Name: The George Mitchell Collection
Brand: Cecil Barfield

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

blm0299

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Colour

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Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2015-04-13

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

The Orchard

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

0895102002997

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Cecil Barfield

Genre GB

R&B / Neo-Soul

Label GB

Big Legal Mess

By George Mitchell's own estimation, Cecil Barfield was his most extraordinary discovery outside of Mississippi. Born in 1922, Barfield was a farmer all his life until a back injury forced him to retire. He began playing blues at five years old, using a cooking oil can he had rigged up with a neck and one string. He took up guitar at 12 and started out playing rag tunes and dance pieces, though he soon developed the distinctive bottleneck style heard on the Mitchell recordings. When Mitchell recorded him, Barfield performed interpretations of songs by JB Lenoir, Frankie Lee Sims, Little Walter and Tommy McClennan, as well as several of his own strikingly original compositions.

The George Mitchell Collection

Music GB