Sleepy John Estes - Live in Japan with Hammie Nixon (CD)

Tennessee blues poet Sleepy John Estes made his recorded debut in 1929 with the song "Broken Hearted, Ragged and Dirty Too". In '35 John teamed up with Hammie Nixon and they went on to record many classic sides together until WWII. After a twenty-year absence Delmark's Bob Koester rediscovered John and presented him to the new blues audience in '62. This led to a series of LPs and a reinvigorated career. This album was recorded in November of 1974 at concerts in Japan, one of the very first tours of that country by a blues artist - preceded only by a B.B. King State Department appearance. The Estes tour was a great success and even resulted in an Estes track appearing on the Japanese Top 100 chart! 73 minutes.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Corrine Corinna
2. Broke and Hungry
3. You Shouldn't Do That
4. Tin Pan Alley
5. Holy Spirit, Don't You Leave Me
6. I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You
7. Stop That Thing
8. The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
9. Divin' Duck Blues
10. When Your Mother Is Gone
11. When the Saints Go Marching in
12. Introduction
13. Mary Come on Home
14. Rats in My Kitchen
15. Potato Diggin' Man
16. Fox Chase
17. Sleepy John's Twist
18. Welcome
19. Love Grows in Your Heart
20. Brownsville Blues
21. Jesus Is on the Mainline