The Anthology

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Where the Blues Began
  2:57
• 2
  Key to the Highway
  3:02
  4.0 ★
• 3
  John Henry
  3:18
• 4
  Big Bill Blues
  2:58
• 5
  Martha Blues
  3:13
• 6
  Saturday Evening Blues
  3:09
• 7
  Glory of Love
  3:23
  5.0 ★
• 8
  Backwater Blues
  2:49
• 9
  Little City Woman
  2:46
• 10
  You Changed
  2:53
• 11
  How You Want It Done
  2:52
• 12
  By Myself
  3:04
• 13
  Jacqueline

  Big Bill Broonzy with Washboard Sam
  2:31
• 14
  Hollerin’ Blues
  3:06
• 15
  Willie Mae Blues
  2:49
• 16
  C.C. Rider
  3:17
• 17
  South Bound Train
  3:00
• 18
  Mopper’s Blues
  2:38
• 19
  Lonesome
  2:48
• 20
  Mississippi River Blues
  2:42
• 21
  Mindin’ My Own Business

  Big Bill Broonzy with Washboard Sam
  2:31
• 22
  Never Never
  2:41
• 23
  Bill Bailey
  3:23
• 24
  Get Back
  3:02
• 25
  Careless Love
  4:29
• CD 2
• 1
  Whiskey and the Good Time Blues
  2:54
• 2
  Midnight Special
  2:52
• 3
  I Know She Will
  3:13
• 4
  Five Feet Seven
  3:21
• 5
  Stump Blues
  2:59
• 6
  Preachin’ the Blues
  2:41
• 7
  Water Coast Blues
  2:46
• 8
  Lonesome Road Blues

  Big Bill Broonzy with Washboard Sam
  2:56
• 9
  Hey Hey
  2:53
• 10
  Crawdad
  2:51
• 11
  Walkin’ the Lonesome Road
  3:19
• 12
  I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts
  2:54
• 13
  Shine On, Shine On
  2:59
• 14
  San Antonio Blues
  3:05
• 15
  I Don’t Want No Woman
  3:07
• 16
  Diggin’ My Potatoes

  Big Bill Broonzy with Washboard Sam
  2:42
• 17
  Tell Me Who
  3:40
• 18
  Tomorrow
  2:51
• 19
  Sweet Honey Bee
  3:01
• 20
  Wee Wee Hours
  2:59
• 21
  Romance Without Finance

  Big Bill Broonzy with Washboard Sam
  3:11
• 22
  Old Man Blues
  3:19
• 23
  Make My Get Away
  3:18
• 24
  I Feel Like Crying
  3:05
• 25
  Sad Letter Blues
  2:54

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Release credits

• Big Bill Broonzy
  guitar [2.1, 2.6, 2.8, 2.12-14, 2.19-20, 2.25, 1.2, 1.11, 1.13, 1.21], vocal [2.1, 2.6, 2.8, 2.12-14, 2.19-20, 2.25, 1.2, 1.11, 1.13]
• Buster Bennett
  alto saxophone [12]
• Ernest "Big" Crawford
  bass [1.13, 1.21, 2.8]
• Fred Williams
  membranophone [1, 6]
• Horace Malcolm
  piano [13, 19]
• Jazz Gillum
  harmonica [2]
• Joshua Altheimer
  piano [1, 6, 25]
• Lawrence "Judge" Riley
  drums (drum set) [12]
• Memphis Slim
  instrument [21], piano [12, 14, 20], spoken vocals [20]
• Moses Asch
  recording [2.17, 1.7-8]
• Punch Miller
  trumpet [12]
• Ransom Knowling
  bass [14, 25]
• Tyrell Dixon
  drums (drum set) [14]
• Washboard Sam
  vocal [21], washboard [1.2, 1.13, 1.21, 2.8, 2.13, 2.19-20]

Issues

• T
  The Anthology

  2x CD
  2011