George Mitchell (blues researcher)
George Mitchell (born January 9, 1944 in Coral Gables , Florida ) is an American blues researcher and producer who made recordings from blues musicians from the Mississippi Delta from the 1960s to the 1980s . B. Fred McDowell and Johnny Woods, George Henry Bussey and Jim Bunkley, Charlie Burse and Will Shade , Joe Callicott , Furry Lewis , RL Burnside and Sleepy John Estes , who later on the record labels Arhoolie (late 1960s), Revival (1971 ) and Rounder (from around 1975) as long-playing records, on Arhoolie (2000) and Fat Possum (2003 and following) then also as CDs.
Works (selection)
- Blow My Blues Away Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge 1971
- I'm Somebody Important: Young Black Voices from Rural Georgia University of Illinois Press, Urbana 1973
- Yessir, I've Been Here a Long Time: The Faces and Words of Americans Who Have Lived a Century EP Dutton, New York 1975
- Ponce de Leon: An Intimate Portrait of Atlanta's Most Famous Avenue Argonne Books, Atlanta 1982
Web links
- George Mitchell biography
- Rounder Records Homepage
- Arhoolie Records homepage
- Fat Possum Records homepage
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SURNAME | Mitchell, George |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American blues researcher and producer |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1944 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Coral Gables , Florida |