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Down Home is an album by the American blues musician Z. Z. Hill, released in 1982. [2] [3] "Down Home Blues", the album's first track, was a crossover hit, and is regarded as a blues standard. [4] [5] The song is said to be the best selling blues single of the 20th century. [6] The album peaked at No. 209 on the Billboard 200. [7]
Arzell J. "Z. Z." Hill (September 30, 1935 – April 27, 1984) [1] was an American blues singer best known for his recordings in the 1970s and early 1980s, including his 1982 album for Malaco Records, Down Home, which stayed on the Billboard soul album chart for nearly two years. [1]
AllMusic reviewer Bruce Eder stated: "the music itself stands outside of time. McGhee's strumming and singing have enough polish to pass as a commercial recording, but at its best, it's still sufficiently unaffected so as to be regarded as authentic country-blues.
George Henry Jackson (March 12, 1945 – April 14, 2013) was an American blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll/rock and soul singer-songwriter. His prominence was as a prolific and skilled songwriter: he wrote or co-wrote many hit songs for other musicians, including "Down Home Blues", "One Bad Apple", "Old Time Rock and Roll" and "The Only Way Is Up".
Down Home Blues may refer to: "Down Home Blues", song sung by Ethel Waters on Black Swan Records in 1921 "Down Home Blues". a song by George Jackson; Down Home Blues (Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry album), 1960; Down Home Blues (Lightnin' Hopkins album), 1965
The editor and main writer of the Bob Corritore Blues Newsletter, [2] his 2020 album, The Gypsy Woman Told Me, a partnership with John Primer, was a finalist for traditional blues album of the year in the Blues Blast Music Awards after winning the same honor for Don't Let The Devil Ride in 2019.
Down Home Blues (1964) Soul Blues (1965) Down Home Blues is an album by blues musician Lightnin' Hopkins recorded in 1964 and released on the Bluesville label.
Robert Lockwood Jr., a.k.a. Robert Jr. Lockwood, (March 27, 1915 – November 21, 2006) [1] was an American Delta blues guitarist, [2] who recorded for Chess Records and other Chicago labels in the 1950s and 1960s.