Blind Boy Fuller
Unlike blues artists like Big Bill or Memphis Minnie who recorded extensively over three or four decades, Blind Boy Fuller recorded his substantial body of work over a short, six-year span. Nevertheless, he was one of the most recorded artists of his time and by far the most popular and influential Piedmont blues player of all time. Fuller could play in multiple styles: slide, ragtime, pop, and blues were all enhanced by his National steel guitar. Fuller worked with some fine sidemen, including Rev. Gary Davis, Sonny Terry, and washboard player Bull City Red. Initially discovered and promoted by Carolina entrepreneur H.B. Long, Fuller recorded for ARC and Decca. He also served as a conduit to recording sessions, steering fellow blues musicians to the studio.
In spite of Fuller's recorded output, most of his musical life was spent as a street musician and house party favorite, and he possessed the skills to reinterpret and cover the hits of other artists as well. In this sense, he was a synthesizer of styles, parallel in many ways to Robert Johnson, his contemporary who died three years earlier. Like Johnson, Fuller lived fast and died young in 1942, only 33 years old. Fuller was a fine, expressive vocalist and a masterful guitar player best remembered for his uptempo ragtime hits "Rag Mama Rag," "Trucking My Blues Away," and "Step It Up and Go." At the same time he was capable of deeper material, and his versions of "Lost Lover Blues" and "Mamie" are as deep as most Delta blues. Because of his popularity, he may have been overexposed on records, yet most of his songs remained close to tradition and much of his repertoire and style is kept alive by North Carolina and Virginia artists today.
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Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 1 1935 - 1936
Blues - Paru chez Document Records le 22 mars 2005
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Blind Boy Fuller, Vol 2 (1936 - 1937)
Blues - Paru chez Document Records le 6 déc. 2013
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East Coast Piedmont Style
Blues - Paru chez Legacy - Columbia le 9 avr. 1991
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Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 4 1937 - 1938
Blues - Paru chez Document Records le 22 mars 2005
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Untrue Blues
Blues - Paru chez Maestro Entertainment, Corp le 16 mai 2014
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Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 6 1940
Blues - Paru chez Document Records le 22 mars 2005
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The One and Only: Blind Boy Fuller (Remastered)
Blues - Paru chez Kateland le 25 févr. 2014
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Blind Boy Fuller, Vol. 2, CD A
Blues - Paru chez JSP Records le 1 août 2006
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Rough Guide to Blind Boy Fuller
Blues - Paru chez Rough Guides - World Music Network le 31 mars 2015
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Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 5 1938 - 1940
Blues - Paru chez Document Records le 22 mars 2005
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Presenting Blind Boy Fuller
Blues - Paru chez Universal Digital Enterprises le 8 avr. 1936
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His Greatest Tracks
Gospel - Paru chez Blues Country Records le 23 nov. 2018
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The Blues Collection: Blind Boy Fuller
Blues - Paru chez Tantrum Music le 6 févr. 2014
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The Classic Blues Collection: Blind Boy Fuller
Blues - Paru chez 1550 Music le 8 mars 2014
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Blind Boy Fuller's Truckin' My Blues Away
Blues - Paru chez Charly Records le 25 juin 2006
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Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 3 1937
Blues - Paru chez Document Records le 22 mars 2005
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Step It Up And Go:the Collection 1935-40
Blues - Paru chez Acrobat le 6 oct. 2023
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Nothing but the Blues
Blues - Paru chez StarPointe Records le 12 mai 2015
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Matchbox Bluesmaster Series, Vol. 10: Home Town Skiffle
Blues - Paru chez Matchbox Bluesmaster le 6 janv. 2023
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Careless Love
Jazz - Paru chez Black & Partner Licenses LLC le 30 avr. 2019
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