All Artists: Mance Lipscomb Title: Texas Country Blues Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Arhoolie Records Release Date: 9/10/2002 Genres: Blues, Pop Style: Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 096297902622, 096297902622 |
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CD ReviewsAnother T For Texas Alfred Johnson | boston, ma | 05/06/2009 (4 out of 5 stars) "I have written on the subject of Texas country blues guitarist extraordinaire Mance Lipscomb in connection with a series of DVDs that the well-known guitarist and performer Stefan Grossman put out a number of years ago, "Masters Of The Country Blues", (see the one with Lightning Hopkins, if you can)that featured the greats of acoustic country blues like Son House, Bukka White, Reverend Gary Davis and, well Mance Lipscomb. Most of the others came out of the Mississippi Delta tradition which is a shade bit different from the Texas tradition of the likes of Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lead Belly and, well, Mance Lipscomb. Lipscomb is probably a more versatile guitarist than the others, if for no other reason than he has a greater range of keys that he can play in and a somewhat unique picking style (at least it looks and sounds that way to me). Moreover, his vocals are a little smoother than the rough-edged sound of the old Mississippi plantation cotton fields. A perfect example of the difference is his `soft' version of the classic "Corrina, Corrina. My favorite Lipscomb song though is "Ella Speed". Needless to say it is about how she did her man wrong (although in the mix of these things it could just as easily be the other way around depending on who is singing).
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