Big Boy Henry Poor Mans Blues
Label: New Moon
Recorded: SoundWave Audio, Chapel Hill, NC 26 January 1994- 28 January 1994.
Released: 1996
Format: Mp3@320cbr



Big Boy Henry is often called "the patriarch of Carolina blues." Big Boy learned to play and sing the blues on the streets of eastern North Carolina, from the traveling musicians of the day in the late forties. During the blues revival of the 80's he was "discovered" and has gone on to inspire a whole new generation of blues musicians. His prolific songwriting and poetic sensibility seem boundless. Pickin' protege Lightnin' Wells and members of the Ministers of Sinister serve as his backup band here. This is Piedmont style country blues at its best.


Tracklist:

1 Rattlesnakin' Mama 3:41
2 Miss Lucy Gray 3:34
3 Beautiful City 3:45
4 Oh, Red! Burnett, 3:52
5 Rocky Mountain 4:42
6 Let Me Go Home Gin 5:47
7 Shake That Thing 3:53
8 Poor Man's Blues 4:26
9 Black Rat Swing 5:05
10 Lookin' for Me at Midnight 4:25
11 I'm Mad Henry, 4:05
12 Main Street Woman 3:07
13 Pat That Thing 3:22
14 How Long 4:55



Personnel: Big Boy Henry (vocals, electric guitar); Max Drake (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Lightnin' Wells (acoustic guitar); Mike Wesolowski (harmonica); Calvin "Loudmouth" Johnson (electric bass); Russ Wilson (drums, washboard).