Downhome Blues 1959

Original Release Date:  February 7, 2011

Track Listing

• 1. When You Get Home, Write Me a Few Little Lines
• 2. Drop Down Mama
• 3. Shake 'Em on Down
• 4. Fred McDowell's Blues
• 5. Goin' Down to the River
• 6. You Gonna Be Sorry
• 7. You Done Tol' Everybody
• 8. Woke Up This Morning with My Mind on Jesus
• 9. Soon One Mornin'
• 10. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
• 11. Wished I Was in Heaven Sitting Down
• 12. Germany Blues
• 13. Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
• 14. Freight Train Blues
• 15. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning
• 16. Been Drinkin' Water Out of a Hollow Log
• 17. I Want Jesus to Walk with Me
• 18. 61 Highway Blues
• 19. Lord Have Mercy
• 20. Worried Mind
• 21. What's the Matter Now
• 22. Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning [Instrumental]
• 23. Shake 'Em on Down [Alt] [Alternate Take]
• 24. Cool Water Blues
• 25. Po' Boy Blues
• 26. Clarksdale Mill Blues
• 27. Jim and John
• 28. Hen Duck
• 29. Chevrolet
• 30. Oree
• 31. Sittin' on Top of the World
• 32. All Night Long
• 33. I'm Gonna Live Anyhow 'til I Die
• 34. Buttermilk
• 35. Levee Camp Reminiscence
• 36. Train Time
• 37. Red Cross Store
• 38. You Gotta Cut That Out
• 39. Stop Breaking Down
• 40. Drink on Little Girl
• 41. She Lived Her Life Too Fast
• 42. She Don't Love Me That Way
• 43. Forrest City Jump
• 44. Boogie Children
• 45. Joe Lee's Rock
• 46. You Got Dimples in Your Jaw

Credits

• Mississippi Fred McDowell: Guitar, Vocals
• Fannie Davis: Comb
• Miles Pratcher: Guitar, Vocals
• Neil Slaven: Liner Notes
• Boy Blue: Vocals
• Bob Pratcher: Guitar
• Lonnie Young: Drums (Bass), Vocals
• John Dudley: Guitar, Vocals
• Forrest City Joe: Harmonica, Piano, Vocals
• G.D. Young: Drums (Snare)
• Willie Jones: Guitar, Vocals
• Darnel Walker: Drums
• Sonny Rogers: Guitar
• Thomas Martin: Drums