Label: Yellow Dog Records

Release date: April 17, 2026

On Fight On!: True Blues Vol. 2, three acclaimed acoustic blues artists, Guy Davis, Corey Harris, and Alvin Youngblood Hart, reunite to perform a mix of classic and new songs. Their collaboration reaches back and carries forward some of the most powerful music you’ve heard in a while. They accomplish this by blending traditional material with original compositions, drawing a musical roadmap of past and present connections that point toward a future that honors the importance of the blues.

Acoustic blues convey a profound sense of storytelling, with the vocalist establishing an immediate narrative presence. These are the brand of blues that speak directly, involving the listener in a one-on-one relationship. They are the essence of the blues. Each one of the nine tracks on this album deliver the full experience. It will likely inspire you to seek out the acclaimed first True Blues project that Guy Davis, Corey Harris, and Alvin Youngblood Hart released in 2013.

A bonus is the inclusion in the CD packaging of “The Crowd at the Ringside, Reno, July 4, 1910″—a famous early 20th-century panoramic photograph taken by Percy Dana of the Dana Photo Studio in San Francisco. It captures the vast, packed audience attending the “Fight of the Century” between Jack Johnson and James Jeffries. It is a visual documentation of an extraordinary atmosphere that perfectly pairs with the acoustic knockouts presented here,

Fight On!: True Blues Vol. 2 is not just a tribute to the music that has endured; it is a tribute to a friendship that honors that music.

Track Listing:

1. We Are Almost Down to the Shore (Fight On) (2:34 – Traditional/Jimmy Strother)

2. Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues (2:57 – Charley Patton)

3. See Me When You Can (3:23 – Guy Davis)

4. What’s That I Smell (2:50 – Corey Harris)

5. If The Blues Was Money (3:43 – Alvin Youngblood Hart)

6. Deep Sea Diver (1:54 – Guy Davis)

7. I Belong To the Band (2:06 – Reverend Gary Davis)

8. Highway 61 (5:23 – Traditional/Fred McDowell)

9. Everything I Got is Done In Pawn (2:36 – Guy Davis/Elizabeth Cotten)

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