{"product_id":"harmonica-blues-of-forest-city-joe-special-delivery-man-cd","title":"Special Delivery Man CD","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eForest City Joe\u003cbr\u003eSpecial Delivery Man - Harmonica Blues of Forest City Joe CD\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRaw, exciting Juke Joint Blues at their finest!\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.raucousrecords.com\/findproducts?racoartist=9067\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Forest City Joe\"\u003eForest City Joe\u003c\/a\u003e was born Joe Bennie Pugh in Hughes, Arkansas close to the town of Forrest City from which he took his name.\u003cbr\u003eHe taught himself harmonica and played locally impersonating his idol John Lee 'Sonny Boy' Williamson.\u003cbr\u003eRambling around the south with Big Joe Williams, he eventually ended up in Chicago where he signed for Aristocrat Records.\u003cbr\u003eOnly one 78 was released from this session and sales were not sufficient for a follow up session.\u003cbr\u003eHe eventually returned to Hughes, performing music in the evening until he was rediscovered in August 1959 by Alan Lomax on one of his field trips.\u003cbr\u003eAfter an evening session at the Old Whiskey Store, Atlantic issued two LPs - Roots of the Blues and Blues Roll On - introducing Joe to a wider audience which would have been his comeback had an automobile accident not ended his life.\u003cbr\u003eThis CD presents the Chess session including those tracks which were not issued at the time.\u003cbr\u003eThey appeared all together on an album in 1984, odd tracks being issued in the meantime.\u003cbr\u003eAll Joe's titles from both Atlantic LPs are included, as is You Gotta Cut That Out which Lomax thought too modern for the two LPs.\u003cbr\u003eAdded to these are the two Boy Blue titles issued by Atlantic that were recorded at the same session, plus two Little Son Joe tracks recorded for J.O.B. but not issued at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HQB2hBwHfAg\" title=\"Forrest City Joe-Ash Street Boogie\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eTracklist\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMemory Of Sonny Boy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecial Delivery Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShady Lane Woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Woman On Every Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSawdust Bottom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAsh Street Boogie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMean Mistreatin' Woman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLonesome Day Blues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLevee Camp Reminiscence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrain Time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrink On Little Girl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShe Lived Her Life Too Fast\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShe Don't Love Me That Way\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStop Breaking Down\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRed Cross Store\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForest City Jump\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou Gotta Cut That Out\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBoogie Children\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJoe Lee's Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEthel Bea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Little Too Late\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Forest City Joe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54208765591881,"sku":"JASMCD3217","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1008\/3427\/9753\/files\/forest-city-joe-special-delivery-man_cd.jpg?v=1776344016","url":"https:\/\/www.raucousrecords.com\/products\/harmonica-blues-of-forest-city-joe-special-delivery-man-cd","provider":"Raucous Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}