- Audio CD (Mar 17 2008)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Telarc
- ASIN: B00004UDEK
- In-Print Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #65,453 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. 32-20 Blues |
| 2. Mean Mistreater Mama |
| 3. This Little Girl Of Mine |
| 4. Stop Breakin' Down Blues |
| 5. My Woman Came Walking Down |
| 6. C.C. Rider |
| 7. Little Queen Of Spades |
| 8. I Believe I'll Dust My Broom |
| 9. In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down) |
| 10. We're Gonna Ball Tonight |
| 11. Mr. Downchild |
| 12. Run Your Mama |
| 13. Ramblin' On My Mind |
| 14. Love In Vain Blues |
| 15. Train My Baby |
| 16. Keys To The Highway |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
There's a stereotype about the Delta blues. You know the one: some guy sitting on a back porch somewhere, or maybe in a boxcar, with his guitar, singing about some woman who left him. But real Delta blues is far more flexible, creative, and, above all, spooky than that. It takes someone who learned from the style's master--that would be Robert Johnson, in case you're wondering--to explore the music's length and breadth, and that someone is Robert Lockwood Jr. That's why, even though he covers some of the hoariest chestnuts the Delta blues has to offer--yep, there's "Dust My Broom," and yep, there's "Love in Vain," and "Ramblin' on My Mind," not to mention Lightnin' Hopkins's "C.C. Rider," which has been covered by just about everyone who can sling an acoustic guitar--Lockwood keeps the music fresh and appealing. There's no question that he's good at what he does; he's won a W.C. Handy award, been nominated for a Grammy, and remained one of the most respected bluesmen around for decades. It would be hard to select a more clichéd title for a Delta blues album than Delta Crossroads--Lockwood does not, by the way, cover "Crossroad Blues" on this album, but that's fine; he's earned the right. --Genevieve Williams
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5.0 out of 5 stars
So Good!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Delta Crossroads (Audio CD)
An updated but authentic blues recording. If you love the blues and are sometimes frustrated by the quality of the old recordings, you'll love this disc. Robert Lockwood, Jr. is a blues master who shows it's possible to reinterpret old standards while remaining true to the blues form. I can't recommend this disc highly enough!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another gem by a master,
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This review is from: Delta Crossroads (Audio CD)
Robert Lockwood, Jr., remains a national blues treasure who still sounds as fresh and vital today as he did decades ago. Telarc has issued a new cd, Delta Crossroads, which is surprising in being a solo acoustic album. Robert is heard on fine performances of a number of blues associated with his stepfather, Robert Johnson's songs, several other blues standards and his own originals.This is not his first acoustic blues album. He recorded for a French label, Plays Robert & Robert which has been reissued in the US on Evidence. And he has included tracks on prior albums in a similar vein. Robert has recorded most of the songs heard here in the past, although perhaps under different titles. For example, his This Little Girl of Mine was recorded with his band as Hold Everything on his first Trix album. This writer is familiar with other renditions of most of the Robert Johnson songs. Johnson's 32-20 Blues that opens this album may be the one song I have not heard him on record do before. Lockwood, in fact, recorded Dust My Broom prior to Elmore James, although it was issued later, and he did Rambling on My Mind on his Steady Rolling Man album on Delmark. He plays with his usual skill and sings straightforwardly and without any artifice. Its nice to hear renditions of performances of blues classics he regularly performs including C.C. Rider and Leroy Carr's Mean Mistreater and In the Evening, which is juxtaposed with a rendition of Love In Vain, which uses the latter tune's melody. This is beautifully recorded and produced by Joe Harley and is a worthy addition to his growing body of recordings. Hopefully we will get a new album of Robert with his band real soon.
5.0 out of 5 stars
down at the crossroads,
By howard lee teitel (GLENDALE, NEW YORK United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Delta Crossroads (Audio CD)
along with johnny shines,robert lockwood are the two blues artists who knew of the late great robert johnson first hand. playing shows in the deep south with robert johnson his music and spirit are alive in this new recording of his songs. if you love acoustic blues this cd is for you. every song is played the way robert would play.
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