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Bo Carter: Bo Carter's Advice
by Derek Taylor
Looking at the tired and broken man on the cover of this disc balancing a national steel body guitar dejectedly on his knee, it’s hard to fathom Bo Carter at the height of popularity and success. But as one of the most prolific Pre-War bluesmen he enjoyed just such a stature during the Depression, an irony not lost in his songs. The notes to this compilation suggest that some of his celebrity may have been due to the risqué nature ...
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Something Else!
By Nick Deriso I always chuckle when I pull out this Columbia-Legacy compilation, a CD of pre-war tracks that boasts one of those blocky black PARENTAL ADVISORY stickers for explicit lyrics. It's an album of steadfastly dirty blues songsthough innuendo replaces the jarring language of today's brazen new world. Still, their very content, even by suggestion, meant many of these sides were issued under pseudonyms to avoid problems with cops or the family lawyer. Columbia made a terrific effort on ...
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