Friday, February 13, 2009

You Better Mind




The Mississippi Sheiks - The World Is Going Wrong
The Memphis Sheiks - After The Superbowl
Guy Davis - Run Sinner Run
Colin Linden - There Would Be Hell To Pay
Chris Smither - Can’t Shake These Blues
South Memphis Jug Band - Dr. Medicine
Jimmy Rodgers - Goin’ Away Baby
Kelly Joe Phelps - Where Do I Go Now?
Sonny Terry & Brownie Mcghee - You Better Mind
Precious Bryant - The Truth
Robert Belfour - My Baby’s Gone
Dom Flemons - Looks Like Another Lonely Moon
Corey Harris - Where The Yellow Cross The Dog
Elizabeth Cotton - Oh, Babe, It Ain’t No Lie
Jimmy Reed - Hush Hush
Pig In A Can - Talkin’ Tupelo Blues
Blind Willie McTell - Talkin’ To Your Mama
T-Model Ford - If I Had Wings
Peter Case - So Glad You’re Mine
Eric Bibb - Bring It On Home To Me

“I’ve been using You Better Mind as a working title,” said Texas Hobart in an email to Avocado Rabbit as the pair exchanged songs back and forth in this acoustic blues mix. “That works for me,” was the reply and, simple as that, a title was born. Nothing very clever or profound. It just seemed right, and so did this mix. We hope you feel the same.

As Blind Willie McTell once said, “The blues ain’t nothin’ but a good man feelin’ bad.” What more can you say? It’s the blues, and if you’re feeling bad it will make you feel, well … better.

As usual, there is a quiz. One of the musicians here is the son of two actors. Which one and who are his parents?