Comments on: Leroy Carr Saturday

By: Josh in Philly

Josh in Philly — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:57:04 +0000

Awesome musician and songwriter—I rediscovered him while researching influences on Bob Dylan in order to dissuade a racist student (who admires Bob) from writing “those people are all thugs” paper. “Papa’s on the Housetop” (inspiration for “Tombstone Blues”) is a delight. Eventually I made myself an iTunes compilation called “Papa Wants: Blues, Ballads, and Hokum Songs” containing
Gettin’ All Wet
Naptown Blues
How About Me?
Memphis Town
I Won’t Miss You When
You’re Gone
Alabama Woman Blues
Let’s Make Up and Be
Friends Again
Four Day Rider
Let’s Disagree
Papa Wants to Knock a Jug
Hold Them Puppies
Muddy Water
Looking for My Sugar
Don’t Start No Stuff
I Keep the Blues
My Good for Nothin’ Gal
Bobo Stomp
Bread Baker
You Got Me Grievin’
Papa’s on the House Top
Together with the now OOP Hurry Down Sunshine cd, they make a nice representative set.

By: jackie D

jackie D — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:42:55 +0000

The Kings of ‘Naptown – Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell – a great great tune is ‘(All Trains Goin’ To) Memphis Town’…..”shovel in da coal, see da wheels go ‘roun…” Just totally awesome.

By: Righteous Bubba

Righteous Bubba — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:54:48 +0000

You can find a mandolin-centred version of “Cow Cow Blues” called “Jackson Stomp” here:

http://sundayblues.org/archives/64

It’s one of my favourite instrumentals.

By: Alexei McDonald

Alexei McDonald — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:03:42 +0000

My favourite Leroy Carr side remains “Carried water for the elephant”. It’s a great song for children with its funny lyrics and fast pace. It’s certainly not his most influential piece, but I’m okay with liking an outlier.

By: tristero

tristero — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:17:52 +0000

Leroy Carr is one of the lesser-known influences on delta blues master Robert Johnson, who lifted many ideas verbatim from Carr. Carr’s guitarist, Scrapper Blackwell, is also a terrific musician.