Raw Delta Blues

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Death Letter Blues
  3:30
• 2
  Special Rider Blues
  3:07
• 3
  Delta Blues
  5:11
• 4
  American Defense
  2:55
• 5
  Government Fleet Blues
  6:51
• 6
  Depot Blues
  2:56
• 7
  My Black Mama
  3:13
• 8
  Shetland Pony Blues
  3:27
• 9
  Am I Right or Wrong?
  1:47
• 10
  The Jinx Blues (Part 1)
  3:26
• 11
  The Jinx Blues (Part 2)
  4:24
• 12
  Country Farm Blues
  2:11
• 13
  Dry Spell Blues
  3:11
• 14
  Levee Camp Blues
  3:45
• 15
  Preachin' the Blues
  4:39
• 16
  Walking Blues [alternate version]
  6:41
• CD 2
• 1
  Low Down Dirty Dog Blues
  4:57
• 2
  Four O'Clock Blues
  3:49
• 3
  Walking Blues
  2:59
• 4
  The Pony Blues
  4:13
• 5
  Clarksdale Moan
  2:58
• 6
  John the Revelator
  1:33
• 7
  Camp Hollers
  2:28
• 8
  I Shall Not Be Moved
  3:06
• 9
  Louise McGhee
  4:24
• 10
  Motherless Children
  3:54
• 11
  Pearlline
  3:44
• 12
  Son's Blues
  6:45
• 13
  This Little Light of Mine
  2:47
• 14
  Yonder Comes My Mother
  3:25
• 15
  Empire State Express
  4:24
• 16
  The Pony Blues [alternate version]
  4:32

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Release credits

• Alan Lomax
  field recordist [2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 1.3-6, 1.8-12, 1.14, 1.16], producer [1.16, 2.1], recording [1]
• Charley Patton
  acoustic guitar [3]
• Fiddlin’ Joe Martin
  fiddle [5], mandolin [1.14, 1.16, 2.2], spoken vocals [16], vocal [2, 7]
• John Wesley Work
  field recordist [2.7, 1.16], producer [16]
• Leroy Williams
  harmonica [3, 5, 14, 16]
• Lewis Jones
  field recordist [2.1-2, 2.4, 2.7, 1.3-6, 1.8-12, 1.14, 1.16], producer [16]
• Son House
  guitar [2.1, 2.3-5, 1.2-6, 1.8-13], lead vocals [1.2, 1.13-14, 1.16, 2.3-4], slide guitar [1.13, 2.3], spoken vocals [2], vocal [2.1, 2.3, 2.5, 2.7, 1.3-6, 1.8-13, 1.16]
• Willie Brown
  guitar [2.2, 1.5, 1.14, 1.16], vocal [7]

Issues

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  R
  (Combined release view)
• 

  R
  Raw Delta Blues: The Best of the Bottleneck Blues Master on 2 CDs

  2x CD
  2011
• 

  R
  Raw Delta Blues: Special 2LP Gatefold Edition featuring the Very Best of the Delta Master on 180g Vinyl

  2x 12" Vinyl
  2011
• 

  R
  Raw Delta Blues: The Very Best of the Delta Blues Master

  12" Vinyl
  11 August 2014