Smokestack Lightnin' - Butch Cage/Clarence Edwards

The Old Time Black Southern String Band tradition had rarely been recorded and by the 1960's had almost died out. When, in 1959, folklorist Harry Oster "discovered" Butch Cage (fiddle and vocals) and Willie B. Thomas (vocals and guitar) in Zachary, Louisiana they had been supplying the dance music at house parties and dances as well at church services for their back-country neighbors. This CD represents some of their broad repertoire of old time fiddle tunes, blues, pop and gospel music and is a rare glimpse into a world that has all but vanished from America's musical landscape. 1. Bugle Call Blues 2. Some Day Baby 3. Mean Old Frisco 4. The Piano Blues 5. Hen Cackle 6. The Dirty Dozen 7. Rock Me Mama 8. It Ain't Gonna Rain No More 9. Easy Rider Blues 10. Whoa Mule 11. I Had A Dream Last Night (All I Had Was Gone) 12. Careless Love Blues 13. Sneaky Ways 14. Since I Layed My Burden Down 15. You've Gotta Move “If you haven’t heard this driving, raucous, almost free-form black country dance music, then I envy you for the treat you will experience…It’s not all blues; there’s gospel, ragtime, country dance tunes and popular song, but the blender that Cage and Thomas put these genres through gives them a unique flavor that belongs to the rural community they lived in and served as musicians.” -Paul Vernon, fROOTS

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Lonesome Bedroom Blues - Clarence Edwards

Clarence Edwards (March 25, 1933 – May 20, 1993) was an American blues musician from Louisiana, best known for his recordings of "Lonesome Bedroom Blues" and "I Want Somebody". It was not until the late 1980s that Edwards was able to establish his reputation as a blues performer, assisted by his producer and manager Stephen Coleridge
Edwards was born in Lindsay, Louisiana, one of fourteen children, and relocated with his family at the age of twelve to Baton Rouge. He joined the Boogie Beats, a local blues band, alongside one of his brothers, Cornelius, in the mid 1950s, and later played in the Bluebird Kings. Apart from playing on the local blues circuit, Edwards was shot in his leg during a fracas outside a club in Alsen.

Initially, Edwards found full time employment on a farm, but later worked for thirty years at Thomas Scrap. Dr. Harry Oster recorded Edwards between 1959 and 1961, with Cornelius, and attendant violin player Butch Cage. By 1970, when he next recorded for Mike Vernon, Edwards had moved from an older styling to a more contemporary approach. Largely unknown until the late 1980s, his localised playing quickly spilled over to the national blues festival circuit.
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Awful Blues - Clarence Edwards

Clarence Edwards (March 25, 1933 – May 20, 1993) was an American blues musician from Louisiana, best known for his recordings of "Lonesome Bedroom Blues" and "I Want Somebody". It was not until the late 1980s that Edwards was able to establish his reputation as a blues performer, assisted by his producer and manager Stephen Coleridge
Edwards was born in Lindsay, Louisiana, one of fourteen children, and relocated with his family at the age of twelve to Baton Rouge. He joined the Boogie Beats, a local blues band, alongside one of his brothers, Cornelius, in the mid 1950s, and later played in the Bluebird Kings. Apart from playing on the local blues circuit, Edwards was shot in his leg during a fracas outside a club in Alsen.

Initially, Edwards found full time employment on a farm, but later worked for thirty years at Thomas Scrap. Dr. Harry Oster recorded Edwards between 1959 and 1961, with Cornelius, and attendant violin player Butch Cage. By 1970, when he next recorded for Mike Vernon, Edwards had moved from an older styling to a more contemporary approach. Largely unknown until the late 1980s, his localised playing quickly spilled over to the national blues festival circuit.
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