The Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Blind Lemon Jefferson

Tracklist

• CD 1: The Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Blind Lemon Jefferson
• 1
  One Dime Blues
  2:47
• 2
  Easy Rider Blues
  2:56
• 3
  Jack O’Diamonds (take 2)
  2:47
• 4
  Match Box Blues
  2:54
• 5
  Beggin’ Back
  2:52
• 6
  Bad Luck Blues
  2:51
• 7
  He Arose From the Dead
  2:46
• 8
  Rambler Blues
  2:47
• 9
  See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
  2:53
• 10
  That Crawlin’ Baby Blues
  2:40
• 11
  Hot Dogs
  2:57
  5.0 ★
• 12
  All I Want Is That Pure Religion
  3:13
• 13
  Corinna Blues (take 2)
  3:08
• 14
  Black Snake Moan
  3:02
• 15
  Where Shall I Be
  2:33
• 16
  Mosquito Moan
  3:07
• 17
  Black Horse Blues
  2:57
• 18
  Wartime Blues
  3:03
• 19
  Rabbit Foot Blues
  2:57
• 20
  Rising High Water Blues
  2:31
• 21
  Prison Cell Blues
  2:47
• 22
  I Want to Be Like Jesus in My Heart
  3:05
• 23
  Dry Southern Blues
  2:51
• 24
  Blind Lemon’s Penitentiary Blues
  2:47
• 25
  Broke and Hungry
  3:00
• CD 2: The Rough Guide to Country Blues Pioneers
• 1
  Long Tall Mama

  Big Bill Broonzy
  2:49
• 2
  He’s in the Jailhouse Now

  Blind Blake
  2:47
• 3
  Hard Time Killin’ Floor

  Skip James
  2:50
• 4
  Mother’s Children Have a Hard Time

  Blind Willie Johnson
  3:23
• 5
  Cool Drink of Water Blues

  Tommy Johnson
  3:25
• 6
  I Got Mine

  Frank Stokes
  3:05
• 7
  That’s No Way to Get Along

  Robert Wilkins
  2:54
• 8
  Southern Can Is Mine

  Blind Willie McTell
  3:14
• 9
  District Attorney Blues

  Bukka White
  2:41
• 10
  You Can Go Home

  Reverend Gary Davis
  3:08
• 11
  Future Blues

  Willie Brown
  3:00
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Nobody’s Dirty Business

  Mississippi John Hurt
  2:53
• 13
  Falling Down Blues

  Furry Lewis
  2:51
  5.0 ★
• 14
  Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues

  Teddy Darby
  3:05
  5.0 ★
• 15
  County Farm Blues

  Son House
  2:11
• 16
  The World Is Going Wrong

  Mississippi Sheiks
  3:24
• 17
  Blind Lemon (My Friend Blind Lemon)

  Lead Belly
  3:05
• 18
  Stered Gal

  Ishmon "Mississippi" Bracey
  3:11
• 19
  Preachin’ Blues

  Robert Johnson
  2:51
  4.0 ★
• 20
  Some of These Days I’ll Be Gone (take 2)

  Charley Patton
  3:08
• 21
  Atlanta Moan

  Barbecue Bob
  3:05
  5.0 ★
• 22
  On the Road Again

  Memphis Jug Band
  2:50
  5.0 ★
• 23
  Weary Woman’s Blues

  Memphis Minnie
  2:57
• 24
  My Road Is Rough and Rocky

  Sam Collins
  2:53
  5.0 ★

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That Black Snake Moan

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Texas Blues

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Release credits

• Alan Lomax
  field recordist [15]
• Art Satherly
  executive [19]
• Ben Ramey
  kazoo [22], vocal [22]
• Big Bill Broonzy
  guitar [1], vocal [1]
• Blind Lemon Jefferson
  guitar [1-4, 4-13, 15-19, 21-25], spoken vocals [11], vocal [1-4, 4-10, 12-13, 15-20, 20-25]
• Blind Willie Johnson
  guitar [4], vocal [4]
• Bukka White
  guitar [9], lead vocals [9], vocal [9]
• Charlie Burse
  guitar [22], vocal [22]
• Don Law
  producer [19]
• Frank Stokes
  acoustic guitar [6], vocal [6]
• Furry Lewis
  guitar [13], lead vocals [13], performer [13]
• George Perkins
  piano [20]
• Jab Jones
  jug [22]
• Lewis Jones
  field recordist [15]
• Memphis Minnie
  guitar [23], vocal [23]
• Reverend Gary Davis
  guitar [10], vocal [10]
• Robert Johnson
  guitar [19], vocal [19]
• Skip James
  guitar [3], lead vocals [3]
• Son House
  guitar [15], vocal [15]
• Vincent Liebler
  recording [19]
• Washboard Sam
  washboard [9]
• Will Shade
  guitar [22], vocal [22]
• Willie Brown
  acoustic guitar [11], guitar [11], lead vocals [11], vocal [11]
• [unknown]
  guitar [23], harmonica [22]
• Show all credits (24)

Issues

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  The Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Blind Lemon Jefferson

  12" Vinyl
  26 August 2013
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  T
  The Rough Guide to Blues Legends: Blind Lemon Jefferson

  2x CD
  27 August 2013