This 16-track collection traces the recording career of
Johnson
working with various piano and guitar accompanists from the '30s to the '40s in a variety of settings.
's had a straightforward manner of putting over a blues-tinged number, and her no frills approach is heard to good effect on numbers like
"I Drink Good Whiskey,"
"Got a Man in the 'Bama Mines,"
and
"He Roars Like a Lion."
The various tracks have fine support from
Blind John Davis
,
Joshua Altheimer
George Barnes
Big Bill Broonzy
Eddie Miller
Black Bob
Willie B. James
, and others providing sparse but effective backing on all the numbers.
is one of the true hidden treasures in female blues and this excellent collection shows exactly why. ~ Cub Koda