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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Josh White's Lord, I Want To Die Easy
Blues - Editado por Charly Records el 25-06-2006
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House of the Rising Josh (The Dave Cash Collection)
Blues - Editado por The Dave Cash Collection - OMP el 23-06-2013
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Like A Natural Man
Blues - Editado por Excess Music el 08-04-2020
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Songs by Josh White
Folk - Editado por Shellac Revival el 27-06-2020
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The House of Rising Sun
Blues - Editado por Redwood Records el 26-03-2014
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Don't Smoke In Bed
Blues - Editado por Mach60 Music el 01-08-2014
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Josh White & Carl Sandburg
Blues - Editado por Roots el 01-01-2000
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Leroy White Band - Single
Country - Editado por Russonic Records el 12-05-2010
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Josh White Selected Favorites
Blues - Editado por Charly Records el 21-03-2011
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Evil Hearted Man
Jazz - Editado por Redwood Records el 14-04-2014
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