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John Jackson, Front Porch Blues

Audio CD

Disk ID: 1679580

Disk length: 45m 2s (16 Tracks)

Original Release Date: 1999

Label: Unknown

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Tracks & Durations

1. Railroad Bill 4:03
2. C. C. Rider 3:01
3. Death Don't Have No Mercy 3:26
4. Chesterfield 2:46
5. Steel Mill Blues 3:00
6. Louisiana Blues 2:14
7. Just Because 3:39
8. Red River Blues 2:45
9. Fairfax Station Rag 1:33
10. West Texas Blues 3:34
11. When He Calls Me 3:10
12. Midnight Hour Blues 3:20
13. Rappahannock Blues 1:33
14. She's So Sweet 2:59
15. The Devil He Wore A Hickory Shoe 2:06
16. Have It Your Own Way 1:45

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Review

An elder statesman of Piedmont blues, John Jackson didn't get much exposure outside of his home state of Virginia until the folk revival of the 1960s swept him up. His music is an appealing mix of Piedmont-style blues, Appalachian folk, and an assortment of dance music; he moves from the ballad of "Railroad Bill" to the traditional "C.C. Rider" to the pensive "Louisiana Blues" to the devotional "When He Calls Me." The most striking track on this album, though, is "Death Don't Have No Mercy," which starts off dark and melancholy and progresses to downright scary. It's all, indeed, the sort of thing one could easily imagine hearing on the front porch of a southeastern house, complete with the Appalachian chain in the background. --Genevieve Williams

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