DEEP SOUTH PIANO Agram Blues AB3CD 2026
In 1968 and 1972 Karl Gert zur Heide traveled the United States in search of living exponents of one of the most neglected African-American art forms: piano blues. Forty-five years later all the artists are deceased and if it were not for Karl’s devotion, this unique music would have been lost forever. The featured artists are Sunnyland Slim, Little Brother Montgomery, Shakey Horton, Lafayette Leake, Sweet Williams, Dewey Corley, Tuts Washington, Buddy Burns, Willie Bell Dailey, Joe Montgomery, Gus Perryman, Roosevelt Sykes, Simon Frazier, Adam Cato and Leon René.
The box contains 3 CDs with 77 tracks and a 20-page illustrated booklet with extensive liner notes by Karl Gert zur Heide.
The Deep South Piano box sells for only 20 euros and is a companion to zur Heide’s book Deep South Piano: The Story of Little Brother Montgomery (Studio Vista: London, 1970).
Disc 1
SUNNYLAND SLIM (piano/vocal), LITTLE BROTHER MONTGOMERY (piano/vocal) and SHAKEY HORTON (harmonica), 25 August 1968
01 The Devil Is A Busy Man
02 Pine Top’s Boogie Woogie
03 Milas Davis Blues
04 Grinder Man Blues
05 Shave ’Em Dry
06 Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
07 Boogie
08 You’re Gonna Need My Help Someday
LAFAYETTE LEAKE (piano), 29 August 1968
09 Lowdown Blues
10 More Blues
11 Boogie No. 1
12 Boogie No. 2
13 Gone With The Wind
14 Boogie No. 3
15 Boogie No. 4
LITTLE BROTHER MONTGOMERY (piano), 29 August 1968
16 Dangerous Blues
17 Dudlow Joe
18 Papa Lord God Blues
19 Rip Top Blues
20 Joe Martin Blues
21 Bob Morton Blues
22 Joe Lewis Blues
23 Vanado Anderson [Andrews] Blues
24 Loomis Gibson Blues
25 Trembling Blues
26 Will Ezell’s Blues
27 Don’t You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans
28 Basin Street Blues
Disc 2
LITTLE BROTHER MONTGOMERY (piano), 30 August 1968
01 Forty-Four Blues
02 Little Brother Special
03 Jan Blues
04 Suitcase Blues
SWEET WILLIAMS (piano) and LITTLE BROTHER MONTGOMERY (piano), 2 September 1968
05 Poor Buddy Richards Blues (takes 1 and 2)
06 Leon Brumfield Blues
07 Poor Buddy Richards Blues (take 3)
08 Poor Buddy Richards Blues (take 4)
09 Sweet Williams Boogie
10 Four O’Clock Blues
11 Whispering
DEWEY CORLEY (piano/vocal/kazoo), 5 September 1968
12 Just A Dream
13 West Helena Blues
14 Yancey Special
15 Saturday Night Fish Fry (plus Buster Brown, tub bass)
TUTS WASHINGTON (piano), 16 September 1968
16 Mr. Freddie Blues
17 Forty-Four Blues
18 Boogie Woogie On The St. Louis Blues
19 Fish Fry Blues
20 Pine Top’s Boogie Woogie
21 Yancey Special
22 12th Street Rag
BUDDY BURNS (piano), 23 September 1968
23 Dirty Blues
24 Waltz
Disc 3
LITTLE BROTHER MONTGOMERY (piano) and his sister WILLIE BELL DAILEY
(piano/vocal), 29 August 1972
01 Glory, Glory, Hallelujah
02 Montgomery Family Blues and Vicksburg Blues
JOE MONTGOMERY (piano), 3 September 1972
03 Old Blues
04 More Old Blues
05 Stride Piece
06 There Is No Telling What God Will Do
07 Do What I Say (piano part)
08 What Have I Done
GUS PERRYMAN (piano), 8 September 1972
09 Maple Leaf Rag
10 St. Louis Blues
11 Old Blues
12 Big Butter And Egg Man
ROOSEVELT SYKES (piano/vocal), 12 September 1972
13 Rock Me In The Morning
14 The Way I Feel Blues
SIMON FRAZIER (piano), 13 September 1972
15 I Cried Over You
16 Some Of These Days
17 How Long
18 Salty Dog
19 Careless Love
ADAM CATO (piano), 16 September 1972
20 Solitude
21 Old Barrelhouse Blues
22 Rhythmic Blues
LEON RENÉ (piano), 18 September 1972
23 Brown Skin
24 When It’s Sleepy Time Down South
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