The Greatest Songsters: Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order, 1927-1929

Compilation by Richard “Rabbit” Brown / Mississippi John Hurt / Hambone Willie Newbern

Released 1990

Tracklist

  • 1
    James Alley Blues
    Richard “Rabbit” Brown
    3:09
  • 2
    Never Let the Same Bee Sting You Twice
    Richard “Rabbit” Brown
    2:41
  • 3
    I’m Not Jealous
    Richard “Rabbit” Brown
    3:17
  • 4
    Mystery of the Dunbar’s Child
    Richard “Rabbit” Brown
    4:29
  • 5
    Sinking of the Titanic
    Richard “Rabbit” Brown
    3:46
  • 6
    Frankie
    Mississippi John Hurt
    3:25
    3.8 ★
  • 7
    Nobody’s Dirty Business
    Mississippi John Hurt
    2:56
  • 8
    Ain’t No Tellin’
    Mississippi John Hurt
    2:57
  • 9
    Louis Collins
    Mississippi John Hurt
    3:01
  • 10
    Avalon Blues
    Mississippi John Hurt
    3:05
    4.0 ★
  • 11
    Big Leg Blues
    Mississippi John Hurt
    2:53
  • 12
    Stack O’Lee Blues
    Mississippi John Hurt
    2:58
  • 13
    Candy Man Blues
    Mississippi John Hurt
    2:48
  • 14
    Got the Blues Can’t Be Satisfied
    Mississippi John Hurt
    2:53
  • 15
    Blessed Be the Name
    Mississippi John Hurt
    2:49
  • 16
    Praying on the Old Camp Ground
    Mississippi John Hurt
    2:39
  • 17
    Blue Harvest Blues
    Mississippi John Hurt
    2:55
  • 18
    Spike Driver Blues
    Mississippi John Hurt
    3:17
  • 19
    She Could Toodle-Oo
    Hambone Willie Newbern
    3:03
  • 20
    Nobody Knows (What the Good Deacon Does)
    Hambone Willie Newbern
    3:10
  • 21
    Shelby County Workhouse Blues
    Hambone Willie Newbern
    2:56
  • 22
    Way Down in Arkansas
    Hambone Willie Newbern
    3:12
  • 23
    Hambone Willie’s Dreamy-Eyed Woman’s Blues
    Hambone Willie Newbern
    3:05
  • 24
    Roll and Tumble Blues
    Hambone Willie Newbern
    3:04

More by Richard “Rabbit” Brown, Mississippi John Hurt, Hambone Willie Newbern

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