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Mississippi Sheiks, Bo Carter, Bessie Jackson, Lil Johnson, Others - Roots N' Blues: Raunchy Business (1928-39)
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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 songs—though 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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