I agree -- Beau did some great 3-row/5-row blues... I guess I recall the single-row stuff live -- BUT -- the one single-row tune that comes to mind that he recorded was "Going To The Country" on his [Check it out, lock it in, crank it up] disc. Sparse and so nicely executed.
I was really lucky to have gotten to know Beau a little. I had dinner with him and Shelley on the Rounder Records tour when he came through Dallas back in... '95, I believe. He was truly one of the nicest Louisiana artists I ever had the opportunity to meet. His drummer, Skeeter, is also one of coolest people in the world. After dinner, Skeeter, Chuckie, Steve Riley, Alan Greeley and I partied hard. Man what a night that was!
I forgot about that one - it's a good one all right. Pretty easy to play too. Even though it is quite a different style, it uses a lot of the same notes as "Richard's Club", which is one of Beau's tunes that I like to play.
I don't play slow blues very much, but I like the idea of adding this one to the repertoire for when requests come along.
The April 2011 Dewey Balfa Cajun & Creole Heritage Week
