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Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Furry Lewis, a Compilation of songs by Furry Lewis. Released in 2003.
Furry Lewis – Judge Harsh Blues: 3:01: 26-6: Furry Lewis – John Henry: 2:54: 26-7: Furry Lewis – Black Gypsy Blues: 2:50: 26-8: Furry Lewis – I Will Turn Your Money Green: 3:12: 26-9: Furry Lewis – Jelly Roll: 2:39: 26-10: Furry Lewis – Good Looking Girl Blues: 2:53: 26-11: Furry Lewis – Mistreatin' Mama: 3:08: 26-12: Furry Lewis ...
Nov 3, 2006 · Memphis Jug Blues - Memphis Jug Band: 3: Viola Lee Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers: 4: Kansas City Blues - Jim Jackson: 5: Kassie Jones - Furry Lewis: 6: Bumble Bee - Kansas Joe/Memphis Minnie: 7: Milk Cow Blues - John Estes: 8: Highway No.61 Blues - Jack Kelly/South Memphis Jug Band: 9: We All Gotta Go Sometime - Joe Hill Louis: 10: When Your ...
Presenting the Country Blues, Furry Lewis, 1969 Mississippi Delta Blues: Vol. 1, Various Artists (Furry Lewis), 196? Bob Dylan/Times They Are A-Changin', Bob Dylan, 196? Furry Lewis in Memphis, Furry Lewis, 1970? Sugar Farm, Robert Pete Williams, 1972 Do Lord Remember Me, Thomas Shaw, 1973 Leadbelly Soundtrack, Various Artists, 1976
‘The King of the Slide Guitar,’ Elmore James was one of the most famous bluesmen, being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. The posthumous release on 1970, was Volume 1 in the ‘Blues Masters’ series, includes landmark recordings of ‘Dust My Broom,’ ‘It Hurts Me Too’ and more.
Lewis played his slide-driven, talking guitar blues with the father of the blues, W.C Handy, on Beale Street in the early 1900s. Today, the street is crumbling, and a small statue of Handy toting a horn overlooks the ruins. To Furry Lewis, Beale Street was "where somebody was killed every Saturday night and born every Sunday."
He finally stopped performing except as a pastime until, like many of the old blues musicians, he was rediscovered by the folk and blues revival crowd in the 1960’s. Furry Lewis’ long-time friend and mentor, Jim Jackson was a minstrel and medicine show entertainer who spent his life playing traveling shows throughout the South.
