Blues, Rags and Hollers
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| Studio album by Koerner, Ray & Glover | ||||
| Released | June 1963 | |||
| Recorded | March 24, 1963 at the Woman's Club, Milwaukee, WI | |||
| Genre | Blues, country blues | |||
| Length | 50:45 | |||
| Label | Audiophile AP 78 | |||
| Producer | Koerner, Ray & Glover, Paul Nelson | |||
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Cover of the Elektra re-release in November, 1963
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Blues, Rags and Hollers is the first album by the American country blues trio Koerner, Ray & Glover, released in 1963.
The first album of the country blues trio from Minneapolis, Minnesota, had Tony "Little Sun" Glover on harmonica, "Spider" John Koerner on guitar and vocals, and Dave "Snaker" Ray on guitar and vocals. Koerner, Ray & Glover were part of the revival of folk music and blues in the 1960s. In his piece for No Depression magazine, Joel Roberts stated, "Like Bob Dylan, their Minnesota pal and fellow early ’60s folk-blues enthusiast, they combined a deep knowledge of the blues idiom with a sense of humor and irreverence that was absent from the work of many of their much-too-serious contemporaries."
Speaking of the trio's experience playing the music of Lead Belly, Blind Lemon Jefferson and other black blues musicians, Koerner later related, "I don’t understand the psychology of it, but somehow we decided to imitate these guys down to the note. And we decided to go out and drink and party, and chase women just like they did in the songs and all kind of shit. And when I look at it now, it seems weird to tell you the truth."
Despite recording, performing and being billed as a trio, the three play together only on the opening track, "Linin' Track". Of the other tracks, two feature Ray and Glover, one features Koerner and Glover, and the rest are solo performances.
Blues, Rags and Hollers was recorded in Milwaukee in a one-day session.
Originally released on the Audiophile label with a pressing of 300 copies, Blues, Rags and Hollers was quickly reissued by Elektra Records in 1963 without "Ted Mack Rag", "Too Bad", "Dust My Broom" and "Mumblin' Word". These tracks were restored when Red House digitally remastered and reissued the album in 1995. It was also reissued by WEA International along with Lots More Blues, Rags and Hollers in 2004. Koerner, Ray & Glover recorded two more albums for Elektra.
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