God Moves On The Water - Mance Lipsomb

The range of Texas blues guitar styles, both rural and urban, is captured in this collection of fourteen performances by four legendary Texas bluesmen. Blazing 1991 performances by the great Albert Collins generate a heat which belies his Iceman moniker. Freddie King cooks at a full boil in a 1972 set which includes his signature Blues Band Shuffle. Rare 1960 footage of Lightnin' Hopkins shows how intense the downhome acoustic blues could be. A 1968 performance by Mance Lipscomb traces the blues tradition to its work song taproot with Captain, Captain and Blind Willie Johnson's God Moves On The Water.
Titles include: ALBERT COLLINS Iceman, Lights Are On But Nobody's Home, Head Rag FREDDIE KING Big Leg Woman, Blues Band Shuffle, Going Down LIGHTNIN' HOPKINS Baby, Come Go Home With Me, Going Down Slow, Bunion Stew, Let's Pull A Party MANCE LIPSCOMB Captain, Captain, Night Time Is The Right Time, God Moves On The Water, Which Way Do The Red River Run
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[@dougsmith7083]

Mance is the best

[@johnmitchelljr]

Thank you is not enough, but thank you for sharing.

[@jaytea42]

The Real Deal !

[@Remi-B-Goode]

Dope!! his playing reminds me of Blind Willie Johnson of course ! Thank you for sharing

[@toosmoothtomoove3510]

Soulful

[@hilmarwensorra1215]

just amazing ...

[@rontaylor9999]

So great !!! 👌🏻

[@benmartin9538]

Such amazing technique

[@jamiescott1080]

Charlie Parr’s favourite player, and that’s as good a recommendation you could hope for. I’ve never been able to nail that percussive tight / loose vibe with the thumb properly.

[@BrolitoBroskavitch]

Who says you can't play fingerstyle guitar with a broken finger?

[@christaylor2070]

anyone know if BWJ played like that, holding the slide? I'd always assumed he played with a bottleneck or metal tube on his finger?

[@toughlikerocks]

My understanding is that it's very much up for debate. The only picture of him shows him holding the guitar upright but he doesn't appear to be using any kind of slide. Many sources say he played slide guitar with a pocketknife which most likely would have meant he played lap-style. Blind Willie McTell, who was a friend and contemporary of his, told John Lomax that Blind Willie played with a "metal ring". So, short answer-no one knows for sure. My assumption is he probably played upright for non-slide songs like Trouble Will Soon be Over or Shine on Me and lap-style on slide songs, but who knows?