Fred McDowell - Lord Have Mercy

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Fred McDowell
Lord Have Mercy

Album 2011 on Doxy label
Blues

Born in Rossville, Tennessee in 1904, Mississippi Fred McDowell is one of the great Delta bluesmen, and by 1971 when his “You Gotta Move” first appeared on the Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers album, one of its best known. But in 1959 when he was first hunted down at his home in Como, Mississippi by Alan Lomax (and Shirley Collins) he had not yet made a single recording. The first time McDowell’s amazing repertoire was ever committed to tape was when Lomax set up his tape recorder on McDowell’s front porch and over a period of 4 days from September 21-25, 1959 proceeded to record McDowell singing and playing acoustic guitar, joined at times by guitarist Miles Pratcher and Fannie Davis on comb. Occasional vocals were also provided by McDowell’s wife Annie Mae, James Shorty, Sidney Carter and Rose Hemphill. Lord Have Mercy is an excerpt of that historic front porch session.

Musicians

	Fred McDowell voc, g, 1904-1972 US guitar, vocals, album by, written by
	Miles Pratcher guitar
	Fannie Davis voc, wind, comb

Composers

Alan Lomax

Bukka White

Fred McDowell

Sleepy John Estes

Traditional

Sonny Boy Williamson

John Fahey

Will Batts

Album Tracks

No	Title	Artist	Composer	Duration
1	Shake ‘Em On Down	Fred McDowell	Alan Lomax, Bukka White, Fred McDowell	2:45
2	Drop Down Mama	Fred McDowell	Sleepy John Estes	2:51
3	Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning	Fred McDowell	Fred McDowell	2:44
4	Fred McDowell’s Blues	Fred McDowell	Fred McDowell	4:11
5	Worried Mind	Fred McDowell	Fred McDowell	3:35
6	When You Get Home, Write Me A Few Little Lines	Fred McDowell	Fred McDowell	3:26
7	Soon One Mornin’	Fred McDowell	Traditional	3:13
8	Germany Blues	Fred McDowell	Traditional	3:11
9	Good Morning Little Schoolgirl	Fred McDowell	Fred McDowell, Sonny Boy Williamson	2:58
10	Wished I Was In Heaven Sitting Down	Fred McDowell	Fred McDowell	2:11
11	Lord Have Mercy	Fred McDowell	John Fahey	1:54
12	Woke Up This Morning With My Mind On Jesus	Fred McDowell	Traditional	3:18
13	Freight Train Blues	Fred McDowell	Fred McDowell	3:06
14	Been Drinkin’ Water Out Of A Hollow Log	Fred McDowell	Fred McDowell	2:58
15	I Want Jesus To Walk With Me	Fred McDowell	Traditional	3:08
16	61 Highway Blues	Fred McDowell	Will Batts	3:09
17	What’s The Matter Now	Fred McDowell	Fred McDowell	4:57

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