News & the Blues - Telling It Like It Is
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 1990
Tracklist
- 1Back Water BluesBessie Smith3:18
- 2Dope Head BluesVictoria Spivey & Lonnie Johnson3:13
- 3If I Had My Way I’d Tear the Building DownBlind Willie Johnson3:09
- 4FrankieMississippi John Hurt3:223.8 ★
- 5God Moves on the WaterBlind Willie Johnson2:58
- 6Groceries on the ShelfLucille Bogan2:55
- 7’34 BluesCharley Patton2:55
- 8W. P. A. BluesCasey Bill Weldon3:15
- 9Unemployment StompBig Bill Broonzy2:35
- 10’29 BluesAlfred Fields2:47
- 11Joe Louis SpecialJack Kelly2:23
- 12Three Ball BluesBlind Boy Fuller2:54
- 13Parchman Farm BluesBukka White2:38
- 14Life of Leroy CarrBill Gaither2:48
- 15Ma RaineyMemphis Minnie2:42
- 16Moonshine Man BluesPeter Cleighton2:57
- 17In the Army NowBig Bill Broonzy2:41
- 18The Gambling ManSister O.M. Terrell2:55
- 19Atomic Bomb BluesHomer Harris2:30
- 20Homeless BluesWillie “Long Time” Smith3:10
Release credits
- piano [8]
- guitar [3, 5], vocal [3, 5]
- guitar [13], lead vocals [13], vocal [13]
- steel guitar [8], vocal [8]
- guitar [7], vocal [7]
- guitar [15]
- guitar [15], vocal [15]
- guitar [4], vocal [4]
- washboard [13]
- double bass [8]
Issues
- N1990
N1990- N6 June 2008