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"So these discs work both ways; for the performers letting people know who they are and for us letting us see the people whose voices we’ve been listening to on CD." -Richard Marcus, Blogcritics Music Reviews
The Music Maker Relief Foundation has given numerous musicians the opportunity to not only get back on stage in front of audiences but to record their music as well. While anyone of us can get our hands on these recordings either through Amazon or the Music Makers web site very few of us are probably every going to have the chance to see any of these artists in concert.
Thankfully there is a partial solution to that problem parts one and two of Drink House To Church House: Songs & Stories From The Roots Of America. If I’ve understood things correctly these are the first two of a four part CD/DVD series featuring the artists associated with the Music Maker record label.
Some of the performers, Captain Luke for instance, on Volumes I and II of the series have already gained some notoriety around the world through tours of Europe and Argentina. But some of the others aren’t even known in their own backyards or been seen performing by anyone but their neighbors and friends in the last twenty years.
So these discs work both ways; for the performers letting people know who they are and for us letting us see the people whose voices we’ve been listening to on CD. How else am I ever going to get a chance to see Drink Small perform, watch John Dee Holeman play his guitar, witness a performance by the incomparable Adolphus Bell (you haven’t lived until you’ve seen the leader of a one man band introduce the band), Pura Fe sing Gershwin’s “Summertime” accompanied by Cool John Ferguson and his band, or Haskell “Whistlin’ Britches” Thompson too name just a few of the amazing talents crammed within these two sets of music. -Richard Marcus
Track Listing: CD 1/John Dee Holeman-John Henry 2/Captain Luke-Careless Love 3/Macavine Hayes-Snatch that Thing 4/Alabama Slim-The Mighty Flood 5/Little Freddie King- I Don't Know What to Do 6/Bishop Dready Manning-Gospel Train 7/Captain Luke & Cool John- Old Black Buck 8/Marie Manning-Something on the Inside 9/John Dee Holeman, Kenny Wayne Shepherd & Cool John Ferguson-Can't See Why 10/Bishop Dready Manning-What Was I Doing, When the Saints of God Found Me?
Track Listing: DVD Chapter 1: Captain Luke, Macavine Hayes, and Haskell Thompson, Rainy Night in Georgia, King Bee, Snatch that Thing, Chapter 2: Little Freddie/Alabama Slim, Baby Please Don;t Go, Catfish Blues, The Mighty Flood, Chapter 3: Bishop Manning and Family,Hard Luck and Trouble, Just Like Fire, Something on the Inside, Joy That I Have, Chapter 4: John Dee Holeman, One Black Rat, When Things Go Wrong With You, John Henry