Blues · 2023
Mississippi Fred McDowell
Jesus On The Mainline
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About This Release
Track Listing
Disc 1: New York City
- Goin' To the River (Carry My Rocking Chair)
- Jesus Is on The Mainline
- Don't Mistreat Nobody (Cause You Got A Few Dimes)
- Shake 'Em on Down
- Letter from Hot Springs
- You Got to Move
- Good Mornin' Little Schoolgirl
- When the Saints Go Marchin' In
- Louise
- Baby Please Don't Go
- 61 Highway
- Levee Camp Blues
- I'm Crazy 'Bout You Baby
- Get Right Church
Disc 2: Portland, Oregon
- Write Me A Few Of Your Lines
- Worried Blues
- Someday Blues
- Oh That's Alright
- Mojo Hand
- Lord My Head Don't Hurt Me
- Kokomo Blues
- Instrumental
- I Woke Up This Morning
- I Feel So Bad
- (Glory, Glory, Hallelujah) When I Lay My Burden Down
- Lord I Wonder What I Have Done Wrong
- Fred McDowell's Blues
- Bye Bye Little Girl
JESUS ON THE MAINLINE is drawn from two 1971 concerts; April 14th, 1971 in Tacoma, Washington, and November 5th, 1971 at the Gaslight In New York, which would prove to be the final recording of the Delta Blues legend. The bottleneck guitarist was 67 years old when these tracks were recorded and his passion and conviction seem to have strengthened with the years. At this point in McDowell's career he had shifted to playing electric slide guitar. Accompanying McDowell's gruff voice, the guitar often seems to finish the singer's sentences for him; it's like listening to an old married couple.
Product Details
- Label: Sunset Blvd Records
- Catalog #: CD-SBR-7035
- Release Date: 2023
- Packaging: 2 CD Digipak
