The George Mitchell Collection

Compilation by George Mitchell

Released 15 April 2008

acoustic blues blues electric blues

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CD 1: Volumes 1-7
1
Lucy Mae Blues
Cecil Barfield
3:31
2
I Woke Up Crying
Cecil Barfield
1:34
3
Love Blues
Cecil Barfield
3:14
4
I Told You Not to Do That
Cecil Barfield
2:37
5
In the Evening
Buddy Moss
2:20
6
Hey Lawdy Mama
Buddy Moss
2:25
7
Thousand Woman Blues
Buddy Moss
1:17
8
Blue Shadow Falling
Buddy Moss
2:04
9
Cold Rainy Day
Buddy Moss
1:49
10
Amy
Buddy Moss
2:45
11
Motherless Child
Leon Pinson
2:16
12
Hush, Somebody Is Calling My Name
Leon Pinson
2:58
13
What God Can Do
Leon Pinson
1:25
14
He'll Understand and Say Well Done
Leon Pinson
4:25
15
Big Road Blues
Houston Stackhouse
2:30
16
Cool Water Blues
Houston Stackhouse
3:20
17
Big Fat Mama Blues
Houston Stackhouse
2:51
18
Take a Little Walk With Me
Houston Stackhouse
2:54
19
Everyone Got a Woman
Big Joe Williams
2:29
20
What She Need With a Rooster
Big Joe Williams
2:35
21
Sink or Swim
Big Joe Williams
2:40
22
Prison Bound
Big Joe Williams
2:23
23
Who's Gonna Be Your Man
John Lee Zeigler
4:36
24
If I Lose Let Me Lose
John Lee Zeigler
4:54
25
Black Woman
Othar Turner
3:25
26
Bumble Bee
Othar Turner
4:04
CD 2: Volumes 8-14
1
Rabbit on a Log
Lonzie Thomas
2:23
2
Raise a Ruckus Tonight
Lonzie Thomas
2:21
3
My Three Women
Lonzie Thomas
2:49
4
Red Cross Store
Lonzie Thomas
2:34
5
Rats in the Kitchen
Sleepy John Estes
1:41
6
Special Agent
Sleepy John Estes
2:53
7
Trying to See
Sleepy John Estes
2:51
8
Mail Man Blues
Sleepy John Estes
1:52
9
Down Home Blues
Teddy Williams
3:35
10
Catfish Blues
Teddy Williams
1:43
11
Black Mattie
Teddy Williams
2:56
12
Sun Don't Shine
Teddy Williams
2:16
13
Trouble Brought Me Down
Green Paschal
1:41
14
My Lord
Green Paschal
2:09
15
Mother Is Dead
Green Paschal
1:24
16
Lay My Burden Down
Green Paschal
1:35
17
Your Close Friend
Green Paschal
1:19
18
I'm Going to Leave It in the Hands of the Lord
Green Paschal
1:51
19
Hard Time Blues
Do-Boy Diamond
3:24
20
Just Want to Talk to You
Do-Boy Diamond
4:21
21
Just a Dream I Got on My Mind
Dewey Corley & Walter Miller
2:52
22
Memphis Is a Wonderful City
Dewey Corley & Walter Miller
1:49
23
Down to Arkansas
Dewey Corley & Walter Miller
3:47
24
Rock Me Mama
Bud Grant
2:06
25
Freight Train Blues
Bud Grant
2:31
26
So Sweet
Bud Grant
2:54
27
Bud Grant's Grunt
Bud Grant
2:13
CD 3: Volumes 15-22
1
Go Ahead On
Bud White
2:51
2
You've Been Gone So Long
Bud White
2:25
3
White Horses
Bud White
4:05
4
When I'm Sober I'm Drunk Blues
George Henry Bussey
2:51
5
Mean Mistreater
George Henry Bussey
3:05
6
Blues Around My Bed
George Henry Bussey
3:53
7
Looking for My Woman
George Henry Bussey
1:39
8
Old Red #2
Jim Bunkley
3:02
9
Jack of Diamonds
Jim Bunkley
1:52
10
Them Greasy Greens
Jim Bunkley
2:42
11
Rocking Chair
Jim Bunkley
1:42
12
Old Breakdown
Tom Turner
4:23
13
Drop Down Mama #1
Tom Turner
3:34
14
Search Me Lord
James Shorter
2:35
15
My Mother Died and Left Me
James Shorter
2:28
16
Consolation
James Shorter
1:41
17
Home Going
James Shorter
3:01
18
Better Than Myself
Abe McNeil
4:15
19
Steady Rollin' Man
Abe McNeil
2:30
20
Drink Drink Drink
Abe McNeil
2:20
21
Country Blues
Joe Callicott
3:24
22
River Blues
Joe Callicott
2:49
23
3 O'Clock in the Morning
Johnny Woods
3:55
24
I's Be Troubled
Johnny Woods
2:41
CD 4: Volumes 23-29
1
Someday Baby
Robert Diggs
2:49
2
Racehorse Charleston
Robert Diggs
2:00
3
Done Lost My Health
Robert Diggs
3:36
4
Drive Your Car
Robert Diggs
1:38
5
Woke Up This Morning
Cliff Scott
2:56
6
Long Wavy Hair
Cliff Scott
2:22
7
Please Come Home
Cliff Scott
2:55
8
Pole Pattin'
Cliff Scott
2:10
9
I Wanna Ramble
Jimmy Lee Harris
4:33
10
Sitting Here Looking 1000 Miles Away
Jimmy Lee Harris
3:54
11
Just Like a Bord Without a Feather
R.L. Burnside
3:11
12
Skinny Woman
R.L. Burnside
2:11
13
Goin' Down South
R.L. Burnside
2:36
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14
Poor Black Mattie
R.L. Burnside
2:08
15
Hold My Body Down
Robert Johnson
2:41
16
Trying to Make It Home
Robert Johnson
2:57
17
Precious Lord
Robert Johnson
1:59
18
He'll Make a Way
Robert Johnson
3:16
19
Sugar Mama
Robert Longstreet
2:58
20
Black Gal
Robert Longstreet
2:58
21
Sloppy Drunk
Robert Longstreet
2:40
22
Decoration Day
Robert Longstreet
3:05
23
Shake Em' on Down
Mississippi Fred McDowell
2:54
24
Mama Says I'm Crazy
Mississippi Fred McDowell
3:54
CD 5: Volumes 30-38
1
That Ain't It
John Henry Barbee
3:35
2
Gonna Lose Your Mind
John Henry Barbee
3:37
3
Flat Foot Boogie
Albert Macon & Robert Thomas
4:04
4
Mama Can I Lay It Down
Albert Macon & Robert Thomas
1:34
5
How Can You Do It
Albert Macon & Robert Thomas
2:51
6
John Henry
Jessie Clarence Gorman
1:35
7
Goin' Up to the Country #1
Jessie Clarence Gorman
1:56
8
Goin' Up to the Country #2
Jessie Clarence Gorman
1:45
9
Dirty Dozens
Will Shade
2:44
10
Won't You Send Me John
Will Shade
2:16
11
Wine Headed Man
Will Shade
2:46
12
K.C. Blues
Charlie Burse & Will Shade
3:03
13
Every Time I Come Around
Georgia Fife & Drum Band
3:10
14
J.W.'s Special
Georgia Fife & Drum Band
1:51
15
Old Hen Cackle
Georgia Fife & Drum Band
3:20
16
Buck Dance
Georgia Fife & Drum Band
1:25
17
Hey Freddie
Como Fife & Drum Band
1:55
18
Late in the Evening
Como Fife & Drum Band
2:20
19
Punky Tony
Como Fife & Drum Band
2:34
20
Shimmy She WA
Como Fife & Drum Band
3:04
21
You Got Reap What You Sow
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis
3:55
22
Everything's Gonna Be Alright
Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis
3:04
23
That's the Way the Good Thing Go
Precious Bryant
2:16
24
Georgia Buck
Precious Bryant
2:25
25
When the Saints Go Marching In
Precious Bryant
2:50
26
Pork & Beans
Rosa Lee Hill
3:29
27
Count the Days I'm Gone
Rosa Lee Hill
1:42
28
Roll & Tumble
Rosa Lee Hill
3:43
29
Bullying Well
Rosa Lee Hill
1:55
CD 6: Volumes 39-45
1
Good Morning Judge
Furry Lewis
5:32
2
Furry Lewis' Careless Love
Furry Lewis
5:05
3
What Make Grandpa Love Grandma So
Jimmy Lee Williams
4:03
4
Have You Ever Seen Peaches
Jimmy Lee Williams
4:18
5
Hoboing Into Hollywood
J.W. Warren
3:37
6
Sundown Blues
J.W. Warren
2:00
7
Rabbit on a Log
J.W. Warren
2:37
8
You're Gonna Miss Me
J.W. Warren
2:45
9
House on the Hill
Eddie Harris
3:36
10
I Have to Love Somebody
Eddie Harris
4:58
11
Old Country Rock #1
James Davis
3:46
12
Instrumental #1
James Davis
2:56
13
Who Stole the Lock Off the Henhouse Door?
James Davis
3:16
14
Instrumental #4
James Davis
2:06
15
Canned Heat
Robert Nighthawk
3:25
16
Nighthawk Boogie
Robert Nighthawk
2:53
17
Down by the Woodshed
Robert Nighthawk
2:58
18
Home Going
Jessie Mae Hemphill
2:24
19
I Want to Be Ready
Jessie Mae Hemphill
1:49
20
Interview
Jessie Mae Hemphill
4:00
CD 7: Bonus Disc
1
Miss Maybelle
Jessie Lee Vortis
4:35
2
When My Baby Got on Board
Jessie Lee Vortis
4:06
3
Them Greasy Greens #1
George Hollis
3:39
4
Rock and Roll to Midgetville
George Hollis
1:41
5
Black Rat Swing
Willie Rockomo
2:32
6
Tease Me Baby #2
Willie Rockomo & Bruce Upshaw
2:46
7
Someday Baby #1
Bruce Upshaw
2:43
8
Wonder Why My Baby Treat Me So Bad
Bruce Upshaw
2:22
9
Rosa Lee
Bruce Upshaw
2:20
10
I Got a Woman
Buddy Hubbard
2:34
11
So Sweet
Buddy Hubbard
2:08
12
You're Gonna Miss Me
Ira 'Tiny' Coney
2:28
13
Mamie
Ira 'Tiny' Coney
3:02
14
I'm So Lonesome
Ira 'Tiny' Coney
3:58
15
Blood Red River
Eddie Hodge
2:57
16
Sitting on Top of the World
Eddie Hodge
1:40
17
Glory Hallelujah
Eddie Hodge
2:35
18
Jesus Is Coming Back to Me
Pettis Sisters
2:48
19
Bound for Zion
Pettis Sisters
3:21
20
You Told Me Baby
Houston Stovall & Sara Mae Stovall
2:25
21
Sweet as an Apple on a Tree
Houston Stovall & Sara Mae Stovall
1:38
22
Juke #2
Houston Stovall & Sara Mae Stovall
1:10
23
Woke Up This Morning
Houston Stovall & Sara Mae Stovall
1:57
24
Tell Me You Love Me
Houston Stovall & Sara Mae Stovall
1:48

Release credits

George Mitchell
field recordist [26-29], recording [13]
Rosa Lee Hill
guitar [26-29], vocal [26-29]

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The George Mitchell Collection
7x CD
15 April 2008