专辑简介

Document's <St. Louis Women, Vol. 2> follows the remaining chronologies of two little-known blues vocalists whose recordings might otherwise have continued to languish in obscurity. With 20 titles recorded between 1934 and 1937 for the Decca label, Alice Moore's worldliness and expressive voice compares well with that of Chicago's Lil Green, the post-WWII performer of songs like "Knockin' Myself Out" and "No Good Man." Alice Moore's music is as different as can be from smutty little party entertainments with naughty punch lines. Economic necessity led her to work as a prostitute during the mid-'20s. Her experiences in that challenging environment included unpleasant dealings with dishonest and misogynistic pimps, periodic nights in jail, humiliating courtroom appearances, a mandated visit to a streetwalker's clinic, and protracted prison time.