Josh White
To many blues enthusiasts, Josh White was a folk revival artist. It's true that the second half of his music career found him based in New York playing to the coffeehouse and cabaret set and hanging out with Burl Ives, Woody Guthrie, and fellow transplanted blues artists Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee. In Chicago during the 1960s, his shirt was unbuttoned to the waist à la Harry Belafonte and his repertoire consisted of folk revival standards such as "Scarlet Ribbons." He was a show business personality -- a star renowned for his sexual magnetism and his dramatic vocal presentations. Many listeners were unaware of White's status as a major figure in the Piedmont blues tradition. The first part of his career saw him as apprentice to some of the greatest blues and religious artists ever, including Willie Walker, Blind Blake, Blind Joe Taggart (with whom he recorded), and allegedly even Blind Lemon Jefferson. On his own, he recorded both blues and religious songs, including a classic version of "Blood Red River." A fine guitar technician with an appealing voice, he became progressively more sophisticated in his presentation. Like many other Carolinians and Virginians who moved north to urban areas, he took up city ways, remaining a fine musician if no longer a down-home artist. Like several other canny blues players, he used his roots music to broaden and enhance his life experience, and his talent was such that he could choose the musical idiom that was most lucrative at the time.
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Saga Blues: Bluesman, Guitar Evangelist, Folksinger
Blues - Editado por SAGA el 01-10-2007
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Blues Singer (1932-1936)
Blues - Editado por Legacy - Columbia el 31-12-1995
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The Elektra Years
Folk - Editado por Rhino - Elektra el 05-04-2010
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Chain Gang Songs
Blues - Editado por Rhino - Elektra el 01-01-1958
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Spirituals & Blues
Blues - Editado por Rhino - Elektra el 15-12-2014
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Achor
Gospel - Editado por Brandon Ebel Company (BEC) el 01-01-2010
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Josh At Midnight (US Release)
Folk - Editado por Rhino - Elektra el 08-02-2005
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25th Anniversary Album
Folk - Editado por Rhino - Elektra el 03-07-2006
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The Story Of John Henry... A Musical Narrative
Blues - Editado por Rhino - Elektra el 15-12-2014
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The House I Live In
Blues - Editado por Rhino - Elektra el 02-03-2020
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Josh White Sings Ballads And Blues
Folk - Editado por Rhino - Elektra el 03-07-2006
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Empty Bed Blues
Folk - Editado por Rhino - Elektra el 22-06-2021
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Josh White Vol. 1 1929-1933
Blues - Editado por Document Records el 10-05-2005
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The Best Of Josh White
Folk - Editado por Rhino - Elektra el 03-07-2006
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The Legendary…Josh White
Blues - Editado por Synergie OMP el 12-12-2006
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Southern Exposure: An Album of Jim Crow Blues
Folk - Editado por Shellac Revival el 26-06-2020
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Freedom (Live)
Golden Gate Quartet, Alain Locke, Josh White, Sterling Brown, Willie Johnson, Alan Lomax
Música vocal (profana y sacra) - Editado por Bridge Records el 01-01-2002
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Free and Equal Blues
Blues - Editado por StarPointe Records el 08-05-2015
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Anthology: The Deluxe Collection (Remastered)
Blues - Editado por Master Tape Records el 09-10-2020
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