Front Porch Blues
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| Front Porch Blues | ||||
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| Released | 1999 | |||
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| Length | 44:54 | |||
| Label | Alligator | |||
| Producer | Joe Wilson | |||
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Front Porch Blues is an album by the American musician John Jackson, released in 1999.[1][2] It was Jackson's first studio album of new recordings in 16 years.[3] He supported it with a North American tour.[4] Front Porch Blues was nominated for a W. C. Handy Award for "Comeback Blues Album".[5] Jackson referred to his music as "mountain hoedown".[6]
The album was produced by Joe Wilson.[7] Jackson recorded it while working as a part-time gravedigger.[8] He used a resonator guitar, and believed that the blues was best expressed with just a voice and guitar.[9] "Rappahannock Blues" is an instrumental, named for the Virginia county of Jackson's birth.[10][11] "West Texas Blues" is a version of the blues standard, modeled after Jimmie Rodgers's interpretation.[12] "Chesterfield" is a salute to Chesterfield cigarettes, inspired by Buddy Moss's similar song.[13] "Have It Your Own Way" features a vocal by Jackson's son, James.[14] "The Devil He Wore a Hickory Shoe" is an interpretation of a gospel song beloved by Jackson's mother.[15] "Death Don't Have No Mercy" was written by Reverend Gary Davis.[16]
