Fabulous budget 20 track Sampler from the vast Document Records Catalog of Jazz, Blues, Gospel and Old-Time Country

''God Don't Like It''is a 20-track introduction to the Document label. This compilation is guaranteed to move, amuse, entertain, and educate anyone who spends some time absorbing its contents and savoring the blend of genres and styles. Jazz guitarist Teddy Bunn serves up a fine interpretation of Jelly Roll Morton's 'King Porter Stomp,' and pianist Richard M. Jones is heard with cornetist Willie Hightower's Nighthawks. The Blues is represented here by Son House, Little Brother Montgomery, Roosevelt Sykes, Lightnin' Hopkins, Louisiana-born guitarist Jesse ''Babyface'' Thomas, singing pianist George Davis, straight-edge-razor-brandishing Perline Ellison, and nine-string guitarist Big Joe Williams. The more rural and/or string instrument-oriented acts are wonderfully diverse. The Three Stripped Gears are heard performing the ''Black Bottom Strut.'' The Memphis Jug Band grinds out one of their fiddle-and guitar-driven singalong numbers, Ralph Willis and Brownie McGhee discuss the ''Sportin' Life,'' and Hattie Ellis and Cowboy Jack Ramsey take you out to the middle of the desert and leave you there. Two classic country duos, Kirk & Sam McGee and G.B. Grayson and Henry Whitter, set a clear precedent for what the Holy Modal Rounders were to sound like in the early '60s. Religion is represented here by the Hall Johnson Choir, the Junior Four Quartet, Elder A. Johnson, who provided the collection's title track, and Elder Charles Beck, who delivers a ''Rock and Roll Sermon.''

Relative to the overall size and depth of the Document catalog, this very enjoyable core sample constitutes a tiny sliver that only begins to hint at the cultural riches therein. Great cover photo too.

Track Listing

• JESSE THOMAS - Another Fool Like Me
• GEORGE DAVIS - Flesh Crawling Blues
• HALL JOHNSON CHOIR - Lord, I Can Ride
• GRAYSON & WHITTER - Little Maggie With A Dram In Her Glass
• MEMPHIS JUG BAND - Beat You Plenty At It
• BIG JOE WILLIAMS - Wild Cow Moan
• HATTIE ELLIS - Desert Blues
• THE THREE STRIPPED GEARS - Black Bottom Strut
• RALPH WILLIS & BROWNIE McGHEE - Sporting Life
• ELDER JAMES BECK - Rock & Roll Sermon - Part 1
• RICHARD M. JONES - Boar Hogg Blues
• SON HOUSE - Mister Suzie Q
• LITTLE BROTHER MONTGOMERY - Vicksburg Blues
• JUNIOR FOUR QUARTET - I'm On My Way
• SAM McGHEE - Brown's Ferry Blues
• TEDDY BUNN - King Porter Stomp
• PERLINE ELLISON - Razor Totin' Mama
• ROOSEVELT SYKES - Hot Boogie
• REV A. JOHNSON - God Don't Like It
• LIGHTNIN’ HOPKINS - Walkin' The Street

Additional Details

Label: Document Records

Genre: Blues

Language: English

Run Time: 59:39 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 08/20/21

UPC: 714298900125