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The debut recording of 33-year-old Hart is extraordinarily simple and simply extraordinary. Except for three cuts on which he's joined by Taj Mahal, Big Mama's Door is just Hart on acoustic guitar and vocals, and he's not doing anything fancy -- just playing prewar-style blues, mostly in a percussive Delta manner, recorded live to two-track. Yet he succeeds so well in blending technique and feeling, structure and spontaneity, tradition and freshness that he produces a minor gem of a blues record, evocative of the blues masters of the 1920s and '30s. He covers Leadbelly, Blind Willie McTell, Charley Patton, and the Mississippi Sheiks and does originals that replicate older blues idioms, not just in the notes but in the nuances, and in the personal commitment he brings to the material.
© Steve Hoffman /TiVo
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Mike Johnson, Engineer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Vocal - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Composer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Guitar - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Lyricist - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Performer - Dan Alexander, Engineer - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer - Michael Nash, Producer
1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Mike Johnson, Engineer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Vocal - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Composer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Guitar - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Lyricist - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Performer - Dan Alexander, Engineer - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer - Michael Nash, Producer
1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Mike Johnson, Engineer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Vocal - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Composer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, 12 String Guitar - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Lyricist - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Performer - Dan Alexander, Engineer - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer - Michael Nash, Producer
1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Taj Mahal, Mandolin - Taj Mahal, Background Vocal - Mike Johnson, Engineer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Vocal - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Guitar - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Performer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Lyricist - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Composer - Dan Alexander, Engineer - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer - Traditional, Composer - Traditional, Lyricist - Michael Nash, Producer
1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Mike Johnson, Engineer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Vocal - Alvin Youngblood Hart, 12 String Guitar - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Performer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Lyricist - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Composer - Dan Alexander, Engineer - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer - Traditional, Composer - Traditional, Lyricist - Michael Nash, Producer
1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Mike Johnson, Engineer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Vocal - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Guitar - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Performer - Dan Alexander, Engineer - C. Patton, Composer - C. Patton, Lyricist - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer - Michael Nash, Producer
1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Mike Johnson, Engineer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Guitar - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Composer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Performer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Lyricist - Dan Alexander, Engineer - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer - Michael Nash, Producer
1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
W. Vinson, Composer - W. Vinson, Lyricist - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Vocal
(P)1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
H. Ledbetter, Composer - H. Ledbetter, Lyricist - Mike Johnson, Engineer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Vocal - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Guitar - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Performer - Dan Alexander, Engineer - J. Lomax, Composer - J. Lomax, Lyricist - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer - Michael Nash, Producer - A. Lomax, Composer - A. Lomax, Lyricist
1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Mike Johnson, Engineer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Vocal - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Composer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Performer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Lyricist - Dan Alexander, Engineer - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer - Michael Nash, Producer
1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Mike Johnson, Engineer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Vocal - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Composer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Guitar - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Lyricist - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Performer - Dan Alexander, Engineer - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer - Michael Nash, Producer
1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Mike Johnson, Engineer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Vocal - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Banjo - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Performer - Dan Alexander, Engineer - W. McTell, Composer - W. McTell, Lyricist - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer - Michael Nash, Producer
1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
W. Vinson, Composer - W. Vinson, Lyricist - Mike Johnson, Engineer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Vocal - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Guitar - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Performer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Lyricist - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Composer - Dan Alexander, Engineer - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer - Michael Nash, Producer
1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Taj Mahal, Guitar - Mike Johnson, Engineer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Guitar - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Composer - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Lyricist - Alvin Youngblood Hart, Performer - Dan Alexander, Engineer - Chris Siebert, Piano - Joe Gastwirt, Mastering Engineer - Michael Nash, Producer
1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Album review
The debut recording of 33-year-old Hart is extraordinarily simple and simply extraordinary. Except for three cuts on which he's joined by Taj Mahal, Big Mama's Door is just Hart on acoustic guitar and vocals, and he's not doing anything fancy -- just playing prewar-style blues, mostly in a percussive Delta manner, recorded live to two-track. Yet he succeeds so well in blending technique and feeling, structure and spontaneity, tradition and freshness that he produces a minor gem of a blues record, evocative of the blues masters of the 1920s and '30s. He covers Leadbelly, Blind Willie McTell, Charley Patton, and the Mississippi Sheiks and does originals that replicate older blues idioms, not just in the notes but in the nuances, and in the personal commitment he brings to the material.
© Steve Hoffman /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:48:43
- Main artists: Alvin Youngblood Hart
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Okeh - 550 Music
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
1996 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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