MAKE ME A PALLET ON THE FLOOR - WILLIE BROWN (1941) on Herwin 78RPM (1967) - Alan Lomax recording скачать в хорошем качестве

MAKE ME A PALLET ON THE FLOOR - WILLIE BROWN (1941) on Herwin 78RPM (1967) - Alan Lomax recording

A pioneer of Delta Blues, and contemporary of Charley Patton, Son House and of Robert Johnson, the story of Willie Brown offers very few details, no known photographs, and surrounds itself in mystery fueled by a reference to his name in Robert Johnson's song, Cross Road Blues, recorded in 1936. What has certainty is that Willie Brown was a respected guitarist who recorded for the Paramount Record label as an accompanying player for Charley and Son House. In 1930, Paramount recorded Charley Patton in Grafton, Wisconsin. Patton had brought along Willie Brown, Son House and pianist Louise Johnson. While at the session in Grafton, Willie Brown is known to have recorded six songs of his own. All six were released by Paramount on three two-sided records. Two of those three records have no known surviving copies and the one record that still survives, M & O Blues / Future Blues, is limited to only a half-dozen known copies in total. What made the loss more permanent was that Paramount, a company that always struggled with finances, especially during the great depression, sold their metal masters to recoup the value of the copper in them. Paramount last recorded in 1932 and closed three years later. In 1941, Alan Lomax, best known for his work recording and preserving the voices and music of musicians throughout the Mississippi Delta for The Library of Congress, made arrangements with Son House to record in late August at the Clack's Store near Lake Cormorant, Mississippi. Lomax recounted that on the way to the session, he and Son House picked up three musicians to accompany House; Willie Brown, Fiddlin’ Joe Martin and Leroy Williams. At this session, Lomax recorded five songs with Son House, and a sixth song performed solo by Willie Brown, Make Me A Pallet On The Floor - a commonly played standard at the time. The recording was eventually released on the Herwin Records label as a vinyl 78 rpm disc in 1967. Herwin Records first formed in 1925 by two brothers, Herbert and Edwin Schiele. It was a mail-order record company based in St. Louis, Missouri and sold budget jazz and blues records pressed by Gennett Records and Paramount Records. Herwin was bought in 1930 by the Wisconsin Chair Company, the same company that owned Paramount. The Herwin company name was revived by a collector of rare and early jazz, Bernard Klatzko. He first used the label in the 1960s to issue recordings from The Library Of Congress, including this title from Willie Brown. There is perpetual debate amongst theorists whether the Willie Brown on this 1941 field recording by Alan Lomax is indeed the very same Willie Brown who recorded for Paramount the decade before. Some point to even the smallest or subtly-detected difference in a vocal delivery or guitar technique as evidence the two are not the same person. Original notes by Lomax offer no decisive identity of Willie Brown. The general consensus among many others is that they are the very same Willie Brown, supported not only by the accompaniment with Son House at the session, but also that there is very little audio evidence to make strong contrary comparisons with. Musicians are known to be adaptable in their techniques and delivery to give certain songs their own variance and identity. Personal inflections of one's voice or the use of alcohol, or smoking, for example, can alter the characteristic and sound of the voice when singing as can the recording equipment used and the set up and surroundings in any given room. Willie Brown died of a heart attack in Tunica Mississippi in December, 1952. His death deeply affected Son House, who had moved from Mississippi to New York and learned of Willie's passing by telegram. It so affected him that he left his music abandoned for over a decade, to the point of even losing track of where his guitar was. Lyrics Make me down, a pallet on your floor Won't you to make me down, one pallet on your floor Won't you to make me down, one pallet on your floor Now make it so your man will never know Now I want you to make me one bunk upside your wall Now I want you to make me up one bunk upside your wall I want you to make me down, one bunk upside your wall Sure now, make it now babe, just as long as I am tall Oh, I love you babe, cause you so nice and brown Now babe, I love you cause you so nice and brown Now I love you babe, cause you so nice and brown Cause you're tailor-made, it ain’t no hand me down Now I love you, tell the world I do Now babe, I love you, I tell the world I do Now babe, I love you, I tell the world I do I don’t know no one to be like I love you Now I’m goin’ away, just for you on my mind Now babe, I’m goin’ away, just for you on my mind Now babe, I’m goin’, just for you on my mind Cause you keep me worried n bothered all this time Now mama, just as sure as two and two is four Now babe, just as sure as two and two is four Just as sure, now babe, as two and two is four I’m gonna get me another that don’t want you no more