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It's too bad, however, that it doesn't license any of his mid-'60s socially conscious acoustic tracks, which demonstrate there was considerably more range to Lenoir's music and artistry than was displayed in his 1950s recordings.
So, with Martin Scorsese overseeing a series of films for PBS with the overall name The Blues in 2003, much the same sort of campaign was launched, and this 15-track compilation of Taj Mahals work from the late 60s to. So those who administered the CD companion volumes are to be applauded for taking a chance and including an installment on Lenoir. When the Ken Burns documentary series Jazz premiered on PBS in 2001, a series of artist compilations were released using the series as a brand name, and they sold quite well. It does have the Lenoir songs that have proved to be his most enduring, those being his political commentaries "Eisenhower Blues" and "Korea Blues," "Mama Talk to Your Daughter," and "Don't Touch My Head" "Eisenhower Blues" and "Mama Talk to Your Daughter," both originally released on Parrot, are the two non-Chess pieces on offer. Most of the CD compilations released in conjunction with the major television documentary series The Blues were devoted to famous bluesmen or blues-rockers. Frankly, it doesn't make a case forLenoir as a blues giant it's good but second-division '50s electric Chicago blues, a little monotonous in flavor, distinguished by his so-high-pitched-it-could-be-a-woman vocals. Lenoir at Chess," for though his career did take in work at several different labels, all but two of these 1950s tracks were first released on Chess. Numerous varieties of the blues and related styles are presented by many important. The 5 CDs offer an overview of the history of the blues from its beginnings to the year of publication. This anthology could well be subtitled "J.B. Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: A Musical Journey is a 5 CD box with the soundtrack for the documentary film series The Blues, which was produced by Martin Scorsese and released like the CD box in 2003. So those who administered the CD companion volumes are to be applauded for taking a chance and including an installment on Lenoir, who - unlike most of the rest of the spotlighted performers - will probably not be familiar to many, perhaps most, of the series' viewers.
With that in mind, it becomes clear that Scorsese hand picked these songs to highlight the way rock bands have popularized old blues songs written and performed to limited and largely black audiences in. 'Various - Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues - The Soul Of A Man (A Film by Wim Wenders)'. Most of the CD compilations released in conjunction with the major television documentary series The Blues were devoted to famous bluesmen or blues-rockers. Scorsese is producing the PBS blues special which will air Septemand therein seems to lie the method behind the Scorsese madness.
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