Name: Cool Drink Of Water Blues
Brand: Tommy Johnson

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

mk320dlp

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2010-02-22

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Signed copies: No

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2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Tommy Johnson

Genre GB

R&B / Neo-Soul

Label GB

Along with Son House and Charley Patton, Tommy Johnson was one of the great early talents of the Delta Blues style. Recorded in Memphis and Wisconsin in 1928 and 1929, these 17 tracks represent Johnson's complete recorded works from 1928 and 1929, and capture Johnson in his prime, when his talents were so great that when he told fans he'd made a pact with the devil... it was difficult not to believe him! Unfortunately Johnson's love for music was only surpassed by his love for %u201Ccanned heat%u201D (large quantities of alcohol, in any form he could get it, including Sterno!). In fact, his %u201CCanned Heat Blues%u201D is one of his better known songs (even lending its name to the well-known sixties blues band), along with %u201CCool Drink of Water Blues%u201D (famously covered by Howlin' Wolf as %u201CI Asked For Water (She Brought Me Gasoline) %u201D). There is also some lesser known material included here like, %u201CRidin Horse%u201D and %u201CAlcohol and Jake Blues%u201D, taken from what is believed to be the only remaining copy of the original 78!

Cool Drink Of Water Blues

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