• 180-gram VIRGIN VINYL
• The Complete Album + 1 Bonus Track

• SELECTED BY MOJO MAGAZINE AS ONE OF THE BEST BLUES COLLECTIONS EVER
• 4 1/2 STARS DOWN BEAT MAGAZINE

An overlooked blues master, "Scrapper” Blackwell was a contemporary of Robert Johnson and other early Delta blues artists. A truly remarkable guitarist, he is best known for his work with pianist Leroy Carr during the late ‘20s and mid-’30s.

After Carr’s death, he retired and didn’t record again until being rediscovered in the ‘50s. An inspiration for Muddy Waters and T-Bone Walker, Blackwell seemed a prime candidate for stardom when, soon after finishing his work on Mr. Scrapper’s Blues, he was shot to death in a back alley in
Indianapolis, the victim of a mugging.

PERSONNEL:

FRANCIS “SCRAPPER” BLACKWELL - (guitar & vocals; also piano on A4)

Recorded in Indianapolis, Indiana, July 1961.

(*) Bonus track:
Same personnel and location. Recorded on April 14, 1960.

TRACKS:

A1 GOIN’ WHERE THE MONON CROSSES THE YELLOW DOG
A2 NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU’RE DOWN AND OUT
A3 “A” BLUES
A4 LITTLE GIRL BLUES
A5 GEORGE STREET BLUES
A6 LITTLE BOY BLUE

B1 BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE
B2 “E” BLUES
B3 SHADY LANE
B4 PENAL FARM BLUES
B5 BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE [1960 version] (*)