20x CD

Roots & Blues

Compilation by Various Artists

Released 2014

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CD 1: Roots n’ Blues: The Retrospective (1925–1950), Vol. 1
1
Whitehouse Blues
Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers
3:27
2
High Sheriff
Aiken County String Band
2:54
3
The Last Scene of the Titanic
Frank Hutchison
3:31
4
Suitcase Blues
Hersal Thomas
2:37
5
Death’s Black Train Is Coming
Rev. J.M. Gates
3:12
6
Cow‐Cow Blues
Dora Carr
2:51
3.0 ★
7
Washington County Fox Chase
Vances Tennessee Breakdowners
2:59
8
I’m Going to Take the Train to Charlotte
Fiddlin’ John Carson
3:07
9
[untitled]
Ernest V. Stoneman's Trio
3:03
10
Low Down Blues
Whistler and His Jug Band
2:57
5.0 ★
11
Paul & Silas in Jail
Washington Phillips
2:39
5.0 ★
12
Blind Pig Blues
Barbecue Bob
3:03
13
Chattanooga Blues
Austin and Lee Allen
3:06
14
[untitled]
Sherman Tedder
2:58
15
Hokum Blues
Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
3:26
16
Worried Blues
Gladys Bentley
2:47
17
Empty Bed Blues, Part 1
Elizabeth Johnson
3:03
18
Empty Bed Blues, Part 2
Elizabeth Johnson
3:24
19
Blue Grass Twist
South Georgia Highballers
2:49
20
Moonshiner and His Money
Charlie Bowman and His Brothers
3:11
21
Johnson City Blues
Clarence Green
2:59
22
Warming Bythe Devil’s Fire
Reverend Johnny Blakey assisted by the Santified Sisters
3:26
23
(Honey) It’s Tight Like That
Papa Too Sweet And Harry Jones
2:37
24
Big Leg Blues
Mississippi John Hurt
2:53
25
Hallelujah
Daniels-Deason Sacred Harp Singers
2:58
CD 2: Roots n’ Blues: The Retrospective (1925–1950), Vol. 2
1
Liberty
Herschel Brown and His Happy Five
2:55
2
My Sportin’ Man
Mamie Smith
2:57
3
Mean Low Blues
Blues Birdhead
3:17
4
C.C. & O. Blues
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
3:06
5
Ortonville
The Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers
3:12
6
Dear Black Eyes (Chere yeux noirs)
Slim Doucet
3:01
7
Roosevelt Blues
Roosevelt Sykes
2:49
8
Gin Mill Blues
Hokum Boys
3:28
9
Osson
Cleoma Breaux, Ophy Breaux & Joe Falcon
2:58
10
Sweet Milk and Peaches (breakdown)
W.T. Narmour and S.W. Smith
3:11
11
Soldier’s Joy
Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers feat. Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen
2:55
12
They May Not Be My Toes
Whistlin’ Alex Moore
3:03
13
The Jazz Fiddler
Mississippi Sheiks
3:14
14
I Have to Do My Time
Lonnie Johnson
3:11
15
Lonesome Frisco Line
Tom Darby and Jimmie Tarlton
3:19
16
Back to the Blue Ridge
Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland
2:56
17
Darn Good Girl
Buster Carter & Preston Young
2:53
18
West Jackson Blues
Bo Carter
3:20
19
You Had Too Much
Lonnie Johnson & Violet Green
3:20
20
Oh! Glory Glory
Silver Leaf Quartet
3:15
21
Don’t You Remember the Time
Freeny's Barn Dance Band
3:18
22
Walkin’ Georgia Rose
Pelican Wildcats
2:57
23
Police Station Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
3:05
24
Hallelujah Side
Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers
3:18
25
Highway #61 Blues
Will Batts
2:42
5.0 ★
CD 3: Roots n’ Blues: The Retrospective (1925–1950), Vol. 3
1
Doughboys Theme Song #1
W. Lee O’Daniel & His Light Crust Doughboys
0:42
2
Ida (Sweet as Apple Cider)
W. Lee O'Daniel and His Hillbilly Boys
3:11
3
Doughboys Theme Song #2
W. Lee O’Daniel & His Light Crust Doughboys
0:30
4
Bell Street Lightnin’
Blind Willie & Partner
2:54
5
Jersey Bull Blues
Charley Patton
3:07
6
Every Morning Blues
Walter Roland
2:46
7
D Blues
Blue Ridge Ramblers
2:49
8
La valse des yeux bleus (Blue Eyes Waltz)
Breaux Frères
3:12
9
Skin Game Blues
Lucille Bogan
2:58
10
Good Woman Blues
Leroy Carr with Scrapper Blackwell
2:59
11
Sissy Man
Josh White
2:51
12
Blue Yodel #2 (My Lovin’ Gal Lucille)
The Rhythm Wreckers
2:48
13
Just Inside the Pearly Gates
The Anglin Twins (Jack and Jim)
2:26
14
Hard Rocks in My Bed
Bumble Bee Slim
2:42
15
Tired Feelin’ Blues
The Two Charles
3:04
16
One‐Eyed Sam
Eidon Baker & His Brown County Revellers
2:53
17
Poor Naomi Wise
A’nt Idy Harper and The Coon Creek Girls
2:38
18
South Bound Blues
(Kid) Prince Moore
3:03
19
C & A Blues
Big Bill Broonzy
3:00
20
My Last Five Dollars
George Curry
2:37
21
Memphis Blues
The Nite Owls
2:36
22
Pourquoi tu m’aime Pas
Alley Boys of Abbeville
2:47
23
Have Mercy on Me
Rev. Benny Campbell
2:34
24
Shout for Joy
Albert Ammons
2:27
25
Flower Blues
Jack Kelly
2:32
26
Onion‐Eating Mama
Cliff Carlisle
2:55
27
Brown’s Ferry Blues
Callahan Brothers
3:05
28
Slick Capers Blues
Little Buddy Doyle
2:40
29
Poor‐Boy Blues
Jazz Gillum
2:53
CD 4: Roots n’ Blues: The Retrospective (1925–1950), Vol. 4
1
We Got to Get Together
Frank Edwards
2:37
2
You Got to See Mama Ev’ry Night (Or You Can’t See Mama at All)
Sweet Violet Boys
2:50
3
I’ll Fly Away
The Humbard Family
2:50
4
Cross Cut Saw Blues’
Tony Hollins
2:51
5
Black Snake Blues
Peter Cleighton
2:53
6
Step It Up and Go
Black Cats & The Kitten
2:50
7
Papa’s Going Crazy, Mama’s Going Mad
Bob & Randall Atcher
2:40
8
Cotton‐Eyed Joe
Adolph Hofner & His San Antonians
2:31
9
Old Vets Blues
Poor Boy Burke
2:54
10
Black Rat Swing
Little Son Joe
2:53
11
Macy Special
Big Maceo
2:43
12
It’s Funny What Love Will Make You Do
The Light Crust Doughboys & J.B. Brinkley
2:50
13
Army Blues
Hank Penny & His Radio Cowboys
2:38
14
Who but You
James "Beale Street" Clark
2:39
15
Tomorrow May Be Too Late
Homer Harris
3:06
16
Burying Ground Blues
McKinley Morganfield
2:32
17
Goodbye Old Pal
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
2:25
18
Dixie Cannonball
Gene Autry
2:42
19
Run On for a Long Time
Bill Landford & The Landfordaires
2:36
20
Baby, Please Don’t Go
Joe Williams
2:49
21
I’m Toiling
Sister Myrtle Fields & Austin McCoy Trio
2:44
22
Two by Four Blues
Willie "Boodle It" Right
2:58
23
You Can’t Go Halfway (and Get In)
Bailes Brothers
2:48
24
Heaven’s Radio
Molly O’Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks
2:51
25
Plow Hand Blues
Rosetta Howard
2:49
26
Grunt Meat Blues
Memphis Seven
2:49
27
Until I Found the Lord
Deep South Boys
2:25
28
I Know My Jesus Won’t Deny Me
Brother Porter & Brother Cook
2:40
CD 5: Legends of the Blues, Volume One
1
St. Louis Blues
Bessie Smith
3:13
2
Match Box Blues
Blind Lemon Jefferson
3:02
3
Ain’t No Tellin’
Mississippi John Hurt
2:56
4
Lord, I Just Can’t Keep From Cryin’
Blind Willie Johnson
3:03
5
Pigmeat Is What I Crave
Bo Carter
2:52
6
Southern Can Is Mine
Blind Willie McTell
3:15
7
Low Down St. Louis Blues
Lonnie Johnson
3:04
8
Revenue Man Blues
Charley Patton
2:42
9
Stormy Night Blues
Leroy Carr
2:38
10
I Believe I’ll Make a Change
Josh White
2:55
11
Fort Worth and Dallas Blues
Lead Belly
3:04
12
Sweet Home Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
2:53
13
Stop Breakin’ Down Blues
Robert Johnson
2:20
4.0 ★
14
Truckin’ My Blues Away, #2
Blind Boy Fuller
2:49
15
Spreadin’ Snakes Blues
Big Bill Broonzy
2:42
16
Nothing in Ramblin’
Memphis Minnie
2:45
17
Fixin’ to Die Blues
Bukka White
2:48
18
Hard Day Blues
Muddy Waters
2:46
19
Don’t You Leave Me Here
Big Joe Williams
2:40
20
Death Letter
Son House
4:21
5.0 ★
CD 6: Legends of the Blues, Volume Two
1
Henry Ford Blues
Roosevelt Sykes
3:16
2
Ninety‐Eight Degree Blues
Texas Alexander
2:59
3
Trinity River Blues
Aaron “T‐Bone” Walker
3:12
4
She Shook Her Gin
Robert Hicks as Barbecue Bob
3:12
5
Turpentine Blues
Tampa Red "The Guitar Wizard"
3:24
6
No No Blues
Curly Weaver
3:12
7
Bo‐Easy Blues
Lucille Bogan as Bessie Jackson
3:06
8
School‐Boy Blues
Walter Roland
2:52
9
Cold Blooded Murder – No. 2
Amos Easton as Bumble Bee Slim
3:02
10
My Baby Won’t Pay Me No Mind
Buddy Moss
3:06
11
Old Jim Canan’s
Robert Wilkins
2:56
12
Take It Easy Greasy
Lil Johnson
3:29
13
Two‐Timin’ Woman
Casey Bill
3:26
14
Down Hill Pull
Victoria Spivey
3:05
15
Down in the Slums
Curtis Jones
2:47
16
Separation Blues
Merline Johnson as the Yas Yas Girl with Louisiana Kid
2:59
17
Soon This Morning No. 2
Charlie Spand
2:49
18
Is That a Monkey You Got?
Bill "Jazz" Gillum as Bill McKinley
2:48
19
Hurry Down Sunshine
Champion Jack Dupree
2:42
20
Goodbye Now
Brownie McGhee
2:51
CD 7: Great Blues Guitarists: String Dazzlers
1
Hot Fingers
Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang
2:59
2
A Handful of Riffs
Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang
3:08
3
Work Ox Blues
Alger “Texas” Alexander
3:19
4
I’m Busy and You Can’t Come In
Sylvester Weaver
3:20
5
Georgia Rag
Blind Willie McTell
3:04
6
Warm It Up to Me
Blind Willie McTell
2:56
7
[untitled]
Sylvester Weaver
3:13
8
[untitled]
Sylvester Weaver & Walter Beasley
2:54
9
When the War Was On
Blind Willie Johnson
3:04
10
It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine
Blind Willie Johnson
3:11
5.0 ★
11
How You Want It Done
Big Bill Broonzy
2:53
12
Getting Older Every Day
Big Bill Broonzy
3:19
13
Guitar Swing
Casey Bill Weldon
2:59
14
Bull Frog Moan
Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang
3:18
15
Black Snake Moan
Blind Lemon Jefferson
2:53
16
Little Brother Blues
Josh White
3:00
17
Prodigal Son
Josh White
2:58
18
Denver Blues
Tampa Red
2:57
5.0 ★
19
Away Down in the Alley Blues
Lonnie Johnson
2:52
20
I Love You, Mary Lou
Lonnie Johnson
3:05
CD 8: The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel
1
Bottleneck Blues
Sylvester Weaver & Walter Beasley
2:54
2
[untitled]
Barbecue Bob
3:09
3
God Don’t Never Change
Blind Willie Johnson
2:59
4
Dark Was the Night – Cold Was the Ground
Blind Willie Johnson
3:21
3.8 ★
5
St. Louis Blues
Sylvester Weaver & Walter Beasley
2:46
6
Experience Blues
Ruth Willis & Blind Willie McTell
3:11
5.0 ★
7
Guitar Rag
Sylvester Weaver
3:01
8
You Can’t Get That Stuff No More
Tampa Red
2:58
9
High Sheriff Blues
Charley Patton
3:10
10
Homesick & Lonesome Blues
Blind Boy Fuller
3:09
11
Packin’ Trunk Blues
Lead Belly
2:56
12
I Believe I’ll Make a Change
Casey Bill Weldon
3:02
13
Don’t Sell It (Don’t Give It Away)
Buddy Woods
2:33
14
Muscat Hill Blues
Buddy Woods
2:51
15
Traveling Riverside Blues
Robert Johnson
2:48
4.0 ★
16
Bukka’s Jitterbug Swing
Bukka White
2:39
17
Special Stream Line
Bukka White
2:55
18
Swing Low, Chariot
Sister O.M. Terrell
2:35
19
Pearline
Son House
4:31
CD 9: The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel, Vol. 2
1
Moanin’ the Blues
Allen Shaw
3:02
5.0 ★
2
Slow Mama Slow
Sam Collins
3:05
3
Decatur Street 81
Georgia Browns
2:45
4
Where the Sweet Old Oranges Grow
Sam Montgomery
3:00
5
Low in Mind Blues
Sam Montgomery
3:14
6
Midnight Weeping Blues
Nellie Florence
2:57
7
Dead Cats on the Line
Georgia Tom & Tampa Red
2:47
8
Things ’Bout Coming My Way
Tampa Red
3:15
9
Caught Us Doing It
Hokum Boys
2:44
10
Cross‐Eyed Blues
Helen Humes
3:08
11
Alligator Blues
Helen Humes
3:00
12
Jealous Hearted Man (alternate take)
Buddy Moss
2:56
13
Hard Times Blues (alternate take)
Buddy Moss
3:15
14
Things ’Bout Coming My Way No. 2
Georgia Tom & Tampa Red
3:11
15
No Matter How She Done It
Georgia Tom & Tampa Red
3:18
5.0 ★
16
Toad Frog Blues
Walter Beasley
2:50
17
Hard Road Blues
Buddy Moss
3:11
18
Big Fat Mama
Papa Too Sweet
3:39
19
Western Bound Blues
Tampa Red
3:18
20
Sugar Mama Blues No. 1
Tampa Red
3:25
CD 10: Lonnie Johnson: Steppin’ on the Blues
1
Mr. Johnson’s Blues
Lonnie Johnson
2:43
2
Sweet Potato Blues
Lonnie Johnson
2:59
3
Steppin’ on the Blues
Lonnie Johnson
2:55
4
I Done Told You
Lonnie Johnson
3:00
5
Mean Old Bedbug Blues
Lonnie Johnson
2:56
6
Toothache Blues, Part I
Lonnie Johnson
2:50
7
Toothache Blues, Part II
Lonnie Johnson
3:22
8
Have to Change Keys (to Play These Blues)
Lonnie Johnson
3:04
9
Guitar Blues
Lonnie Johnson
3:16
3.0 ★
10
She’s Making Whoopee in Hell Tonight
Lonnie Johnson
3:12
11
Playing With the Strings
Lonnie Johnson
3:02
12
No More Women Blues
Lonnie Johnson
3:02
13
Deep Blue Sea Blues
Lonnie Johnson
3:04
14
No More Troubles Now
Lonnie Johnson
3:16
15
Got the Blues for Murder Only
Lonnie Johnson
3:25
16
[untitled]
Lonnie Johnson
2:48
17
5/88 Glide
Lonnie Johnson
3:01
18
Racketeer’s Blues
Lonnie Johnson
3:14
19
I’m Nuts About That Gal
Lonnie Johnson
3:09
CD 11: Preachin’ the Gospel: Holy Blues
1
Mother’s Children Have a Hard Time
Blind Willie Johnson
3:22
2
I’m Gonna Run to the City of Refuge
Blind Willie Johnson
3:24
3
Denomination Blues, Part 1
Washington Phillips
3:10
5.0 ★
4
Denomination Blues, Part 2
Washington Phillips
2:40
5.0 ★
5
God’s Got a Crown
Arizona Dranes
2:59
6
He Is My Story
Arizona Dranes
3:14
7
Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dying Bed
Joshua White
3:05
8
While the Blood Runs Warm in Your Veins
Joshua White
3:05
9
Drinking Shine
Elder Charles Beck
3:11
10
Lord, I Wish I Could See
Blind Gary Davis
3:05
11
[untitled]
Jessie May Hill
2:51
12
Sunshine In the Shadows
Jessie May Hill
2:47
13
You Can’t Stop a Tattler, Part 1
Washington Phillips
2:54
5.0 ★
14
You Can’t Stop a Tattler, Part 2
Washington Phillips
2:48
5.0 ★
15
King of Kings
Rev. Johnny Blakey
3:17
16
Jesus Was Here on Business
Rev. Johnny Blakey
3:08
17
Crying Holy Unto the Lord
The Blue Chips
2:49
18
Stay on the Right Side of the Road
The Blue Chips
2:45
19
The Bible’s Right
Sister O.M. Terrell
2:50
20
I’m Going to That City
Sister O.M. Terrell
2:49
CD 12: Good Time Blues: Harmonicas, Kazoos, Washboards & Cow‐Bells
1
Hittin’ the Bottle Stomp
Mississippi Jook Band
2:39
2
Skippy Whippy
Mississippi Jook Band
2:49
3
Mary Anna Cut Off
Memphis Jug Band
3:05
4
Gator Wobble
Memphis Jug Band
2:41
5
Mistreated Washboard Blues
Son Becky
2:40
6
Baby You Win
Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats
2:50
7
Oil It Up and Go
Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats
2:43
8
Tampa Strut
Georgia Browns
2:58
9
Diddle‐Da‐Diddle
Georgia Cotton Pickers
3:01
10
She’s Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day
Georgia Cotton Pickers
3:07
11
If You Take Me Back
Big Joe & His Washboard Band
2:46
12
I’m Through With You
Big Joe & His Washboard Band
2:35
13
When You Said Goodbye
Big Joe & His Washboard Band
2:41
14
I Love You Baby
Big Joe & His Washboard Band
3:01
15
Struggle Buggie
Buddy Moss
2:44
16
I’m Sittin’ Here Tonight
Buddy Moss
2:48
17
Dangerous Woman
Mississippi Jook Band
2:45
18
Barbecue Bust
Mississippi Jook Band
2:41
19
Diggin’ My Potatoes No.2
Peter Chatman
2:52
20
Touch It Up and Go
Sonny Terry & Jordan Webb
2:25
21
Ninth Street Stomp
Bernice Edwards
3:27
CD 13: News & The Blues: Telling It Like It Is
1
Back Water Blues
Bessie Smith
3:22
2
Dope Head Blues
Victoria Spivey & Lonnie Johnson
3:16
3
If I Had My Way I’d Tear the Building Down
Blind Willie Johnson
3:12
4
Frankie
Mississippi John Hurt
3:24
3.8 ★
5
God Moves on the Water
Blind Willie Johnson
3:01
6
Groceries on the Shelf
Lucille Bogan
2:58
7
’34 Blues
Charley Patton
2:58
8
W. P. A. Blues
Casey Bill Weldon
3:18
9
Unemployment Stomp
Big Bill Broonzy
2:39
10
’29 Blues
Alfred Fields
2:50
11
Joe Louis Special
Jack Kelly
2:26
12
Three Ball Blues
Blind Boy Fuller
2:57
13
Parchman Farm Blues
Bukka White
2:41
14
Life of Leroy Carr
Bill Gaither
2:51
15
Ma Rainey
Memphis Minnie
2:45
16
Moonshine Man Blues
Peter Cleighton
2:59
17
In the Army Now
Big Bill Broonzy
2:45
18
The Gambling Man
Sister O.M. Terrell
2:58
19
Atomic Bomb Blues
Homer Harris
2:33
20
Homeless Blues
Willie “Long Time” Smith
3:10
CD 14: Booze & The Blues
1
You Drink Too Much
State Street Swingers
3:16
2
Cherry Wine Woman
Charley Jordan
2:53
3
Drunken Barrel House Blues
Memphis Minnie
2:52
5.0 ★
4
Bootlegger’s Blues
Mississippi Sheiks
3:34
5
Me and My Whiskey
Barbecue Bob
3:08
6
Bug Juice Blues
(Kid) Prince Moore
2:41
7
Rock and Rye
Charlie Spand
2:39
8
Rukus Juice and Chittlin’
Memphis Jug Band
2:53
5.0 ★
9
Bad Whiskey Blues
Merline Johnson
2:37
10
I Keep On Drinking (to Drive My Blues Away), Part 1
Amos Easton
3:06
11
I Keep On Drinking (to Drive My Blues Away), Part 2
Amos Easton
3:11
12
Moonshine by the Keg
Little Bill Gaither
2:46
13
Drinking Blues
Lucille Bogan
2:57
14
More Good Whiskey Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw
3:02
15
Pigmeat and Whiskey Blues
Joshua White
3:03
16
Give Me Another Shot
Casey Bill Weldon
2:45
17
When I Been Drinking
Rosetta Howard
2:58
18
Corn Liquor Blues
Lewis Black
2:56
19
Canned Heat Blues
Sloppy Henry
3:10
20
When I Been Drinking
Big Bill Broonzy
3:18
21
Blackberry Wine
Jack Newman
2:49
22
Drinking Shine
Rev. W.M. Mosley
3:04
CD 15: Messed Up in Love… and Other Tales of Woe
1
Beggin’ for Love
Barbecue Bob
3:20
2
Love Me, Baby, Love Me
Buddy Moss
2:38
3
Lovesick Blues
Emmett Miller
2:50
4
It Makes My Love Come Down
Bessie Smith
2:56
5
I Love That Thing
Bo Carter
2:46
6
Careless Love
Lonnie Johnson
3:09
7
“U” Need Some Lovin’ Blues
Mamie Smith
2:56
8
Love Makin’ Mama #1
Blind Willie McTell
2:54
9
Messed Up In Love
Big Bill Broonzy
2:43
10
Love Is Gone
Peter Cleighton
2:42
11
Moonlight Lover Blues
Curtis Jones
2:34
12
Love Shows Weakness
Merline Johnson
2:40
13
I Love You Baby
Big Joe & His Washboard Band
2:59
14
Love Trifling Blues
Bill Gaither
2:55
15
When You Love Me
Memphis Minnie
2:42
16
Lost Lover Blues
Blind Boy Fuller
2:41
CD 16: Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollipops
1
Sam the Hotdog Man
Lil Johnson
3:02
2
My Stove’s in Good Condition
Lil Johnson
2:57
3
Wipe It Off
Lonnie Johnson
3:20
4
The Best Jockey in Town
Lonnie Johnson
2:57
5
Shave ’Em Dry I
Lucille Bogan
2:52
6
Shave ’Em Dry II
Lucille Bogan
3:08
7
He’s Just My Size
Lillie Mae Kirkman
2:50
8
If It Don’t Fit (Don’t Force It)
Barrel House Annie
2:52
9
Furniture Man Blues, Part 1
Victoria Spivey & Lonnie Johnson
3:08
10
Furniture Man Blues, Part 2
Victoria Spivey & Lonnie Johnson
3:10
11
My Pencil Won’t Write No More
Bo Carter
2:57
12
Banana in Your Fruit Basket
Bo Carter
3:09
13
Get ’Em From the Peanut Man (Hot Nuts)
Lil Johnson
3:13
14
Get ’Em From the Peanut Man (The New Hot Nuts)
Lil Johnson
2:57
15
Driving That Thing
Mississippi Sheiks
3:24
16
Bed Spring Poker
Mississippi Sheiks
3:13
17
Lollypop
Hunter and Jenkins
2:59
18
Meat Cuttin’ Blues
Hunter and Jenkins
2:57
19
You Got to Give Me Some of It
Buddy Moss
3:10
20
Butcher Shop Blues
Bernice Edwards
3:06
CD 17: Cajun, Vol. 1: Abbeville Breakdown 1929–1939
1
Vas y carrément (Step it Fast)
Amédée Breaux
2:56
2
Poche‐town
Cleoma Breaux, Ophy Breaux & Joe Falcon
2:57
3
Prenez courage (Take Courage)
Cleoma Breaux, Ophy Breaux & Joe Falcon
3:01
4
Quand je suit partis pour le texas
Cleoma Breaux, Ophy Breaux & Joe Falcon
2:59
5
Aimer et perdre
Joe Falcon
3:08
6
Egan One Step
Breaux Frères
2:55
7
T’ as volé mon chapeau
Breaux Frères
3:04
8
Home Sweet Home
Breaux Frères
3:00
9
Le one step a martin
Breaux Frères
2:59
10
La valse du bayou plaquemine
Breaux Frères
2:55
11
Abbeville Breakdown
Alley Boys of Abbeville
2:26
12
Te a pas raison
Alley Boys of Abbeville
2:37
13
Se toute sain comme moi ma sain
Alley Boys of Abbeville
2:34
14
Jolie petite fille
Alley Boys of Abbeville
2:13
15
Quel espoire
Alley Boys of Abbeville
2:37
16
Moi et ma belle
Alley Boys of Abbeville
2:33
17
Je vous t’ aime lessair pleurer
Alley Boys of Abbeville
2:32
18
Es ce que tu pense jamais a moi
Alley Boys of Abbeville
2:41
19
Tu ma quite seul
Alley Boys of Abbeville
2:45
20
Jolie petite blonde
Alley Boys of Abbeville
2:53
21
Apres jengles a toi
Alley Boys of Abbeville
2:38
22
Te bonne pour moi estere
Alley Boys of Abbeville
2:49
CD 18: Cajun Party: Fais Do‐Do
1
Ma blonde est partié
Amédée Breaux
2:49
2
Les tracas du hobo
Amédée Breaux
2:55
3
Two step de mama
Amédé Ardoin
3:07
4
La valse ah Abe
Amédé Ardoin
3:05
5
Two step de Eunice
Amédé Ardoin
3:16
6
Two step de Prairie Soileau
Amédé Ardoin
2:55
7
Rosalia
Dewey Segura
2:52
8
You’re Small and Sweet
Dewey Segura
3:00
9
Far Away From Home Blues
Breaux Frères
3:20
10
Fais do‐do negre
Breaux Frères
2:56
11
Tiger Rag Blues
Breaux Frères
2:57
12
One step à Marie
Breaux Frères
2:52
13
Mazurka de la Louisiane
Breaux Frères
2:52
14
Le vieux soulard et sa femme
Cleoma Breaux
2:45
15
Marie Buller
Cleoma Breaux
3:17
16
Mon cœur t’appelle
Cleoma Breaux
3:02
17
C’est si triste sans lui
Cleoma Breaux
2:55
18
Madam Atchen
Amédé Ardoin
3:02
19
Taunt Aline
Amédé Ardoin
2:57
20
Le blues du petit chien
Breaux Frères
2:47
21
La valse du vieux temps
Breaux Frères
2:45
22
La valse d’Auguste
Breaux Frères
2:40
23
La valse d’Utah
Breaux Frères
2:41
CD 19: White Country Blues 1926–1938: A Lighter Shade of Blue, Vol. 1
1
KC Blues
Frank Hutchison
3:04
2
Cannon Ball Blues
Frank Hutchison
3:23
3
Leaving Home
Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers
3:04
4
If the River Was Whiskey
Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers
3:07
5
Duplin County Blues
Cauley Family
2:40
6
Sweet Sarah Blues
Tom Darby
3:01
7
Frankie Dean
Tom Darby
3:13
8
A Darkey’s Wail
Riley Puckett
2:54
9
Johnson City Blues
Clarence Green
2:59
10
Mistreated Blues
The Carolina Buddies
3:09
11
Haunted Road Blues
Tom Ashley
3:15
12
Steel Guitar Blues
Roy Acuff and His Crazy Tennesseans
2:52
13
Guitar Blues
Carlisle & Ball
3:01
14
I Want a Good Woman
Carlisle & Ball
3:21
15
Ash Can Blues
Cliff Carlisle
2:58
16
Yodel Blues, Part 1
Pete Martinez
3:14
17
Yodel Blues, Part 2
Pete Martinez
2:51
18
Adam & Eve, Part 2
Mr. & Mrs. Chris Bouchillion
3:16
19
Carroll County Blues
W.T. Narmour and S.W. Smith
3:01
20
Ramblin’ Blues
Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers
2:59
21
Worried Blues
Frank Hutchison
3:22
22
Train That Carried the Girl From Town
Frank Hutchison
3:01
23
Lonesome Weary Blues
Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland
2:53
24
Bear Cat Mama
W. Lee O'Daniel and His Hillbilly Boys
2:18
CD 20: White Country Blues 1926–1938: A Lighter Shade of Blue, Vol. 2
1
Jug Rag
Blue Ridge Ramblers
2:52
2
Deep Elem Blues
The Prairie Ramblers
3:19
3
Prohibition Blues
Clayton McMichen
3:03
4
Match Box Blues
Larry Hensley
2:55
5
Somebody’s Been Using That Thing
Callahan Brothers
2:48
6
Rattle Snake Daddy
Homer Callahan
3:04
7
My Good Gal Has Thrown Me Down
Homer Callahan
2:42
8
Dirty Hangover Blues
W. Lee O'Daniel and His Hillbilly Boys
2:20
9
Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues
W. Lee O'Daniel and His Hillbilly Boys
2:32
10
Lonesome, Broke and Weary
Asa Martin & His Kentucky Hillbillies
2:28
11
Chicken Roost Blues
Cliff Carlisle
2:32
12
Tom Cat Blues
Cliff Carlisle
2:52
5.0 ★
13
Oozlin’ Daddy Blues
Cliff Hobbs
2:55
14
Kansas City Blues
Bill Cox / Cliff Hobbs
2:47
15
Ramblin’ Red’s Memphis Yodel No. 1
Ramblin Red Bailey
2:48
16
Southern Whoopie Song
The Anglin Brothers
2:26
17
Drunk and Nutty Blues
The Allen Brothers
3:08
18
Chattanooga Mama
The Allen Brothers
3:35
19
String Bean Mama
Bill Carlisle
2:25
20
Copper Head Mama
Bill Carlisle
2:26
21
Long Chain Charlie Blues
Bill Cox
2:47
22
Georgia Brown Blues
Bill Cox
2:47
23
New Jelly Roll Blues
Al Dexter
2:33
24
Never No Mo’ Blues
The Rhythm Wreckers
2:38

Release credits

Al Dexter
guitar [23], vocal [23]
Albert Ammons
piano [24]
Alfred Elkins
additional [20], bass [10]
Alger “Texas” Alexander
vocal [3]
Allen Shaw
guitar [1], vocal [1]
Amanda Sortier
vocal [12], washboard [12.11-14, 15.13]
Amédé Ardoin
accordion [3-6, 18-19], vocal [3-6, 18-19]
Amédée Breaux
accordion [1-2, 10-13, 20-23], vocal [1-2, 20-23]
Angeline Johnson
vocal [9]
Art Satherly
executive [5.13, 8.15]
Arthur Schutt
piano [3]
Asa Martin
guitar [10], vocal [10]
Austin Allen
spoken vocals [17], tenor banjo [17-18], vocal [18]
A’nt Idy Harper
vocal [17]
Barbecue Bob
guitar [12.9-10, 9.6, 8.2], spoken vocals [6], vocal [8.2, 12.9-10]
Bernice Edwards
piano [21]
Bessie Smith
vocal [1]
Big Bill Broonzy
guitar [7.11-12, 8.12, 15.9, 3.29, 6.18, 9.9], vocal [15.9, 7.11-12]
Big Boy Teddy Edwards
spoken vocals [9]
Big Joe Williams
guitar [20], lead vocals [20]
Bill Carlisle
guitar [11, 19-20], vocal [19-20]
Bill Cox
guitar [13-14, 21-22], harmonica [13-14, 21-22], vocal [13-14, 21-22]
Bill Owsley
tenor saxophone [16]
Bill Settles
double bass [9]
Black Bob
guitar [12], piano [13.8, 9.20]
Black Boy Shine
piano [21]
Blind Boy Fuller
guitar [5.14, 8.10], vocal [8.10, 5.14]
Blind John Davis
piano [6.16, 15.12]
Blind Lemon Jefferson
guitar [5.2, 7.15], vocal [5.2, 7.15]
Blind Roosevelt Graves
guitar [1-2, 17-18]
Blind Simmie Dooley
guitar [4], vocal [4]
Blind Willie Johnson
guitar [8.3-4, 11.1-2, 7.9-10, 13.3, 13.5, 5.4], other vocals [4], vocal [7.9-10, 8.3-4, 11.1-2, 13.3, 13.5, 5.4]
Blind Willie McTell
guitar [7.5-6, 5.6, 8.6], spoken vocals [6], vocal [7.5-6, 5.6]
Bo Carter
vocal [18]
Brown Bombers of Swing
vocal [13]
Brownie McGhee
guitar [15]
Buddy Moss
guitar [12.15-16, 9.12-13, 9.17], harmonica [12.8-10, 9.3], lead vocals [15], vocal [9.12-13, 9.17, 12.15-16]
Bukka White
guitar [5.17, 8.16-17, 13.13], lead vocals [8.16-17, 5.17, 13.13], vocal [5.17, 8.16-17, 13.13]
Bull City Red
washboard [15, 20]
Carroll Hubbard
fiddle [20.8-9, 19.24]
Casey Bill Weldon
slide guitar [14], steel guitar [13.8, 8.12, 7.13, 9.9], vocal [8.12, 7.13, 13.8, 9.9]
Charley Patton
guitar [5.8, 13.7, 3.5, 8.9], vocal [3.5, 8.9, 5.8, 13.7]
Charlie Burse
guitar [12.3-4, 12.6-7, 14.8], vocal [4, 6-7]
Charlie Pierce
violin [12.3-4, 14.8]
Charlie Poole
banjo [1.1, 19.3-4, 19.20], vocal [1.1, 19.3-4, 19.20]
Charlie Spand
piano [17], vocal [17]
Chick Hurt
mandolin [1-2], vocal [2]
Chris Bouchillon
spoken vocals [18]
Clarence Ashley
guitar [11], vocal [11]
Clarence Greene
guitar [1.21, 19.9], vocal [1.21, 19.9]
Clayton McMichen
guitar [3], vocal [3]
Cliff Carlisle
guitar [19.13-15, 20.11-12], vocal [19.13-15, 20.11-12]
Cliff Hobbs
guitar [13-14], vocal [13-14]
Clifford Breaux, Sr.
guitar [10-13, 20-23]
Cléoma Falcon
guitar [1-2, 14-17], vocal [14-17]
Cooney Vaughn
piano [1-2, 17-18]
Coot Grant
vocal [17-18]
Curley Weaver
guitar [7.5-6, 9.3, 9.13, 9.17, 12.8-10], vocal [7.6, 12.9-10]
Dan Fitch
vocal [3]
Dennis McGee
fiddle [3-6, 18-19]
Dewey Segura
accordion [7-9], vocal [7-9]
Didier Hébert
guitar [7-9]
Don Law
producer [5.13, 8.15]
Douglas Fernell
piano [3]
Eddie Lang
guitar [7.1-3, 7.14, 15.3]
Emmett Miller
vocal [3]
Esther Koehler
mandolin [17]
Ethel Bouchillon
spoken vocals [18]
Evelyn Lange
performer [17]
Frank Driggs
producer [5.20, 8.19]
Frank Hutchison
guitar [1-2, 21-22], spoken vocals [1], vocal [2, 21-22]
Fred Longshaw
harmonium [1]
Fred McMullen
guitar [12.8, 9.3], vocal [8]
Fred Williams
membranophone [15.9, 15.15, 6.16]
George Barnes
electric guitar [6.16, 15.12]
Georgia Bill
guitar [5], vocal [5]
Gwen Foster
harmonica [11]
Helen Humes
vocal [10-11]
Homer Callahan
guitar [5-7], vocal [5-7]
J. T. “Funny Paper” Smith
guitar [21]
Jab Jones
jug [14.8, 12.4], piano [3-4], vocal [3]
Jack Anglin
guitar [16], vocal [16]
Jack Taylor
double bass [1-2], vocal [2]
James Clark
piano [18]
James Clell Summey
resonator guitar [12]
Jazz Gillum
harmonica [3.29, 6.18], lead vocals [6.18, 3.29]
Jess Easterday
guitar [12]
Jesse Ferguson
violin [10]
Jim Anglin
double bass [16], vocal [16]
Jimmie Tarlton
slide guitar [6-7], vocal [7]
Jimmy Dorsey
alto saxophone [3], clarinet [3]
Joe Falcon
accordion [14-15, 17], vocal [14-15]
John Hammond
producer [8.19, 5.20]
Jordan Webb
harmonica [20]
Josh White
guitar [5.10, 7.16-17], vocal [7.16-17, 5.10]
Joshua Altheimer
piano [9]
Kansas Joe McCoy
guitar [15.13, 12.11-14], vocal [15.13, 12.11-14]
Kenneth Goldstein
producer [8]
Kid Spoons
spoons [11]
Kitty Gray
piano [13]
Lake Howard
guitar [5]
Larry Hensley
guitar [4], vocal [4]
Laura Dukes
mandolin [3-4]
Lawrence "Judge" Riley
drums (drum set) [4.20, 5.18]
Lead Belly
guitar [11], vocal [11]
Lee Allen
guitar [17-18], kazoo [18], vocal [17]
Leo McConville
trumpet [3]
Leon Huff
guitar [20.8-9, 19.24], vocal [19.24, 20.8-9]
Leonard Copeland
guitar [23]
Leroy Batchelor
double bass [19]
Leroy Carr
piano [9], vocal [9]
Lily May Ledford
fiddle [17]
Little Son Joe
guitar [13.15, 5.16, 6.11, 15.15, 4.10], vocal [10]
Lonnie Austin
fiddle [20]
Lonnie Chatmon
violin [2.13, 2.18, 14.4, 16.15-16]
Lonnie Johnson
acoustic guitar [17], guitar [7.1-3, 7.14, 7.19-20, 5.7], lead vocals [7], vocal [20]
Louis Armstrong
cornet [1]
Memphis Minnie
guitar [15.15, 14.3, 4.10, 13.15, 5.16], vocal [14.3, 13.15, 5.16, 15.15]
Memphis Slim
piano [12.19, 7.12], vocal [19]
Memphis Willie B.
guitar [1]
Mike O'Daniel
fiddle [19.24, 20.8-9]
Mississippi John Hurt
guitar [13.4, 5.3, 1.24], vocal [13.4, 5.3, 1.24]
Muddy Waters
guitar [18], vocal [18]
Muggsy Spanier
cornet [24]
Nellie Florence
vocal [6]
Norman Woodlieff
guitar [10]
Odell Smith
fiddle [4, 10]
Ophy Breaux
fiddle [1-2, 10-13, 17, 20-23]
Oscar “Buddy” Woods
guitar [13-14], vocal [13-14]
Papa Too Sweet
vocal [18]
Pat O'Daniel
banjo [19.24, 20.8-9]
Peetie Wheatstraw
guitar [23], lead vocals [23], piano [14], vocal [14]
Pete Martinez
guitar [16-17], vocal [16-17]
Pink Anderson
guitar [4], vocal [4]
Porter Grainger
piano [17]
Posey Rorer
fiddle [19.3, 1.1]
Punch Miller
lead vocals [16]
Ramblin' Red Lowery
guitar [15], vocal [15]
Ransom Knowling
bass [5.18, 7.12], double bass [4.20, 15.13, 12.11-14]
Red Anglin
guitar [16], vocal [16]
Red Jones
double bass [12]
Rev. J.M. Gates
vocal [5]
Rev. W.M. Mosley
vocal [22]
Reverend Gary Davis
guitar [10], vocal [10]
Riley Puckett
guitar [8], spoken vocals [8]
Robert Burse
cowbell [4], percussion [14.8, 12.3], washboard [4], wood block [4]
Robert Johnson
guitar [5.13, 8.15], vocal [8.15, 5.13]
Robert Nighthawk
harmonica [12.11-14, 15.13]
Robert Wilkins
guitar [11], vocal [11]
Robert Young
washboard [15]
Roland Cauley
fiddle [5]
Roosevelt Sykes
guitar [17], lead vocals [7], piano [7]
Rosie Ledford
guitar [17]
Roy Acuff
vocal [12]
Roy Harvey
guitar [1.1, 19.3-4, 19.20, 19.23]
Roy Hobbs
mandolin [5]
Rudolph Thompson
jug [10]
Rudy van Gelder
engineer [8]
Ruth Day
vocal [6]
Ruth Willis
vocal [6]
S.W. Smith
guitar [19]
Salty Holmes
guitar [1-2], jug [1], vocal [2]
Sam Collins
guitar [2], vocal [2]
Sam Montgomery
guitar [4-5], vocal [4-5]
Scrapper Blackwell
guitar [9]
Sister O.M. Terrell
guitar [18], vocal [18]
Son Becky
piano [5], vocal [5]
Son House
guitar [19], lead vocals [8.19, 5.20], steel guitar [5.20, 8.19], vocal [19]
Sonny Boy Williamson
additional [20], harmonica [20]
Sonny Terry
harmonica [20], vocal [20]
Stan King
drums (drum set) [3]
Sylvester Weaver
banjo [7], guitar [7.4, 7.8, 9.10-11, 9.16, 8.1, 8.5, 8.7], vocal [8]
Tampa Red
guitar [7.18, 6.5, 8.8, 9.7, 9.7-8, 9.8, 9.14-15, 9.18-20, 9.20], solo [7.18, 9.8], vocal [6.5, 8.8, 9.7, 9.7-8, 9.14-15, 9.19-20, 9.20]
Tex Atchison
fiddle [1-2], vocal [2]
Thomas A. Dorsey
piano [8.8, 9.7, 9.7-8, 9.14-15, 9.18], vocal [7, 14-15]
Tom Darby
guitar [6-7], vocal [6-7]
Tommy Dorsey
trombone [3]
T‐Bone Walker
guitar [3], vocal [3]
Uaroy Graves
tambourine [1-2, 17-18]
Uris Bouchillon
guitar [18]
Valentin Martinez
guitar [16-17]
Vincent Liebler
recording [5.13, 8.15]
W.T. Narmour
fiddle [19]
Wallace Griffin
double bass [20.8-9, 19.24]
Walter Beasley
guitar [8]
Walter Beasley
guitar [9.16, 8.1, 8.5], lead vocals [16], slide guitar [10-11, 16], vocal [16]
Walter Callahan
guitar [5], vocal [5]
Walter Jacobs
guitar [2.13, 2.18, 14.4, 16.15-16], vocal [16.15-16, 2.13]
Walter Roland
piano [5.10, 7.17]
Walter Smith
vocal [10]
Washboard Sam
washboard [6.18, 8.16-17, 3.29, 13.13, 5.17, 12.19-20]
Washington Phillips
dolceola [3-4, 13], lead vocals [11.3-4, 11.13-14, 1.11], vocal [11.3-4, 11.13-14, 1.11], zither [11.14, 1.11]
Wesley Wilson
piano [17-18], vocal [17-18]
Whistler
guitar [10], nose whistle [10], vocal [10]
Whistlin’ Alex Moore
piano [12], vocal [12]
Whitey McPherson
vocal [24]
Wilbur Ball
guitar [13-14]
Will Shade
guitar [12.4, 14.8], harmonica [3-4, 4], other vocals [8]
William "Curly" Perrin
guitar [20.8-9, 19.24]
Willie B. Harris
vocal [5.4, 11.2]
Willie Black
tenor banjo [10]
Yas Yas Girl
lead vocals [15.12, 6.16]
[unknown]
alto saxophone [6-7], bass [15.12, 8.18], double bass [13.8, 12.6-7, 8.13-14], guitar [8.13-14, 8.18, 7.13, 12.5, 12.20, 9.12], harmonica [16, 19], kazoo [18], membranophone [12.6-7, 7.13], other vocals [18], piano [8.14, 12.6-7], spoken vocals [15], vocal [1.5, 7.9], washboard [5, 16]
“Baby Face” Leroy Foster
guitar [18]
“Papa” Charlie McCoy
mandolin [12.11-14, 15.13, 8.12]

Issues

R
(Combined release view)
R
Roots & Blues
20x CD
2014