Name: The Legendary Peg Leg Howell
Brand: Peg Leg Howell

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SPK1023

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Colour

black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-09-16

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Forte

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

824247023116

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Peg Leg Howell

Genre GB

Blues / Gospel

Label GB

Sutro Park

Peg Leg Howell was a forgotten, impoverished blues artist when musicologist George Mitchell recorded him at age 75 in 1963. It is these recordings that make up The Legendary Peg Leg Howell record originally on Testament. But Peg Leg was actually part of the original wave of blues recording artists, recording for Columbia in 1926. His story is like many: when success proved illusive, he turned his back on music and settled for bootlegging and other types of work until rediscovered in the ‘60s. By then, he was old and fragile - qualities that translate beautifully on this quiet, haunting record that would be the bookend to a recording output that was tragically small but truly rich. The Legendary Peg Leg Howell is a sonic novel, filled with storytelling, drama, history and sadness.

The Legendary Peg Leg Howell

Music GB