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10 CD's of essential blues!
Tracklist
Raw'n'Rural Blues
1-1 Robert Johnson– I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
1-2 Robert Johnson– Sweet Home Chicago
1-3 Bukka White– Fixin' To Die Blues
1-4 Bukka White– Parchman Farm Blues
1-5 Son House– Walking Blues
1-6 Son House– Low Down Dirty Dog Blues
1-7 Robert Johnson– Love In Vain
1-8 Robert Johnson– Come On In My Kitchen
1-9 Blind Lemon Jefferson– Match Box Blues
1-10 Blind Lemon Jefferson– Rabbit Foot Blues
1-11 Robert Johnson– Cross Road Blues
1-12 Robert Johnson– Hellhound On My Trail
1-13 Robert Johnson– Terraplane Blues
1-14 Blind Willie Johnson– Jesus Make Up My Dying
1-15 Blind Willie Johnson– Dark Was The Night (Cold Was The Ground)
Blues Unplugged
2-1 Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee– Cross Road Blues
2-2 Memphis Minnie– Me And My Chauffeur Blues
2-3 Memphis Minnie– My Butcher Man
2-4 Sonny Terry– Whooping The Blues
2-5 J.B. Lenoir– Einsenhower Blues
2-6 J.B. Lenoir– Natural Man
2-7 Josh White– Free An Equal Blues
2-8 Josh White– He Never Said A Mumblin' Word
2-9 Josh White– Hard Times Blues
2-10 Tommy Johnson– Canned Heat Blues
2-11 Leadbelly– Midnight Special
2-12 Leadbelly– Rock Island Line
2-13 Sonny Terry– Hootin' Blues
2-14 Josh White– Defense Factory Blues
2-15 Josh White– Lonesome Road
Keystone Kops The Blues
3-1 Louis Armstrong– Dallas Blues
3-2 Louis Armstrong– St. Louis Blues
3-3 Lonnie Johnson (2)– Racketeers Blues
3-4 Blind Blake– Diddie Wa Diddie
3-5 Mississippi John Hurt– Stack O'Lee
3-6 Mississippi John Hurt– Candy Man Blues
3-7 Connee Boswell*– Mama Don't Allow
3-8 Blind Boy Fuller– Truckin' My Blues Away
3-9 Blind Willie McTell– Stateboro Blues
3-10 Skip James– I'm So Glad
3-11 Furry Lewis– Kassie Jones Pt. 1
3-12 Furry Lewis– Falling Down Blues
3-13 Charley Patton– Revenue Man Blues
3-14 Ma Rainey– Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
3-15 Ma Rainey– C.C. Ryder
Girls Got The Blues
4-1 Billie Holiday– Long Gone Blues
4-2 Billie Holiday– I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
4-3 Alberta Hunter– Downhearted Blues
4-4 Bertha "Chippie" Hill– Trouble In Mind
4-5 Bessie Smith– Gimme A Pigfoot
4-6 Bessie Smith– Nobody Knows You (When You're Down And Out)
4-7 Victoria Spivey– Garter Snake Blues
4-8 Ida Cox– Any Woman's Blues
4-9 Bessie Smith– Young Woman Blues
4-10 Bessie Smith– St. Louis Blues
4-11 Clara Smith– Jelly Look What You Done Done
4-12 Clara Smith– Gin Mill Blues
4-13 Sippie Wallace– I'm A Mighty Tight Woman
4-14 Trixie Smith– Freight Train Blues
4-15 Billie Holiday– Billie's Blues (I Love My Man)
Blues'n'Boogie
5-1 Pete Johnson With Joe Turner*– Roll'em Pete
5-2 Albert Ammons– Boogie Woogie Blues
5-3 Albert Ammons– Shout For Joy
5-4 Lucille Bogan– Baking Powder Blues
5-5 Big Joe Turner– Shake, Rattle And Roll
5-6 Big Joe Turner– Flip Flop And Fly
5-7 Louis Jordan– Caldonia
5-8 Louis Jordan– Choo Choo Ch' Boogie
5-9 Amos Milburn– Chicken Shack Boogie
5-10 Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith*– Guitar Boogie
5-11 T-Bone Walker– T-Bone Shuffle
5-12 Tiny Bradshaw– Train Kept A-Rollin'
5-13 Tiny Bradshaw– Take The Hands Off The Clock
5-14 Lil Green– Romance In The Dark
5-15 Otis Spann– It Must Have Been The Devil
Rock 'n' Roll Blues
6-1 Big Mama Thornton– Hound Dog
6-2 Cecil Gant– We're Gonna Rock
6-3 Stick McGhee– Drinkin' Wine Spo-De-O-Dee
6-4 Little Junior's Blue Flames– Mystery Train
6-5 Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup– That's Allright Mama
6-6 Smiley Lewis– I Hear You Knockin'
6-7 Fats Domino– The Fat Man
6-8 Ike Turner Featuring Jackie Brenston– Rocket 88
6-9 Lloyd Price– Lawdy Miss Clawdy
6-10 Etta James– Roll With Me Henry
6-11 Roy Brown– Let The Four Winds Blow
6-12 Wynonie Harris– All She Wants To Do Is Rock
6-13 Jimmy Preston– Rock The Joint
6-14 Ruth Brown– 5 10 15 Hours
6-15 Ernest Tubb– Walking The Floor Over You
variousJazz Me Blues
7-1 Count Basie– Blues In The Dark
7-2 Duke Ellington– The "C" Jam Blues
7-3 Charlie Parker– Cool Blues
7-4 Illinois Jacquet– Illinois Goes To Chicago
7-5 Lester Young– Jump Lester Jump
7-6 Roy Milton & His Solid Senders– R.M. Blues
7-7 Big Jay McNeely– The Deacon's Hop
7-8 Count Basie– Swinging The Blues
7-9 Dinah Shore With Leonard Joy's Orchestra*– Blues In The Night
7-10 Ethel Waters– Frankie And Johnny
7-11 Jimmy Rushing– Jimmy's Round The Clock Blues
7-12 Albinia Jones– Evil Gal Blues
7-13 Helen Humes– Airplane Blues
7-14 Tommy Brown (2)– V8 Baby
7-15 Mildred Bailey– Me And The Blues
Blues To The Harp
8-1 Sonny Boy Williamson I*– Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
8-2 Sonny Boy Williamson I*– Shake The Boogie
8-3 Walter Horton– Easy
8-4 Big Joe Williams– Baby Please Don't Go
8-5 Bill "Jazz" Gillum*– I Want You By My Side
8-6 Coy 'Hot Shot' Love*– Wolf Call Boogie
8-7 Doctor Ross– Come Back Baby
8-8 Little Walter– Juke
8-9 Little Walter– My Babe
8-10 Buddy Guy & Junior Wells– Hoodoo Man
8-11 Otis Spann– Standing Around Crying
8-12 Sonny Boy Williamson II*– Keep It To Yourself
8-13 Sonny Boy Williamson II*– Don't Start Me Talkin'
8-14 Jimmy Reed– Honest I Do
8-15 Junior Wells With Muddy Waters– Mannish Boy
Blues In The City
9-1 Muddy Waters– Rollin' Stone
9-2 Muddy Waters– Hoochie Coochie Man
9-3 John Lee Hooker– Dimples
9-4 John Lee Hooker– Goin' Home Blues
9-5 Otis Rush– All Your Love (I Miss Loving)
9-6 Howlin' Wolf– Smokestack Lightning
9-7 Howlin' Wolf– How Many More Years
9-8 Big Maceo– Worried Life Blues
9-9 Lowell Fulson– Reconsiderer Baby
9-10 Earl Hooker– Blue Guitar
9-11 Elmore James– Dust My Broom
9-12 Elmore James– Whose Muddy Shoes
9-13 Billy Boy Arnold– I Was Fooled
9-14 Lightnin' Hopkins– Life I Used To Live
9-15 Alberta Hunter– Nobody Knows The Way I Feel Dis Morning
Big Bad Blues
10-1 Josh White– Trouble
10-2 James Cotton With Muddy Waters– Rock Me Mama
10-3 T Bone Burnett*– Stormy Monday
10-4 B.B. King– Woke Up This Morning
10-5 B.B. King– She's Dynamite
10-6 Bobby Parker (2)– Blues Get Off My Shoulder
10-7 Jimmy Reed– Ain't That Lovin' You Baby
10-8 B.B. King– Three O'clock Blues
10-9 Papa Lightfoot– Wine Women Whisky
10-10 Slim Harpo– I'm A King Bee
10-11 Lee Wiley– Touch Of The Blues
10-12 Lil Green– Why Don't You Do Right?
10-13 Billy Wright– Hey Little Girl
10-14 Buddy Guy– This Is The End
10-15 Screaming Jay Hawkins*– I Put A Spell On You