The Essential

Tracklist

• CD 1: Disc One
• 1
  Driving That Thing
  3:24
• 2
  The Jazz Fiddler
  3:14
• 3
  Sitting on Top of the World
  3:06
  3.0 ★
• 4
  I’ve Got Blood in My Eyes for You
  3:18
• 5
  I’ll Be Gone, Long Gone
  3:20
• 6
  Stop and Listen Blues
  3:35
• 7
  New Shake That Thing
  3:06
• 8
  It’s Done Got Wet
  3:19
• 9
  Sweet Maggie
  3:26
• 10
  Baby Keeps Stealin’ Lovin’ on Me
  3:10
• 11
  Bootleggers Blues
  3:34
• 12
  Sales Tax
  3:08
• 13
  Lazy Lazy River
  3:13
• 14
  If You Don’t Want Me Please Don’t Dog Me ’Round
  3:16
• 15
  What’s the Name of That Thing
  2:49
• 16
  Jail Bird Love Song
  2:59
• 17
  The Sheik Waltz
  3:16
• 18
  Grinding Old Fool
  2:47
• CD 2: Disc Two
• 1
  Still I’m Traveling On
  3:04
• 2
  Stop and Listen No. 2
  3:15
• 3
  Please Baby
  3:18
• 4
  Jumping Out Blues
  2:46
• 5
  Please Don’t Give My Love Away
  2:56
• 6
  Tell Me What the Cats Fight About
  3:14
• 7
  Don’t Wake It Up
  3:37
• 8
  Livin’ in a Strain
  3:16
• 9
  Lonely One in This Town
  3:17
• 10
  Too Long
  3:04
• 11
  Jake Leg Blues
  3:09
• 12
  The World Is Going Wrong
  3:24
• 13
  She Ain’t No Good
  3:15
• 14
  She’s Crazy About Her Lovin’
  3:02
• 15
  Somebody’s Got to Help You
  3:12
• 16
  Shooting High Dice
  3:32
• 17
  Stir It Now
  2:47
• 18
  Kind Treatment
  3:13

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Release credits

• Lonnie Chatmon
  violin [1.1-4, 1.11, 1.13, 2.1, 2.8]
• Walter Jacobs
  guitar [1.1-4, 1.11, 1.13, 2.1, 2.8], vocal [2.1, 2.8, 1.1-4, 1.13]
• [unknown]
  spoken vocals [1]

Issues

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  The Essential

  2x CD
  2002