Jeff Konkel the President and Founder of Broke & Hungry Records and the 2007 Living Blues Award – Producer of the Year, listed reviews of his favorite postwar rural and down-home blues records over at The Blindman’s Blues Forum
It was a while back now and I can’t find the thread on The Blindman’s Blues Forum any more but here are the first 10 from the list for those interested in this fascinating genre of blues.
VARIOUS ARTISTS – LIVING COUNTRY BLUES
FURRY LEWIS, BUKKA WHITE & FRIENDS – PARTY! AT HOME
JUNIOR KIMBROUGH – MOST THINGS HAVEN’T WORKED OUT
LIGHTNIN’ AND THE BLUES: THE HERALD SESSIONS
DAN PICKETT 1949 COUNTRY BLUES
SLEEPY JOHN ESTES – BROWNSVILLE BLUES
FRED MCDOWELL – THE FIRST RECORDINGS
ALGIA MAE HINTON – HONEY BABE
JACK OWENS – IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE DEVIL
SON HOUSE – FATHER OF THE DELTA BLUES
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