01. Streamline Train 05:09
02. Shake Your Booty (Shake It, Baby) 04:02
03. Go Back To Your Used To Be 03:33
04. Take Me Home With You, Baby 02:48
05. Baby, Please Don't Go 03:13
06. Lord, Help The Poor And Needy 02:28
07. Cowgirl Blues 03:30
08. Little Rooster Reel 03:01
09. He's A Mighty Good Leader 03:26
10. All Night Boogie (Jessie's Boogie) 02:40
11. Loving In The Moonlight 03:43
12. Get Right, Church 01:59
13. Jessie's Love Song (Tell Me You Love Me) 02:51
14. Honey Bee 05:33
15. Jesus Will Fix It For You 03:27

Jessie Mae Hemphill - Bells, Diddley Bow, Drums (Bass), Drums (Snare), Foot Tambourine, Guitar, Sound Effects, Tambourine, Vocals
Lois Brown - Bass
Dr. David Evans - Guitar
Gleno Faulkner - Diddley Bow
Joe Hicks - Drums
Bettye Mitchell - Tambourine
Napoleon Strickland - Vocals 

Until a stroke sidelined her in 1993, Jessie Mae Hemphill may well have been the most accomplished and versatile of the North Mississippi folk-blues musicians who emerged in the early 1980s with a stripped down, primal version of jook blues that was (and is) at stylistic odds with most of the contemporary blues scene (not that Hemphill and company had suddenly started playing this way, just that the rest of the world finally caught up with it). Hemphill, whose grandfather was the legendary Sid Hemphill who recorded some pretty wild and wooly fife and drum-styled classics for Alan Lomax in 1942 and 1959, has a hands-on understanding of the various folk forms of her native hill country, and her soulful, vibrant music is a thing apart. Assembled by folklorist Dr. David Evans, Get Right Blues collects 15 previously unreleased recordings cut by Hemphill in 1979, 1984 and 1985, and the range of blues and spirituals presented here is impressive and inspiring. Part boogie, part folk-gospel revival, part history lesson, this collection doesn't contain a single lame track, and it's amazing that none of these have been released before, since everything here is a stunner. From the ramshackle "Streamline Train" (Hemphill's version of "Mystery Train") that opens the disc through a pair of raw, atmospheric diddley bow pieces ("Little Rooster Reel," "Get Right, Church") and a hushed solo take on Memphis Minnie's "Honey Bee," Hemphill brings a ragged, perfect sense of urgency and soul to everything she touches. Even now, unable to play guitar because of her stroke, Jessie Mae Hemphill can still stun a crowd with just her voice and a foot tambourine. She is indeed a national treasure, and Get Right Blues makes a wonderful introduction to this amazing musician. ---Steve Leggett, AllMusic Review

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1. Eagle Bird
2. My Daddys Blues
3. I'm So Glad You Dont Know Whats On My Mind (Take(1)
4. Go Back To Your Used To Be
5. Streamline Train
6. I'm So Glad You Dont Know Whats On My Mind (Take 2)
7. My Daddys Blues 2
8. Roll Me Baby
9. She Used To Be Your Woman
10. Lawdy Miss Clawdy
11. Saint Louis Blues
12. Dont Mess With My Toot Toot

Jessie Mae Hemphill - Guitar, Vocals
James "Iron Head" Baker - Guitar
Hezekiah Early - Drums, Harmonica, Vocals
Dr. David Evans - Guitar

A live set recorded March 19, 1986 in Paris, France, Mississippi Blues Festival includes seven tracks by North Mississippi folk-blues artist Jessie Mae Hemphill followed by five tracks by Hezekiah & the House Rockers. Hemphill plays her trademark ragged, modal North Mississippi juke joint guitar style, and is joined by folklorist Dave Evans on guitar and Hezekiah Early on drums on three cuts, including a wonderfully ramshackle and fiery version of "Streamline Train," Hemphill's interpretation of Junior Parker's "Mystery Train." Early leads his band through five fairly generic blues rockers to close the disc, but the band's unusual instrumentation keeps things interesting, since one seldom hears a trombone (played by Pee Wee Whittaker) featured so prominently in a juke setting. Truthfully, the trombone takes some getting used to, but Early is a capable singer (Whittaker also shares the singing chores) and a wonderfully loose-as-a-goose drummer, so the set works in spite of some pitch problems. Hardly essential, Mississippi Blues Festival will be best appreciated by serious fans of the North Mississippi blues style looking to round out their collections. --- Steve Leggett, allmusic.com

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01. She-Wolf 				play
02. Standing In My Doorway Crying 
03. Jump, Baby, Jump 
04. Take Me Home With You, Baby 
05. Black Cat Bone 
06. Boogie 'Side Of The Road 
07. Hard Times 
08. Crawdad Hole 
09. Married Man Blues 
10. Honey Bee 			play
11. Overseas Blues 
12. Loving In The Moonlight 
13. Bullyin' Well 
14. Jessie's Boogie 
15. My Lord Do Just What He Say 

Jessie Mae Hemphill (vocals, guitar, tambourine); 
Dr. David Evans (guitar); 
Calvin Jackson , Joe Hicks (drums).

This compact disc reissue gathers up all the original tracks from Jessie Mae's 1980 debut album for the French Vogue label along with four remixed bonus tracks, all seeing their first domestic release. Recorded by folklorist Dr. David Evans (who also contributes second guitar on 13 of the 15 tracks here) in various locales around Memphis and Mississippi, the music stays down-home and primal throughout. There's a strong sense of rhythm that permeates this record, whether it comes from the fife and drum-derived percussion work of Calvin Jackson and Joe Hicks or simply Jessie Mae's own foot-operated tambourine driving the beat home. Highlights include "Jessie's Boogie" and "Standing In My Doorway Crying" (both sides of her first 45 single, underwritten by the National Endowment for the Arts), "Honey Bee," "Boogie Side of the Road," "Crawdad Hole," "Lovin' In the Moonlight," "Married Man Blues" and the title track. The blues, real and raw. ---Cub Koda

Any true blues fan should take it upon themselves to learn the difference between Mississippi Delta music and North Mississippi Hill music. This is NOT a Delta Blues album, it is Hill music. I personally prefer Hill music to Delta. It is a more primative form of blues music perfect for jook joint dancing. You can't help but tap your toe or stomp your foot to it.

Jessie May Hamphill is right up there with the best of the North Mississippi musicians, such as RL Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, Fred McDowell, Othar Turner, Lonnie Pitchford, to name a few.

She has recently suffered a stroke and can no longer play guitar. So buy her CD's now!! She won't be making any more. --- D. E. Landem

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