Lofton Ridge Venison

big road blues show 10/19/08: mix show

. While this isn't the best work by either artist this is a very solid set particularly our featured Shines cuts; "Solid Gold" a magnificent number backed by just Willie Dixon's bass while the version of "Heartache" is a previously unissued take, backed just by Sunnyland Slim, it was intended as a run-through but I prefer it it to the issued take. We also spin a cut from the 2-CD set Furry Lewis & Mississippi Joe Callicott: The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions . Lewis and Callicott met for the first time when they were both invited to perform at the 1968 Memphis Country Blues Festival (a previous title in the series).  It was after this appearance that Mike Vernon had the opportunity to book time at the Ardent Studio the following day, along with Bukka White, where these tracks were recorded over an exhaustive 24 hours in the studio and later released as separate artist albums under the series name Presenting the Country Blues . The set includes eight unissued tracks by Callicott, most welcome as his discography is very slim, and two unissued sides by Lewis. Of those unissued cuts we play Callicott's marvelous "Lost My Money In Jim Kinnane's." We do play a Furry Lewis track today which comes from the record Furry Lewis, Bukka White & Friends – Party! At Home recorded in Memphis in 1968 and released on the Arcola label. These recordings are pretty rough around the edges, recorded at a party at Furry's house, but are a whole lot of fun.