James Son Thomas - Hard Times (2003)

Tracklist

01. Good Morning School Girl
02. Sugar Mama Blues
03. Rollin' And Tumblin'
04. Nelson Street
05. Standing At The Crossroads
06. Bumble Bee
07. Hard Times
08. Big Fat Mama
09. Two Trains Running
10. Whiskey Headed Woman
11. Bottle It Up And Go
12. Ethel Mae
13. Forty Four Miles
14. Crawling King Snake
15. Beefsteak Blues
16. Mama Talk To Your Daughter
17. It Hurts Me Too
18. Cairo Bl
19. Steel Guitar Rag


One of the last great traditional Delta blues musicians, James "Son" Thomas style conveyed the power, earnesty and integrity of masterful country artists like Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup. Thomas grew up on a farm in Mississippi and played in juke joints and barrelhouses before he began recording in the late '60s. He appeared in the films Delta Blues Singer: James "Sonny Ford" Thomas in 1970 and Give My Poor Heart Ease: Mississippi Delta Bluesmen in 1975, plus the short Mississippi Delta Blues in 1974. Thomas also made festival appearances in the '70s and '80s. He recorded for Transatlantic, Matchbox, Southern Folklore and regional labels in the '60s,'70s and '80s.

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