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Came So Far MMCD 1294



















Marie Manning: Hard Luck and Trouble
Bishop Manning: Gospel Train
Captain Luke: Rainy Night in Georgia, I Don't Want No Woman
John Lee Zeigler: Going Away
J.W. Warren: Have You Seen Corinna?, Looking for My Woman
Rufus McKenzie: Whooping the Blues
Macavine Hayes: Sweet Little Angel, Goodbye Johnny B. Goode
Lucille Lindsey and Guitar Gabriel: Fly Around Heaven All Day, Trying to Make 100
Samuel Turner Stevens: Marching Through Georgia, T for Texas
Bishop Manning: Questionnaire Blues
Big Boy Henry: Vellevina
Pernell King and Guitar Gabriel: Late in the Evening
Guitar Gabriel: Key to the Highway

Came So Far presents eighteen selections by twelve astonishing blues and gospel artists. Many of these artists never before been recorded. Their talents have grown in obscurity. Representing older styles that have been forgotten or were thought to have vanished, this music shows the roots of modern Blues, R&B, Soul and much of the Pop music on the market today. The vast majority of the originators of the blues died in the 40s, 50s and 60s, but thankfully the artists found here have lived to record in high fidelity and to hopefully receive some long-overdue benefits and appreciation.

Review
"Came So Far" features cuts by Bishop Dready and Marie Manning, John Lee Zeigler, J.W. Warren, Rufus McKenzie, and Pernell King amongst others. The sonic quality of these recordings is excellent as is the presentation. This is, in my opinion, a very worthwhile venture and is to be both applauded and supported by everyone interested in the more traditional forms of the blues.

-Mike Vernon for and on behalf of Code Blue East West/Atlantic Records




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