Casey Bill Weldon

• 180 GRAM VINYL LP

• 4 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

180 gram exact repro reissue of this Yazoo's collection of these two blues guitarists, originally released in 1975. Kokomo Arnold and Casey Bill Weldon were two of the most popular and original-sounding bottleneck guitarists of the Thirties, a generally dismal period for blues recording.

In terms of contemporary appeal (the only yardstick that mattered to blues men themselves) they far outstripped Robert Johnson, Bukka White, and other bottleneck artists of the era.... Arnold, a left-handed guitarist, confronts the listener as one of the zaniest, most manic guitarists ever recorded; Weldon's work is an outright rejection of traditional blues harmony, and invites comparison to Western swing.

TRACKS:

• SIDE A (CASEY BILL WELDON)
• A1. You Just As Well Let Her Go (1936)
• A2. Go Ahead, Buddy (1937)
• A3. Lady Doctor Blues (1937)
• A4. The Big Boat (1936)
• A5. Hitch Me To Your Buggy And Drive Me Like A Mule (1927)
• A6. You Shouldn't Do That (1937)
• A7. Back Door Blues (1936)

• SIDE B (KOKOMO ARNOLD)
• B1. The Twelves (The Dirty Dozens) (1935)
• B2. I'll Be Up Someday (1936)
• B3. Busy Bootin' (1935)
• B4. Sagefield Woman Blues (1934)
• B5. Back To The Woods (1934)
• B6. Salty Dog (1937)
• B7. Feels So Good (1935)