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Blues from Bangladesh Liner Notes: Here in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in my apartment, I can hear the workers breaking rebar for a construction project next door and I hear the bells of rickshaws and a sparrow outside the window. He has a lot on his mind. Bhanu, my cook, is stirring things audibly in the kitchen and I, in the back room, am recording my second CD with a digital recorder and two good microphones. I know these songs very well but I rarely play any of them perfectly. Always something is wrong- a missed lyric, a string a little out of tune, palsy of the fingers. I have learned to accept these things as long as they don't interfere too much with the feelings I try to get across. Even with the imperfections, I love what I am doing, love the songs very much and the people who wrote and performed them. My music has made me a part of a great tradition of folk music and country blues with a little Boss Nova thrown in. I am a "songster" as Mance Lipscomb called himself, but I believe that I am less accommodating than he was. I am very fussy about the songs I do. Rarely do I fulfill a request when I play in clubs. I have to connect deeply with a song to get interested in learning it and playing it. That process takes a long time in my case. So, in a sense, this is a collection of my songs and I am proud to help keep them alive for the people who may have never heard them before. This recording is for my friends who, I hope will forgive the mistakes and enjoy the songs and the songster. I want to dedicate this to my heroes- John Hurt, Mance Lipscomb and Joao Gilberto and to a small legion of mostly-African American geniuses who created great music with feeling and humor and pain and whose work glorifies the human spirit. And I dedicate it to John Miller, my teacher and friend for the last ten years. He is a truly great guitar player and a very patient man. Thank you John. Ricker Winsor Dhaka, Bangladesh April 2004 www.rickerwinsor.com Check out the artist's website: http://www.rickerwinsor.com Track List: 1. If You Don't Want Me 2. Cocaine 3. Turn Your Money Green 4. Estate (summer) 5. Pay Day 6. Lonesome Home 7. Got the Blues 8. Dirty Old Town 9. Richland Women Blues 10. Girl From Ipanema 11. That Ain't No Way 12. Old Time Blues 13. Let It Be Me 14. Autumn Leaves 15. I Do I Do 16. Manha De Carnival 17. The Water Is Wide 18. Deep River Blues 19. Trouble, Had It All 20. Charlie James 21. Monday Morning Blues 22. Where Did You Dtay Last Night 23. Hey Hey Baby 24. Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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