Brownsville Blues performed by Furry Lewis

From the DVD Legends of Bottleneck Blues Guitar (Vestapol 13002) #!/Legends-of-Bottleneck-Blues-Guitar/p/131764843/category=33687093 Legends Of Bottleneck Blues Guitar presents rare and historical recordings from 1965-1970 of some of the greatest exponents of this blues technique. Black bottleneck guitar styles were probably initially inspired by lap-style Hawaiian slide guitar which enjoyed immense popularity shortly after its inception in the mid-1890s. By 1903, it was already in vogue in Mississippi (and probably elsewhere) according to testimony from W. C. Handy, Gus Cannon and others. Although particularly popular in Mississippi and Louisiana, bottleneck styles could be found the length and breadth of the rural South. Titles include: SON HOUSE Death Letter Blues, Levee Camp Moan JOHNNY SHINES Ramblin’, Tell Me Mama, Mr. Tom Green’s Farm FRED McDOWELL Louise, Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning, I Heard Somebody Call, Break “Em On Down, My Babe JESSE FULLER Hark from the Tomb, I’m Glad Salvation’s Free, John Henry FURRY LEWIS Brownsville Blues MANCE LIPSCOMB Motherless Children Have a Hard Time.