Thomas Fraser - Long Gone Lonesome Blues

(December 2008) : Brakeman Blues * The Mississippi Shore * Lonely Boy On The Prairie * When Did You Leave Heaven? * Long Gone Lonesome Blues * Down The Trail Of Aching Hearts * Loose Talk * Star Spangled Waltz * Rye Whisky * To The East To The West * Don't Be A Baby * Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia * TB Blues * I Saw Your Face In The Moon * Traditional Reel * Lullaby Yodel * My Little Old Home Down In New Orleans * The Garden Of Roses * Everyone Is Saying Hello Again * Whippin' That Old TB * Waltz Of The Wind * Palomino Pal Of Mine * Hobo Bill's Last Ride * Singing In My Last Roundup * Over The Rainbow.

The first volume of home-made tape recordings of Thomas Fraser, the Shetland fisherman who was also an American Country music enthusiast.

He was also a gifted guitarist and fiddle player.

These tapes show a brilliant Country and Blues stylist, and are now on CD thirty years after his death.

"Tape recordings lost for 50 years reveal a voice to rival Hank Williams." (Daily Telegraph)