Papa Charlie Jackson was one of the first country blues artists to emerge from the minstrel, vaudeville and medicine shows to become a successful recording artist during the 1920s. Born in New Orleans in 1885, he sang and played banjo and guitar, working in travelling shows across the south before settling in Chicago, close to the hubs of commercial recording in the '20s. He largely recorded the kind of material he had been performing for years on the road, comprising blues in the bawdy tradition, often with a humorous flavour. This great-value 72-track 3-CD set comprising most of his recordings for Paramount, Vocalion and Okeh from his debut in 1924 through to 1934 - the era which encompassed his entire recording career prior to his death in 1938. As well as his solo recordings, it includes tracks done with the great blues singers Ida Cox and Ma Rainey, and with Freddie Keppard's Jazz Cardinals, featuring Johnny Dodds, as well two unique sides with Blind Blake in 1929 comprising elements of blues jam session, hokum recording, and ragtime. It is a sunstantial, thorough and very entertaining overview of the career of a bluesman who was not maybe one of the genre's most historically important or influential figures, but who paved the way for many other blues artists to pursue successful recording careers.

Tracklist:

Papa's Lawdy Lawdy Blues
Airy Man Blues
Salt Lake City Blues
Salty Dog Blues
The Cats Got The Measles
I Got What It Takes But It Breaks My Heart To Give It Away
Shave Em Dry
Coffee Pot Blues
Mister Man Part I 1
The Faking Blues 1
Shake That Thing 1
I'm Alabama Bound 1
Drop That Sack 1
Mama Don't Allow It (And She Ain't Gonna Have It Here) 1
Take Me Back Blues 1
Mama, Don't You Think I Know' 1
Hot Papa Blues 1
All I Want Is A Spoonful 1
Maxwell Street Blues 2
I'm Going Where The Chilly Winds Don't Blow 2
Texas Blues 2
I'm Tired Of Fooling Around With You 2
Jackson's Blues 2
Let's Get Along 2
Butter And Egg Man Blues 2
The Judge Cliff Davis Blues 2
Mumsy Mumsy Blues 2
Up The Way Bound 2
Four Eleven Forty Four 3
Your Baby Aint Sweet Like Mine 3
Bad Luck Woman Blues 3
Salty Dog - Freddie Keppard's Jazz Cardinals 3
Fat Mouth Blues 3
Gay Cattin' 3
Coal Man Blues 3
She Belongs To Me 3
Skoodle Um Skoo 3
Sheik Of Desplaines Street 3
Look Out Papa Don't Tear Your Pants 4
Baby, Don't You Be So Mean 4
Blue Monday Morning Blues 4
Bright Eyes 4
I'm Looking For A Woman Who Knows How To Treat Me Right 4
Long Gone Lost John 4
Ash Tray Blues 4
No Need Of Knockin' On The Blind 4
Baby Papa Needs His Lovin' 4
I Like To Love My Baby 4
Lexington Kentucky Blues 5
Good Doing Papa Blues 5
Ma and Pa Poorhouse Blues

UPC: 824046908829
Label: Acrobat
Release Date: 11.8.19
Format: CD

Papa Jackson Charlie - Papa Charlie Jackson Collection 1924-34 (CD)