''Yazoo Basin Boogie'' is an album by American guitarist

Stefan Grossman Stefan Grossman (born April 16, 1945) is an American acoustic fingerstyle guitarist and singer, music producer and educator, and co-founder of Kicking Mule records. He is known for his instructional videos and Vestapol line of videos and DVDs. ...

, released in 1970. It was reissued on LP in 1974 by Grossman's own label

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and on CD in 1999 and 2005 by

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. It has had various track listings with each reissue. A 1991 reissue with the same title was a compilation including tracks from ''Yazoo Basin Boogie'' and Grossman's 1972 release ''Memphis Jellyroll''. The original release was issued with

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. The track "Adam's Voice" is a child speaking.

Reception

In his

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review of the compilation release, critic Cub Koda wrote "Grossman has spent so many years producing videos and how to books on acoustic guitar, it's hard to think of him as a guitarist himself, which is why albums like this are so valuable and reassuring. Grossman can back up everything he says and believes musically, with an encyclopedic knowledge and feel for country-blues, rags, and fiddle tunes as demonstrated here... A must-have for folk-blues guitar enthusiasts."

Track listing

There were no track lengths noted on the original LP release.

Side one

# "Adam's Voice/Tickle Dew" (

) # "Dallas Rag" (Traditional, arrangement by Dave Laibman) # "

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) # "Katz Rag" (Grossman) # "Texas Lemon Flavor" (Grossman) # "Sunday Rag" (Grossman) # "Pig Town Fling" (Traditional) # "Red Pepper Rag" (Traditional)

Side two

# "

House Carpenter "The Daemon Lover" (Roud 14, Child 243) – also known as "James Harris", "A Warning for Married Women", "The Distressed Ship Carpenter", "James Herries", "The Carpenter’s Wife", "The Banks of Italy", or "The House-Carpenter" – is a popular bal ...

" (Traditional) # "

Maple Leaf Rag The "Maple Leaf Rag" (copyright registered on September 18, 1899) is an early ragtime musical composition for piano composed by Scott Joplin. It was one of Joplin's early works, and became the model for ragtime compositions by subsequent compos ...

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, arrangement by Laibman) # "Coloured Aristocracy" (Traditional, arrangement by Laibman) # "Slow Blues in C" (Grossman) # "Aurora's Powder Rag" (Traditional, arrangement by Aurora Block) # "County Line" (Grossman) # "Last of Callahan/Dervish Boogie" (Traditional, arrangement by Laibman) # "Yazoo Basin Boogie" (Grossman)

Personnel

– guitar Production * Stefan Grossman – liner notes, arrangements * Dave Laibman – arrangements * Aurora Block – arrangement * Christina Brown – cover photograph * Nic Kinsey – remix engineer

References

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