CD - Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Mississippi Fred McDowell

This release in the Heroes of the Blues series is the only true cross-licensed best-of package for Mississippi Fred McDowell • It's a complete career retrospective, covering all periods of his career and various record labels • It has been digitally re-mastered • Original cover art by Bill Stout About the Artist When Mississippi Fred McDowell proclaimed on one of his last albums, "I do not play no rock'n'roll," it was less a boast by an aging musician swept aside by the big beat than a mere statement of fact. As a stylist and purveyor of the original Delta blues, he was superb; equal parts Charley Patton and Son House coming to the fore through his roughed up vocals and slashing bottleneck style of guitar playing. McDowell knew he was the real deal and while others were diluting and updating their sound, he stood out from the rest of the pack simply by not changing his style one iota. Though he scorned the amplified rock sound with a passion matched by few country bluesmen, he certainl