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Hottest Brand Goin' album by Smoky Babe was released Aug 21, 2001 on the Original Blues Classics label. In an ideal world, singer/acoustic guitarist Smoky Babe would have left behind a huge catalog. Hottest Brand Goin' music CDs But, regrettably, the southern bluesman wasn't well known, and he only recorded a few albums. One of them was Hottest Brand Goin', which was recorded for Prestige's Bluesville label in Baton Rouge, LA, in 1961, and was reissued on CD for Fantasy's Original Blues Classics (OBC) series in 2001. Hottest Brand Goin' songs Everything on this album is pure, unadulterated acoustic country blues; however, Babe doesn't embrace any one style of country blues exclusively. A Mississippi native who moved to Louisiana, Babe gets his inspiration from a variety of southern sources. The Louisiana influence is present, but his approach also owes something to Mississippi Delta blues (Robert Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt) as well as Piedmont blues (Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee) and Texas blues (Lightnin' Hopkins). The Hopkins influence is prominent -- "Long Way from Home," "Cold Cold Snow," and "Insect Blues" are the sort of moody, dusky gems that Hopkins would have embraced -- and yet, you can't overlook the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Georgia influences that also do their part to enrich this CD. 

1 Now Your Man Done Gone   
2 Hottest Brand Goin'   
3 Something Wrong With My Machine   
4 Insect Blues   
5 Long Way from Home   
6 I'm Goin' Back to Mississippi   
7 Melvanie Blues   
8 Locomotive Blues   
9 Ocean Blues   
10 Boogy Woogy Rag   
11 Coon Hunt   
12 Cold, Cold Snow

Label Original Blues Classics
Orig Year 1961
Discs 1
Release Date Aug 21, 2001
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Mixed
Producer Dr. Harry Oster; Kenneth S. Goldstein
Engineer Dr. Harry Oster
Recording Time 41 minutes

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