Tracklist
- CD 1: Mystical Gods - Prewar Blues
- 1Crossroads BluesRobert Johnson2:295.0 ★
- 2Nobody Knows You When You're Down & OutBessie Smith2:55
- 3Match Box BluesBlind Lemon Jefferson2:58
- 4Blind Arthur's BreakdownBlind Blake3:00
- 5Cocaine Habit BluesMemphis Jug Band2:475.0 ★
- 6Lay Some Flowers on My GraveBlind Willie McTell3:20
- 7Mr. Johnson SwingLonnie Johnson2:41
- 8Keep It to YourselfMemphis Minnie2:53
- 9Drop Down MamaSleepy John Estes3:07
- 10When the Sun Goes DownLeroy Carr2:54
- 11Devil Got My WomanSkip James2:57
- 12Step It Up and GoBlind Boy Fuller2:54
- 13Whiskey and WomenBlack Ace3:00
- 14The Honey DripperRoosevelt Sykes2:49
- 15Black Snake SwingVictoria Spivey2:58
- 16Old Original Kokomo BluesKokomo Arnold2:49
- 17Blind LemonLeadbelly3:05
- 18Parchman Farm BluesBukka White2:37
- 19Stack O'Lee BluesMississippi John Hurt2:55
- 20Catfish BluesRobert Petway2:47
- 21Good Morning Little School GirlSonny Boy Williamson2:59
- 22John the RevelatorBlind Willie Johnson3:174.0 ★
- 23Hobo BluesCliff Carlisle2:49
- 24Baby Please Don't GoBig Joe Williams2:42
- CD 2: Big City Blues - Urban Blues
- 1Ain't That Just Like a WomanLouis Jordan and His Tympany Five2:49
- 2I Got a Break, BabyT‐Bone Walker3:12
- 3See See Rider BluesBea Booze3:08
- 4Red River Dam BluesWashboard Sam2:56
- 5Ida Red Likes the BoogieBob Wills and His Texas Playboys2:39
- 6Rocket 88Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats2:46
- 7That's All RightArthur “Big Boy” Crudup2:524.5 ★
- 8Talk to Me BabyElmore James2:13
- 9Chicken Shack BoogieAmos Milburn2:48
- 10Cotton Crop BluesThe Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet2:18
- 11Reelin' and Rockin'Chuck Berry, Lafayette Leake, Fred Below, Phil Chess, Leonard Chess, Willie Dixon3:13
- 12Pretty ThingBo Diddley, Lester Davenport, Clifton James, Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Lester Davenport, Clifton James, Leonard Chess, Phil Chess2:47
- 13A Good Woman Is Hard to FindHop Wilson3:05
- 14Big Boss ManJimmy Reed2:44
- 15Rock This HouseJimmy Rogers2:47
- 16Salty Papa BluesDinah Washington3:02
- 17Don't Cry BabyEtta James2:21
- 18Swing Low, Sweet ChariotBig Bill Broonzy2:49
- 19I Don't KnowWillie Mabon, Bill Anderson, Billy Stepney & Ernest Cotton3:06
- 20JukeLittle Walter2:42
- 21Don't Start Me to Talkin'Sonny Boy Williamson2:32
- 22Mother EarthMemphis Slim, Alex Atkins, Alfred Elkins, Leon Hooper, Elgin Evans & Timothy Overton2:39
- 23I Pity the FoolBobby Bland2:40
- 24I'm SatisfiedOtis Rush2:20
- 25SpoonfulChester “Howlin’ Wolf” Burnett, Hubert Sumlin, Freddie King, Fred Below, Leonard Chess, Phil Chess, Otis Spann, Willie Dixon & Howlin’ Wolf2:40
- 26Boom, BoomJohn Lee Hooker & Al Smith2:37
- CD 3: Transatlantic Blues - The Sixties
- 1My Home Is in the DeltaMuddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Willie Dixon,, Clifton James & Andy McKaie3:56
- 2Linin' TrackRay and Glover Koerner2:15
- 361 HighwayMississippi Fred McDowell3:01
- 4Empire State ExpressSon House3:38
- 5Rain Is Such a Lonesome SoundLong John Baldry & Alexis Korner’s Blues Incorporated2:48
- 6I'm a King BeeSlim Harpo3:01
- 7High Heel SneakersWeldon Dean Young, Brenda Jones, Johnny Williams & Tommy Tucker2:47
- 8Hoochie Coochie ManThe Graham Bond Organisation2:44
- 9Milk Cow BluesThe Kinks3:38
- 10I Got My Mojo WorkingThe Sheffields2:32
- 11Double TroubleJohn Mayall & the Bluesbreakers3:19
- 12Cross My HeartClarence “Gatemouth” Brown3:09
- 13How Blue Can You GetB.B. King & Sid Feller2:40
- 14Leave My Girl AloneBuddy Guy3:23
- 15FrostyAlbert Collins3:01
- 16Mojo HandLightnin’ Hopkins3:18
- 17By and By (Poor Me)The Rising Sons3:31
- 18World in a JugCanned Heat3:26
- 19Sitting on Top of the WorldGrateful Dead2:42
- 20Blues With a FeelingThe Paul Butterfield Blues Band4:22
- 21Back Door ManThe Blues Project3:16
- 22Love Until I DieAlvin Lee, Chick Churchill, Ric Lee, Ten Years After, Leo Lyons, Gus Dudgeon & Mike Vernon2:03
- 23Born Under a Bad SignEric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Felix Pappalardi & Cream3:03
- CD 4: We Still Got the Blues - Modern Day Blues
- 1You Gotta MoveThe Rolling Stones2:31
- 23:56
- 3Love in VainKeb’ Mo’3:04
- 4Should've Learnt My LessonRory Gallagher3:33
- 5I Love EverybodyJohnny Winter3:41
- 6I WonderThe Robert Cray Band3:54
- 7Dirty PoolStevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble4:593.6 ★
- 8When I Leave HereRobben Ford, Henry Butler, Tom Brechtlein & Robben Ford & The Blue Line4:54
- 9Darker SideJonny Lang, Dennis Morgan, Bruce McCabe, Ricky Peterson & Art Edmaiston5:05
- 10Rolling LogThe Blues Band3:38
- 11Give It Up or Let Me GoBonnie Raitt4:26
- 12A World AwaySonny Landreth4:42
- 13Back to the RiverSusan Tedeschi3:54
- 14Electric Memphis BluesChris Rea4:13
- 15TroubleThe Answer3:08
- 16Devil GirlMarcus Bonfanti4:40
- 17Why I Sing the BluesLee Ritenour, Jonny Lang, B.B. King, Vince Gill & Keb’ Mo’6:32
Release credits
- guitar [4]
- additional [24], washtub bass [20]
- vocal [22]
- executive [1]
- guitar [7], vocal [7]
- kazoo [5], vocal [5]
- guitar [21, 24], lead vocals [24]
- bass [19]
- bass [19]
- drums (drum set) [19]
- steel guitar [13], vocal [13]
- guitar [3], vocal [3]
- guitar [22], vocal [22]
- guitar [18], lead vocals [18], vocal [18]
- guitar [5]
- drums (drum set) [7]
- producer [1]
- assistant [7]
- producer [7]
- tenor saxophone [19]
- producer [4]
- jug [5]
- assistant [7]
- lead vocals [5]
- assistant [7]
- executive [7], producer [4]
- drums (drum set) [1.24, 2.7]
- piano [10], vocal [10]
- mix [7]
- guitar [8], vocal [8]
- assistant [7]
- guitar [19], vocal [19]
- double bass [2.7, 1.24]
- producer [7], recording [7]
- guitar [1], vocal [1]
- guitar [21]
- guitar [20], vocal [20]
- guitar [10]
- guitar [11], lead vocals [11]
- lead vocals [4], steel guitar [4]
- additional [24], harmonica [21, 24], lead vocals [21]
- guitar [7], producer [7], vocal [7]
- bass guitar [7]
- recording [1]
- washboard [18]
- harmonica [5]
- vocal [22]
- piano [19], vocal [19]
Issues
12011