52x CD

ABC of the Blues

Compilation by Various Artists

Released 24 September 2010

texas blues chicago blues delta blues

Tracklist

CD 1: Kokomo Arnold & Billy Boy Arnold
1
Backfence Picket Blues
Kokomo Arnold
3:07
3.0 ★
2
Fool Man Blues
Kokomo Arnold
3:07
3.0 ★
3
Long and Tall
Kokomo Arnold
2:46
4.0 ★
4
Sally Dog
Kokomo Arnold
2:49
4.0 ★
5
Cold Winter Blues
Kokomo Arnold
3:10
3.0 ★
6
Sister Jane Cross the Hall
Kokomo Arnold
2:39
3.0 ★
7
Wild Water Blues
Kokomo Arnold
3:13
4.0 ★
8
Laugh and Grin Blues
Kokomo Arnold
3:09
4.0 ★
9
Mean Old Twister
Kokomo Arnold
2:58
4.0 ★
10
Red Beans and Rice
Kokomo Arnold
3:04
4.0 ★
11
My Heart Is Crying
Billy Boy Arnold
2:09
12
I Wish You Would
Billy Boy Arnold
2:42
13
I Ain’t Got You
Billy Boy Arnold
2:14
14
Here’s My Picture
Billy Boy Arnold
2:10
15
You Got Me Wrong
Billy Boy Arnold
2:39
16
Prisoner’s Plea
Billy Boy Arnold
2:49
17
Every Day, Every Night
Billy Boy Arnold
2:27
18
No, No, No, No, No
Billy Boy Arnold
2:35
19
Rockinitis
Billy Boy Arnold
2:39
20
I Was Fooled
Billy Boy Arnold
2:50
CD 2: Richard Berry & Barbecue Bob
1
Louie, Louie
Richard Berry
2:15
2
Sweet Sugar You
Richard Berry
2:48
3
You Look So Good
Richard Berry
2:19
4
Mess Around
Richard Berry
2:37
5
No Room
Richard Berry
3:16
6
I Want You to Be My Girl
Richard Berry
3:20
7
I’m Your Fool
Richard Berry
2:56
8
Walk Right In
Richard Berry
3:04
9
Give It Up
Richard Berry
2:37
10
Have Love, Will Travel
Richard Berry
2:56
11
Yo Yo Blues
Barbecue Bob
2:59
5.0 ★
12
California Blues
Barbecue Bob
2:59
13
Motherless Chiles Blues
Barbecue Bob
3:16
14
She’s Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day
Barbecue Bob
3:07
15
Barbecue Blues
Barbecue Bob
3:14
16
Ease It to Me Blues
Barbecue Bob
3:01
17
Chocolate to the Bone
Barbecue Bob
2:54
5.0 ★
18
Good Time Rounder
Barbecue Bob
3:18
5.0 ★
19
Atlanta Moan
Barbecue Bob
3:09
5.0 ★
20
Diddle‐Da‐Diddle
Barbecue Bob
3:01
CD 3: Bobby “Blue” Bland & Charles Brown
1
It’s My Life, Baby
Bobby “Blue” Bland
2:45
2
Honey Bee
Bobby “Blue” Bland
2:30
3
Lost Lover Blues
Bobby “Blue” Bland
2:37
4
Time Out
Bobby “Blue” Bland
2:50
5
Million Miles From Nowhere
Bobby “Blue” Bland
2:52
6
You’ve Got Bad Intentions
Bobby “Blue” Bland
2:32
7
I Don’t Believe
Bobby “Blue” Bland
2:38
8
You Did Me Wrong
Bobby “Blue” Bland
2:36
9
Last Night
Bobby “Blue” Bland
2:53
10
Wise Man’s Blues
Bobby “Blue” Bland
2:51
11
Driftin’ Blues
Charles Brown
3:15
12
Trouble Blues
Charles Brown
2:23
13
In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down
Charles Brown
2:56
14
Get Yourself Another Fool
Charles Brown
3:03
15
Black Night
Charles Brown
3:08
16
Hard Times
Charles Brown
3:10
17
Cryin’ Mercy
Charles Brown
2:43
18
Evening Shadows
Charles Brown
2:46
19
Fool’s Paradise
Charles Brown
2:47
20
Merry Christmas, Baby
Charles Brown
2:53
CD 4: Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown & Blue Lu Baker
1
Midnight Hour
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
2:45
2
Ain’t That Dandy
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
2:52
3
Dirty Work at the Crossroads
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
2:47
4
Hurry Back Good News
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
2:46
5
Okie Dokie Stomp
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
2:34
6
Sad Hour
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
2:51
7
Gate’s Salty Blues
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
2:45
8
Just Before Dawn
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
2:09
9
Depression Blues
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
2:55
10
For Now So Long
Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown
2:46
11
Trombone Man Blues
Blue Lu Barker
2:52
12
Here’s a Little Girl
Blue Lu Barker
3:15
13
A Little Bird Told Me
Blue Lu Barker
2:12
14
What Did You Do to Me?
Blue Lu Barker
2:33
15
Leave My Man Alone
Blue Lu Barker
2:31
16
Now You’re Down in the Alley
Blue Lu Barker
2:35
17
When the Wagon Comes
Blue Lu Barker
2:56
18
Loan Me Your Husband
Blue Lu Barker
2:46
19
Bow Legged Daddy
Blue Lu Barker
2:50
20
Love That Man
Blue Lu Barker
2:41
CD 5: Big Bill Bronzy, Scrapper Blackwell & Blind Blake
1
Mississippi River Blues
Big Bill Bronzy
2:42
2
Long Tall Mama
Big Bill Bronzy
2:48
3
Worrying You Off My Mind
Big Bill Bronzy
3:05
4
Rising Sun Shine On
Big Bill Bronzy
3:10
5
Come Home Early
Big Bill Bronzy
3:00
6
Good Jelly
Big Bill Bronzy
3:17
7
Bull Cow Blues
Big Bill Bronzy
2:52
8
I Can’t Make You Satisfied
Big Bill Bronzy
3:13
9
How You Want It Done
Big Bill Bronzy
2:51
10
Hattie Blues
Big Bill Bronzy
2:44
11
Kokomo Blues
Scrapper Blackwell
3:04
12
Come On Boys, Let’s Do That Messin’ Around
Blind Blake
2:45
13
Hard Pushin’ Papa
Blind Blake
2:36
5.0 ★
14
Skeedle Loo Doo Blues
Blind Blake
3:02
15
Georgia Bound
Blind Blake
3:22
16
Too Tight Blues, No. 2
Blind Blake
2:55
17
Diddie Wah Diddie
Blind Blake
2:58
18
Southern Rag
Blind Blake
2:50
19
C.C. Pill Blues
Blind Blake
2:28
20
Rope Stretching Blues, Pt. 1
Blind Blake
3:02
CD 6: Champion Jack Dupree & Cousin Joe
1
Strollin’
Champion Jack Dupree
3:01
2
T.B. Blues
Champion Jack Dupree
3:42
3
Can’t Kick the Habit
Champion Jack Dupree
3:43
4
Evil Woman
Champion Jack Dupree
4:21
5
Nasty Boogie
Champion Jack Dupree
3:10
6
Junker’s Blues
Champion Jack Dupree
3:12
7
Bad Blood
Champion Jack Dupree
3:59
8
Goin’ Down Slow
Champion Jack Dupree
4:04
9
Frankie & Johnny
Champion Jack Dupree
3:23
10
Stack‐O‐Lee
Champion Jack Dupree
3:57
11
Fly Hen Blues
Cousin Joe
2:38
12
Little Eva
Cousin Joe
2:33
13
Lightning Struck the Poorhouse
Cousin Joe
3:04
14
Baby You Don’t Know at All
Cousin Joe
2:43
15
The Barefoot Baby
Cousin Joe
2:49
16
Box Car Shorty and Peter Blue
Cousin Joe
2:42
17
Beggin’ Woman
Cousin Joe
2:47
18
Sadie Brown
Cousin Joe
2:46
19
Evolution Blues
Cousin Joe
2:58
20
Box Car Shorty’s Confession
Cousin Joe
2:41
CD 7: Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell & Pee Wee Crayton
1
Wrong Man Blues
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
3:16
2
Gettin’ All Wet
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
3:28
4.0 ★
3
Blue With the Blues
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
3:29
4
Christmas in Jail, Ain’t That a Pain
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
3:12
5
That’s Tellin’em
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
3:01
6
Papa Wants a Cookie
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
2:44
7
The Dirty Dozen
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
2:53
8
Carried Water for the Elephant
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
2:57
9
Let’s Disagree
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
2:56
10
Papa’s Got Your Water On
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
3:14
11
Win‐O
Pee Wee Crayton
2:18
12
I Got News For You
Pee Wee Crayton
2:39
13
Blues Before Dawn
Pee Wee Crayton
1:59
14
Don’t Break My Heart
Pee Wee Crayton
2:52
15
The Telephone is Ringing
Pee Wee Crayton
2:54
16
California Women
Pee Wee Crayton
3:28
17
Blues For My Baby
Pee Wee Crayton
2:58
18
Dedicated to the Blues
Pee Wee Crayton
3:05
19
Phone Call From My Baby
Pee Wee Crayton
2:48
20
Blues After Hours
Pee Wee Crayton
3:07
CD 8: Bo Diddley
1
I’m a Man
Bo Diddley
2:59
4.4 ★
2
Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
2:48
2.5 ★
3
Pretty Thing
Bo Diddley
2:50
4.0 ★
4
Bring It to Jerome
Bo Diddley
2:29
5
Diddy Wah Diddy
Bo Diddley
2:33
6
I’m Looking For a Woman
Bo Diddley
2:33
7
Who Do You Love?
Bo Diddley
2:29
3.5 ★
8
You Don’t Love Me
Bo Diddley
2:53
9
Hey Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
2:12
4.4 ★
10
Mona (I Need You Baby)
Bo Diddley
2:22
11
Say Boss Man
Bo Diddley
2:33
12
Before You Accuse Me
Bo Diddley
3:06
4.0 ★
13
Say Man
Bo Diddley
3:13
14
The Clock Strikes Twelve
Bo Diddley
2:59
15
Crackin’ Up
Bo Diddley
2:06
16
Don’t Let It Go (Hold On to What You Got)
Bo Diddley
2:46
17
Mumblin’ Guitar
Bo Diddley
2:49
18
She’s Alright
Bo Diddley
4:04
19
Road Runner
Bo Diddley
2:49
4.0 ★
20
The Story of Bo Diddley
Bo Diddley
2:52
CD 9: Willie Dixon & Floyd Dixon
1
Don’t Let That Music Die
Willie Dixon
2:31
2
I Ain’t Gonna Be Your Monkey Man
Willie Dixon
2:59
3
Money Tree Blues
Willie Dixon
2:45
4
Since My Baby Gone
Willie Dixon
3:01
5
No One to Love Me
Willie Dixon
2:51
6
Hard Notch Boogie Beat
Willie Dixon
2:46
7
If the Sea Was Whiskey
Willie Dixon
3:05
8
Got You on My Mind
Willie Dixon
2:54
9
Tell That Woman
Willie Dixon
2:39
10
Come Here Baby
Willie Dixon
2:27
11
Dallas Blues
Floyd Dixon
3:19
12
Moonshine
Floyd Dixon
2:38
13
Real Lovin’ Mama
Floyd Dixon
2:47
14
Prairie Dog Blues
Floyd Dixon
2:44
15
Shuffle Blues
Floyd Dixon
3:00
16
Blues For Cuba
Floyd Dixon
2:40
17
Telephone Blues
Floyd Dixon
3:13
18
Lovin’
Floyd Dixon
2:30
19
Let’s Dance
Floyd Dixon
2:39
20
Oppotunity Blues
Floyd Dixon
2:32
CD 10: Snooks Eaglin & Sleepy John Estes
1
Careless Love
Snooks Eaglin
2:30
2
Let Me Go Home, Whisky
Snooks Eaglin
2:52
3
Trouble in Mind
Snooks Eaglin
2:46
4
St. James Infirmary
Snooks Eaglin
2:18
5
Rock Island Line
Snooks Eaglin
2:02
6
Sophisticated Blues
Snooks Eaglin
2:06
7
I’m Looking For a Woman
Snooks Eaglin
2:23
8
Look Down That Lonesome Road
Snooks Eaglin
1:44
9
I Got My Questionnaire
Snooks Eaglin
3:19
10
One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
Snooks Eaglin
2:41
11
Jack and Jill Blues
Sleepy John Estes
2:38
12
Poor Man’s Friend
Sleepy John Estes
3:07
13
Hobo Jungle Blues
Sleepy John Estes
2:55
14
Airplane Blues
Sleepy John Estes
2:51
15
Floating Bridge
Sleepy John Estes
3:10
16
Need More Blues
Sleepy John Estes
2:53
17
Fire Department Blues
Sleepy John Estes
3:06
18
New Someday Baby
Sleepy John Estes
2:49
19
Liquor Store Blues
Sleepy John Estes
2:27
20
Brownsville Blues
Sleepy John Estes
3:07
CD 11: Lowell Fulson & The Four Blazes
1
I Wanna Make Love to You
Lowell Fulson
3:18
2
Rock’em Dead
Lowell Fulson
2:31
3
You Better Rock This Morning
Lowell Fulson
1:49
4
Rollin’ Blues
Lowell Fulson
2:50
5
Someday Baby
Lowell Fulson
3:09
6
It Tooks a Long Time
Lowell Fulson
2:39
7
That’s Alright
Lowell Fulson
2:44
8
It’s a Long Time
Lowell Fulson
2:48
9
Loving You
Lowell Fulson
3:01
10
Lonely Hours
Lowell Fulson
2:53
11
Stop Boogie Woogie
The Four Blazes
2:43
12
Snag the Britches
The Four Blazes
2:34
13
Raggedy Ride
The Four Blazes
2:15
14
Perfect Woman
The Four Blazes
2:42
15
Night Train
The Four Blazes
2:54
16
Never Start Living
The Four Blazes
2:19
17
Women, Women
The Four Blazes
2:45
18
Drunken Blues
The Four Blazes
2:54
19
My Hat’s on the Side of My Head
The Four Blazes
2:46
20
Mary Jo
The Four Blazes
2:36
CD 12: Buddy Guy, Arthur Gunter & Slim Gaillard
1
Try to Quit You, Baby
Buddy Guy
2:39
2
You Sure Can’t Do
Buddy Guy
2:41
3
This Is the End
Buddy Guy
2:58
4
Sit and Cry (the Blues)
Buddy Guy
3:04
5
Baby Let’s Play House
Arthur Gunter
2:48
6
No Naggin’, No Draggin’
Arthur Gunter
2:46
7
Honey Babe
Arthur Gunter
2:34
8
Little Blue Jeans Woman
Arthur Gunter
2:29
9
Baby You Better Listen
Arthur Gunter
2:38
10
I Want Her Back
Arthur Gunter
2:39
11
Crazy Me
Arthur Gunter
2:49
12
Ludella
Arthur Gunter
2:55
13
Blues After Hours
Arthur Gunter
2:32
14
Walkin’ & Cookin’ Blues
Slim Gaillard
4:35
15
Blue Heaven
Slim Gaillard
2:26
16
Thunderbird
Slim Gaillard
2:11
17
Chicken Rhythm
Slim Gaillard
2:16
18
I Love You
Slim Gaillard
2:52
19
I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance With You
Slim Gaillard
2:24
20
Don’t Blame Me
Slim Gaillard
4:10
CD 13: John Lee Hooker & Wynonie Harris
1
Dimples
John Lee Hooker
2:14
3.0 ★
2
I’m in the Mood
John Lee Hooker
3:06
3.0 ★
3
Boogie Chillen’
John Lee Hooker
3:09
3.0 ★
4
Let Your Daddy Ride
John Lee Hooker
2:40
5
John L’s House Rent Boogie
John Lee Hooker
3:02
6
Weeping Willow Boogie
John Lee Hooker
2:49
7
Huckle Up Baby
John Lee Hooker
2:50
8
Hobo Blues
John Lee Hooker
3:03
9
Crawlin’ King Snake
John Lee Hooker
3:02
1.0 ★
10
Sally Mae
John Lee Hooker
3:10
1.0 ★
11
Around the Clock Pt. 1 & 2
Wynonie Harris
5:41
12
Yonder Goes My Baby
Wynonie Harris
2:45
13
Don’t Take My Whiskey Away From Me
Wynonie Harris
2:10
14
Cock‐A‐Doodle‐Doo
Wynonie Harris
2:48
15
Time to Change Your Town
Wynonie Harris
2:34
16
You Got to Get Yourself a Job, Girl
Wynonie Harris
2:41
17
Oh Babe!
Wynonie Harris
2:50
18
Luscious Woman
Wynonie Harris
2:47
19
Stormy Night Blues
Wynonie Harris
2:39
20
Git to Gittin’ Baby
Wynonie Harris
2:16
CD 14: Earl Hooker & Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
1
Sweet Black Angel
Earl Hooker
3:08
2
Earl’s Boogie Woogie
Earl Hooker
2:33
3
Goin’ Down the Line
Earl Hooker
2:16
4
Guitar Rag
Earl Hooker
2:52
5
I Put a Spell on You
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
2:24
3.3 ★
6
Yellow Coat
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
2:22
7
If You Are But a Dream
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
2:48
8
You Made Me Love
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
2:00
9
Orange Colored Sky
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
2:48
10
Hong Kong
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
2:18
11
Baptize Me in Wine
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
2:33
12
Not Anymore
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
3:01
13
I Hear Voices
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
2:36
14
The Whammy
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
2:31
15
Little Demon
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
2:23
16
Poor Folks
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
3:01
17
Your Kind of Love
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
2:19
18
Ashes
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
2:29
19
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
1:50
20
Ol’ Man River
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
4:20
CD 15: Lightnin’ Hopkins
1
Katie Mae Blues
Lightnin’ Hopkins
3:00
2
Play With Your Poodle
Lightnin’ Hopkins
2:32
3
Automonile
Lightnin’ Hopkins
2:47
4
“T” Model Blues
Lightnin’ Hopkins
2:36
5
Baby Please Don’t Go
Lightnin’ Hopkins
2:51
6
Needed Time
Lightnin’ Hopkins
2:53
7
Short Haired Woman
Lightnin’ Hopkins
2:36
8
Mad With You
Lightnin’ Hopkins
2:28
9
Lightnin’ Boogie
Lightnin’ Hopkins
2:49
10
Give Me Central 209
Lightnin’ Hopkins
2:58
11
Coffee Blues
Lightnin’ Hopkins
2:43
12
What’s the Matter Now
Lightnin’ Hopkins
2:29
13
I’m Wild About You Baby
Lightnin’ Hopkins
2:54
14
Movin’ On Out Boogie
Lightnin’ Hopkins
2:16
15
Policy Game
Lightnin’ Hopkins
3:03
16
Lightnin’ Jump
Lightnin’ Hopkins
2:30
17
Late in the Evening
Lightnin’ Hopkins
2:50
18
They Wonder Who I Am
Lightnin’ Hopkins
2:09
19
Had a Gal Called Sal
Lightnin’ Hopkins
2:16
20
Blues For My Cookie
Lightnin’ Hopkins
2:25
CD 16: Howlin’ Wolf
1
Look‐A‐Here Baby
Howlin’ Wolf
2:11
2
Smile at Me
Howlin’ Wolf
2:06
3
California Boogie
Howlin’ Wolf
2:57
4
My Baby Walked Off
Howlin’ Wolf
3:00
5
Chocolate Drop
Howlin’ Wolf
2:42
6
Mr. Highway Man
Howlin’ Wolf
2:49
7
Color and Kind
Howlin’ Wolf
3:12
8
Everybody’s in the Mood
Howlin’ Wolf
2:59
9
(Well) That’s Alright
Howlin’ Wolf
3:02
10
Baby Ride With Me
Howlin’ Wolf
2:42
11
Decoration Day Blues
Howlin’ Wolf
3:17
12
Moanin’ at Midnight
Howlin’ Wolf
2:56
2.0 ★
13
The Wolf Is at Your Door
Howlin’ Wolf
2:58
14
Getting Old and Grey
Howlin’ Wolf
2:37
15
Oh, Red!
Howlin’ Wolf
2:38
1.0 ★
16
My Last Affair
Howlin’ Wolf
2:59
17
Dorothy Mae
Howlin’ Wolf
2:45
18
I Got a Woman/Sweet Woman
Howlin’ Wolf
3:28
19
Bluebird Blues
Howlin’ Wolf
2:50
20
Howlin’ Wolf Boogie
Howlin’ Wolf
2:38
1.0 ★
CD 17: Alberta Hunter & Ivory Joe Hunter
1
Down Hearted Blues
Alberta Hunter
3:04
2
Why Did You Pick Me Up When I Was Down
Alberta Hunter
3:27
3
Don’t Pan Me
Alberta Hunter
3:00
4
Jazzin’ Baby Blues
Alberta Hunter
3:15
5
You Can’t Have It All
Alberta Hunter
3:16
6
You Shall Reap Just What You Sow
Alberta Hunter
3:13
7
Taint Nobody’s Business
Alberta Hunter
3:05
8
If You Want to Keep Your Daddy
Alberta Hunter
2:45
9
Chirping the Blues
Alberta Hunter
3:02
10
Some Day Sweetheart
Alberta Hunter
3:07
11
Heaven Came Down to earth
Ivory Joe Hunter
2:44
12
If May Sound Silly
Ivory Joe Hunter
2:46
13
I Need You
Ivory Joe Hunter
2:55
14
You Mean Everything to Me
Ivory Joe Hunter
2:23
15
Shooty Booty
Ivory Joe Hunter
2:03
16
Yes, I Want You
Ivory Joe Hunter
2:55
17
I Just Want to Love You
Ivory Joe Hunter
2:23
18
I’ll Never Leave You, Baby
Ivory Joe Hunter
2:41
19
All About the Blues
Ivory Joe Hunter
2:57
20
She’s Gone
Ivory Joe Hunter
2:38
CD 18: Robert Johnson
1
They’re Red Hot
Robert Johnson
3:00
4.0 ★
2
32–20 Blues
Robert Johnson
2:53
5.0 ★
3
Preachin’ Blues (Up Jumped the Devil)
Robert Johnson
2:49
4.0 ★
4
Stop Breakin’ Down Blues
Robert Johnson
2:16
4.0 ★
5
I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom
Robert Johnson
2:57
5.0 ★
6
Sweet Home Chicago
Robert Johnson
3:02
4.0 ★
7
Kindhearted Woman Blues
Robert Johnson
2:51
5.0 ★
8
Ramblin’ On My Mind
Robert Johnson
2:51
4.5 ★
9
Crossroad Blues
Robert Johnson
2:30
5.0 ★
10
Malted Milk
Robert Johnson
2:22
4.0 ★
11
Love in Vain Blues
Robert Johnson
2:28
5.0 ★
12
Honeymoon Blues
Robert Johnson
2:17
4.0 ★
13
When You Got a Good Friend
Robert Johnson
2:38
4.0 ★
14
Travelling Riverside Blues
Robert Johnson
2:45
4.0 ★
15
Terraplane Blues
Robert Johnson
3:01
4.0 ★
16
Dead Shrimp Blues
Robert Johnson
2:35
4.0 ★
17
Walkin’ Blues
Robert Johnson
2:30
3.0 ★
18
From Four Till Late
Robert Johnson
2:22
5.0 ★
19
Last Fair Deal Goin’ Down
Robert Johnson
2:39
5.0 ★
20
Me and the Devil Blues
Robert Johnson
2:33
5.0 ★
CD 19: Elmore James & Lonnie Johnson
1
Dust My Broom
Elmore James
2:45
2
Sho’ Nuff I Do
Elmore James
2:54
3
Please Find My Baby
Elmore James
3:07
4
Cry For Me Baby
Elmore James
2:46
5
Sunny LAnd
Elmore James
3:16
6
The 12 Year Old Boy
Elmore James
3:05
7
It Hurts Me, Too
Elmore James
3:04
8
Hawaiian Boogie
Elmore James
2:19
9
T.V. Mama
Elmore James
2:49
10
Have to Change Keys (to Play These Blues)
Lonnie Johnson
3:04
11
Mr. Johnson’s Blues
Lonnie Johnson
2:43
12
Mean Old Bedbug Blues
Lonnie Johnson
2:56
13
Toothache Blues Pt. 1
Lonnie Johnson
2:50
14
Toothache Blues Pt. 2
Lonnie Johnson
3:22
15
Sweet Potato Blues
Lonnie Johnson
2:59
16
Guitar Blues
Lonnie Johnson
3:16
17
She’s Making Whoopee in Hell Tonight
Lonnie Johnson
3:11
18
Got the Blues For Murder Only
Lonnie Johnson
3:25
19
I’m Nuts About That Gal
Lonnie Johnson
3:09
20
Deep Blue Sea Blues
Lonnie Johnson
3:04
CD 20: Blind Willie Johnson, Tommy Johnson & Skip James
1
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
Blind Willie Johnson
3:22
3.8 ★
2
If I Had My Way I’d Tear the Building Down
Blind Willie Johnson
3:10
3
Praise God I’m Satisfied
Blind Willie Johnson
3:12
4
Trouble Will Soon Be Over
Blind Willie Johnson
3:09
5
I Know His Blood Can Make Me Whole
Blind Willie Johnson
3:03
5.0 ★
6
Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right
Blind Willie Johnson
3:07
7
It’s Nobody’s Fault But Mine
Blind Willie Johnson
3:11
5.0 ★
8
I’m Gonna Run to the City of Refuge
Blind Willie Johnson
3:24
9
Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
Blind Willie Johnson
3:05
10
Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed
Blind Willie Johnson
3:15
11
Cool Drink of Water Blues
Tommy Johnson
3:37
12
Maggie Campbell Blues
Tommy Johnson
3:39
5.0 ★
13
Canned Heat Blues
Tommy Johnson
3:42
5.0 ★
14
Big Road Blues
Tommy Johnson
3:23
15
Alcohol and Jake Blues
Tommy Johnson
3:21
16
If You Haven’t Any Hay Get On Down the Road
Skip James
2:55
17
22–20 Blues
Skip James
2:51
18
How Long “Buck”
Skip James
2:54
19
Cypress Grove Blues
Skip James
3:13
20
Devil Got My Woman
Skip James
3:01
CD 21: B.B. King
1
B.B. Boogie
B.B. King
3:15
2
When Your Baby Packs Up and Goes
B.B. King
2:26
3
Got the Blues
B.B. King
2:49
4
Take a Swing With Me
B.B. King
2:34
5
Miss Martha King
B.B. King
2:41
6
Mistreated Woman
B.B. King
2:45
7
The Other Night Blues
B.B. King
3:36
8
Walkin’ and Cryin’
B.B. King
2:51
9
My Baby Is Gone
B.B. King
1:59
10
Fine Looking Woman
B.B. King
2:17
11
She’s Dynamite
B.B. King
2:30
12
She’s a Mean Woman
B.B. King
2:32
13
Hard Working Woman
B.B. King
2:33
14
That Ain’t the Way to Do It
B.B. King
2:18
15
Three O’Clock Blues
B.B. King
3:00
16
She Don’t Move Me No More
B.B. King
3:04
17
Shake It Up and Go
B.B. King
2:31
18
My Own Fault Darlin’
B.B. King
3:21
19
Gotta Find My Baby
B.B. King
2:43
20
B.B. Blues
B.B. King
2:28
CD 22: Little Walter
1
Blues With a Feeling
Little Walter
3:09
2
Juke
Little Walter
2:43
3
Sad Hours
Little Walter
3:10
4
Tell Me Mama
Little Walter
2:46
5
Off the Wall
Little Walter
2:48
6
You Better Watch Yourself
Little Walter
3:04
7
My Babe
Little Walter
2:41
8
Last Night
Little Walter
2:43
9
You’re So Fine
Little Walter
3:03
10
Roller Coaster
Little Walter
2:53
11
Moonshine Blues
Little Walter
2:54
12
Bad Acting Woman
Little Walter
2:45
13
Blue Baby
Little Walter
2:14
14
Can’t Hold On Much Longer
Little Walter
3:00
15
Tonight With a Fool
Little Walter
2:54
16
Boogie
Little Walter
3:00
17
Red Headed Woman
Little Walter
2:47
18
I Just Keep Loving Her
Little Walter
2:30
19
Mean Old World
Little Walter
2:53
20
Lights Out
Little Walter
2:44
CD 23: Lightnin’ Slim & J.B. Lenoir
1
Rock Me Mama
Lightnin’ Slim
2:47
2
Bad Luck
Lightnin’ Slim
2:58
3
New Orleans Bound
Lightnin’ Slim
2:48
4
Bugger Bugger Boy
Lightnin’ Slim
2:05
5
I’m a Rollin’ Stone
Lightnin’ Slim
2:25
6
Hoodoo Man
Lightnin’ Slim
2:25
7
I’m Grown
Lightnin’ Slim
3:07
8
Nothing But the Devil
Lightnin’ Slim
3:06
9
Tom Cat Blues
Lightnin’ Slim
2:54
10
Wintertime Blues
Lightnin’ Slim
3:01
11
I Have Married
J.B. Lenoir
2:28
12
How Much More
J.B. Lenoir
2:57
13
Let’s Roll Pt. 1
J.B. Lenoir
2:51
14
The Mojo Pt. 1
J.B. Lenoir
2:54
15
Slow Down Woman
J.B. Lenoir
3:24
16
Louise
J.B. Lenoir
3:04
17
When I Was Young
J.B. Lenoir
2:41
18
Bassology
J.B. Lenoir
2:54
19
Play a Little While
J.B. Lenoir
2:51
20
Livin’ in the White House
J.B. Lenoir
2:30
CD 24: Leadbelly
1
Alabama Bound
Leadbelly
3:03
4.0 ★
2
Fort Worth and Dallas Blues
Leadbelly
3:01
3
Leavin’ Blues
Leadbelly
2:52
4
Midnight Special
Leadbelly
2:07
5
T.B. Woman Blues
Leadbelly
3:08
6
New York City
Leadbelly
3:02
7
Shorty George
Leadbelly
3:06
8
John Hardy
Leadbelly
4:19
9
Bourgeois Blues
Leadbelly
3:16
10
Good Morning Blues
Leadbelly
2:47
11
Easy Rider
Leadbelly
3:11
12
Pretty Flower in Your Backyard
Leadbelly
2:44
13
Black Snake Moan
Leadbelly
3:09
14
See See Rider
Leadbelly
2:56
15
Roberta Pt. 1
Leadbelly
3:00
16
Pigmeat
Leadbelly
3:10
17
Grey Goose
Leadbelly
2:57
18
Pick a Bale of Cotton
Leadbelly
3:01
19
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
Leadbelly
3:02
20
Death Letter Blues Pt. 1
Leadbelly
2:58
CD 25: Little Willie John & Smiley Lewis
1
Fever
Little Willie John
2:43
4.0 ★
2
All Around the World
Little Willie John
2:58
3
Suffering With the Blues
Little Willie John
2:32
4
Tell It Like It Is
Little Willie John
2:24
5
Person to Person
Little Willie John
2:18
6
Need Your Love So Bad
Little Willie John
2:18
4.0 ★
7
Talk to Me, Talk to Me
Little Willie John
2:43
8
Home at Last
Little Willie John
2:47
9
My Nerves
Little Willie John
2:31
10
Leave My Kitten Alone
Little Willie John
2:34
11
How Long
Smiley Lewis
2:18
12
Goin’ to Jump and Shout
Smiley Lewis
1:58
13
Ain’t Goin’ There No More
Smiley Lewis
2:14
14
Last Night
Smiley Lewis
2:27
15
Tee‐Nah‐Nah
Smiley Lewis
2:15
16
Lonesome Highway
Smiley Lewis
2:15
17
Lying Woman
Smiley Lewis
2:32
18
No Letter Today
Smiley Lewis
1:54
19
Mama Don’t Like
Smiley Lewis
2:45
20
I Want to Be With Her
Smiley Lewis
2:29
CD 26: Furry Lewis & Robert Lockwood
1
Everybody’s Blues
Furry Lewis
2:55
5.0 ★
2
Sweet Papa Moan
Furry Lewis
2:12
3
Kassie Jones Pt. 1
Furry Lewis
3:05
5.0 ★
4
Billy Lyons and Stack‐O‐Lee
Furry Lewis
2:34
5
Judge Harsh Blues
Furry Lewis
3:01
6
John Henry
Furry Lewis
2:54
7
Black Gypsy Blues
Furry Lewis
2:49
8
I Will Turn Your Money Green
Furry Lewis
3:12
9
Jelly Roll
Furry Lewis
2:39
5.0 ★
10
Good Looking Girl Blues
Furry Lewis
2:53
5.0 ★
11
Mistreatin’ mama
Furry Lewis
3:08
5.0 ★
12
Furry’s Blues
Furry Lewis
3:16
5.0 ★
13
Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
Furry Lewis
2:45
5.0 ★
14
Big Chief Blues
Furry Lewis
2:52
15
Why Don’t You Come Home Blues
Furry Lewis
2:47
5.0 ★
16
Dust My Broom
Robert Lockwood
2:45
17
Pearly B
Robert Lockwood
2:28
18
Aw Aw baby
Robert Lockwood
2:38
19
Sweet Woman From Maine
Robert Lockwood
3:01
20
You’ve Gotta Stop This Mess
Robert Lockwood
2:44
CD 27: Magic Sam & Jimmy McCracklin
1
All Your Love
Magic Sam
2:56
2
Love Me With a Feeling
Magic Sam
2:08
3
Everything Gonna Be Alright
Magic Sam
2:46
4
Easy Baby
Magic Sam
3:29
5
21 Days in Jail
Magic Sam
2:46
6
Listen Woman
Jimmy McCracklin
2:47
7
I Can’t Understand Love
Jimmy McCracklin
3:00
8
Josephine (Just Won’t Let Her Go)
Jimmy McCracklin
2:37
9
Love When It Rains
Jimmy McCracklin
2:36
10
I Think My Time Is Here
Jimmy McCracklin
3:02
11
Deceivin’ Blues
Jimmy McCracklin
2:55
12
Beer Drinkin’ Woman
Jimmy McCracklin
3:00
13
Hamburger Joint
Jimmy McCracklin
3:00
14
Just Won’t Let Her Go
Jimmy McCracklin
2:56
15
Rockin’ All Day
Jimmy McCracklin
2:42
16
Gotta Cut Out
Jimmy McCracklin
2:27
17
Rockin’ Man
Jimmy McCracklin
3:00
18
Looking For a Woman
Jimmy McCracklin
2:34
19
True Love Blues
Jimmy McCracklin
2:39
20
The Walk
Jimmy McCracklin
2:42
CD 28: Percy Mayfield & Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
1
Please Send Me Someone to Love
Percy Mayfield
2:54
3.0 ★
2
Strange Things Happening
Percy Mayfield
2:48
3
What a Fool I Was
Percy Mayfield
2:49
4
Lost Love
Percy Mayfield
2:58
5
Advice
Percy Mayfield
2:27
6
Nightmare
Percy Mayfield
2:25
7
You Don’t Exist No More
Percy Mayfield
2:46
8
Get Way Back
Percy Mayfield
2:41
9
The River’s Invitation
Percy Mayfield
2:51
10
Life Is Suicide
Percy Mayfield
2:52
11
Dragnet Blues
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
2:38
12
Saturday Night (Four Nights Drunk)
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
3:19
13
Johnny, Johnny
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
2:51
14
Down in Texas
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
2:19
15
Be Cool
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
2:49
16
Playing Numbers
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
2:19
17
Crazy With the Blues
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
2:53
18
Nightmare Blues
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
2:57
19
Gee, It’s Rough
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
2:42
20
I Don’t Know, Yes I Know
Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
2:41
CD 29: Memphis Minnie & Big Maybelle
1
Frisco Town
Memphis Minnie
2:55
2
Moonshine
Memphis Minnie
2:47
3
Nothing in Rambling
Memphis Minnie
2:44
4
I’m Talking About You
Memphis Minnie
2:42
5
Joe Louis Strut
Memphis Minnie
2:52
6
Me and My Chauffeur Blues
Memphis Minnie
2:46
7
My Baby Don’t Want Me No More
Memphis Minnie
2:53
8
Bumble Bee
Memphis Minnie
3:18
9
Boy Friend Blues
Memphis Minnie
2:47
10
In My Girlish Days
Memphis Minnie
2:35
11
Gabbin’ Blues (Don’t Run My Business)
Big Maybelle
2:41
12
Rain Down Rain
Big Maybelle
3:05
13
Way Back Home
Big Maybelle
2:45
14
Please Stay Away From My Sam
Big Maybelle
2:34
15
Jinny Mule
Big Maybelle
2:46
16
I’ve Got a Feelin’
Big Maybelle
2:57
17
One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show
Big Maybelle
2:52
18
Hair Dressin’ Women
Big Maybelle
3:25
19
Don’t Leave Poor Me
Big Maybelle
2:37
20
No More Trouble Out of Me
Big Maybelle
3:26
CD 30: Roy Milton & Amos Milburn
1
Cryin’ and Singin’ the Blues
Roy Milton
2:34
2
I Want a Little Girl
Roy Milton
2:46
3
My Blue Heaven
Roy Milton
2:31
4
’Taint Me
Roy Milton
2:34
5
Groovy Blues
Roy Milton
2:37
6
Waking Up Blues
Roy Milton
2:36
7
Sympathetic Blues
Roy Milton
2:44
8
Playboy Blues
Roy Milton
2:34
9
Rhythm Cocktail
Roy Milton
2:23
10
Bye Bye Blues
Roy Milton
3:02
11
Chicken Shack Boogie
Amos Milburn
2:29
12
I’m Still a Fool For You
Amos Milburn
2:22
13
All Is Well
Amos Milburn
2:32
14
My Happiness Depends on You
Amos Milburn
2:09
15
I Know You Love Me
Amos Milburn
2:59
16
One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
Amos Milburn
2:52
17
Bad Bad Whiskey
Amos Milburn
2:55
18
Let’s Have a Party
Amos Milburn
2:31
19
Down the Road Apiece
Amos Milburn
2:56
20
Trouble in Mind
Amos Milburn
2:33
CD 31: Big Maceo & Blind Willie McTell
1
Worried Life Blues
Big Maceo
2:56
2
County Jail Blues
Big Maceo
2:56
3
Can’t You Read
Big Maceo
3:12
4
Tuff Luck Blues
Big Maceo
3:03
5
It’s All Up to You
Big Maceo
3:10
6
Poor Kelly Blues
Big Maceo
3:19
7
My Last Go Round
Big Maceo
3:03
8
I Got the Blues
Big Maceo
2:51
9
Ramblin’ Mind Blues
Big Maceo
3:11
10
Why Should I Hang Around
Big Maceo
3:13
11
Georgia Rag
Blind Willie McTell
3:04
12
Rough Alley Blues
Blind Willie McTell
3:17
13
Low Rider’s Blues
Blind Willie McTell
3:16
14
Painful Blues
Blind Willie McTell
2:53
15
Experience Blues
Blind Willie McTell
3:12
16
Low Down Blues
Blind Willie McTell
3:13
17
Lonesome Day Blues
Blind Willie McTell
3:13
18
mama, Let Me Scoop For You
Blind Willie McTell
3:09
19
Rollin’ Mama Blues
Blind Willie McTell
3:04
20
Searching the Desert For the Blues
Blind Willie McTell
3:07
CD 32: Memphis Slim & Tommy McLennan
1
Really Got the Blues
Memphis Slim
2:38
2
Mother Earth
Memphis Slim
2:41
3
I Guess I’m a Fool
Memphis Slim
3:02
4
Havin’ Fun
Memphis Slim
2:22
5
Marack
Memphis Slim
2:32
6
Tia Juana
Memphis Slim
2:52
7
Reverebd Bounce
Memphis Slim
2:37
8
I’m Crying
Memphis Slim
3:16
9
Blues For My Baby
Memphis Slim
2:41
10
Slim’s Blues
Memphis Slim
3:00
11
Baby, Don’t You Want to Go
Tommy McLennan
2:56
12
You Can’t Mistreat Me
Tommy McLennan
2:42
13
Shake ’em on Down
Tommy McLennan
3:08
14
Bottle It Up and Go
Tommy McLennan
2:47
15
Brown Skin Girl
Tommy McLennan
2:43
16
I’m Going Don’t You Know
Tommy McLennan
2:42
17
My Baby’s Gone
Tommy McLennan
2:43
18
Whiskey Headed Woman
Tommy McLennan
2:58
19
It’s Hard to Be Lonesome
Tommy McLennan
2:36
20
Highway 51
Tommy McLennan
2:48
CD 33: Mississippi Fred McDowell & Mississippi John Hurt
1
I’m Going Down the River
Mississippi Fred McDowell
4:19
2
When the Train Comes Along
Mississippi Fred McDowell
2:51
3
Shake ’em on Down
Mississippi Fred McDowell
2:45
4
Worried Mind
Mississippi Fred McDowell
3:35
5
Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
Mississippi Fred McDowell
3:12
6
What’s the Matter Now?
Mississippi Fred McDowell
4:58
7
Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Mississippi Fred McDowell
2:58
8
You Done Told Everybody
Mississippi Fred McDowell
6:10
9
Wished I Was in Heaven Sitting Down
Mississippi Fred McDowell
2:11
10
61 Highway
Mississippi Fred McDowell
3:13
11
Candy Man Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
2:46
12
Blessed Be the Name
Mississippi John Hurt
2:47
13
Nobody’s Dirty Business
Mississippi John Hurt
2:53
14
Louis Collins
Mississippi John Hurt
2:58
15
Praying on the Old Camp Ground
Mississippi John Hurt
2:34
16
Spike Driver Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
3:14
17
Avalon Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
3:03
4.0 ★
18
Ain’t No Telling
Mississippi John Hurt
2:55
19
Blues Harvest Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
2:52
20
Got the Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
2:51
CD 34: Robert Nighthawk & Johnny Otis
1
Cying Won’t Help You
Robert Nighthawk
2:47
2
Seventy‐Four
Robert Nighthawk
2:54
3
Nighthawk Boogie
Robert Nighthawk
2:37
4
Kansas City
Robert Nighthawk
2:37
5
Bricks in My Pillow
Robert Nighthawk
2:59
6
Maggie Campbell
Robert Nighthawk
2:49
7
Feel So Bad
Robert Nighthawk
2:49
8
You Missed a Good Man
Robert Nighthawk
2:35
9
The Moon Is Rising
Robert Nighthawk
2:46
10
Take It Easy, Baby
Robert Nighthawk
2:46
11
Good Ole Blues
Johnny Otis
2:16
12
Mean Ole Gal
Johnny Otis
2:35
13
Hangover Blues
Johnny Otis
2:52
14
Thursday Night Blues
Johnny Otis
2:45
15
I Gotta Guy
Johnny Otis
2:56
16
Get Together Blues
Johnny Otis
2:37
17
Double Crossing Blues
Johnny Otis
2:48
18
Head Hunter
Johnny Otis
3:03
19
Going to See My Baby
Johnny Otis
2:38
20
New Orleans Shuffle
Johnny Otis
2:41
CD 35: Charley Patton & Snooky Pryor
1
High Water Everywhere Pt. 1
Charley Patton
2:59
4.7 ★
2
Hang It on the Wall
Charley Patton
2:45
3
Prayer of Death Pt. 1
Charley Patton
3:06
4
Sic Em Dogs On
Charley Patton
2:23
5
Watch and Pray
Charley Patton
2:58
6
Snatch and Grab It
Charley Patton
3:06
7
M and O Blues
Charley Patton
3:04
8
Dark Road Blues
Charley Patton
3:03
9
Country Farm Blues
Charley Patton
2:23
10
Forty Four
Charley Patton
2:49
11
Snooky and Moody’s Boogie
Snooky Pryor
2:20
12
Telephone Blues
Snooky Pryor
2:46
13
Boogy Fool
Snooky Pryor
2:27
14
Stop the Train, Conductor
Snooky Pryor
2:36
15
Walking Boogie
Snooky Pryor
2:34
16
Uncle Sam, Don’t Take My Man
Snooky Pryor
3:18
17
Rough Treatment
Snooky Pryor
2:44
18
Stockyard Blues
Snooky Pryor
2:52
19
Keep What You Got
Snooky Pryor
2:20
20
Let Me Ride Your Mule
Snooky Pryor
2:40
CD 36: Professor Longhair & Junior Parker
1
Go to the Mardi Gras
Professor Longhair
2:48
2
In the Night
Professor Longhair
2:33
3
Hey Little Girl
Professor Longhair
3:03
4
Walk Your Blues Away
Professor Longhair
2:57
5
Willie Mae
Professor Longhair
2:49
6
Professor Longhair Blues
Professor Longhair
2:30
7
Misery
Professor Longhair
2:01
8
Looka, No Hair
Professor Longhair
2:07
9
Cuttin’ Out
Professor Longhair
2:39
10
Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand
Professor Longhair
2:15
11
Feelin’ Good
Junior Parker
2:58
12
Mystery Train
Junior Parker
2:22
13
Sittin’ at the Bar
Junior Parker
2:35
14
Sittin’ at the Window
Junior Parker
2:02
15
Sittin’, Drinkin’ and Thinkin’
Junior Parker
3:10
16
Dirty Friend Blues
Junior Parker
3:04
17
Backtracking
Junior Parker
2:37
18
I Wanna Ramble
Junior Parker
2:51
19
There Better Be No Feet
Junior Parker
2:33
20
Fussin’ and Fightin’ Blues
Junior Parker
3:00
CD 37: Jimmy Reed & Otis Rush
1
Baby What You Want Me to do
Jimmy Reed
2:26
2
Found Love
Jimmy Reed
2:19
3
Big Boss Man
Jimmy Reed
2:50
4
Hush Hush
Jimmy Reed
2:38
5
I’m Nervous
Jimmy Reed
2:39
6
Going By the River Pt. 1
Jimmy Reed
2:05
7
I Ain’t Got You
Jimmy Reed
2:19
5.0 ★
8
Come Love
Jimmy Reed
2:31
9
Meet Me
Jimmy Reed
2:52
10
I Was So Wrong
Jimmy Reed
3:14
11
Checking On My Baby
Otis Rush
2:57
12
Love That Woman
Otis Rush
3:01
13
My Baby Is a Good’un
Otis Rush
2:40
14
All Your Love
Otis Rush
2:38
5.0 ★
15
If You Were Mine
Otis Rush
3:06
16
Violent Love
Otis Rush
2:32
17
My Love Will Never Die
Otis Rush
3:08
18
Three Times a Fool
Otis Rush
2:51
19
Keep On Loving Me Baby
Otis Rush
2:21
20
It Takes Time
Otis Rush
2:50
CD 38: Jimmy Rushing & Tampa Red
1
Good Morning Blues
Jimmy Rushing
5:19
2
See See Rider
Jimmy Rushing
5:13
3
Take Me Back, Baby
Jimmy Rushing
2:39
4
Sent For You Yesterday
Jimmy Rushing
3:39
5
Roll ’em Pete
Jimmy Rushing
4:33
6
My Friend Mr. Blues
Jimmy Rushing
5:03
7
Every Day
Jimmy Rushing
5:40
8
Sometimes I Think I Do
Jimmy Rushing
6:34
9
Take Me With You, Baby
Jimmy Rushing
5:02
10
Evenin’
Jimmy Rushing
5:31
11
You Missed a Good Man
Tampa Red
3:31
12
She Want to Sell My Monkey
Tampa Red
3:15
13
She’s Love Crazy
Tampa Red
2:57
14
Hard Road Blues
Tampa Red
2:55
15
Let Me Play With Your Poodle
Tampa Red
2:35
16
Crying Won’t Help You
Tampa Red
3:09
17
Sweet Little Angel
Tampa Red
2:54
18
But I Forgive You
Tampa Red
2:49
19
So Much Trouble
Tampa Red
2:55
20
Big Stars Falling Blues
Tampa Red
3:07
CD 39: Bessie Smith
1
Down Hearted Blues
Bessie Smith
3:26
4.0 ★
2
Gulf Coast Blues
Bessie Smith
3:05
3
Oh Daddy Blues
Bessie Smith
3:05
4
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
Bessie Smith
2:56
4.0 ★
5
Aggravatin Papa
Bessie Smith
3:17
6
Beale Street Mama
Bessie Smith
3:35
7
Keeps on A‐Rainin’ (Papa, He Can’t Make No Time)(
Bessie Smith
3:07
8
Taint Nobody’s Bizness If I Do
Bessie Smith
3:27
9
Mama’s Got the Blues
Bessie Smith
2:57
10
Outside of That
Bessie Smith
3:28
11
Lady Luck Blues
Bessie Smith
3:08
12
Yodling Blues
Bessie Smith
3:12
13
Bleeding Hearted Blues
Bessie Smith
3:06
14
Midnight Blues
Bessie Smith
3:18
15
If You Don’t, I Know Who Will
Bessie Smith
3:36
16
Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
Bessie Smith
3:32
17
Jail House Blues
Bessie Smith
3:14
18
Sam Jones Blues
Bessie Smith
2:48
19
Cemetery Blues
Bessie Smith
3:30
20
Graveyard Dream Blues
Bessie Smith
2:44
5.0 ★
CD 40: Huey “Piano” Smith & Frankie Lee Smith
1
Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu
Huey “Piano” Smith
2:18
2
Little Chickee Wah Wah
Huey “Piano” Smith
2:06
3
Hush Your Mouth
Huey “Piano” Smith
2:40
4
Don’t You Know Yockomo
Huey “Piano” Smith
2:27
5
Havin’ a Good Time
Huey “Piano” Smith
2:31
6
Beatnik Blues
Huey “Piano” Smith
2:22
7
Well I’ll Be John Brown
Huey “Piano” Smith
2:29
8
Everybody’s Wailin’
Huey “Piano” Smith
2:39
9
Mean Mean Man
Huey “Piano” Smith
2:37
10
Little Liza Jane
Huey “Piano” Smith
2:12
11
Lucy Mae Blues
Frankie Lee Sims
2:27
12
Long Gone
Frankie Lee Sims
2:52
13
Jelly Roll Baker
Frankie Lee Sims
2:36
14
I Done Talked and I Done Talked
Frankie Lee Sims
2:46
15
Cryin’ Won’t Help You
Frankie Lee Sims
2:42
16
Don’t Take It Out on Me
Frankie Lee Sims
2:49
17
Raggedy and Dirty
Frankie Lee Sims
2:37
18
Frankie’s Blues
Frankie Lee Sims
2:41
19
Married Woman
Frankie Lee Sims
3:03
20
Lucy Mae Blues Pt. 2
Frankie Lee Sims
2:58
CD 41: Roosevelt Sykes & Son House
1
44 Blues
Roosevelt Sykes
3:13
2
Under Eyed Woman
Roosevelt Sykes
3:16
3
Knock Me Out
Roosevelt Sykes
2:51
4
Trouble and Whiskey
Roosevelt Sykes
2:40
5
Sykes Advice Blues
Roosevelt Sykes
2:44
6
Training Camp Blues
Roosevelt Sykes
2:52
7
Sugar Babe Blues
Roosevelt Sykes
2:48
8
Jiving the Jive
Roosevelt Sykes
3:20
9
Little Sam
Roosevelt Sykes
2:40
10
The Honeydripper
Roosevelt Sykes
2:59
11
Am I Right or Wrong
Son House
1:51
12
The Pony Blues
Son House
5:17
13
Walkin’ Blues
Son House
2:56
14
Depot Blues
Son House
2:56
15
Country Farm Blues
Son House
2:24
16
The Jinx Blues
Son House
3:24
17
Levee Camp Blues
Son House
3:46
18
Special Rider Blues
Son House
3:05
19
Low Down Dirty Dog Blues
Son House
5:05
20
American Defense
Son House
2:56
CD 42: Sunnyland Slim & Johnny Shines
1
Mud Kicking Woman
Sunnyland Slim
3:00
2
Brown Skin Woman
Sunnyland Slim
2:36
3
I’m Just a Lonesome man
Sunnyland Slim
2:37
4
Back to Korea Now
Sunnyland Slim
3:07
5
You’ve Got to Stop This Mess
Sunnyland Slim
2:42
6
Sunnyland Special
Sunnyland Slim
2:38
7
Leaving Your Town
Sunnyland Slim
3:04
8
I Done You Wrong
Sunnyland Slim
2:44
9
Orphan Boy Blues
Sunnyland Slim
2:53
10
When I Was Young
Sunnyland Slim
2:22
11
Hit the Road Again
Sunnyland Slim
3:16
12
Ramblin’
Johnny Shines
2:33
13
Fishtail
Johnny Shines
2:30
14
Cool Drive
Johnny Shines
2:56
15
Ain’t Doin’ No Good
Johnny Shines
2:36
16
Evening Shuffle
Johnny Shines
2:16
17
Evening Sun
Johnny Shines
2:32
18
No Name Blues
Johnny Shines
2:49
19
Brutal Hearted Woman
Johnny Shines
2:55
20
Gonna Call the Angel
Johnny Shines
3:09
CD 43: Big Mama Thornton & Sister Rosetta Tharpe
1
Partnership Blues
Big Mama Thornton
2:40
2
I’m All Fed Up
Big Mama Thornton
2:34
3
Let Your Tears Fall Baby
Big Mama Thornton
2:44
4
They Call Me Big Mama
Big Mama Thornton
2:05
5
Hound Dog
Big Mama Thornton
2:51
4.6 ★
6
Walking Blues
Big Mama Thornton
3:04
7
I’ve Searched the World Over
Big Mama Thornton
2:21
8
I Smell a Rat
Big Mama Thornton
2:42
9
Nightmare
Big Mama Thornton
2:52
10
I Ain’t No Fool Neither
Big Mama Thornton
2:24
11
Let That Liar Alone
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
2:39
12
Sit Down
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
2:22
13
What’s the News
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
2:55
14
Singin’ in My Soul
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
2:54
15
The Natural Facts
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
3:16
16
Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
2:57
17
Nobody’s Fault But Mine
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
3:06
18
Nobody Know Nobody Care
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
2:38
19
All Over This World
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
2:38
20
Four or Five Times
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
2:32
CD 44: Sonny Terry & Eddie Taylor
1
Bye Bye Baby Blues
Sonny Terry
2:33
2
I Don’t Care How Long
Sonny Terry
3:03
3
Blues and Worried Man
Sonny Terry
2:46
4
Harmonica Blues
Sonny Terry
2:41
5
Somebody’s Been Talking
Sonny Terry
2:47
6
Harmonica Stomp
Sonny Terry
2:47
7
Twelve Gates to the City
Sonny Terry
2:41
8
You Got to Have Your Dollar
Sonny Terry
2:41
9
Don’t Want No Skinny Woman
Sonny Terry
2:41
10
Blowing the Blues
Sonny Terry
2:54
11
Bad Boy
Eddie Taylor
3:02
12
Big Town Playboy
Eddie Taylor
2:59
13
Find My Baby
Eddie Taylor
2:21
14
Stroll Out West
Eddie Taylor
2:32
15
E.T. Blues
Eddie Taylor
2:46
16
Don’t Knock at My Door
Eddie Taylor
2:48
17
I’m Gonna Love You
Eddie Taylor
2:00
18
Leave This Neighborhood
Eddie Taylor
2:29
19
I’m Sitting Here
Eddie Taylor
2:49
20
Ride ’em On Down
Eddie Taylor
2:57
CD 45: Big Joe Turner & Eddie Cleanhead Vinson
1
Blues in the Night
Big Joe Turner
2:28
2
Sun Risin’ Blues
Big Joe Turner
2:48
3
S.K. Blues Part 1
Big Joe Turner
3:00
4
Nobody in Mind
Big Joe Turner
2:54
5
Blues on Central Avenue
Big Joe Turner
2:37
6
Ice Man
Big Joe Turner
2:55
7
Cry Baby Blues
Big Joe Turner
2:52
8
Rebecca
Big Joe Turner
2:42
9
It’s the Same Old Story
Big Joe Turner
2:57
10
Chewed Up Grass
Big Joe Turner
2:34
11
Too Many Women Blues
Eddie Cleanhead Vinson
2:42
12
Just a Dream
Eddie Cleanhead Vinson
2:55
13
King For a Day Blues
Eddie Cleanhead Vinson
3:06
14
Railroad Porter’s Blues
Eddie Cleanhead Vinson
2:48
15
Gonna Send You Back Where I Got You From
Eddie Cleanhead Vinson
2:26
16
When I Get Drunk
Eddie Cleanhead Vinson
2:44
17
Oil Man Blues
Eddie Cleanhead Vinson
2:50
18
Ever‐Ready Blues
Eddie Cleanhead Vinson
2:45
19
I’ve Been So Good
Eddie Cleanhead Vinson
3:00
20
Bonus Pay
Eddie Cleanhead Vinson
2:55
CD 46: T‐Bone Walker & Jimmy Witherspoon
1
They Call It Stormy Monday
T‐Bone Walker
3:01
2
It’s a Low Down Dirty Deal
T‐Bone Walker
2:54
3
Bobby Sox Blues
T‐Bone Walker
2:39
4
Mean Old World
T‐Bone Walker
2:54
5
Evening
T‐Bone Walker
3:28
6
Long Skirt Baby Blues
T‐Bone Walker
2:51
7
Midnight Blues
T‐Bone Walker
2:44
8
I’m Still in Love With You
T‐Bone Walker
2:53
9
Low Down Dirty Shame (Married Woman Blues)
T‐Bone Walker
2:37
10
T‐Bone Jumps Again
T‐Bone Walker
2:43
11
I’m Just a Lady’s Man
Jimmy Witherspoon
2:25
12
Love My Baby
Jimmy Witherspoon
2:41
13
Love and Friendship
Jimmy Witherspoon
3:09
14
Geneva Blues aka Evil Woman
Jimmy Witherspoon
2:25
15
I’m Just Wandering (Part 1)
Jimmy Witherspoon
2:37
16
I’m Just Wandering (Part 2)
Jimmy Witherspoon
2:26
17
Good Jumping aka Jump Children
Jimmy Witherspoon
2:45
18
Thelma Lee Blues
Jimmy Witherspoon
2:38
19
The Doctor Knows His Business aka Doctor Blues
Jimmy Witherspoon
2:11
20
Slow Your Speed
Jimmy Witherspoon
2:59
CD 47: Muddy Waters & Junior Wells
1
Country Blues
Muddy Waters
3:24
2
i Be’s Troubled
Muddy Waters
3:05
3
Burr Clover Farm Blues
Muddy Waters
2:55
4
Take a Walk With Me
Muddy Waters
3:01
5
Burr Clover Blues
Muddy Waters
3:11
6
Walking Blues
Muddy Waters
2:56
7
I Can’t Be Satisfied
Muddy Waters
2:42
8
Gypsy Woman
Muddy Waters
2:34
9
I Feel Like Going Home
Muddy Waters
3:09
10
Little Anna Mae
Muddy Waters
2:34
11
Hoodoo Man
Junior Wells
3:08
12
Junior’s Wail
Junior Wells
2:55
13
Tomorrow Night
Junior Wells
2:29
14
Please Throw This Poor Dog a Bone
Junior Wells
2:31
15
Blues Hit Big Town
Junior Wells
2:59
16
Bout the Break of Day
Junior Wells
3:17
17
So All Alone
Junior Wells
3:22
18
Cut That Out
Junior Wells
2:53
19
Ways Like an Angel
Junior Wells
3:18
20
Lord Lord
Junior Wells
2:42
CD 48: Sippie Wallace & Peetie Wheatstraw
1
I’m a Mighty Tight Woman
Sippie Wallace
2:55
2
Murder’s Gonna Be My Crime
Sippie Wallace
3:00
3
Suitcase Blues
Sippie Wallace
2:40
4
Special Delivery Blues
Sippie Wallace
3:24
5
The Flood Blues
Sippie Wallace
3:12
6
Dead Drunk Blues
Sippie Wallace
3:21
7
A Man For Every Day in the Week
Sippie Wallace
3:12
8
Jack of Diamond Blues
Sippie Wallace
3:08
9
A Jealous Woman Like Me
Sippie Wallace
3:12
10
The Mail Train Blues
Sippie Wallace
2:57
11
Devil’s Son‐In‐Law
Peetie Wheatstraw
3:25
12
Shake That Thing
Peetie Wheatstraw
2:44
13
Gangster’s Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
2:45
14
Come Over and See Me
Peetie Wheatstraw
3:00
15
Cake Alley
Peetie Wheatstraw
3:09
16
Shack Bully Stomp
Peetie Wheatstraw
2:39
17
Tight Time Project
Peetie Wheatstraw
3:09
18
Working on the Project
Peetie Wheatstraw
3:12
19
Weeping Willow Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
2:51
20
Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp
Peetie Wheatstraw
2:34
CD 49: Johnny Guitar Watson & Big Joe Williams
1
Gangster of Love
Johnny Guitar Watson
2:43
2
Too Tired
Johnny Guitar Watson
2:42
3
Oh Baby
Johnny Guitar Watson
2:40
4
Motor Head Baby
Johnny Guitar Watson
2:14
5
Telephone Boogie
Johnny Guitar Watson
2:39
6
She Moves Me
Johnny Guitar Watson
2:53
7
One Room Country Shack
Johnny Guitar Watson
2:41
8
Hot Little Mama
Johnny Guitar Watson
2:58
9
You’ve Been Gone Too Long
Johnny Guitar Watson
2:10
10
Love Bandit (Gangster of Love)
Johnny Guitar Watson
2:08
11
Drop Down Blues
Big Joe Williams
2:57
12
Wanita
Big Joe Williams
3:24
13
Vitamin A
Big Joe Williams
2:48
14
Stack of Dollars
Big Joe Williams
2:50
15
Wild Cow Moan
Big Joe Williams
2:54
16
King Biscuit Stomp
Big Joe Williams
2:34
17
Baby Please Don’t Go
Big Joe Williams
2:48
18
Houselady Blues
Big Joe Williams
2:58
19
His Spirit Lives On
Big Joe Williams
2:47
20
She’s a Married Woman
Big Joe Williams
2:43
CD 50: Sonny Boy Williamson I. & Sonny Boy Williamson II.
1
Black Gal Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:48
2
Bad Luck Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:40
3
My Black Name Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:45
4
Stop Breaking Down
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:56
5
Train Fare Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:48
6
Chack Up on My Baby Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:45
7
Hoo Doo Hoo Doo
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:55
8
Shake the Boogie
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:47
5.0 ★
9
Welfare Store Blues
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:50
10
Better Cut That Out
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:58
11
Don’t Start Me To Talkin’
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:37
5.0 ★
12
Keep It to Yourself
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:52
5.0 ★
13
Fattening Frogs For Snakes
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:23
14
Wake Up Baby
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:59
15
Your Funeral and My Trial
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:32
16
Cross My Heart
Sonny Boy Williamson
3:23
17
I Don’t Know
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:28
18
All My Love in Vain
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:51
19
Dissatisfied
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:45
20
99
Sonny Boy Williamson
2:40
21
The Key (to Your Door)
Sonny Boy Williamson
3:17
CD 51: Bukka White & Josh White
1
Good Gin Blues
Bukka White
2:23
2
Shake ’Em On Down
Bukka White
3:01
3
When Can I Change My Clothes?
Bukka White
2:59
4
High Fever Blues
Bukka White
2:50
5
Bukka’s Jitterbug Swing
Bukka White
2:39
6
Disctrict Attorney Blues
Bukka White
2:41
7
Strange Place Blues
Bukka White
2:52
8
Sleepy My Blues
Bukka White
2:51
9
Pinebluff, Arkansas
Bukka White
2:49
10
Fixin’ to Die Blues
Bukka White
2:48
11
Uncle Sam says
Josh White
2:44
12
Jim Crow Train
Josh White
3:04
13
Bad Housing Blues
Josh White
2:39
14
Southern Exposure
Josh White
3:12
15
Defense Factory Blues
Josh White
2:46
16
Prison Bound
Josh White
2:55
17
Hard Time Blues
Josh White
3:19
18
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
Josh White
3:36
19
One Meat Ball
Josh White
3:04
20
Hard Times Blues
Josh White
2:48
CD 52: Jimmy Yancey
1
Rolling the Stone
Jimmy Yancey
2:39
2
Steady Rock Blues
Jimmy Yancey
2:58
3
P.L.K. Special
Jimmy Yancey
3:07
4
South Side Stuff
Jimmy Yancey
3:07
5
Yancey’s Getaway
Jimmy Yancey
3:11
6
How Long Blues
Jimmy Yancey
3:11
7
Yancey Stomp
Jimmy Yancey
2:51
8
State Street Special
Jimmy Yancey
2:43
9
Five O’Clock Blues
Jimmy Yancey
2:45
10
La Salle Street Breakdown
Jimmy Yancey
3:03
11
Four O’Clock Blues
Jimmy Yancey
5:15
12
35th and Dearborne
Jimmy Yancey
3:13
13
Monkey Woman Blues
Jimmy Yancey
4:08
14
Santa Fe Blues
Jimmy Yancey
2:50
15
Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
Jimmy Yancey
4:38
16
Lucille’s Lament
Jimmy Yancey
3:10
17
Two O’Clock Blues
Jimmy Yancey
3:01
18
Yancey Special
Jimmy Yancey
2:42
19
White Sox Stomp
Jimmy Yancey
4:05
20
Shave ’em Dry
Jimmy Yancey
2:52

Release credits

Al Hall
double bass [3]
Alan Lomax
field recordist [11, 13-17, 19-20], producer [15, 19], recording [19]
Albert Williams
piano [20]
Albert Winston
double bass [4-6, 9]
Alex Atkins
alto saxophone [4, 10]
Alfred Elkins
additional [17], bass [38.16, 32.4, 32.10], washtub bass [31.4-6, 31.8, 31.10, 50.3]
Armand “Jump” Jackson
drums (drum set) [50.6, 49.11-13], membranophone [11-13]
Art Rupe
producer [1]
Art Satherly
executive [1-20]
Artie Kane
conductor [5]
B.B. King
guitar [1], vocal [1]
Barbecue Bob
guitar [15], vocal [15]
Ben Turner
drums (drum set) [14, 19]
Bernard Besman
producer [3, 9]
Bessie Smith
vocal [1, 4, 9, 17, 20]
Big Bill Broonzy
guitar [2, 10]
Big Joe Turner
vocal [3]
Big Joe Williams
guitar [11-20], lead vocals [11-20], vocal [11-16, 18-19]
Big Maceo
piano [38.12-13, 38.16, 50.4, 31.1, 31.1-10], spoken vocals [12], vocal [38.16, 31.1, 31.1-10]
Big Mama Thornton
lead vocals [1-2], vocal [3, 5-6, 8-9]
Big Walter Horton
harmonica [20]
Bill Casimir
tenor saxophone [18]
Bill Harvey
tenor saxophone [3]
Bill Harvey’s Band
performing orchestra [3]
Bill Jennings
guitar [1]
Bill Johnson
piano [12]
Bill Settles
double bass [2, 5]
Billy Boy Arnold
harmonica [1-4]
Billy Hadnott
bass [2, 8]
Black Bob
piano [38.11, 29.2, 29.5]
Blind John Davis
piano [3, 6-8, 10]
Blind Willie Johnson
guitar [1-10], other vocals [1], vocal [1-10]
Bo Diddley
guitar [1-4, 7, 9, 11-12, 15-16], vocal [1-4, 7, 9, 11-12, 15-16]
Brandon Harris
assistant [5]
Bubber Johnson
piano [6, 8]
Bukka White
guitar [1-10], lead vocals [1-10], vocal [1, 3-10]
Bumps Blackwell Orchestra
performing orchestra [1, 7]
Calvin Shields
drums (drum set) [6, 8]
Champion Jack Dupree
piano [4], vocal [4]
Charles Brown
piano [11], vocal [11]
Charles H. Waller
baritone saxophone [1]
Charles Johnson
mandolin [1-2, 9]
Charles Saunders
drums (drum set) [4]
Charles Taylor
tenor saxophone [16]
Charley Patton
guitar [1-3], lead vocals [3], vocal [1-3]
Clarence "Jockey" Etienne
drums (drum set) [5]
Clarence Williams
piano [1, 4]
Clifford "Snags" Jones
drums (drum set) [38.12, 31.7]
Clifford Dinwiddie
washboard [19]
Clifton James
drums (drum set) [1, 7, 15], membranophone [16]
Curtis Roush
editor [5]
Dave Myers
bass guitar [11-13, 18-19]
David Van Dyke
tenor saxophone [6, 8]
Devonia Williams
piano [4-6, 9]
Don Byas
tenor saxophone [3]
Don Johnson
trumpet [4, 6, 9]
Don Law
producer [1-20]
Donald Cooks
bass [14, 19]
Earl Phillips
drums (drum set) [3]
Eddie Beal
piano [1]
Eddie Kirkland
guitar [2]
Eddie Taylor
guitar [13.1, 19.6]
Eddie Williams
bass [11]
Edison Gore
drums (drum set) [1]
Edwyn Conley
bass [1]
Elmore James
guitar [11], lead vocals [6], slide guitar [6]
Eugene Pierson
guitar [14-15]
Fiddlin’ Joe Martin
mandolin [17]
Fletcher Henderson
piano [9]
Floyd Jones
guitar [13]
Floyd Murphy
guitar [12]
Frank Clarke
bass [3]
Frank Driggs
producer [12]
Frank Kirkland
drums (drum set) [2-4, 9, 12], membranophone [11]
Frankie Newton
trumpet [3]
Fred Below
drums (drum set) [47.11-13, 47.18-19, 50.11-13, 50.15-19]
Fred Ford
baritone saxophone [4, 6, 9]
Fred Williams
drums (drum set) [5, 9]
Furry Lewis
guitar [3, 6-8, 10-15], lead vocals [1-3, 6-15], performer [14], vocal [1-2, 9-10, 13, 15]
Gene Phillips
guitar [1]
George Washington
trombone [4, 6, 9]
George Washington
bass [1]
Henry Townsend
guitar [1]
Hersel Thomas
piano [4]
Homesick James
bass guitar [6]
Honoré Dutrey
trombone [1]
Howlin’ Wolf
harmonica [5, 9, 12, 16, 19-20], lead vocals [9, 16, 19-20], vocal [5, 12]
Hummie Mann
producer [5]
Ike Turner
piano [5]
Irving Johns
piano [17]
J.D. Miller
producer [5]
J.T. Brown
tenor saxophone [6]
Jack McVea
tenor saxophone [3]
Jack McVea & His All Stars
performer [3]
James Cotton
harmonica [16]
James Parr
trumpet [2, 8]
James Von Streeter
tenor saxophone [4, 6, 9]
Jeannie Barnes
vocal [5]
Jerome Green
maracas [1-3, 7, 9, 11-12, 15-16]
Jerry Wexler
producer [4]
Jesse Price
drums (drum set) [2, 8]
Jim Wynn
baritone saxophone [2, 8]
Jimmy Jones
piano [20]
Jimmy Reed
guitar [3], harmonica [3], vocal [3]
Jimmy Rogers
guitar [11, 18]
Jody Williams
guitar [7, 9, 11-12]
Joe Bihari
producer [2, 8]
Joe Kelly
trumpet [3]
Joe Scott
trumpet [1-2]
Joe Scott Orchestra
performing orchestra [1-2]
Joel Moss
mix [5], recording [5]
John Bowers
drums (drum set) [12]
John Hammond
producer [12]
John Lee Hooker
guitar [1-3, 9-10], vocal [1-3, 9-10]
Johnny Dodds
clarinet [1]
Johnny Otis
producer [43.5, 49.5, 49.9], vibraphone [4-6, 9]
Johnny Otis & His Orchestra
performing orchestra [4-6, 9]
Johnny “Guitar” Watson
guitar [2, 8], vocal [2, 5, 8]
Jon Thomas
piano [1]
Joshua Altheimer
piano [5, 9]
Junior Parker
vocal [12]
Junior Wells
harmonica [11-20], vocal [11-20]
Kansas Joe McCoy
guitar [1, 4, 8]
Kokomo Arnold
guitar [1-10], vocal [1-10]
Lafayette Leake
piano [14-15]
Landers Waller
guitar [1-2, 9]
Larry Dale
guitar [4]
Lawrence "Judge" Riley
drums (drum set) [50.10, 49.14-18], membranophone [14, 16, 18]
Lazy Lester
harmonica [5]
Lead Belly
guitar [1], vocal [1]
Leard 'Kansas City' Bell
drums (drum set) [4-6, 9]
Lee Baker, Jr.
guitar [3]
Lee Young
drums (drum set) [1]
Lefty Bates
guitar [3]
Leon Hooper
drums (drum set) [4, 10]
Leonard Ware
guitar [3]
Leroy Carr
piano [1-10], vocal [1-10]
Leroy Williams
harmonica [17]
Lewis Jones
field recordist [11, 13-17, 19-20]
Lightnin’ Hopkins
electric guitar [14, 19], guitar [1, 3-6, 8, 10-11], vocal [1, 3-6, 8, 10-11, 14, 19]
Lightnin’ Slim
electric guitar [5], vocal [5]
Little Johnny Jones
piano [47.11-13, 47.18-19, 19.6, 38.17-20], vocal [18]
Little Son Joe
guitar [3, 6, 9-10]
Little Walter
guitar [12], harmonica [13], lead vocals [13], vocal [12]
Little Willie John
vocal [1, 6, 8]
Louis Armstrong
cornet [4]
Louis Myers
guitar [11-20]
Luther Tucker
guitar [12-13, 16-17, 19]
Marc Shaiman
producer [5]
Marshall Chess
producer [19]
Mary “Mama” Reed
vocal [3]
Maxwell Davis
conductor [8], tenor saxophone [28.1, 49.8]
Maxwell Davis and His Orchestra
performing orchestra [3, 8]
Memphis Minnie
guitar [1-6, 8-10], vocal [1-6, 8-10]
Memphis Slim
piano [4, 10], vocal [4, 10]
Mickey Baker
guitar [6, 8]
Milt Hinton
double bass [6, 8]
Mississippi John Hurt
guitar [11-12, 15, 17, 19-20], vocal [11-12, 15, 17, 19-20]
Mr. Sheiks
trumpet [2]
Muddy Waters
guitar [47.15-17, 47.20, 50.11, 50.18, 22.12-13]
Natty Dominique
trumpet [1]
Odie Payne
drums (drum set) [38.17-20, 47.15-17, 47.20], membranophone [6]
Otis Spann
piano [50.11, 50.16, 50.19, 8.15-16, 47.15-17, 47.20]
Pat Hare
guitar [12]
Peetie Wheatstraw
lead vocals [11], piano [11, 20], vocal [20]
Percy Mayfield
vocal [1]
Pete "Guitar" Lewis
guitar [4-6, 9]
Pete Brown
alto saxophone [4]
Pete Johnson
piano [3]
Phineas Newborn, Jr.
piano [1]
Rabon Tarrant
drums (drum set) [3]
Ransom Knowling
bass [38.13, 38.17, 38.19-20, 49.14, 49.16, 49.18], double bass [49.14-18, 31.1-3, 31.9, 50.7-8, 50.10]
Ray Felder
tenor saxophone [1]
Raymond Hill
tenor saxophone [12]
Red Callender
double bass [1]
René Hall
guitar [8]
Reuben Phillips
baritone saxophone [6, 8]
Richard W. Wells
tenor saxophone [1]
Robert Johnson
guitar [1-20], vocal [1-20]
Robert Lockwood, Jr.
guitar [12-13, 15-17, 19]
Robert “Bumps” Blackwell
producer [1, 7]
Ron Malo
editor [19]
Rufus Gore
tenor saxophone [1]
Sam Phillips
producer [1]
Scrapper Blackwell
guitar [5.11, 7.1-8, 7.10], vocal [5.11, 7.2, 7.5-7]
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
vocal [5, 10]
Singleton Palmer
membranophone [20]
Sippie Wallace
piano [1], vocal [1, 4]
Skip James
guitar [19-20], lead vocals [17, 20], piano [16-17], vocal [16, 19]
Son House
guitar [11, 13-16, 18-20], lead vocals [12, 17-18], steel guitar [12], vocal [11, 13-16, 19-20]
Sonny Boy Williamson
harmonica [38.19, 50.11-13, 50.15-19], vocal [11-13, 15-19]
Sonny Boy Williamson
additional [17], harmonica [50.1-10, 49.11-18], lead vocals [1-8, 10], vocal [9]
Sue McLean
assistant [5]
Sunnyland Slim
piano [13]
Taj Mahal
producer [6]
Tampa Red
guitar [31.1, 31.1-10, 38.11-14, 38.16-20, 50.4], kazoo [11-14, 16-18], vocal [11-14, 16-20]
Ted Summitt
guitar [6]
Teddy Reig
task [3]
Teo Macero
producer [6]
The Carnations
background vocals [15]
The Golden Gate Quartet
vocal [1]
The Moonglows
background vocals [7]
Thomas Kahn
piano [3]
Thunder Smith
piano [1]
Timothy Overton
tenor saxophone [4, 10]
Tom Dowd
recording [4]
Tom Hardisty
assistant [5]
Tommy Johnson
guitar [11-15], lead vocals [12-13], vocal [11-15]
T‐Bone Walker
electric guitar [3], vocal [3]
Vince Monroe
percussion [5]
Vincent Liebler
recording [1-20]
Walter "Tang" Smith
trombone [16]
Walter Davis
piano [1-2]
Warren “Baby” Dodds
drums (drum set) [1]
Washboard Sam
washboard [50.3, 51.1, 51.3-8, 51.10]
Wayne Bennett
guitar [6]
Wendell Marshall
double bass [4]
Willard McDaniel
piano [2, 8]
Willie B. Harris
vocal [4, 6, 8-9]
Willie Brown
guitar [17]
Willie Dixon
bass [47.15-17, 47.20, 50.19], double bass [8.1, 8.9, 8.11-12, 37.3, 50.11-13, 50.15-18]
Willie Johnson
guitar [5, 9, 12, 19-20]
Willie Jones
drums (drum set) [4]
Willie Lacey
guitar [50.7-8, 38.19-20]
Willie Steele
drums (drum set) [5, 9, 12, 16, 19-20]
Willis Jackson
tenor saxophone [6, 8]
[unknown]
bass [16.5, 16.9, 16.19-20, 38.11, 29.6], guitar [2, 9], vocal [3]
‘Doc’ West
drums (drum set) [3]
“Baby Face” Leroy Foster
drums (drum set) [12-13]
“Papa” Charlie McCoy
guitar [48.11, 20.11-12, 20.14, 50.3]

Issues

A
(Combined release view)
A
ABC of the Blues
52x CD
24 September 2010