Annie Raines, Paul Rishell - I Want You To Know (1996)

Tracklist

01. Step It Up & Go
02. I Want You To Know
03. Got To Fly
04. Yo Yo Blues
05. Nothin' But The Devil
06. Ol' Heartbreak
07. Blues For Tampa Red
08. I Shall Not Be Moved
09. Funny Feeling Blues
10. Mama talk To Your Daughter
11. Little Dog
12. Must Have Been the Devil
13. Time Is Like A Woman
14. Low Down Rounder
15. Key To The Highway
16. John Henry

The team of guitarist Paul Rishell and Annie Raines on harmonica (both sing) is so appealing that their acoustic duets make the occasional guests (and electrification of the music) seem unnecessary although Ronnie Earl gets in a few good guitar solos. Five originals by the Rishell/Raines team fit right in with songs by the likes of Blind Boy Fuller, Bo Carter, Babecue Bob, J.B. Lenoir, Otis Spann, Peg Leg Howell and Big Bill Broonzy. A touching version of "I Shall Not Be Moved" is the set's highpoint but all of the 16 selections (which range from country blues and early folk music to later electric blues) are well worth hearing. Highly recommended roots music.

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