Been Here All My Days (Mississippi Records, Vinyl)

I was trying my best to hold off on another post until tomorrow, but alas, I have been up late tonight listening to some newly bought lps with my friend Hilary. The third record of the night was this very one, Been Here All My days. The record is a collection of blues tracks from the George Mitchell Archive. George Mitchell was an absolutely incredible field recorder who travelled around the south from the early 1960's to the late 1980's collecting blues recordings of absolutely incredible yet unknown musicians.


This particular selection starts off with a lively a-side. Slide guitar, rusty voices,and tough southern stories. It really gets going on the b-side however. The b-side is an absolutely inspiring compilation. The guitar work is absolutely magnificent. Precious Bryant's Georgia Buck reteaches us the art of fingerpicked guitar, showing us the roots of many of todays most celebrated fingerpickers like jansch and drake. The record moves on with another spectacular track Good Morning Judge by Furry Lewis, which features the same luscious fingerpicking with the addition of slide guitar.


The record closes on a Robert Johnson(not the same one you're thinking of) track Hold My Body Down, a gritty southern chant.


You can download the mp3's here:
Been Here All My Days

Try to find it on vinyl! just google it people! I mean really! Don't be a bitch! Support good tunes! :)