Name: Gone Woman Blues
Brand: Rounder Select
SKU: 18219
Price: 13.42 GBP
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Gone Woman Blues

Rating

Album: Gone Woman Blues
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Big Road Blues	More Info...
2)	Preaching Blues	More Info...
3)	Joliet Bound	More Info...
4)	Maggie Campbell	More Info...
5)	Hellhound On My Trail	More Info...
6)	Bye Bye Blues	More Info...
7)	Gone Woman Blues	More Info...
8)	Peavine Blues	More Info...
9)	Rolling Log	More Info...
10)	I Let My Daddy Do That	More Info...
11)	Tallahatchie Blues	More Info...
12)	Tain't Long Fo Day	More Info...
13)	Terraplane Blues	More Info...
14)	Come On In My Kitchen	More Info...
15)	Be Ready When He Comes	More Info...
16)	Cypress Grove	More Info...
17)	Railroadin' Some	More Info...
18)	Hawkins Blues	More Info...
19)	Cool Drink Of Water	More Info...
20)	Do Your Duty	More Info...
21)	Rowdy Blues	More Info...
22)	On The Wall	More Info...
23)	Devil Got My Man	More Info...
24)	Take My Heart Again	More Info...

Album: Gone Woman Blues
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Big Road Blues	More Info...
2)	Preaching Blues	More Info...
3)	Joliet Bound	More Info...
4)	Maggie Campbell	More Info...
5)	Hellhound On My Trail	More Info...
6)	Bye Bye Blues	More Info...
7)	Gone Woman Blues	More Info...
8)	Peavine Blues	More Info...
9)	Rolling Log	More Info...
10)	I Let My Daddy Do That	More Info...
11)	Tallahatchie Blues	More Info...
12)	Tain't Long Fo Day	More Info...
13)	Terraplane Blues	More Info...
14)	Come On In My Kitchen	More Info...
15)	Be Ready When He Comes	More Info...
16)	Cypress Grove	More Info...
17)	Railroadin' Some	More Info...
18)	Hawkins Blues	More Info...
19)	Cool Drink Of Water	More Info...
20)	Do Your Duty	More Info...
21)	Rowdy Blues	More Info...
22)	On The Wall	More Info...
23)	Devil Got My Man	More Info...
24)	Take My Heart Again	More Info...

Performer Notes

Personnel: Rory Block (acoustic guitar, vocals, National steel guitar); Jordan Block Valdina (vocals); Brendan Croker (acoustic guitar); Little Annie Raines (harmonica); Warren Bernhardt (piano).
Producers: Rory Block, Ron Bach, John Sebastian.
Personnel: Rory Block (vocals, acoustic guitar, steel guitar); Jordan Block Valdina (vocals); Brendan Croker (acoustic guitar); Annie Raines (harmonica); Warren Bernhardt (piano).
Audio Mixer: Ron Back.
Recording information: Bearsville, Woodstock, NY; Edit Masters, Chatham, NY; NRS Recording Studios, Hurley, NY; Payne African Methodist Episcopal Church, Chatham, NY; The Carriage House, Stamford, CT.
Photographer: Carla Gahr.
Subtitled "The Country Blues Collection," Rory Block sticks to what she may do better than any other contemporary player around. These cuts have all been heard scattered about on various other albums going back to High Heeled Blues from 1989; here they are pulled together into one comprehensive whole. She explores the wide variety of country-blues, and even at 69-plus minutes this disc never gets repetitive. Except for five cuts, she is unaccompanied, and when she is, it only enhances what she does. Her youngest son, Jordan Block Valdina, helps out by doing the male vocal on a stunning a cappella version of "Be Ready When He Comes." The harmonica backing by Little Annie Raines (a frequent collaborator with Paul Rishell) just perfectly walks that line of being enhancing without intruding. If you like country-blues, this is one you don't want to miss. ~ Bob Gottlieb

Professional Reviews

JazzTimes (8/97, p.76) - "GONE WOMAN BLUES is a 24-song collection of her acoustic country blues recordings...Block acquits herself nicely on Robert Johnson classics...and handles gospel flavored numbers...with requisite fire and soul."