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March 19, 2023

Furry Lewis & Mississippi Joe Callicott : The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions (2007)

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Same day, same place...
S
ame day : July 21, 1968. Same place : Ardent Studios, Memphis. Same (British) producer : Mike Vernon. Same label : Blue Horizon. But two albums by two different future legends of country blues. This Complete Blue Horizon Sessions released in 2007 are in fact the joint re-issue of two older albums : “Presenting the country blues : Furry Lewis”, first released in 1969 in the UK and 1972 in the US, and “Presenting the country blues : Mississippi Joe Callicott”, originally released in 1970 in the UK and 1972 in the US. This 2007 edition presents a total of 10 additional unreleased tracks (original songs or alternate takes), two by Lewis, eight by Callicott.

Both musicians were contemporary and several aspects of their lives are similar : recording debut in Chicago in 1929/1930, period of retirement from playing, re-discovery during the early 1960s folk & blues revival…