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Songs From The Delta (LP, 2011)

by RAMBLIN MATT

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Phonograph Blues 02:51
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Beatrice, she got a phonograph and it won't say a lonesome word Beatrice, she got a phonograph and it won't say a lonesome word What evil have I done what evil has the poor girl heard Beatrice I love my phonograph but you have broke my windin chain Beatrice I love my phonogra-ooo honey you have broke my windin chain And you've taken my lovin and give it to your other man Now we played it on the sofa now we played it side the wall My needles have got rusty babe they will not play at all Now we played it on the sofa we played it side the wall My needles have got rusty and it will not play at all Beatrice I go crazy baby I will lose my mind And I go crazeeeee honey I will lose my mind Why dont-ya bring your clothes back home and try me one more time She got a phonograph and it won't say a lonesome word She got a phonograph ooo-won't say a lonesome word What evil have I done or what evil have the poor girl heard
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Walkin´Blues 02:31
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Woke up this mornin feelin round for my shoes Know bout at I got these old walkin blues woke up this mornin feelin round oh for my shoes but you know bout at I got these old walkin blues Lord I feel like blowin my woh-old lonesome home Got up this mornin, my little Bernice was gone , Lord I feel like blowoon my lonesome home Well, I got up this mornin woh-all I had was gone Well-ah leave this mornin if I have to woh ride the blind ah I've feel mistreated and I don't mind dyin Levin this mornin ah I have to ride a blind babe, I been mistreated baby, I don't mind dyin Well, some people tell em that the worried blues ain't bad Worst old feelin I most ever had some people tell me that these old worried, old blues ain't bad Its the worst old feelin, I most ever had She got a Elgin movement from her head down to her toes Break in on a dollar most any- where she goes, ooo oooooooooo To her head down to her toes spoken: oh honey Lord, she break in on a dollar most anywhere she goes
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Drunken Hearted Man 02:31
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I'm a drunken hearted man my life seem so misery I'm the drunken hearted man my life seem so misery And if I could change my way of livin' it t'would mean so much to me I been dogged and I been driven eve' since I left my mother's home I been dogged and I been driven eve' since I left my mother's home And I can't see no reason why that I can't leave these no-goods womens alone My father died and left me my poor mother done the best that she could My father died and left me my poor mother done the best she could Every man likes that game you call love but it don't mean no man no good Now, I'm the drunken hearted man and sin was the cause of it all spoken: Oh, play 'em now I'm a drunken hearted man and sin was the cause of it all And the day that you get weak for no-good women that's the day that you bound to fall
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Key To The Highway 02:16
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I got the key to the highway, and I'm billed out and bound to go I'm gonna leave here runnin', 'cause walkin' is most too slow I'm goin' down on the border, now where I'm better known 'Cause woman you don't do nothin', but drive a good man 'way from home Now when the moon creeps over the mountain, I'll be on my way Now I'm gonna walk this old highway, until the break of day Come here, sweet mama, now and help me with this heavy load I am due in West Texas, and I've got to get on the road I'm goin' to West Texas, I'm goin' down behind the farm I'm gonna ask the good Lord what evil have I done
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You Gotta Move 03:01
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You got to move You got to move You got to move, child You got to move But when the Lord Gets ready You got to move You may be high You may be low You may be rich, child You may be po' But when the Lord gets ready You've got to move You see that woman That walk the street You see the policeman Out on his beat But when the Lord gets ready You got to move You got to move You got to move You've got to move, child You've got to But when the Lord gets ready You got to move.
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Me And The Devil Blues 02:54
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Early this mornin' when you knocked upon my door Early this mornin', ooh when you knocked upon my door And I said, "Hello, Satan," I believe it's time to go." Me and the Devil was walkin' side by side Me and the Devil, ooh was walkin' side by side And I'm goin' to beat my woman until I get satisfied She say you don't see why that you will dog me 'round spoken: Now, babe, you know you ain't doin' me right, don'cha She say you don't see why, ooh that you will dog me 'round It must-a be that old evil spirit so deep down in the ground You may bury my body down by the highway side spoken: Baby, I don't care where you bury my body when I'm dead and gone You may bury my body, ooh down by the highway side So my old evil spirit can catch a Greyhound bus and ride
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Crossroads Blues 03:17
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Sweet Home Chicago 02:55
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Oh, baby don't you want to go, Oh, baby don't you want to go, Back to the land of California, To my sweet home Chicago. Now one and one is two, Two and two is four. I'm heavy loaded, baby I'm booked, I gotta go. Cryin', baby, Honey, don't you want to go. Back to the land of California, To my sweet home Chicago.
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Kind Hearted Woman Blues 02:27
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I got a kind hearted woman do anything in this world for me I got a kind hearted woman do anything in this world for me but these evil-hearted women man, they will not let me be I love my baby my baby don't love me I love my baby, oooh my baby don't love me But I really love that woman can't stand to leave her be A-ain't but the one thing makes Mister Johnson drink I's worried 'bout how you treat me, baby I begin to think Oh babe, my life don't feel the same You breaks my heart When you call Mister So-and-So's name She's a kindhearted woman she studies evil all the time She's a kindhearted woman she studies evil all the time You well's to kill me as to have it on your mind
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I´m A Steady Rollin´Man 02:49
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I'm a steady rollin man I roll both night and day I'm a steady rollin man hmmm hmmm I roll both night and day But I haven't got no sweet woman hmm mmm boys to be rollin this way I'm the man that rolls when icicles hangin on the tree I'm the man that rolls when icicles hangin on the tree And now you hear me howlin, baby hmm hmmm mmm down on my bended knee I'm a hard workin man have been for many years I know I'm a hard workin man have been for many long years I know And some cream puffs usin my money ooh well babe, that'll never be no more You can't give your sweet woman everything she wants in one time ooh hoo ooo You can't give your sweet woman everything she wants in one time Well boys, she get ramblin in her brain hmmm mmm mmm some other man on her mind I'm a steady rollin man I roll both night and day I'm a steady rollin man hmmm hmmm I roll both night and day But I haven't got no sweet woman hmm mmm boys to be rollin this way
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Love In Vain Blues 03:06
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Spoken: "I wanna go with our next one myself." And I followed her to the station with a suitcase in my hand And I followed her to the station with a suitcase in my hand Well, it's hard to tell, it's hard to tell when all your love's in vain All my love's in vain When the train rolled up to the station I looked her in the eye When the train rolled up to the station and I looked her in the eye Well, I was lonesome, I felt so lonesome and I could not help but cry All my love's in vain When the train, it left the station with two lights on behind When the train, it left the station with two lights on behind Well, the blue light was my blues and the red light was my mind All my love's in vain Ou hou ou ou ou hoo, Willie Mae Oh oh oh oh oh hey hoo, Willie Mae Ou ou ou ou ou ou hee vee oh woe All my love's in vain

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Recorded at The Hole of Sound Studio in London, England in May 2011 as a tribute to Robert Johnson in the year of his Centennial.

Dedicated to my children, Laura, Nuno, Mikel y Lucas.

RAMBLIN' MATT plays bold and faithful to the original arrangements of country & delta blues classics from the likes of Robert Johnson, Big Bill Broonzy and Mississippi Fred McDowell.

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Since I can remember I have been fascinated by the blues in all its forms but to me there is nothing like the raw sound of the Country Blues from the pre-war years. In between the decade of 1920 and the beggining of the Second World War and thanks to the field recordings of Alan Lomax and others we have a legacy of many of the artists of the Mississippi Delta region. Names like Robert Johnson, Son House, Johnny Shines, the early Muddy Waters, Charly Patton and many others were the pioneers who helped to establish the roots of the blues and by extension rockan and roll and soul. After the first wave of recordings of the 1920's and 30's some of the artists dies, others gave up music to earn a life as waiters, truck drivers and builders until the publication of a single album helped to expose the genre to a legion of US and British musicians such as Mike Bloomfield, Alexis Korner, John Mayall and Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones. The album was "King of the Delta Blues Singers" by Robert Johnson and it litted the spark for many performers to come back to teh stages after more than 20 or 30 years away. Peter Guralnick with his books on Robert Johnson and Country Blues and Dick Waterman who passed to manage re-discovered names like Son House, Robert Pete Williams, Bukka White, Sleepy John Estes, Skip James and Mississippi John Hurt among others deserve a mention for the effort made to introduce the genre to a broader, mainly white audience thanks to new recordings and performances in festivals like Newport Folk. I was born in Spain and started playing guitar when I was 9 years and first listened to the blues via a John Lee Hooker album, "Boogie Chillun" and ever since I have been obsessed with this music. In 6 years that I resided in the US, mainly in Chicago I was exposed to the electric blues of the Windy City and also took some trips with a guitar and a backpack to the region of the Mississippi Delta where I had the opportunity to learn the playing rudiments of this music and, more important the meaning of the blues as a way of life and as a mean to express and communicate your feelings to others. With this collection of recordings I want to pay tribute to all those who love, live and feel the blues as I do.

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released May 1, 2011

Recorded at The Hole of Sound Studio in London, England in May 2011

Mateo Garcia Martin (aka Ramblin' Matt) - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Dobro Resonator, Footstomping.

Matt plays a 1948 Melodija Menges archtop, a Gibson Dobro Hound Dog Resonator and a Custom Hot Club guitars. Slides by Jim Dunlop and Blues Bottle, ProPick thumb and finger picks.

All the songs recorded in one take in a closet size room, no overdubs, just some echo splashed here and there.

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Mateo Garcia, aka Ramblin Matt. Valencia in 1966. Delta Blues, Rockabilly and Southern Rock are the genres that he favors, alone or with his different bands since the 80s in Spain, 90s in the US (Chicago) and between 2006 and 2013 in London. His current project along Sara Gee has produced three albums and he has released "Early in the Morning" with friend and superb harmonicist Danny Boy Sánchez. ... more

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