Roots of the Blues
Compilation by Various Artists
Released 17 September 2002
Tracklist
- CD 1: Folk Blues
- 1San Francisco Bay BluesJesse Fuller2:51
- 2See See RiderThe Chambers Brothers3:12
- 3Statesboro BluesJohn Hammond3:41
- 4Freight TrainElizabeth Cotten4:00
- 5CocainDave Van Ronk3:49
- 6You’re Gonna Need Somebody on Your BondBuffy Sainte‐Marie2:55
- 7Traveling Blues"Spider" John Koerner4:47
- 8Blue Yodel No.4Bill Monroe2:45
- 9Richland WomanJim Kweskin & The Jug Band feat. Maria Muldaur4:22
- 10ChevroletJim Kweskin & The Jug Band feat. Geoff & Maria Muldaur3:55
- 11Milk Cow BluesSam & Kirk McGee2:34
- 12I Don’t Need No WhiskeyTony Glover4:33
- 131:51
- 14Grizzly BearEric Von Schmidt4:37
- 15Keep On Truckin’ MamaMance Lipscomb1:36
- CD 2: Delta & Country Blues
- 1Candy ManMississippi John Hurt2:58
- 2You Got to MoveReverend Gary Davis5:53
- 3I’m So GladSkip James1:56
- 4Empire State ExpressSon House3:54
- 5Aberdeen Mississippi BluesBukka White4:49
- 6If the River Was WhiskeyMississippi Fred McDowell2:37
- 7I Can’t Be SatisfiedMuddy Waters2:57
- 82:17
- 9Key to the HighwaySonny Terry & Brownie McGhee3:41
- 10Clean Up at HomeSleepy John Estes3:03
- 11FreddieMance Lipscomb1:54
- 12How LongMemphis Slim3:03
- 13Midnight BoogieRobert Pete Williams3:29
- 14Five Long YearsEddie Boyd & Willie Dixon2:26
- 15Devil Got My WomanSkip James5:12
- CD 3: Urban Blues
- 1Messin’ With the KidJunior Wells2:24
- 2I Can’t Quit You BabyOtis Rush3:18
- 3Going AheadJ.B. Hutto & the Hawks2:07
- 4MarieOtis Spann2:32
- 5Rocket 88James Cotton2:06
- 6Dust My BroomHomesick James and His Dusters3:20
- 7One More TimeJohnny Young’s South Side Blues Band2:30
- 8If I Get LuckyThe Johnny Shines Blues Band3:27
- 9One Room Country ShackBuddy Guy5:38
- 10Blow Wind BlowMuddy Waters with Otis Spann3:12
- 11Baby Please Don’t GoLightnin’ Hopkins2:41
- 12Blues With a FeelingThe Paul Butterfield Blues Band4:224.0 ★
- 13JukeCharlie Musselwhite3:58
- 14Ball and ChainBig Mama Thornton6:53
- 15Boom BoomJohn Lee Hooker3:01
Release credits
- guitar [1]
- guitar [12]
- membranophone [1]
- bass [1]
- guitar [5]
- harmonica [5], vocal [5]
- bass [12]
- harmonica [1], vocal [1]
- piano [12]
- guitar [12]
- guitar [1], vocal [1]
- piano [4-5], vocal [4]
- harmonica [12], vocal [12]
- drums (drum set) [4]
- membranophone [5]
- membranophone [12]
- guitar [3, 15], vocal [3, 15]
Issues
- R3x CD17 September 2002