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I Got To Find My Baby
Parchmans Farm Blues
Chumpman Blues
Terraplane Blues
Death Don't Have Mercy
If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day
Police Dog Blues
My Baby Walks On Fire
Walkin' Blues
Change My Name
Spike Driver Blues
You Gotta Get Up
Run Like Water
Ramblin' On My Mind
Rocks and Gravel
Amazing Grace

Terraplane

Although I have become known as an expert on Robert Johnson and the Delta blues, Terraplane also provides strong examples of Piedmont and Chicago styles, gospel and several original pieces.  I play acoustic, electric, and National guitars, and even three songs on a home-made one-string diddley bow (can you guess which popular blues legend took his stage name from that instrument?!).  Four of the 16 songs here are original compositions; the rest come from Blind Blake, Robert Johnson, the Reverand Gary Davis, John Hurt, Bukka White, John Jackson and Pete Franklin.

Reviews

"Scott Ainslie is yet another of the talented new generation acoustic blues playuers. His fine new CD, Terraplane, treads a lot of familiar territory, covering tunes by Robert Johnson ("Walking Blues," "If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day," ), Blind Blake ("Chumpman Blues"), Rev. Gary Davis, and Mississippi Jonn Hurt.
"What distinguishes Ainslie's work is his fiery picking and slide work and his deep, passionate bluesman's growl. He also has a strong musical sense of humor that comes through in his animated version of Blake's "Police Dog Blues" and his own "Change My Name," which ponders the challenges of being a blues musician with a name that no one can pronounce.
"This is an immensely entertaining and confident recording that is recomended to anyone who likes (or thinks they don't like) acoustic blues."
[ Dirty Linen , August/September 1999 ]

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