Curtis Blues
plays Mississippi Delta Blues from the 1920's to the 1940's.

You can buy the second CD and hear samples here.

My second CD dives deeper into the roots of Delta blues. I play the primitive one-string diddley bow on the haunting "Well Worn Blues", and a four-string cigar box guitar with toothpick frets on the driving "Second Chance." The raw sound of these forgotten instruments can express human emotions as deeply as their more sophisticated guitar cousins.

Just like my first CD, I am playing songs from the 1920-1930's Delta performers as well as six of my own songs, on metal resonator guitars, wood guitars and harmonica, as a one man band. No mutitracking tricks, it is recorded as I play it, from my heart to yours!


One string Diddley Bow


Playlist:

1. Baker Man ( 3:39 ) Curtis Blues
2. Big Road Blues ( 4:10 ) Tommy Johnson
3. Hard Luck Shoes ( 4:35 ) Curtis Blues
4. Little School Girl ( 4:03 ) Sonny Boy Williamson
5. Easy Rider Blues ( 3:28 ) Curtis Blues
6. One Kind Favor (6:00 ) Blind Lemon Jefferson
7. Backseat of My Car ( 4:39 ) Curtis Blues
8. Love in Vain ( 4:56 ) Robert Johnson
9. Second Chance ( 3:11 ) Curtis Blues
10. Preaching The Blues ( 5:16 ) Son House
11. Traveling Riverside Blues( 3:37 ) Robert Johnson
12. Well Worn Blues ( 5:00 ) Curtis Blues


Cigar Box Guitar