Walter ""'furry"" Lewis Collection: 1927-61 by Walter ""Furry"" Lewis (CD, 2018)

Walter Furry Lewis was one of the most successful of the early bluesmen to re-emerge during the folk-blues boom of the 50s and 60s and enjoy a second career as one of the elder statesmen of the genre. Born in the Mississippi delta in 1893, he moved to Memphis and developed a warm and expressive singing style, with a smooth and lyrical guitar approach that combined slide and finger-picking techniques as he played at parties, in bars and on street corners. In 1927 he headed to Chicago, and made his first recordings for Vocalion, followed by further titles for Victor the following year, and a few more for Vocalion in Memphis in 1929 before the Depression brought a halt to his recording career.\n\nHe returned to sweeping the streets in Memphis and playing occasionally, until being rediscovered by music historian Samuel Charters in 1959, and recording a session for Folkways, which resulted in his first album release. There were further sessions in 1961 which led to albums on Prestige/Blues