but with the Depression, his star waned. These sides see Papa Charlie performing with the likes of Ida Cox, Freddie Keppard, Lucille Bogan and Ma Rainey - a measure of the esteem in which he was held. Bo Weavil Jackson is, like many early blues performers, a man shrouded in mystery. Little is known of his life before or after these recordings, except that he may well have been a native of Birmingham Alabama.. What we can say with certainty is that he had a superb (and surprisingly modern) guitar technique and a compelling singing voice.
        
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