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Leroy Carr Prison Bound Blues Release Date: 2004 03 09 Label: Snapper Leroy Carr's easy, midtempo piano blues sits at the crossroads of an earlier rural style and the more urbane city styles that would take hold as the 1940s dawned. Usually accompanied by guitarist Scrapper Blackwell, Carr was hardly a virtuoso pianist or singer, but he was always comfortably accessible, and his unhurried style influenced countless piano players. This collection from Snapper Records features 20 tracks recorded in the late '20s and early '30s, including his well-known "How Long, How Long Blues." Columbia Records' two-disc set called Whiskey Is My Habit, Women Is All I Crave is probably the way to go for listeners seriously curious about Carr's work, but as a single-disc introduction, Prison Bound Blues does nicely. Steve Leggett, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Naptown Blues Carr 2:46 2 Prison Bound Blues Carr 3:06 3 Box Car Blues Carr 3:11 4 Blues Before Sunrise Carr 3:32 5 Christmas in Jail -- Ain't It a Pain? Carr 3:12 6 Pap's Got Your Water On Bart 3:11 7 Baby Don't You Love Me No More? Ledbetter, Guernsey, Thompson 3:14 8 Low Down Dirty Blues Carr 3:06 9 How Long, How Long Blues Carr 3:00 10 Tennessee Blues Carr 3:02 11 Papa Wants a Cookie Carr, Blackwell 2:43 12 When the Sun Goes Down Carr 2:58 13 You Got to Reap What You Sow Carr 2:52 14 Midnight Hour Blues Carr 3:05 15 Rocks in My Bed Carr 3:06 16 Sloppy Drunk Blues Avery, Hogan 2:59 17 Prison Cell Blues Carr 2:52 18 Four Day Rider Carr 3:02 19 Hustler's Blues Williams, Calaway 2:36 20 Six Cold Feet in the Ground Carr 3:03 Releases: Year Type Label 2004 CD Snapper

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