Meaning In The Blues

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Falling Rain Blues

  Lonnie Johnson
  3:07
• 2
  Jinx Blues

  Ora Brown
  2:45
• 3
  Dark Night Blues

  Blind Willie McTell
  2:51
• 4
  Pony Blues

  Charley Patton
  3:00
• 5
  Milkcow Blues

  Kokomo Arnold
  3:07
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Labor Blues

  Tom Dickson
  3:01
• 7
  Shake 'Em On Down

  Bukka White
  3:03
• 8
  Lonesome Home Blues

  Tommy Johnson
  3:22
• 9
  No Place To Go

  Walter Davis
  2:53
• 10
  Cotton Seed Blues

  Roosevelt Sykes
  2:54
• 11
  Dry Spell Blues part 1

  Son House
  3:11
• 12
  Steamboat Man Blues

  Clara Smith
  3:05
• 13
  Gravel Camp Blues

  Lewis Black
  3:00
• 14
  Blue Monday Blues

  Ida Cox
  2:47
• 15
  Rock And Gravel Blues

  Peg Leg Howell
  3:11
• 16
  The Right String But The Wrong Yo Yo

  Speckled Red
  2:28
• 17
  Make That Gravel Fly

  Hattie Snow
  2:49
• 18
  Rock Island Blues

  Lewis Black
  3:01
• 19
  Crazy Blues

  Mamie Smith
  3:27
• 20
  Snatch It Back Blues

  Walter “Buddy Boy” Hawkins
  3:03
• 21
  John Henry

  Henry Thomas
  2:45
  5.0 ★
• 22
  Cannon Ball Blues

  Furry Lewis
  3:05
  5.0 ★
• 23
  Friendless City Blues

  Josh White
  2:52
• 24
  Stocking Feet Blues

  Blind Lemon Jefferson
  3:07
• 25
  Stranger's Blues

  Sippie Wallace
  2:55
• 26
  Wintertime Blues

  Bill Gaither
  2:27
• CD 2
• 1
  New Way Of Living Blues

  Ramblin’ Thomas
  3:05
• 2
  Black Gal Makes Thunder

  Rudy Foster
  2:52
• 3
  Three Woman Blues

  Blind Willie McTell
  2:43
• 4
  Yellow Girl Blues

  Alger “Texas” Alexander
  2:48
• 5
  Gonna Ramble Blues

  Sara Martin
  3:00
• 6
  Brown Skin Man

  Edmonia Henderson
  3:09
• 7
  Brown Skin Gal

  Barbecue Bob
  3:06
• 8
  Brown Skin Blues

  Lillian Glinn
  3:30
• 9
  Chocolate To The Bone

  Barbecue Bob
  2:52
• 10
  Kitchen Mechanic Blues

  Excelsior Quartette
  3:05
• 11
  Black Evil Blues

  Alice Moore
  2:53
• 12
  Outside Woman Blues

  Blind Joe Reynolds
  2:57
  5.0 ★
• 13
  Reckless Woman

  Lucille Bogan
  2:54
• 14
  It Won't Be Long

  Charley Patton
  3:28
• 15
  Little And Low

  Roosevelt Sykes
  3:05
• 16
  Big Fat Woman Blues

  Tommy Johnson
  3:14
  5.0 ★
• 17
  My Pencil Won't Write No More

  Bo Carter
  2:58
• 18
  Signifying Blues

  Sam Collins
  3:00
• 19
  Black Snake Moan

  Blind Lemon Jefferson
  3:02
• 20
  Save My Jelly

  Iva Smith
  2:57
• 21
  Freakish Man Blues

  George Hannah
  2:49
• 22
  Sissy Man Blues

  Kokomo Arnold
  3:09
• 23
  Prove It On Me Blues

  Ma Rainey
  2:44
• 24
  B D Woman's Blues

  Lucille Bogan
  2:59
• 25
  The Dirty Dozen

  Speckled Red
  3:14
• 26
  Jacksonville Blues

  Nellie Florence
  2:58
• CD 3
• 1
  Mojo Hand Blues

  Ida Cox
  3:15
• 2
  Mojo Hidin' Woman

  Blind Boy Fuller
  2:46
• 3
  Papa's Got Your Water On

  Memphis Jug Band
  2:31
• 4
  Toby Woman Blues

  Gene Campbell
  3:15
• 5
  Squinch Owl Moan

  Too Tight Henry
  2:44
• 6
  Black Cat Blues

  Old Pal Smoke Shop Four
  3:10
• 7
  Broke And Hungry

  Blind Lemon Jefferson
  3:01
• 8
  Wish I Had You (And I'm Gonna Get You Blues)

  Viola McCoy
  2:49
• 9
  Bad Boy

  Ed Bell
  3:04
• 10
  Doggone My Good Luck Soul

  Hattie Hudson
  3:10
  5.0 ★
• 11
  Black Cat Moan

  Clara Smith
  2:38
• 12
  Those Black Man Blues

  Mary Johnson
  2:54
• 13
  Seven Sisters Blues part 1

  J. T. “Funny Paper” Smith
  2:48
  5.0 ★
• 14
  Seven Sisters Blues part 2

  J. T. “Funny Paper” Smith
  2:56
  5.0 ★
• 15
  Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues

  Memphis Jug Band
  3:07
  5.0 ★
• 16
  I'm A Gamblin' Woman

  Memphis Minnie
  3:11
• 17
  Skin Game Blues

  Peg Leg Howell
  3:06
  5.0 ★
• 18
  Gamblin' Charley

  Charley Lincoln
  3:07
• 19
  If You Lose Your Good Woman Don't Mess With Mine

  George Noble
  3:01
• 20
  Jack O'Diamonds tk 2

  Blind Lemon Jefferson
  2:50
• 21
  Stack O'Lee Blues

  Mississippi John Hurt
  2:58
• 22
  Policy Dream Blues

  Bumble Bee Slim
  2:48
• 23
  Policy Wheel Blues

  Kokomo Arnold
  2:57
• 24
  Four Eleven Forty Four

  Papa Charlie Jackson
  3:01
• 25
  Three Six Nine Blues

  Little Buddy Doyle
  2:52
• 26
  The Clearing House Blues

  Clara Smith
  2:55
• CD 4
• 1
  Mississippi Jail House Groan

  Rube Lacy
  3:28
• 2
  Lonesome Blues

  Henry Williams
  2:55
• 3
  Old Rounder's Blues

  Blind Lemon Jefferson
  2:47
• 4
  Moon Going Down

  Charley Patton
  3:17
• 5
  Smack That Thing

  Walter Coleman
  3:04
• 6
  I Had To Smack That Thing

  Frances Wallace
  2:25
• 7
  I Had To Come Back Blues

  Katherine Baker
  2:41
• 8
  Rowdy Blues

  Kid Bailey
  3:02
• 9
  Barrelhouse When It Rains

  Big Bill Broonzy
  2:52
• 10
  Blues In The Alley

  Curtis Jones
  2:52
• 11
  Old Jim Canaan's

  Robert Wilkins
  2:53
• 12
  On The Wall

  Louise Johnson
  3:04
  5.0 ★
• 13
  Beaver Slide Rag

  Peg Leg Howell
  3:23
• 14
  Low Down Mississippi Bottom Man

  Freddie Spruell
  3:26
• 15
  You Got To Reap What You Sow

  Tampa Red
  3:19
• 16
  Sitting On Top Of The World

  Mississippi Sheiks
  3:16
  3.0 ★
• 17
  Some Summer Day part 1

  Charley Patton
  3:01
• 18
  I'm Still Sitting On Top Of The World

  Sam Collins
  3:16
• 19
  Mama Blues

  William McCoy
  2:54
• 20
  Friday Moan Blues

  Alfred Lewis
  3:15
• 21
  Violin Blues

  Lonnie Johnson
  3:18
• 22
  Shaking Weed Blues

  Tommy Settles
  2:44
• 23
  Fairasee Woman (Memphis Woman)

  Peetie Wheatstraw
  2:46
• 24
  Spike Driver Blues

  Mississippi John Hurt
  3:15
• 25
  Waking Blues

  Otis Harris
  3:30

Release credits

• Ben Ramey
  kazoo [3, 15]
• Big Bill Broonzy
  guitar [9], vocal [9]
• Bill Settles
  bass [9]
• Black Bob
  piano [9]
• Blind Lemon Jefferson
  guitar [1.24, 3.7, 3.20, 4.3], vocal [4.3, 1.24, 3.7, 3.20]
• Bukka White
  guitar [7], lead vocals [7]
• Charley Patton
  guitar [1.4, 4.4, 2.14], slide guitar [17], vocal [1.4, 2.14, 4.4, 4.17]
• Charlie Burse
  guitar [3, 15]
• Fred Williams
  membranophone [9]
• Freddie Spruell
  guitar [14], lead vocals [14]
• Furry Lewis
  guitar [22], lead vocals [22]
• Gene Campbell
  guitar [4], vocal [4]
• Hambone Lewis
  jug [3, 15]
• Hattie Hart
  vocal [3]
• Hattie Hudson
  vocal [10]
• Henry Thomas
  arranger [21], guitar [21], lead vocals [21], solo [21], syrinx [21]
• Ida Cox
  lead vocals [3.1, 1.14]
• Jesse Crump
  piano [1]
• Kid Spoons
  spoons [11]
• Kokomo Arnold
  guitar [1.5, 4.23], vocal [5]
• Little Son Joe
  guitar [11]
• Lonnie Chatmon
  violin [16]
• Lovie Austin
  piano [14]
• Memphis Minnie
  guitar [16], vocal [16]
• Papa Charlie Jackson
  banjo [24], guitar [24], vocal [24]
• Peetie Wheatstraw
  piano [23], vocal [23]
• Robert Wilkins
  guitar [11], vocal [11]
• Rube Lacy
  guitar [1], lead vocals [1], vocal [1]
• Son House
  guitar [11], lead vocals [11], slide guitar [11], vocal [11]
• Tampa Red
  guitar [15], solo [15]
• Tommy Johnson
  guitar [1.8, 2.16], lead vocals [16], vocal [2.16, 1.8]
• Walter Jacobs
  guitar [16], vocal [16]
• Will Shade
  guitar [15], harmonica [3], vocal [3, 15]
• Willie Brown
  acoustic guitar [17], additional [4], guitar [4]
• Willie Tyson
  piano [10]
• [unknown]
  double bass [16], guitar [3.16, 1.7]
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