L.C. Robinson - House Cleanin' Blues (vinyl flac rip)

b. Louis Charles Robinson, 15 May 1915, Brenham, Texas, USA, d. 26 September 1976. "Good Rockin'" Robinson began playing guitar at the age of nine, and was reputedly taught to play bottleneck style by Blind Willie Johnson. Western swing musician Leon McAuliffe introduced him to the steel guitar; Robinson was also a blues fiddler of note and gave Sugarcane Harris some lessons on the instrument. He moved to the San Francisco area around 1939, where he often played together with his brother A.C. Robinson. They recorded for the Black And White label in 1945 as the Robinson Brothers. L.C. recorded for Rhythm Records in the early 50s, for World Pacific in the 60s, and for Arhoolie and Bluesway in the 70s, and also accompanied Mercy Dee Walton and John Lee Hooker on records. He died of a heart attack in September 1976. AMG

"...... The city of Oakland, California is not the most likely place one would go to find a legend in urban blues, but such is the case of L.C. Robinson. He makes the bay city home and has been a resident for some time. The Texas born Louis Charles Robinson (1915) is one of the last down home blues artists to be found living in the area. L.C. Robinson's career began in rural Texas where he was taught the steel guitar, the favorite of the country musicians of that area. Through the years he has added the regular guitar and a flair for playing the violin to his vast rep. It is hard to believe that before the release of this album he was recorded on his own only once.
...... In June of this year (1973), the producer of this album, took L.C. across the bay to San Francisco and put together a group of the top musicians in the area ... Robert Hooker on piano, Lex Silva on bass, the powerful Luther Tucker on guitar and L.C. plays Hawaiian guitar, violin and regular guitar along with his vocals. Critics will be hard put for words to describe the many bags of L.C., and those who were not fortunate enough to catch him in one of the spots around the bay will waste no time crying for more of the talent of this man who has been denied the exposure deserved by an artist of his stature. Find a quiet place, put this album on, and travel through time with L.C. from yesterday to now on the highway of urban blues." ~ Al Smith

Al Smith died at the beginning of 1974, L.C. Good Rockin' Robinson two years later.