4x CD
Tracklist
- CD 1: Roots
- 1Sad Sad DayMuddy Waters3:43
- 2Sweet Home ChicagoRobert Johnson3:014.0 ★
- 3First Time I Met the BluesBuddy Guy2:11
- 4Devil Got My WomanSkip James2:59
- 5Good Morning Little School GirlMississippi Fred McDowell3:28
- 6I've Got a WomanHowlin’ Wolf2:50
- 7Lonesome DogLightnin’ Hopkins2:39
- 8My Baby LeftArthur “Big Boy” Crudup2:29
- 9Blues in GLonnie Johnson2:51
- 10Landlord BluesIvory Joe Hunter2:50
- 11Bad Luck ShadowJohnny Otis3:22
- 12Pap's Got Your Water OnLeroy Carr3:12
- 13Back Breaking BluesBig Joe Turner3:03
- 14Mama Talk to Your DaughterJ.B. Lenoir2:27
- 15Stranger BluesSonny Terry & Brownie McGhee2:21
- CD 2: Electric Blues
- 1Hobo BluesJohn Lee Hooker2:48
- 2Shame Shame ShameJimmy Reed2:47
- 3Better Cut Than OutSonny Boy Williamson2:59
- 4Blues is a WomenT‐Bone Walker2:47
- 5Catfish BluesB.B. King2:25
- 6Evil Women BluesMagic Slim6:12
- 7When the Blues Comes Callin'Rab McCullough5:41
- 8Trouble in my MindJimmy Witherspoon2:32
- 9Ain't Got No HomeClarence “Frogman” Henry2:20
- 10Road ShowJohn Mayall4:25
- 11I'm a ManBo Diddley10:25
- 12Jelly Roll BluesJelly Roll Morton3:01
- 13Blues for my BabyMemphis Slim2:43
- 14Blues After HoursPee Wee Crayton3:02
- 15Trouble BluesCharles Brown2:39
- CD 3: Contemporary Blues
- 1Ain'Gone'n Give Up on LoveStevie Ray Vaughan6:08
- 2It's Been a Long TimeWilliam Clarke6:57
- 3It Serves You Right to SufferTommy Castro6:52
- 4WhiskeyBig Bill Morganfield3:39
- 5Men in TroubleAmar Sundy4:56
- 6Tore UpDuke Robillard4:10
- 7Gratefully BlueEric Bibb3:20
- 8Cold Cold FeelingAlbert Collins5:18
- 9Still Called the BluesLuther Allison5:33
- 10In the DarkLonnie Brooks5:22
- 11Is It Because I'm BlackLucky Peterson4:52
- 12Hot SometimesNico Wayne Toussaint2:51
- 13Momma Where's My DaddyKeb’ Mo’3:06
- 14No More MiseryTino Gonzales7:32
- 15Un-American BluesPopa Chuby5:23
- CD 4: Women in Blues
- 1Nobody Knows You When You're Down and OutBessie Smith2:57
- 2Don't Fish in My SeaMa Rainey2:51
- 3Crazy BluesMamie Smith3:26
- 4Me and My ChauffeurMemphis Minnie3:02
- 5Long John BluesDinah Washington3:15
- 6Hound DogBig Mama Thornton2:504.6 ★
- 7After U Get Rid of MeKatie Webster5:33
- 8If I Should Die TonightSaffire, The Uppity Blues Women4:39
- 9Fish in Dirty WaterKoko Taylor5:46
- 10Hardworking WomanSue Foley3:40
- 11Tennessee TearsBeverly Jo Scott3:48
- 12White Trash GirlsCandye Kane3:14
- 13I'm Coming Down With the BluesMarcia Ball4:02
- 14The DreamDeborah Coleman4:00
- 15Married to the BluesShemekia Copeland7:09
Release credits
- drums (drum set) [2]
- double bass [6]
- executive [2]
- conductor [6]
- guitar [3]
- trombone [9]
- vocal [6]
- bass [4]
- piano [3]
- assistant [6]
- vocal [9]
- recording [9]
- editor [6]
- piano [6]
- producer [2]
- tenor saxophone [9]
- alto saxophone [4]
- drums (drum set) [4]
- drums (drum set) [9]
- double bass [9]
- producer [6]
- baritone saxophone [4]
- guitar [2], harmonica [2], vocal [2]
- guitar [2]
- mix [6], recording [6]
- producer [6], vibraphone [6]
- performing orchestra [6]
- drums (drum set) [3]
- drums (drum set) [6]
- tenor saxophone [9]
- guitar [2]
- guitar [7], vocal [7]
- guitar [4]
- harmonica [4]
- producer [6]
- tenor saxophone [4]
- guitar [4], vocal [4]
- drums (drum set) [4]
- piano [9], producer [9]
- guitar [6]
- guitar [4]
- double bass [3]
- guitar [2], vocal [2]
- guitar [4], lead vocals [4]
- harmonica [3], lead vocals [3]
- assistant [6]
- assistant [6]
- electric guitar [4], performer [4]
- recording [2]
- guitar [9]
- piano [4]
- bass [4]
Issues
- B
- B4x CD2005