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Warner Williams With Jay Summerour
Blues Highway: Live
Album US 2004 on Smithsonian Folkways label
Blues (Piedmont Blues)
℗© 2004 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Center for Folklore and Cultural Heritage 750 9th St., NW, Suite 4100 Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC 20560-0953 www.si.edu/folkways Recordings made March 6, 1993, March 19, 1994, and April 7, 1995 -- Recorded by John Tyler, Smithsonian Productions and Big Mo Mobile Recording. Guitarist and songster Warner Williams of Takoma Park, Maryland, is one of the greatest unsung heroes of the Piedmont blues, an Eastern seaboard style that incorporates fiddle tunes, ballads, country and popular songs, ragtime. and gospel. With a jaunty, rhythmic, finger-picked guitar style and an eclectic repertoire that ranges from blues to honky-tonk, jazz crooning to children's songs. Warner Williams is an old-style community entertainer of national significance. He is joined by Maryland native Jay Summerour on harmonica and backing vocals. Together they conjure up a historic Piedmont duo like Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee as they make their on way on the blues highway. Produced in collaboration with the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts and the University of New Orleans, College of Urban and Public Affairs. Underwritten by The Wallace Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Musicians
 | Warner Williams ts, key, as, arranged by, guitar, vocals, album by |
 | Jay Summerour bvoc, h, backing vocals, harmonica, whistling, written by, album by |
 | Eddie Pennington guitar |
Producers
| Joe Parisi design, layout |
| Leslie Spitz-Edson liner notes, editing, research |
| Pete Reiniger mastered by |
| Nick Spitzer photography, producer |
| Mary Monseur production manager |
| Big Mo Mobile Recording recorded by |
| John Tyler recorded by |
| Smithsonian Productions recorded by |
| D.A. Sonneborn supervised by |
| Daniel Sheehy supervised by |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Step It Up And Go | Warner Williams With Jay Summerour | 2:38 | |
| 2 | Ain't Gonna Pick No More Cotton | Warner Williams With Jay Summerour | 3:47 | |
| 3 | Digging My Potatoes | Warner Williams With Jay Summerour | 3:37 | |
| 4 | Bring It On Down To My House | Warner Williams With Jay Summerour | 2:01 | |
| 5 | Key To The Highway | Warner Williams With Jay Summerour | 4:18 | |
| 6 | I'm Confessing That I Love You | Warner Williams With Jay Summerour | 2:34 | |
| 7 | Good Morning Little Schoolgirl | Warner Williams With Jay Summerour | 2:48 | |
| 8 | Mouse On The Hill | Warner Williams With Jay Summerour | 3:44 | |
| 9 | Hey Bartender, There's A Big Bug In My Beer | Warner Williams With Jay Summerour | 2:43 | |
| 10 | Worried Life Blues | Warner Williams With Jay Summerour | 3:08 | |
| 11 | I Got A Woman | Warner Williams With Jay Summerour | 4:29 | |
| 12 | I Feel So Good | Warner Williams With Jay Summerour | 1:59 | |
| 13 | Honeysuckle Rose | Warner Williams With Jay Summerour | 2:05 | |
| 14 | Little Bit A Blues Theme | Warner Williams With Jay Summerour | 3:25 |
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