Texas Blues: Early Blues Masters From the Lone Star State

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  John Henry
  2:46
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Cottonfield Blues
  2:49
  5.0 ★
• 3
  Arkansas
  2:48
  5.0 ★
• 4
  The Fox and the Hounds
  2:38
  5.0 ★
• 5
  The Little Red Cabosse
  2:49
  5.0 ★
• 6
  Bob McKinney
  2:55
  5.0 ★
• 7
  Red River Blues
  3:06
• 8
  Honey, Won’t You Allow Me One More Chance
  2:52
  5.0 ★
• 9
  Run, Mollie, Run
  2:53
  5.0 ★
• 10
  Shanty Blues
  2:55
  5.0 ★
• 11
  Woodhouse Blues
  2:49
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Jonah in the Wilderness
  2:56
  5.0 ★
• 13
  When the Train Comes Along
  2:58
  5.0 ★
• 14
  Bull Doze Blues
  3:26
  5.0 ★
• 15
  Don’t Ease Me In
  3:00
  5.0 ★
• 16
  Texas Easy Street
  3:09
  5.0 ★
• 17
  Texas Worried Blues
  3:17
  5.0 ★
• 18
  Fishing Blues
  2:44
  5.0 ★
• 19
  Old Country Stomp
  2:53
  5.0 ★
• 20
  Charmin’ Betsy
  3:03
  5.0 ★
• 21
  Lovin’ Babe
  3:07
  5.0 ★
• 22
  Railroadin’ Some
  3:18
  5.0 ★
• 23
  Don’t Leave Me Here
  3:27
  5.0 ★
• 24
  Jack O’Diamonds

  Pete Harris
  2:04
• 25
  Is You Mad at Me

  Pete Harris
  2:45
• 26
  Blind Lemon’s Song

  Pete Harris
  2:51
• 27
  Carrie

  Pete Harris
  1:20
• CD 2
• 1
  So Lonesome

  Ramblin’ Thomas
  2:46
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Hard to Rule Woman Blues

  Ramblin’ Thomas
  3:04
• 3
  Lock and Key Blues

  Ramblin’ Thomas
  2:37
• 4
  Sawmill Moan

  Ramblin’ Thomas
  2:56
• 5
  No Baby Blues

  Ramblin’ Thomas
  2:49
• 6
  Ramblin’ Mind Blues

  Ramblin’ Thomas
  2:50
• 7
  No Job Blues

  Ramblin’ Thomas
  3:12
• 8
  Back Gnawing Blues

  Ramblin’ Thomas
  3:02
• 9
  Jig Head Blues

  Ramblin’ Thomas
  3:17
• 10
  Hard Dallas Blues

  Ramblin’ Thomas
  3:03
• 11
  New Way of Living Blues

  Ramblin’ Thomas
  3:00
• 12
  Ramblin’ Man

  Ramblin’ Thomas
  3:07
• 13
  Poor Boy Blues

  Ramblin’ Thomas
  2:28
  3.0 ★
• 14
  Good Time Blues

  Ramblin’ Thomas
  3:07
• 15
  New Way of Living Blues

  Ramblin’ Thomas
  3:04
• 16
  Ground Hog Blues

  Ramblin’ Thomas
  2:54
  5.0 ★
• 17
  Shake It Gal

  Ramblin’ Thomas
  2:42
• 18
  Ground Hog Blues No.2

  Ramblin’ Thomas
  3:15
• 19
  Little Old Mama Blues

  Ramblin’ Thomas
  3:06
• 20
  Dreaming Blues

  Willie Reed
  3:04
  5.0 ★
• 21
  Texas Blues

  Willie Reed
  3:17
• 22
  Leavin’ Home

  Willie Reed
  2:51
• 23
  Goin’ Back to My Baby

  Willie Reed
  2:49
• 24
  Some Low Down Groundhog Blues

  Willie Reed
  2:50
• 25
  All Worn Out and Dry Blues

  Willie Reed
  3:10
• CD 3
• 1
  Fence Breakin’ Blues

  Oscar Woods
• 2
  Home Wreckin’ Blues

  Oscar Woods
• 3
  Evil Hearted Woman Blues

  Oscar Woods
  5.0 ★
• 4
  Lone Wolf Blues

  Oscar Woods
• 5
  Don’t Sell It (Don’t Give It Away)

  Oscar Woods
• 6
  Muscat Hill Blues

  Oscar Woods
• 7
  Don’t Sell It (Don’t Give It Away)

  Oscar Woods
• 8
  Baton Rouge Rag

  Oscar Woods
• 9
  Jam Session Blues

  Oscar Woods
• 10
  Low Life Blues

  Oscar Woods
  2:33
• 11
  Token Blues

  Oscar Woods
  2:33
• 12
  Come on Over to My House Baby

  Oscar Woods
  2:26
  5.0 ★
• 13
  Look Here Baby, One Thing I Got to Say

  Oscar Woods
  2:25
• 14
  Sometimes I Get to Thinkin’ (take 1)

  Oscar Woods
  3:03
• 15
  Don’t Sell It

  Oscar Woods
  2:11
• 16
  Sometimes I Get to Thinkin’ (take 2)

  Oscar Woods
  3:03
• 17
  Boll Weevil Blues

  Oscar Woods
  2:35
• 18
  Shorty George

  Smith Casey
  3:18
• 19
  Santa Fe Blues

  Smith Casey
  4:23
• 20
  Hesitating Blues

  Smith Casey
  4:29
• 21
  Two White Horses Standing in Line

  Smith Casey
  2:36
• 22
  Jack O’Diamons

  Smith Casey
  1:46
• 23
  Mournful Blues

  Smith Casey
  2:17
• 24
  East Texas Rag

  Smith Casey
  2:10
• CD 4
• 1
  Army Mule in No Man’s Land

  Coley Jones
• 2
  Traveling Man

  Coley Jones
• 3
  Drunkard’s Special

  Coley Jones
• 4
  The Elder’s He’s My Man

  Coley Jones
• 5
  New to Sixteen Blues

  Little Hat Jones
• 6
  Two String Blues

  Little Hat Jones
• 7
  Rolled From Side to Side Blues

  Little Hat Jones
• 8
  Hurry Blues

  Little Hat Jones
  3:09
• 9
  Little Hat Blues

  Little Hat Jones
  3:12
• 10
  Corpus Blues

  Little Hat Jones
  3:15
• 11
  Kentucky Blues

  Little Hat Jones
  3:14
  5.0 ★
• 12
  Bye Bye Baby Blues

  Little Hat Jones
  3:09
  5.0 ★
• 13
  Cross the Water Blues

  Little Hat Jones
  3:15
• 14
  Cherry Street Blues

  Little Hat Jones
  3:23
• 15
  Down in Texas Blues

  Jesse ‘Babyface’ Thomas
  3:08
• 16
  My Heart’s a Rolling Stone

  Jesse ‘Babyface’ Thomas
  2:56
• 17
  Blue Goose Blues

  Jesse ‘Babyface’ Thomas
  2:36
• 18
  No Good Woman Blues

  Jesse ‘Babyface’ Thomas
  2:57
• 19
  Trifling Woman

  Black Ace
  2:50
• 20
  Black Ace

  Black Ace
  2:48
  5.0 ★
• 21
  You Gonna Need My Help Some Day

  Black Ace
  2:36
• 22
  Whiskey and Women

  Black Ace
  3:04
• 23
  Christmas Time Blues

  Black Ace
  2:47
• 24
  Lowing Heifer

  Black Ace
  3:03

More by Henry Thomas

Texas Worried Blues (Complete Recorded Works 1927-1929)

Texas Worried Blues (Complete Recorded Works 1927-1929) 1990

Bull Doze Blues

Bull Doze Blues 2012

Ragtime Texas: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order (1927-1929)

Ragtime Texas: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order (1927-1929) 2000

Charmin’ Betsy / Lovin’ Babe

Charmin’ Betsy / Lovin’ Babe 1930

Railroadin’ Some / Don’t Leave Me Here

Railroadin’ Some / Don’t Leave Me Here 1930

Pat That Bread / Arkansas

Pat That Bread / Arkansas 1929

Release credits

• Black Ace
  steel guitar [19-24], vocal [19-24]
• Henry Thomas
  acoustic guitar [14], arranger [1], guitar [1-13, 15-18, 18-19, 19-23], lead vocals [1-23], pan flute [14, 18-19], solo [1, 1-4, 4-5, 5-7, 7-13, 15-18, 18-19, 19-20, 20-22, 22-23], syrinx [1, 4-5, 7, 18-20, 22], vocal [18-19]
• Kitty Gray
  piano [7]
• Oscar “Buddy” Woods
  guitar [6-7], vocal [6-7]
• Ramblin’ Thomas
  guitar [18-19], slide guitar [13], vocal [13, 18-19]
• [unknown]
  double bass [6-7], guitar [6-7], piano [6]

Issues

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  Texas Blues: Early Blues Masters From the Lone Star State

  4x CD
  3 August 2004