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Big Maceo - Chicago Breakdown [Recorded 1941-1947] (1975) [Reissue 2000]

Posted By: gribovar
Big Maceo - Chicago Breakdown [Recorded 1941-1947] (1975) [Reissue 2000]

Big Maceo - Chicago Breakdown [Recorded 1941-1947] (1975) [Reissue 2000]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 163 MB | Covers - 41 MB
Genre: Piano Blues, Chicago Blues | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Culture Press (CDBB 1026)

An influential singer and pianist of the 1940s, whose smoky voice and commanding keyboard skills had a major influence on the Chicago blues sound.
The thundering 88s of Big Maceo Merriweather helped pave the way for the great Chicago blues pianists of the 1950s - men like Johnny Jones, Otis Spann, and Henry Gray. Unfortunately, Merriweather wouldn't be around to enjoy their innovations - he died a few years after suffering a debilitating stroke in 1946. Major Merriweather was already a seasoned pianist when he arrived in Detroit in 1924. After working around the Motor City scene, he ventured to Chicago in 1941 to make his recording debut for producer Lester Melrose and RCA Victor's Bluebird subsidiary. His first day in the studio produced 14 tracks - six of his own and eight more as accompanist to renowned Chicago guitarist Tampa Red. One of his initial efforts, "Worried Life Blues," has passed into blues standard status (Chuck Berry was hip to it, covering it for Chess).
Merriweather remained Tampa Red's favorite pianistic accompanist after that, gigging extensively with him and Big Bill Broonzy on Chicago's South Side. The pianist cut a series of terrific sessions as a leader for Bluebird in 1941-1942 and 1945 (the latter including his tour de force, "Chicago Breakdown") before the stroke paralyzed his right side. He tried to overcome it, cutting for Victor in 1947 with Eddie Boyd assuming piano duties and again for Specialty in 1949 with Johnny Jones at the stool. His health fading steadily after that, Merriweather died in 1953.
Tracklist:
01. Worried Life Blues
02. Ramblin' Mind Blues
03. County Jail Blues
04. Can't You Read
05. So Long Baby
06. Texas Blues
07. Tuff Luck Blues
08. I Got The Blues
09. Poor Kelly Blues
10. Some Sweet Day
11. Kid Man Blues
12. I'm So Worried
13. Things Have Changed
14. My Own Troubles
15. Maceo's 32-20
16. Come On Home
17. Texas Stomp
18. Detroit Stomp
19. Winter Time Blues
20. Won't Be A Fool No More
21. Chicago Breakdown
22. Broke And Country Blues
23. If You Ever Change Your Ways
24. It's All Over Now
25. I Lost My Little Woman

Total time: 01:12:42

Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 4 from 23. January 2008

EAC extraction logfile from 27. July 2010, 23:04

Big Maceo / Chicago Breakdown

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Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Installed external ASPI interface
Gap handling : Appended to previous track

Used output format : Internal WAV Routines
Sample format : 44.100 Hz; 16 Bit; Stereo


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