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 - Released by Document Records on 22 mrt. 2005
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Blind Boy Fuller, Vol 2 (1936 - 1937)
Blues - Released by Document Records on 6 dec. 2013
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East Coast Piedmont Style
Blues - Released by Legacy - Columbia on 9 apr. 1991
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Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 4 1937 - 1938
Blues - Released by Document Records on 22 mrt. 2005
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Untrue Blues
Blues - Released by Maestro Entertainment, Corp on 16 mei 2014
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Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 6 1940
Blues - Released by Document Records on 22 mrt. 2005
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The One and Only: Blind Boy Fuller (Remastered)
Blues - Released by Kateland on 25 feb. 2014
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Blind Boy Fuller, Vol. 2, CD A
Blues - Released by JSP Records on 1 aug. 2006
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Rough Guide to Blind Boy Fuller
Blues - Released by Rough Guides - World Music Network on 31 mrt. 2015
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Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 5 1938 - 1940
Blues - Released by Document Records on 22 mrt. 2005
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Presenting Blind Boy Fuller
Blues - Released by Universal Digital Enterprises on 8 apr. 1936
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His Greatest Tracks
Gospel - Released by Blues Country Records on 23 nov. 2018
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The Blues Collection: Blind Boy Fuller
Blues - Released by Tantrum Music on 6 feb. 2014
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The Classic Blues Collection: Blind Boy Fuller
Blues - Released by 1550 Music on 8 mrt. 2014
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Blind Boy Fuller's Truckin' My Blues Away
Blues - Released by Charly Records on 25 jun. 2006
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Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 3 1937
Blues - Released by Document Records on 22 mrt. 2005
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Step It Up And Go:the Collection 1935-40
Blues - Released by Acrobat on 6 okt. 2023
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Nothing but the Blues
Blues - Released by StarPointe Records on 12 mei 2015
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Matchbox Bluesmaster Series, Vol. 10: Home Town Skiffle
Blues - Released by Matchbox Bluesmaster on 6 jan. 2023
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Careless Love
Jazz - Released by Black & Partner Licenses LLC on 30 apr. 2019
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