Length 76:32 Label The Blue Shoe Project Genre Delta blues | Language English Release date 12 February 2007 | |
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Released February 12, 2007 (2007-02-12) Recorded October 16, 2004, at the The Majestic Theatre, Dallas, Texas, United States Producer Jeffry Dyson and Michael Dyson Artists David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Pinetop Perkins, Robert Lockwood Jr., Henry Townsend Awards Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album Nominations Independent Music Award for Best Album - Live Performance Similar Pinetop Perkins albums, Other albums | ||
Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesmen: Live in Dallas is a live blues album, recorded in Dallas, Texas, on October 2004 by Henry James Townsend, Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins, Robert Lockwood, Jr. and David "Honeyboy" Edwards. At the event, the four blues legends were from 89 to 94 years old and represented the last performers of Delta blues from the 1920s. The concert was arranged by the 501(c)3 non-profit The Blue Shoes Project, which aims to preserve and spread awareness of roots music amongst students.
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Two years after the concert, both Lockwood and Townsend were dead, and by early 2011, only Edwards was still alive. He died later that year.
Critical reception
In 2007, the album was nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album and won the following February at the 50th Grammy Awards. It was also nominated for a Blues Music Award for Traditional Blues Album of the Year. By January 2009, the album had sold less than 1,000 copies.
Track listing
- Robert Lockwood, Jr – "King Biscuit Time" (McKinley Morganfield) – 2:55
- Pinetop Perkins – "Chicken Shack" (Ike Turner) – 4:42
- Henry Townsend – "It's Got to End Somewhere" (Tonwsend) – 3:56
- David "Honeyboy" Edwards – "Catfish Blues" (Robert Petway) – 2:58
- Pinetop Perkins – "Down in Mississippi" (J. B. Lenoir) – 3:36
- Robert Jockwood, Jr. – "Hangin' On" (Robert Lockwood, Jr.) – 5:17
- Henry Townsend – "All My Money's Gone" (Roosevelt Sykes) – 4:57
- David "Honeyboy" Edwards – "Sweet Home Chicago" (Robert Johnson) – 3:09
- Pinetop Perkins – "Kansas City" (Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller) – 4:53
- Henry Townsend – "If I Asked You" (Townsend) – 6:08
- Robert Lockwood, Jr. – "Got to Find Me a Woman" (Lockwood) – 4:56
- David "Honeyboy" Edwards – "Country Boy" (Muddy Waters) – 3:13
- Pinetop Perkins – "Got My Mojo Working" (Preston Foster) – 5:11
- Henry Townsend – "If You Don't Want Me" (Townsend) – 5:59
- Robert Lockwood, Jr. – "For You My Love" (Lockwood) – 4:37
- David "Honeyboy" Edwards – "Apron Strings" (Edwards) – 1:49
- Henry Townsend – "Blind Girl Blues" (Townsend) – 4:21
- Robert Lockwood, Jr. – "See See Rider" (Lena Arnet and Ma Rainey) – 3:55
Personnel
Songs
1King Biscuit Time2:55
2Chicken Shack4:42
3It's Got to End Somewhere3:56