Rating: - Blues In The Night
As one can tell by the title of this series When The Sun Goes Down, a series that has also included the work of Blind Willie McTell an artist that I have reviewed in this space previously, this is going to be a bedrock example of a thoughtful way to preserve our blues history. As in the McTell case it does not fail us here. What the folks who have produced this series and this particular CD have done is gone to the old RCA Victor vaults and selected some very nice and very representative songs (and ... Read More

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Rating: - More "secret history of rock 'n' roll"
This is the second item in Bluebird's "When The Sun Goes Down" series, 77 minutes worth of blues and blues-related material from the RCA Victor label.
Opening with an amazingly crisp and clear "Telephoning The Blues", Victoria Spivey's 1929 single, "The First Time I Met The Blues" is more strictly blues than the first volume in this series. Muddy Waters' "Hoochie Coochie Man" is still quite far away, musically anyway, but this diverse, far-reaching CD includes fine performances by early blues ... Read More

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Rating: - 1920s rock and roll!
Great achievement in sound on these recordings, some of which are 80 years old. Initiates will be amazed at how closely these country and jugband blues numbers border on rock & roll, and close observers will spot originals later covered by the Grateful Dead, Allman Brothers, Canned Heat, and other disciples of the genre. Essential listening.