Blues Giants: The Essential Songbook
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 15 August 2008
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Recession BluesB.B. King2:22
- 2(I’m Your) Hoochie Choochie ManMuddy Waters2:483.8 ★
- 3Boom BoomJohn Lee Hooker2:383.2 ★
- 4Dust My BroomElmore James2:53
- 5Shame, Shame, ShameJimmy Reed2:49
- 6Little Red RoosterHowlin’ Wolf3:46
- 7Don’t Start Me TalkingSonny Boy Williamson2:335.0 ★
- 8Hi‐Heel SneakersTommy Tucker2:48
- 9Mannish BoyMuddy Waters3:53
- 10My BabeLittle Walter2:39
- 11MonaBo Diddley3:38
- 12Bad Luck BluesAlbert King2:593.0 ★
- 13I’m Your WitchdoctorJohn Mayall & the Bluesbreakers2:092.0 ★
- 14Ain’t SuperstitiousHowlin’ Wolf2:403.5 ★
- 15Forty Four BluesMemphis Slim3:28
- 16Baby, Please Don’t GoJohn Lee Hooker2:251.0 ★
- 17I’m a Little Mixed UpKoko Taylor2:35
- 18Somebody in My HomeHowlin’ Wolf2:18
- 19DimplesJohn Lee Hooker2:123.0 ★
- 20I Put a Spell on YouScreamin’ Jay Hawkins2:243.3 ★
- CD 2
- 1Streamline WomanHowlin’ Wolf2:44
- 2Let Your Conscience Be Your GuideSonny Boy Williamson2:18
- 3Key to the HighwayMuddy Waters2:24
- 4Life I Use to LiveLightnin’ Hopkins2:47
- 5Stormin’ Monday BluesT‐Bone Walker2:48
- 6I’m in the Mood for LoveJohn Lee Hooker2:41
- 7Blue & DisgustedMemphis Slim3:37
- 8Cold and LonesomeJimmy Reed3:33
- 9Rolling BluesLowell Fulson2:49
- 10Walter’s BluesOtis Rush & Little Walter3:25
- 11Got My Mojo WorkingMuddy Waters4:10
- 12Fannie MaeBuster Brown2:55
- 13One Bourbon, One Scotch, One BeerJohn Lee Hooker2:563.5 ★
- 14Losin’ HandLittle Milton2:36
- 15Glory BeLightnin’ Hopkins4:28
- 16Crazy for My BabyWillie Dixon & Memphis Slim2:23
- 17Ninety NineSonny Boy Williamson2:45
- 18LouiseHowlin’ Wolf2:36
- 19Constipation BluesScreamin’ Jay Hawkins5:31
- 20Can’t Lose What Ain’t Never HadMuddy Waters2:55
- CD 3
- 1JaquelineBig Bill Broonzy2:27
- 2How LongLead Belly2:09
- 3That’s All RightLightnin’ Slim2:57
- 4Terraplane BluesBig Joe Williams1:36
- 5Lonesone BluesMississippi John Hurt3:36
- 6All by MyselfBig Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam3:00
- 7The Burgeon BluesLead Belly3:00
- 8My Guitar Sings the BluesB.B. King3:39
- 9I Can’t Stop BabyOtis Rush2:123.0 ★
- 10MoneyBuddy Guy2:09
- 11You Can’t Judge a Book by the CoverBo Diddley3:04
- 12When My First Wife Quit MeJimmy Johnson5:18
- 13Tell Me How You Like ItByther Smith4:15
- 14So Many Roads, So Many TrainsOtis Rush3:38
- 15First Time I Met the BluesBuddy Guy6:17
- 16Red HouseThe Jimi Hendrix Experience11:26
- 17So Much to SayJohn Mayall3:10
- 18Steelin’Jeff Beck & The All Stars2:37
- 19Tribute to ElmoreEric Clapton & Jimmy Page2:07
- 20Rollin’ and Tumblin’Canned Heat2:01
Release credits
- drums (drum set) [4]
- drums (drum set) [3]
- guitar [17]
- producer [3]
- drums (drum set) [17]
- bass [4]
- guitar [13]
- guitar [19]
- electric guitar [13]
- drums (drum set) [2, 7]
- tenor saxophone [17]
- bass [19]
- tenor saxophone [3]
- piano [14]
- guitar [14], harmonica [14], lead vocals [14], vocal [14]
- guitar [14]
- drums (drum set) [13]
- bass [3]
- producer [13]
- guitar [2, 7, 14]
- piano [3]
- guitar [1.3, 1.19, 2.13], lead vocals [13], vocal [3, 19]
- bass [13]
- vocal [17]
- piano [17]
- guitar [2], vocal [2]
- electric guitar [4], vocal [4]
- harmonica [2]
- guitar [2]
- executive [13]
- guitar [17]
- guitar [2, 7], vocal [2]
- drums (drum set) [2]
- piano [1.2, 1.7, 2.2]
- producer [13]
- guitar [2]
- editor [13]
- drums (drum set) [14]
- vocal [20]
- harmonica [1.7, 2.2], vocal [1.7, 2.2]
- guest [2], harmonica [2], performer [2]
- double bass [1.2, 1.7, 1.14, 1.17, 2.2], producer [17]
- background vocals [17], instrument [13]
Issues
- B15 August 2008