| Carolina Blues Man | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Pink Anderson |
| Cover: | Carolina Bluesman.jpg |
| Released: | 1961 |
| Recorded: | April 12, 1961 |
| Studio: | Spartanburg, SC |
| Genre: | Blues |
| Length: | 39:40 |
| Label: | Bluesville |
| Producer: | Kenneth S. Goldstein |
| Chronology: | Pink Anderson |
| Prev Title: | American Street Songs |
| Prev Year: | 1961 |
| Next Title: | Medicine Show Man |
| Next Year: | 1962 |
Carolina Blues Man, subtitled Pink Anderson Volume I, is an album by blues musician Pink Anderson recorded in 1961 and released on the Bluesville label.[1] [2] [3]
AllMusic reviewer Lindsay Planer stated: "Carolina Blues Man finds Anderson performing solo – with his own acoustic guitar accompaniment – during a session cut on his home turf of Spartanburg, SC. Much – if not all – of the material Anderson plays has been filtered through and tempered by the unspoken blues edict of taking a familiar (read: traditional) standard and individualizing it enough to make it uniquely one's own creation. Anderson's approach is wholly inventive, as is the attention to detail in his vocal inflections, lyrical alterations, and, perhaps more importantly, Anderson's highly sophisticated implementation of tricky fretwork. His trademark style incorporates a combination of picking and strumming chords interchangeably. This nets Anderson an advanced, seemingly electronically enhanced sound. Aficionados and most all students of the blues will inevitably consider this release an invaluable primer into the oft-overlooked southern East Coast Piedmont blues".
All compositions are uncredited traditional blues except where noted