Houston Stackhouse
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 Houston Stackhouse
Vol. 4 of the George Mitchell collection
Fat Possum
33 1/3 rpm 7" EP
$5
Dual electric guitar blues action from Houston Stackhouse and the Blue Rhythm Boys (Robert Nighthawk on second electric guitar and James “Peck” Curtis on percussion).  On this four-song EP are a couple Tommy Johnson classics (“Big Road Blues” and “Cool Water Blues”) done up in loose and enjoyable fashion, somehow coming off as freshly old-fashioned, if that makes any sense.  Curtis has a distinctive and enjoyable drum style that sounds as if it might be derived from the jug band / skiffle tradition, in that he sounds like he’s hitting everything in the kitchen.  Recorded in Dundee, Mississippi, on August 28, 1967.