Shelton Powe, by Shelton Powe

Shelton Powe

by Shelton Powe

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1.	Amtrak Train 03:42	buy track
2.	Going Down the Road Feeling Bad 02:41	buy track
3.	Salt Peanuts 02:50	buy track
4.	Since I Laid My Burden Down 01:41	buy track
5.	She Don't Care About Me (But She Love That Cocain) 01:59	buy track
6.	Give Me Two Wings 02:48	buy track
7.	One Dime Blues 02:41	buy track
8.	Shake 'Em On Down 02:35	buy track
9.	Take A Walk In The Park 02:43	buy track
10.	Where Shall I Be 02:43	buy track
11.	What You Gonna Do When Your Troubles Get Like Mine 02:29	buy track
12.	Take Me Back 02:49	buy track
13.	Rock of Ages 02:27	buy track
14.	Railroad Bill 02:43	buy track

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Shelton Powe plays in the Piedmont finger-style guitar tradition of his parents and elders, but it took him a long time to get back to that music. Powe was born in 1957 in Charlotte, North Carolina, into a family of gifted instrumentalists, singers and dancers. His mother gave him harmonicas and guitars at Christmas, hoping to awaken a dormant musical aptitude, to no avail.

It wasn’t until the deaths of his mother and father in the late 1980s that Shelton became reacquainted with the rhythms and melodies of the old songs his parents used to sing. Picking up the guitar as a tribute to his deceased mother, Shelton set out to learn old-time blues and gospel the way he remembered it from his childhood. Living in Georgia, he immersed himself in the blues scene of Atlanta and soon found what he was looking for. Today, listening to him play and sing, you find yourself back at the wellspring of the Carolina Blues tradition.

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released November 4, 2022

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