{"product_id":"robert-crotty-loren-connors-robert-crotty-with-me-lorens-collection-1979-1987-lpcd","title":"Robert Crotty \u0026 Loren Connors - Robert Crotty With Me: Loren's Collection (1979-1987) LP+CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the years 1978 to 1981, Robert Crotty would show up on Loren Connors' doorstep in New Haven, Connecticut with his tiny, almost toy guitar. The two would then spend hours playing acoustic blues, the likes of which was absolutely staggering in its truthfulness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRobert Crotty with Me: Loren's Collection (1979-1987)\u003c\/em\u003e is the first anthology of the late bluesman's work, as selected by Connors, his former playing partner and avant blues master. These are the unheard tapes of Crotty and Connors communing with the spirits of Delta and County Blues through their own revisions of standards and tingle-inducing improvisations. These also some of the Connors' earliest available recordings showing the development of his iconoclast guitar style and vocal moan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrotty was a New Haven lifer and linchpin of the region's blues scene yet, he never achieved much recognition outside local bars and house parties - until now. The album features never before heard recordings, unseen photos, liner notes by Connors and Crotty's brother plus a bonus CD with the first-time reissue of Crotty's ultra rare sole LP \u003cem\u003eRobert Crotty Blues\u003c\/em\u003e and 7-inch -- both released on Connors' private St. Joan imprint in the late 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Family Vineyard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54543752888504,"sku":"lmb1793063002680","price":12.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/0312\/9528\/files\/robert-crotty-loren-connors---robert-crotty-with-me-lorens-collection-1979-1987-_1.jpg?v=1793063007","url":"https:\/\/batterytester.shop\/products\/robert-crotty-loren-connors-robert-crotty-with-me-lorens-collection-1979-1987-lpcd","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}