Friday, February 10, 2006

Furry blue vinyl

Furry Lewis was past the time when he should have been trying imitate the Singing Brakeman on Waiting for a Train. I like it that he says "Santa Fee," the old-fashioned way, instead of "Santa Fay" in the same way that the West Coast port used to be "San Peedro" and not "San Paydro" or in the same way in which old-time lawyers used old-style Latin, saying "pro see," for example, instead of "pro say." This is Blue Horizon 7-63228, Furry Lewis, Presenting the Country Blues, the one with the snarling fox taxidermy on the cover. This record has lots of pops on it. Here's the track list (scroll down). Voice not so great because of advanced years or not, the chops are still there and so's the expressive way with the lyrics of this collection of predominantly standards.

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