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Named after the rough and ready bars where labourers gathered to drink and dance, barrelhouse was a raucous form of piano blues that got juke joints swinging. From early pioneers such as Cow Cow Davenport and Speckled Red to the boogie-woogie legends Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons, this collection charts the rise and incredible influence of this good-time blues.
Tracklist
A1 Speckled Red– The Dirty Dozen 3:11
A2 Jimmy Yancey– Slow And Easy Blues 2:32
A3 Cripple Clarence Lofton– Strut That Thing 2:56
A4 Will Ezell– Heifer Dust 2:57
A5 Walter Roland– Watcha Gonna Do? 2:57
A6 Skip James– If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road 2:52
B1 Victoria Spivey– Hoodoo Man Blues 2:36
B2 Cow Cow Davenport– Cow Cow Blues 3:08
B3 Clarence "Pinetop" Smith– Pinetop's Boogie Woogie 3:10
B4 Meade Lux Lewis– Honky Tonk Train Blues 2:58
B5 Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons– Barrelhouse Boogie 3:01
B6 Montana Taylor– Detroit Rocks 3:19
B7 Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell– Barrelhouse Woman No.2 2:39