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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.
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
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".
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He moved to Los Angeles, and recorded "Let Me Down Easy", written by King Curtis, for Atco in 1967. [2] He also began playing with Dr. John , and appeared as a guitarist on the albums Babylon , Dr. John's Gumbo , and Hollywood Be Thy Name , [ 2 ] [ 7 ] as well as co-writing several album tracks with Dr. John.
One of Delaney's earliest compositions, "Jazz Me Blues", published in 1921, became one of his more durable works. Lucille Hegamin recorded it that year and it went on to become a jazz standard. [3] In the same year, "The Down Home Blues", recorded by Ethel Waters with Delaney accompanying on the piano, became her first hit. [3]