SCRAPPER BLACKWELL - Mr. Scrapper's Blues (2024 Reissue with Bonus Track) - LP - 180g Vinyl [MAY 31]

LP - Limited Edition 180g Virgin Vinyl featuring the complete album + bonus track.  

An overlooked blues master, "Scrapper" Blackwell was a contemporary of Robert Johnson and other early Delta blues artists. A truly remarkable guitarist, he is best known for his work with pianist Leroy Carr during the late '20s and mid-'30s. After Carr's death, he retired and didn't record again until being rediscovered in the '50s. An inspiration for Muddy Waters and T-Bone Walker, Blackwell seemed a prime candidate for stardom when, soon after finishing his work on Mr. Scrapper's Blues, he was shot to death in a back alley in Indianapolis, the victim of a mugging.

****1/2 Down Beat: "This is a full-bodied collection of blues by a veteran performer who still has much to say."

Selected by MOJO MAGAZINE as one of the best blues collections ever!

Tracklist: 

Side A
1.    Goin' Where The Monon Crosses The Yellow Dog
2.    Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
3.    "A" Blues
4.    Little Girl Blues
5.    George Street Blues
6.    Little Boy Blue

Side B
1.    Blues Before Sunrise
2.    "E" Blues
3.    Shady Lane
4.    Penal Farm Blues
5.    Blues Before Sunrise [1960 Version] *

* = Bonus Track