I Kept These Old Blues Muireann Bradley SKU: TSQ4029 Barcode: 0850052454029 23.00 £23.00 Genre: Blues Label: Tompkins Square Released Date: 12th April 2024 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Muireann Bradley is a young blues, ragtime, roots and folk guitarist and singer based in Ballybofey in County Donegal Ireland. “This is my first album. Most of these tunes were originally recorded by the great blues men and women who were making records from the 1920s and 1930s right up in some cases to the early 1970s. I have also found inspiration for the renditions recorded here in the playing of some of the musicians who began recording this music in the 1960s and later, and who in some cases learned at the feet of the greats. Many of these guitarists played pivotal roles in the 1960s blues revival and subsequent “rediscovery” of many of the greats of country blues. I grew up steeped in these old blues in the hills overlooking the valley of the River Finn just outside the town of Ballybofey in County Donegal. My father would play this music constantly at home and wherever we went in the car and talk about it endlessly whether anyone was listening or not, telling stories about the lives of these musicians as if they were legend, mythology or the evening news. My father could of course play all this stuff on guitar, I remember watching him when I was very young and thinking “I want to be able to do that”. When I was nine he agreed to teach me and bought me my first little travel guitar. I worked hard to learn how to play but as time wore on I seemed to have less and less time to practice as I became more and more invested in the combat sports I was regularly training and competing in. Then in March 2020 the first Covid lockdowns happened and all contact sports were shut down. I was lost for a while but soon found my way back to the guitar. I was now listening, playing and practicing with a new intensity and focus. In a very serious moment, I wrote out a list of tunes I was going to learn. The first tune on that list was Blind Blake’s “Police Dog Blues”. I’m not sure now how long it took to get that arrangement together but when it was ready we videoed me performing it and posted it on YouTube. It ended up getting a lot of attention, I remember my parents being quite shocked and soon after that Josh Rosenthal got in touch… and here we are! Each individual track on this album was recorded live in the studio and represents one entire take with me singing and backing myself up on guitar simultaneously. Most are either first or second takes. Nothing has been added or taken away, no overdubs or modern recording tricks of any kind have been used at all so at least in some respects this album has been recorded in the same way as those classics of the 1920s and 1930s.I hope you enjoy the record.” Muireann Bradley May 2023 Artist Muireann Bradley Genre Blues Label Tompkins Square Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings Candyman Richland Woman Blues Police Dog Blues Shake Sugaree Vestapol Stagolee Green Green Rocky Road Frankie Police Sergeant Blues Buck Dancers Choice Delia Freight Train Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Blues View Product Quick View Robert Jon & The Wreck Ride Into The Light Blues | Journeyman Records | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 22nd September 2023 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Robert Jon & The Wreck Ride Into The Light £19.00 Genre: Blues Label: Journeyman Records SKU: JMR90600 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 22nd September 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Eric Bibb Blues People Blues | Dixiefrog | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released 26th May 2017 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Eric Bibb Blues People £24.00 Genre: Blues Label: Dixiefrog SKU: LPDFG05 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve Released Date: 26th May 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Little Freddie King Direct-To-Disc Blues | APO Records | 1LP, 200g Released 15th February 2013 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Little Freddie King Direct-To-Disc £18.00 Genre: Blues Label: APO Records SKU: AAPO023 Formats: 1LP, 200g Released Date: 15th February 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Beth Hart 37 Days Blues | Provogue | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 2nd June 2023 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Beth Hart 37 Days £25.00 Genre: Blues Label: Provogue SKU: PRD725812 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 2nd June 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Howlin' Wolf The Best Of Blues | Not Now Music | 1LP Released 10th October 2014 £12.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Howlin' Wolf The Best Of £12.00 Genre: Blues Label: Not Now Music SKU: CATLP105 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th October 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View George Thorogood Party Of One Blues | Spinefarm Records | 1LP Released 4th August 2017 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders George Thorogood Party Of One £18.00 Genre: Blues Label: Spinefarm Records SKU: 1166100242 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 4th August 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Samantha Fish Wild Heart Blues | Ruf Records | 1LP Released 4th December 2015 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Samantha Fish Wild Heart £25.00 Genre: Blues Label: Ruf Records SKU: RUF2019 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 4th December 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dan Dyer Direct to Disc Volume 1 Blues | APO Records | 180g, 1LP Released 27th May 2011 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dan Dyer Direct to Disc Volume 1 £20.00 Genre: Blues Label: APO Records SKU: AAPO012 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 27th May 2011 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Soledad Brothers Master Supertone Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Cass Records | 1LP Released 15th January 2016 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Soledad Brothers Master Supertone £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Cass Records SKU: ACSS073 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 15th January 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dr John In The Right Place (Atlantic 75 Series) (SACD) Blues | Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series) | SACD Released 25th December 2025 £45.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Dr John In The Right Place (Atlantic 75 Series) (SACD) £45.00 Genre: Blues Label: Analogue Productions (Atlantic 75 Series) SKU: CAPA 006 SA Formats: SACD Released Date: 25th December 2025 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Blues Start again
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