5x CD

Queen of Country Blues

Compilation by Memphis Minnie

Released 2003

blues

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Tracklist

CD 1
1
Goin' Back to Texas
3:03
2
Frisco Town
2:52
3
Bumble Bee
2:48
4
I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuits
2:54
5
Mister Tango Blues
3:37
6
She Wouldn't Give Me None
3:00
7
What Fault You Find of Me, Part 1
2:44
8
What Fault You Find of Me, Part 2
2:50
9
I'm Talking About You
2:42
10
Bumble Bee
3:17
11
Can I Do It for You, Part 1
3:10
12
Can I Do It for You, Part 2
3:12
13
I'm Going Back Home
2:49
14
Bumble Bee Blues
2:53
15
Meningitis Blues
3:17
16
I Never Told a Lie
2:43
17
Don't Want No Woman
3:15
18
Georgia Skin
3:02
19
I Don't Want No Woman I Have to Give My Money To
3:25
20
Memphis Minnie-Jitis Blues (take A)
3:24
21
Memphis Minnie-Jitis Blues (take B)
3:18
22
Good Girl Blues
2:59
23
Plymouth Rock Blues
2:52
24
Bumble Bee No. 2
2:52
25
Georgia Skin Blues
3:25
CD 2
1
New Dirty Dozen
3:01
2
New Bumble Bee
2:53
3
Frankie Jean (That Trottin' Fool)
2:52
4
I'm Talking 'Bout You - No.2
3:16
5
She Put Me Outdoors
2:50
6
I Called You This Morning
3:01
7
Grandpa and Grandma Blues
3:25
8
Garage Fire Blues
3:07
9
Dirt Dauber Blues
3:00
10
You Dirty Mistreater
2:48
11
What's the Matter With the Mill
2:51
12
North Memphis Blues
2:36
13
I Don't Want That Junk Outa You
2:24
14
Crazy Cryin' Blues
3:29
15
Tricks Ain't Walking No More
3:07
16
Don't Bother It
3:12
17
Today, Today Blues
2:50
18
Lay My Money Down (If You Run Around)
2:58
19
Hard Down Lie
2:44
20
Somebody's Got to Help You
3:21
21
Pickin' the Blues
3:05
22
Let's Go to Town
3:10
23
Soo Cow Soo
2:39
5.0 ★
24
After While Blues
2:54
25
Fishin' Blues
2:57
CD 3
1
Jailhouse Trouble Blues
3:16
2
Outdoor Blues
3:03
3
Where Is My Good Man
3:02
5.0 ★
4
You Stole My Cake
2:59
5
Kind Treatment Blues
2:49
6
Socket Blues
2:59
7
My Butcher Man
3:00
8
Too Late
2:59
9
Ain't No Use Trying to Tell on Me
3:14
5.0 ★
10
Stinging Snake Blues
3:04
11
Drunken Barrel House Blues
2:53
5.0 ★
12
You Got to Move Pt. 1
3:05
13
Keep It to Yourself
2:49
14
Keep It to Yourself - (alternate take)
2:57
15
Chickasaw Train Blues (Low Down dirty Thing)
3:18
16
Banana Man Blues (I Don't Want That Thing)
3:03
17
You Got to Move - Pt 2
2:50
18
Hole in the Wall
3:14
19
Give It to Me in My Hand (Can I Go Home with You)
3:28
20
Squat It
2:51
21
Moaning the Blues
3:06
22
Dirty Mother for You
2:48
23
Sylvester and His Mule Blues
3:04
24
When You're Asleep
2:51
25
You Can't Give It Away
3:04
CD 4
1
Let Me Ride
3:01
2
When the Saints Go Marching Home
3:06
3
Jockey Man Blues
3:04
4
Weary Woman's Blues
2:58
5
Reachin' Pete - (take a)
3:18
6
Reachin' Pete - (take B)
3:14
7
Down in New Orleans
2:58
8
You Wrecked My Happy Home
2:40
9
I'm Waiting on You
2:25
10
Keep on Goin'
2:29
11
Ball and Chain Blues
3:29
12
He's in the Ring (Doin' That Same Old Thing) - (take a)
3:10
13
He's in the Ring (Doin' That Same Old Thing) - (take B)
2:52
14
Joe Louis Strut
2:51
15
When the Sun Goes Down - Part 2
3:38
16
Hustlin' Woman Blues
2:53
17
Selling My Pork Chops
2:55
18
Doctor Doctor Blues
3:20
19
Biting Bug Blues
3:22
20
Minnie's Lonesome Song
3:00
21
You Ain't Done Nothing to Me
2:54
22
Ain't Nobody Home but Me - (take 1)
3:10
23
Ain't Nobody Home but Me - (take 2)
3:20
24
New Orleans Stop Time
3:01
CD 5
1
Ice Man (Come on Up)
3:00
2
Hoodoo Lady
3:04
3
My Strange Man
3:00
4
I'm a Gamblin' Woman
3:11
5
I'm a Bad Luck Woman
3:03
6
Caught Me Wrong Again
2:57
7
Black Cat Blues - (take 1)
2:57
8
Black Cat Blues - (take 2)
2:56
9
Good Morning
3:00
10
Man, You Won't Give Me No Money
2:59
11
If You See My Rooster (Please Run Him Home)
3:17
12
I Don't Want You No More
3:07
13
Out in the Cold
3:03
14
Dragging My Heart Around
3:08
15
Moonshine
2:48
16
It's Hard to Be Mistreated
3:08
17
Haunted Blues - (take 1)
2:55
18
Haunted Blues - (take 2)
2:55
19
Hot Stuff - (take 1)
2:59
20
Hot Stuff - (take 2)
3:06
21
Living the Best I Can
2:47
22
You Can't Rule Me
3:07
23
No Need You Doggin' Me
2:52
24
Look What You Got - (take 1)
2:48
25
Look What You Got - (take 2)
2:54

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Release credits

Bill Settles
double bass [4.11, 4.14-23, 5.12-18]
Black Bob
piano [5.11-25, 4.11, 4.14-24]
Bumble Bee Slim
performer [24], vocal [24]
Casey Bill Weldon
steel guitar [16]
Charles Segar
piano [22-25]
Charlie Burse
guitar [14-15]
Fred Williams
membranophone [19-25]
Hambone Lewis
jug [14-15]
Kansas Joe McCoy
guitar [2.1-6, 2.11-23, 2.25, 3.1-6, 3.12, 3.17-21, 1.1-13, 1.16-17, 1.19-21, 1.23-25], mandolin [24], vocal [2.5-6, 2.11, 2.20, 1.1, 1.6-8, 1.11-13, 1.16-17, 1.19, 3.4, 3.12, 3.17-19]
Memphis Minnie
guitar [2.1-8, 2.12-15, 2.18-25, 3.1-25, 4.1-24, 5.1, 5.1-2, 5.2-3, 5.3-25, 1.1-15, 1.17-25], lead vocals [22], vocal [5.1, 5.1-2, 5.2-3, 5.3-25, 1.1-25, 3.1-21, 3.23-25, 2.1-8, 2.11-20, 2.23-25, 4.1-24]
Mr. Sheiks
trumpet [12-25]
Will Shade
harmonica [14-15]
[unknown]
background vocals [1-2], double bass [5.1-11, 4.24], guitar [5.1-11, 4.3-4, 4.7-10], piano [1-2], wood block [5-11]

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Queen of Country Blues 1929-1937
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Queen of Country Blues
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