Phelps plays acoustic blues guitar in his own unique style, holding his guitar flat down in his lap while playing with a slide and picking at the same time. All three of his records are excellent and highly recommended.

Links:

Official Site      Beef Stew Page      Rykodisc      Fleming/Tamulevich     

Records:

Lead Me On - 1994 - Burnside Records BCD-0015-2
Songs: I've Been Converted, Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues, Where Do I Go Now, Love Me Baby Blues, Lead Me On, Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed, Leavin' Blues, Marking Stone Blues, The Black Crow Keeps Flying, I'd Be A Rich Man, Someone To Save Me, Motherless Children, Fare Thee Well. Details from Burnside Records

Roll Away the Stone - 1997 - Rykodisc RCD-10393
Songs: Roll Away the Stone, Sail the Jordan, When the Roll is Called Up Yonder, Hosanna, Without the Light, Footprints, Go There, See That My Grave is Kept Clean, Cypress Grove, That's Alright, Doxology.
Details from Rykodisc

Shine Eyed Mister Zen - 1999 - Rykodisc RCD-10476
Songs: The House Carpenter, River Rat Jimmy, Hobo's Son, Katy, Wandering Away, Dock Boggs Country Blues, Capman Bootman, Train Carried My Girl From Town, Piece by Piece, Many a Time, Goodnight Irene.
Details from Rykodisc


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