Sylvester Cotton/Andrew Dunham Blues Sensation: Detroit Downhome Recordings 1948-49 Label : Ace
Released: 2003
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First time on CD for these incredibly rare early solo blues performances from the early 1950s, originally cut for Sensation Records of Detroit. - Little is known about either Sylvester Cotton or Andrew Dunham, other than that both were close associates of the late John Lee Hooker and that their sessions were cut by the man who supervised all of Hooker's early record dates, the late Bernard Besman. There are many shades of Hooker's early work in the recordings of both men, Cotton especially. - Only three of these recordings were issued at the time of recording. Many have never been released prior to this CD's issue - Pure, unadulterated down-home blues, as raw and rootsy as it gets!
01. When I'm Gone (Sylvester Cotton) (2:49)
02. Three Cent Stamp Blues (Sylvester Cotton) (2:39)
03. Sak-Relation Blues (Sylvester Cotton) (2:18 )
04. Brown Skin Woman (Sylvester Cotton) (3:07)
05. Big Chested Mama Blues (Sylvester Cotton) (2:33)
06. Thanksgiving Blues (Sylvester Cotton) (2:47)
07. Stranger In Your Town Blues (Sylvester Cotton) (2:48 )
08. Watered Down Blues Aka Waterlee Blues (Sylvester Cotton) (2:38 )
09. I'm Gone Blues (Sylvester Cotton) (2:45)
10. Single Man's Blues (Sylvester Cotton) (2:40)
11. Pay Day Blues (Sylvester Cotton) (3:06)
12. Waitin' Blues Aka Way Down In Hell (Sylvester Cotton) (2:39)
13. Wife Lovin' Blues (Sylvester Cotton) (2:51)
14. Stormy Weather Blues (Sylvester Cotton) (2:52)
15. Christmas Blues (Sylvester Cotton) (2:58 )
16. Cotton Field Blues (Sylvester Cotton) (2:53)
17. Ugly Woman Blues (Sylvester Cotton) (2:36)
18. Sak-Relation Blues (Sylvester Cotton) (2:55)
19. I Tried (Sylvester Cotton) (2:57)
20. She Don't Walk (Andrew Dunham) (4:54)
21. Little Bitty Woman (Andrew Dunham & James Taylor) (2:44)
22. Rocky Mountain (Andrew Dunham) (3:27)
23. Little Bitty Woman (Andrew Dunham & James Taylor) (3:01)
24. I Found Out (Andrew Dunham) (4:41)
25. Corinne (Andrew Dunham) (3:24)
