Vaudeville Blues

Compilation by Various Artists

Released 2012

Tracklist

  • CD 1: I Need‐A‐Plenty Grease in My Frying Pan
  • 1
    I Want Plenty Grease in My Frying Pan
    Margaret Carter
    2:45
  • 2
    Come Get Me Papa, Before I Faint
    Margaret Carter
    2:50
  • 3
    Mama, Papa Don’t Wanna Come Home
    Margaret Johnson
    3:18
  • 4
    Who’ll Chop Your Suey
    Margaret Johnson
    3:25
  • 5
    Crazy Blues
    Mamie Smith
    3:28
  • 6
    Snatch It Back Blues
    Walter “Buddy Boy” Hawkins
    3:04
  • 7
    Twe Twa Twa Blues
    Ora Brown
    2:56
  • 8
    Memphis Tennessee
    Ethel Ridley
    3:09
  • 9
    You’ve Got Something to Save That Thing
    Joe Davenport and His Beale Street Jug Band
    3:13
  • 10
    Save Me Some
    Big Bill Broonzy & Memphis Slim
    2:50
  • 11
    Conversation With the Blues
    Big Bill Broonzy & Memphis Slim
    2:36
  • 12
    Kind Stella Blues
    Lucille Bogan
    2:43
  • 13
    Chirpin’ the Blues
    Lucille Bogan
    2:45
  • 14
    Chirping the Blues
    Alberta Hunter
    3:06
  • 15
    Pea Vine Blues
    Charley Patton
    3:05
  • 16
    Magnolia Blues
    Charley Patton
    3:04
  • 17
    Chirpin’ the Blues
    Viola McCoy
    3:05
  • 18
    Sorrowful Blues
    Bessie Smith
    3:22
  • 19
    Nineteen Women Blues
    Charlie Manson
    3:07
  • 20
    Fare Thee Honey Blues
    Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds
    2:45
  • 21
    Walkin’ Blues
    Robert Johnson
    2:31
    3.0 ★
  • 22
    Goodbye Rider
    Ida May Mack
    3:07
  • 23
    My Gal’s Done Quit Me
    Luke Jordan
    3:01
  • 24
    Frisco Blues
    Luella Miller
    2:50
  • 25
    He’s a Darn Good Man
    Alberta Hunter
    2:55
  • 26
    Future Blues
    Willie Brown
    3:01
    5.0 ★
  • CD 2: The Mule Laid Down and Died
  • 1
    Don’t Take Away Those Blues
    Flo Bert
    3:29
  • 2
    Good Man Sam
    Julia Moody
    3:18
  • 3
    Rolling Stone — Part 1
    Robert Wilkins
    2:54
  • 4
    ’Taint Nobody’s Biz‐Iness If I Do
    Anna Meyers & The Original Memphis Five
    3:09
  • 5
    Nobody’s Dirty Business
    Mississippi John Hurt
    2:55
  • 6
    It’s Nobody’s Dirty Business but My Own
    Bert Williams
    2:49
  • 7
    The Penetrating Blues
    Martha Copeland
    3:25
  • 8
    Grievous Blues
    Fannie May Goosby
    3:13
  • 9
    Broke Down Engine Blues
    Blind Willie McTell
    3:08
  • 10
    Uncle Bud (Bugle Blues)
    Leona Williams
    3:11
  • 11
    Uncle Bud (Dog‐Gone Him)
    Tampa Red
    2:41
  • 12
    Penitentiary Moan Blues
    Alger “Texas” Alexander
    3:08
  • 13
    Kansas City Man Blues
    Mamie Smith and The Harlem Trio
    3:21
  • 14
    Kansas City Man Blues
    Clara Smith
    3:25
  • 15
    Levee Camp Moan Blues
    Alger “Texas” Alexander
    3:09
    5.0 ★
  • 16
    I’m All Out and Down
    Lead Belly
    5:24
  • 17
    I Got a Mule to Ride
    Edna Winston
    3:14
  • 18
    The Mule Laid Down and Died
    Kokomo Arnold
    2:55
    4.0 ★
  • 19
    For Sale (Hannah Johnson’s Jack‐Ass)
    Clara Smith
    3:03
  • 20
    Low Land Blues
    Bertha “Chippie” Hill
    2:50
  • 21
    Jealous Hearted Blues
    Charley Lincoln
    3:38
  • 22
    Jealous Hearted Blues
    ‘Ma’ Rainey & Her Georgia Jazz Band
    3:13
  • 23
    The Wicked Fives Blues
    Lena Wilson & The Jazz Masters
    3:00
  • 24
    Strut Miss Lizzie
    Mary Stafford & Her Jazz Band
    2:41
  • 25
    Vamps of ‘28’
    Whistler and His Jug Band
    2:46
    5.0 ★
  • CD 3: A Woman Gets Tired of One Man All the Time
  • 1
    Salty Dog Blues
    Papa Charlie Jackson
    3:07
  • 2
    Salty Dog Blues
    Clara Smith
    3:26
  • 3
    Salty Dog Blues
    Kokomo Arnold
    2:50
    5.0 ★
  • 4
    Mister Man Part 2
    Papa Charlie Jackson
    2:46
  • 5
    Spread Yo’ Stuff
    Daisy Martin & Five Jazz Bell Hops
    2:51
  • 6
    Black Gypsy Blues
    Furry Lewis
    2:50
  • 7
    Eagle Rock Me Papa
    Sara Martin & Clarence Williams Blue Five
    2:51
  • 8
    Sally Long Blues
    Virginia Liston
    3:01
  • 9
    If You Don’t Believe I Love You
    Essie Whitman & The Jazz Masters
    2:57
  • 10
    Bull‐Doze Blues
    Henry Thomas
    3:26
    5.0 ★
  • 11
    Trouble Hearted Blues
    Ishmon Bracey
    3:24
  • 12
    Stealin’ Stealin’
    Memphis Jug Band
    2:58
  • 13
    Squawkin’ the Blues
    Edna Hicks
    3:12
  • 14
    Hard Luck Blues
    Edna Hicks & Porter Grainger’s Sawin’ Three
    2:45
  • 15
    Drop Down Mama
    Sleepy John Estes
    3:11
    5.0 ★
  • 16
    Gulf Coast Blues
    Monette Moore
    3:07
  • 17
    Poor Me Blues
    Edna Hicks & Porter Grainger’s Sawin’ Three
    3:14
  • 18
    Cryin’ Blues
    Hound Head Henry
    3:01
  • 19
    Poor Me
    Charley Patton
    3:00
  • 20
    M & O Blues No. 3 (My Baby Called the Police)
    Walter Davis
    2:50
  • 21
    Booze & Blues
    ‘Ma’ Rainey & Her Georgia Jazz Band
    3:11
  • 22
    Tom Rushen Blues
    Charley Patton
    3:08
  • 23
    A Woman Gets Tired of One Man All the Time
    George Williams
    3:08
  • 24
    A Woman Gets Tired of One Man All the Time
    Stovepipe No. 1
    3:15
  • 25
    Blues Ain’t Nothin’ Else
    Ida Cox with Lovie Austin & Her Blue Serenaders
    3:13
  • 26
    Preachin’ Blues
    Robert Johnson
    2:52
  • CD 4: How Come You Do Me Like You Do
  • 1
    Haven’t Seen No Whiskey
    “Jackson” Joe Williams
    3:27
  • 2
    Mean Old Master Blues
    Bessie Tucker
    3:06
  • 3
    Stingaree Blues (A Down Home Blues)
    Esther Bigeou
    3:04
  • 4
    Waco Texas Blues
    Mary H. Bradford
    2:48
  • 5
    Hey Lawdy Mama – The France Blues
    Papa Harvey Hull
    3:02
  • 6
    Find Me at the Greasy Spoon
    Grant & Wilson
    3:00
  • 7
    Scoop It
    Grant & Wilson
    2:45
  • 8
    Mama Let Me Scoop for You
    Blind Willie McTell
    3:09
  • 9
    Bow Legged Papa
    Butterbeans & Susie
    3:09
  • 10
    How Can I Miss You When I’ve Got Dead Aim
    Ida Cox with Lovie Austin & Her Blue Serenaders
    2:43
  • 11
    Railroad Bill
    Will Bennett
    2:59
  • 12
    Hard Headed Mama
    Martha Copeland
    3:07
  • 13
    ‘Git’ Going
    Viola McCoy
    2:40
  • 14
    He May Be Your Man (but He Comes to See Me Sometimes)
    Lucille Hegamin and Her Blue Flame Syncopators
    3:11
  • 15
    Devil in the Lion’s Den
    Sam Collins
    2:44
  • 16
    Uncle Sam Blues
    Edna Hicks
    2:58
  • 17
    Everybody Mess Around
    Alberta Hunter
    3:20
  • 18
    Twistin’ Your Stuff
    Barbecue Bob
    3:13
    5.0 ★
  • 19
    Don’t Shake It Nomore
    Trixie Smith
    3:03
  • 20
    Fourth Street Mess Around
    Memphis Jug Band
    3:19
    5.0 ★
  • 21
    How Come You Do Me Like You Do
    Rosa Henderson
    3:18
  • 22
    Beat Your Doing It
    Clifford Gibson
    3:11
    5.0 ★
  • 23
    Slow Up Papa
    Viola McCoy
    2:27
  • 24
    Honey You’re Going Too Fast
    Barbecue Bob
    3:03
  • 25
    Penitentiary Bound Blues
    Rosa Henderson
    2:59
  • 26
    Death Cell Blues
    Blind Willie McTell
    3:09

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