Carolina Blues Jam

Carolina Blues Jam

Editorial Reviews
<"b00003gpc65020"> Big Boy Henry
Nominated for a Handy Award ("Best Traditional Blues Recording) in 1993. "Airport Blues" was programmed in-flight on AerLingus (Irish) Airlines and is part of a permanent exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of History. "My best album, without a doubt."

<"b00003gpc62999"> About the Artist
Richard "Big Boy" Henry was born in Beaufort, NC in 1921 where he continues to live and look over his huge family. First inspired by Blind Boy Fuller and other giants of the Piedmont blues, Big Boy recorded his first sides 1947-52 while employed in a local radio shop. He recorded with Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee in the '50s but the masters were supposedly lost by the producer. Thirty years out of music to raise his family and pursue careers as diverse as commercial fisherman and Bible... read more

<"b00003gpc64999"> Album Description
The Patriarch of the North Carolina blues in an impromptu session organized just after the conclusion of the 1993 Lowcountry Blues Bash...Big Boy's phenomenal deep blues vocals wonderfully complimented by Chicago Bob Nelson (harmonica), Sandra Hall (her record debut!), Dave Peabody (British acoustic guitarist), and Shrimp City Slim (piano, washboard) with a Charleston rhythm section. Unbelievably big-hearted and freewheeling, "Carolina Blues Jam" is THE essential Big Boy Henry album!