All Over Your Town, by Baby Grant Johnson

All Over Your Town

by Baby Grant Johnson

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1.	Whistlin' Blues 01:39	info	buy track
2.	Happy Tonight 01:31		buy track
3.	Take a Whiff On Me 02:29	info	buy track
4.	Jitterbug Swing 02:41	info	buy track
5.	That's All Right, Baby 02:24	info	buy track
6.	No Good For You 02:19		buy track
7.	All Over Your Town 02:04		buy track
8.	Just Your Fool 02:09	info	buy track
9.	Outside Woman Blues 02:52	info	buy track
10.	Stop That Thing 02:20	info	buy track
11.	Mean Old World 02:53	info	buy track
12.	Whiskey Head Woman 02:40	info	buy track
13.	Flying Airplane Blues 02:30	info	buy track
14.	Gonna Miss You... 02:48		buy track

about

The songs contained on this album span many years of American Music. From the dawn of the 20th Century all the way to the year 2000. The earliest example is probably "Take a Whiff On Me" which deals humorously with cocaine use in the early 1900's. My first exposure to this song was a recording by Leadbelly.
I learned the song "That's All Right Baby" from a recording by a man called Clear Rock. He was serving time in the Texas penitentiary called Sugarland when he recorded. This is an example of an old form called the Play Party song.
The songs and the artists I have chosen to interpret here typify the wide ranging American Folk Tradition. From the Folk Blues of Leadbelly to the harsher Mississippi sounds of Bukka White, Blind Joe Reynolds and Tommy McLennan. From idiosyncratic artists Reverend Gary Davis and Sleepy John Estes to the more accessible 50's Chicago style of harmonica great Little Walter.
Also included in this album are several of my own compositions in which I have tried to distill these influences, in order to bring awareness and make my own contributions to the fine tradition that is American Music.

credits

released April 14, 2000

Baby Grant Johnson: Vocals, acoustic guitar, National dobro, 12 string guitar, foot.
Special guest: Dan Haeg - harmonica

Recorded and mixed by Ben Durrant and Grant Johnson at Crazy Beast.
Track 12 recorded at the Shaky Ray by Mark Lindquist.
Mastered by Tim Mac and Terry Katzman
Photography: Heather Mackereth
Cover design: Shannon Brady
Liner notes: BGJ

Thanks: Joe Gagne, John Sandbo, Mike Nicolai, Mibbs and Joe, Mom and Dad, Sawn Miller, Jason Sack, Mike McCoy, Amy Carlson, Jill McClean, John Gerlach, Donohue, Mark Lindquist, Rich Mattson, Uberscenester, Pat Dwyer, Frank Plumbing Sales, Grumpy's and Jimmy's (Jukebox), Turf, 400, 1st Ave, and all the other finer clubs. Joe Hamlin and everyone else for continued support.

Dedication: Katie O'Brien (1962-1999)

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