Contents
Goin' down the river (Mississippi Fred McDowell, Fanny Davis, Miles Pratcher)Rolled and tumbled (Rosalie Hill)
Cherry ball blues (Jack Owens & Bud Spires)
Dust my broom (Howlin' Wolf, Hubert Sumlin, Eddie Shaw)
Boogie children (Boy Blue, Joe Lee, Darnel Walker)
Stagolee (Lucious Curtis & Willie Ford)
Stop all the buses (Cecil Augusta)
Worried life blues (David "Honeyboy" Edwards)
The pony blues (Son House)
Tangle Eye blues (Walter "Tangle Eye" Jackson)
Trouble so hard (Vera Ward Hall & Dock Reed)
Worried blues (Sonny Terry)
Beggin' the blues (Bessie Jones)
John Henry (Gabriel Brown)
Country blues (Dock Boggs)
Cherry ball blues (Skip James)
I hate a man like you (Jelly Roll Morton)
Roll 'em (Pete Johnson)
Kokomo (the Memphis Jug Band)
Life is like that (Memphis Slim, Sonny Boy Williamson, Big Bill Broonzy)
I could hear my name a ringin' (Sonny Boy Williamson, Memphis Slim, Big Bill Broonzy)
Dimples in your jaws (Joe Lee, Boy Blue, Darnel Walker)
Catfish blues (Jack Owens & Bud Spires)
Kill-it-kid rag (Blind Willie McTell)
Your gonna need my help (Elinor Boyer)
The Army blues (David "Honeyboy" Edwards)
Blues de la prison (Canray Fontenot & Bois Sec Ardoin)
I been drinkin' (Vera Ward Hall)
I been a bad, bad girl (Ozella Jones)
I be's troubled (Muddy Waters)
Boogie instrumental (R.L. Burnside)
Blind Lemon blues (Lead Belly)
Sweet patootie blues (Albert Ammons)
The last time (Sam Chatmon)
Shorty George (Smith Casey)
Desert blues (Hattie Ellis & Cowboy Jack Ramsey)
Joe Turner (Ed Young & Hobart Smith)
Joe Turner (Miles & Bob Pratcher)
Joe Turner (Big Bill Broonzy)
See that my grave is kept clean (Hobart Smith)
How long blues (Lead Belly, Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee).
Additional Information
| Subjects |
Blues (Music)
|
| Publisher | Cambridge, Mass. :Rounder Select,2003 |
| Other Titles | Blues songbook |
| Contributors |
Lomax, Alan,
1915-2002. |
| Participants/Performers |
Various performers. |
| Language |
English |
| Notes |
Some selections previously unreleased. Compact disc. Program notes by John Cowley and David Evans, and bibliography ([40] p. : ill., ports.) inserted in container. |
| System Details |
Compact discs. |
| Description |
2 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |