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Welcome !      Mississippi Fred McDowell Red Cross Store Album: Live at The Gas Light Genres: Blues A spellbinding blast of electric blues from the man who wrote "You Got To Move"! Go to BluesBLITZ Similar Songs Critic's Review Ratings & Reviews Related links   4MB RealAudio      Need a free Player?      Download Help           I Do Not Play No Rock 'n' Roll was the prickly title of Mississippi Fred McDowell's 1969 album, but this live rendition of "Red Cross Store Blues" sure sounds like rock and roll to me! Of course, it's really nothing more than McDowell and an amplified guitar, but the way he attacks his instrument makes it sound like he's got a full band onstage with him. McDowell's vocal performance is equally spellbinding; many of his words are garbled, but the feelings of rage, frustration, and despair are all frighteningly explicit. His slide work stings as well as sings -- this is really what Robert Johnson might have sounded like on electric guitar -- and if he were alive today he'd probably be the jewel in the crown of the Fat Possum label. Alas, he's been gone for nearly three decades, but at least he's left us plenty of low-down Delta blues to remember him by.       Dan Epstein     Dan Epstein is a Los Angeles-based journalist and pop-culture historian whose work has appeared in L.A. Weekly, BAM, Raygun, Guitar World and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications. His first book, Twentieth Century Pop Culture, was published in 1999 by Carlton Books.   Click here for rules!          Average Rating: One Star Two Stars Three Stars Four Stars Five Stars                n/a                    Enter a review to win an iShriek MP3 Player!

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