Hammer in the Delta
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Hammer in the Delta, A Collection of Music from the Mississippi Delta, 2003 Clarksdale Habitat for Humanity, $15. Habitat for Humanity is an ever-present force in the modern Delta. For many Deltans, poverty and broken-down homes are still a reality. This CD uses most of its proceeds to better this situation... Still, don't just buy it for that reason. Buy it because it's good. It includes tracks by 5 Clarksdale-area acts and blends blues with country-inflected sounds. 14 tracks:
- Delaney Bramlett - Mississippi
- The Revelators - Do You Know Him
- Alvin Youngblood Hart - Jinx Blues
- Cary Hudson - High Heel Sneakers
- Mohead - Down To The Levee
- Big T & The Family - Catfish Blues
- Taylor Grocery Band - Boll Weavil Blues
- Stax Rhythm Section - Drum Island
- John Ruskey - Riverman
- Wesley Jefferson Band (w/Super Chikan) - Young Folks With The Blues
- Charlie Jacobs - Rhythm of Spring
- Blues Prodigy - At Last
- Blue Mother Tupelo - Home
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Alvin Youngblood Hart, Down in the Alley, 2002 Memphis International Records, $16.
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Robert Belfour, Pushin My Luck, 2003 Fat Possum Records, $17.
Be sure to check out the other featured CDs.
- Cadillac John, Crazy About You, $12.
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T-Model Ford, Bad Man, 2002 Fat Possum Records, $17.
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Willie Foster, Live at Airport Grocery, 1999 Mempho Records, $15.
- Wesley Jefferson Band, The Delta Blues Live from the Do Drop Inn, 1996 Repap, $15.
- Jelly Roll Kings, Off Yonder Wall, 1997 Fat Possum Records, $17.
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Willie King, I Am the Blues, 2000 Rural Members Association, $16.
- Super Chikan, What You See, 2000 Fat Possum Records, $17.
Compilations and Soundtracks:
- Last of the Mississippi Jukes Soundtrack, 2003 Sanctuary, $18.
- The Rough Guide to Delta Blues, Sounds from the Cottonfields of the Deep South, 2002 World Music Network, $16.