Up Jumped The Devil - American Devil Songs 1920s - 1950s, by Various (CD on Viper)

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Viper’s finest compilation to date. A full hour of devilish classics from such legends as Gene Vincent, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Skip James, Bessie Smith, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Jelly Roll Morton and Robert Johnson to name but a few.

l4/5 REVIEW IN MOJO: "FROM LUCIFER’S OWN COLLECTION COMES THIS SET OF EARLY BLUES, COUNTRY AND BOOGIE. FATS WALLER, SKIP JAMES AND SISTER ROSETTA THARPE PROVIDE BEASTLY HIGHLIGHTS."
l4/5 REVIEW IN THE INDEPENDENT : "OLD NICK WAS BOTH A LITERAL AND METAPHORICAL PRESENCE IN VIRTUALLY EVERY GENRE, FROM BYRON PARKER’S BREAKNECK BLUEGRASS NUMBER TO THE ROCK‘N’ROLL OF GENE VINCENT, WHO IN ‘RACE WITH THE DEVIL’ OUTSTRIPS BEELZEBUB IN A HOTROD RACE."

Tales of temptation, nightmare, possession and pure devilish fun, told via a rich and wonderful cornucopia of three decades of American popular music, ‘The Devil’s Music’ - Rock‘n’Roll , Blues, Jazz and Country can be all be tasted in this infernal music treat.
Now the educational bit:
- The word ’Devil’ grew from the Indo-European ’Devi’ or ’Deva’ meaning ’Goddess’ or ’Gods’.  The Old English ’Divell’ comes from the Roman ’Divus’- ’God’). The Devil’s imagery comes directly from the horned, lustful, pagan God ’Pan’ who also played musical pipes.
- Indeed the Devil ’jumps’ up throughout history, in Blues mythology at the crossroads - a place that belongs to no one where you can exchange your soul for that arcane musical knowledge that will mesmerize and captivate here on Earth.

TRACK LISTING: 1) Gene Vincent - Race With The Devil 1956,  2) Fats Waller - There’s going To Be The Devil To Pay 1935,  3) Bo Carter - Old Devil Circa 1938 4) Charlie Christian - Pagin’ The Devil 1939,  5) Woodie Brothers - Chased Old Satan through The Door 1931,  6) Screamin’ Jay Hawkins - Little Demon 1956 7) Byron Parker and his Mountaineers - Up Jumped The Devil 1940,  8) Skip James - Devil Got My Women 1931  9) Fess Parker and his Royal Flush Orchestra - Feelin’ Devilish 1930 , 10) Bessie Smith -Blue Spirit Blues 1929 , 11) Oliver Brown -Oh You Devil You 1935 , 12) The Clovers -Devil or Angel 1955, 13) Almanac Singers - Get Behind Me Satan 1941, 14) Sister Rosetta Tharpe - The Devil has thrown him down 1943, 15) Powder River Jack and Kitty Lee - Tying a Knot in the Devil’s Tail Circa 1930 , 16) Washboard Sam - She Belongs to the Devil 1941, 17) Jack Teagarden - Putting Salt on the Devil’s Tail Circa 1941 , 18) Otis Spann - I’d Rather Be The Devil 1954, 19) Jelly Roll !
Morton’s Red Hot Peppers - Boogaboo 1928 20) Robert Johnston - Me and The Devil Blues version 1 1937

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