Resentment and despair leavened with wit and humor... isn't that the blues? It is here as you encounter 103 tracks that vent even as they entertain with dazzling musicianship: "Last Fair Deal Gone Down" Robert Johnson, "Jailbird Love Song" Mississippi Sheiks, "Trouble and Whiskey" Roosevelt Sykes, "I'm Goin' Home" Charley Patton, "Highway 51 Blues" Curtis Jones, "I'm All Out and Down" Lead Belly, "Jim Crow Blues" Cow Cow Davenport, "Am I Right or Wrong" Son House, "No Place to Go" Walter Davis, "Broken Levee Blues" Lonnie Johnson, "Workhouse Blues" Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell, "Washwoman Blues" Bessie Smith, "Sud Bustin' Blues" Sippie Wallace, "Sarah Jane" Jazz Gillum, "Dynamite Blues" Blind Lemon Jefferson, "Life Is Just a Book" Washboard Sam and more! JSP.
Disc: 1
| 1 |
Jail Bird Love Song: Mississippi Sheiks |
| 2 |
No Job Blues: Ramblin Thomas |
| 3 |
Down in the Bottom Where I Stay: Ozie McPherson |
| 4 |
Gut Struggle: Wilmer Davis |
| 5 |
Trouble and Whiskey: Roosevelt Sykes |
| 6 |
Raise R-U-K-U-S Tonight: Norfolk Jubilee Singers |
| 7 |
Raise a R-U-K-U-S Tonight: Birmingham Jubilee Singers |
| 8 |
Landladys Footsteps: Madlyn Davis |
| 9 |
Get on Board: Clara Smith |
| 10 |
Im Goin Home: Charley Patton |
| 11 |
Old Rattler: Mose Clear Rock Platt & James Iron Head Baker |
| 12 |
Aint No More Cane on This Brazos: Ernest Williams, James Iron Head Baker & Convict Group |
| 13 |
The Prisoners Blues: Sara Martin |
| 14 |
Penitentiary Bound Blues: Rosa Henderson |
| 15 |
Wash and Iron Woman Blues: Gene Campbell |
| 16 |
Ive Got the Blues But Im Just Too Mean to Cry: Dorothy Dodd |
| 17 |
Rising River Blues: George Carter |
| 18 |
Song from a Cotton Field: Bessie Brown |
| 19 |
They Aint Walking No More: Lucille Bogan |
| 20 |
Long John: Washington (Lightnin) |
| 21 |
Another Man Done Gone: Vera Hall |
| 22 |
Black Evil Blues: Alice Moore |
| 23 |
Richmond Blues - TK 1: Julius Daniels |
| 24 |
Bessies Moan: Bessie Tucker |
| 25 |
Rock Pile Blues: Sylvester Weaver |
| 26 |
Highway 51 Blues: Curtis Jones |
Disc: 2
| 1 |
Down the Dirt Road Blues: Charley Patton |
| 2 |
Po Moaners Got a Home at Last: Fisk Jubilee Singers |
| 3 |
That White Mule of Sin: John Byrd |
| 4 |
Youve Got to Recognise Me: Charles Tyus |
| 5 |
Im All Out and Down: Leadbelly |
| 6 |
Prison Cell Blues: Blind Lemon Jefferson |
| 7 |
Moaning Blues: Moanin Bernice Edwards |
| 8 |
On Our Turpentine Farm: Pigmeat Pete & Catjuice Charlie |
| 9 |
Good Old Turnip Greens: Bo Carter |
| 10 |
Two White Horses Standing in Line: Smith Casey |
| 11 |
Jim Crow Blues: Cow Cow Davenport |
| 12 |
Am I Right or Wrong: Son House |
| 13 |
It Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad: Kelly Pace |
| 14 |
Waitin for the Evenin Mail: Clara Smith |
| 15 |
I Shall Not Be Moved: Rev. Edward Clayborn |
| 16 |
Toad Frog Blues: Ma Rainey |
| 17 |
Squinch Owl Moan: Too Tight Henry |
| 18 |
Daddy-Calling Mama: Alice Moore |
| 19 |
Mean Old World: Heavenly Gospel Singers |
| 20 |
Cow Cow Blues: Dora Carr with Cow Cow Davenport |
| 21 |
Last Fair Deal Gone Down: Robert Johnoson |
| 22 |
Chain Gang Bound: Bumble Bee Slim |
| 23 |
These Hard Times Are Tight Like That: Rev. J.M. Gates |
| 24 |
The Panic Is on: Hezekiah Jenkins |
| 25 |
Preachin the Blues PT 1: Son House |
Disc: 3
| 1 |
Starvation Farm Blues: Bob Campbell |
| 2 |
No Place to Go: Walter Davis |
| 3 |
One Dime Blues: Blind Lemon Jefferson |
| 4 |
Blue Harvest Blues: Mississippii John Hurt |
| 5 |
Fools Blues: Funny Paper Smith |
| 6 |
Boll Weevil Blues: Vera Hall |
| 7 |
Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues: Charley Patton |
| 8 |
Hopali: 8 Unknown Girls |
| 9 |
Experience Blues: Alberta Hunter |
| 10 |
Broken Levee Blues: Lonnie Johnson |
| 11 |
Eighteen Hundred and Ninety One: Charley Campbell |
| 12 |
Bank Failure Blues: Martha Copeland |
| 13 |
Hammer Ring: Jess Bradley |
| 14 |
The Escaped Convict - TK 2: George Bullet Williams |
| 15 |
Im Having So Much Trouble: Bumble Bee Slim |
| 16 |
Worried Blues: Tom Bell |
| 17 |
Workhouse Blues: Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell |
| 18 |
The Sure Route Excursion to Hell - PT 1: Rev. F.W. McGee |
| 19 |
Black Hearse Blues: Sara Martin |
| 20 |
Washwoman Blues: Bessie Smith |
| 21 |
Sud Bustin Blues: Sippie Wallace |
| 22 |
Hitler and Hell: Rev. J.M. Gates |
| 23 |
Dont Mess with Me: Mamie Smith |
| 24 |
My Daddys Calling Me: Irene Scruggs |
| 25 |
I Heard the Voice of a Pork Chop - TK 1: Jim Jackson |
| 26 |
G. Burns Gonna Rise Again: Johnson-Nelson-Porkchop |
| 27 |
The Bourgeois Blues: Leadbelly |
Disc: 4
| 1 |
Hobo Bill: Martha Copeland |
| 2 |
Dyin Crapshooters Blues: Martha Copeland |
| 3 |
Dying Crapshooters Blues: Blind Willie McTell |
| 4 |
Sarah Jane: Jazz Gillum |
| 5 |
North Bound Blues: Maggie Jones |
| 6 |
Go Down Old Hannah: James Iron Head Baker |
| 7 |
Been Drinking: Vera Hall |
| 8 |
Poor Lazarus: Vera Hall |
| 9 |
Cotton Seed Blues: Tampa Red |
| 10 |
I CouldnT Hear Nobody Pray - TK 2: Paramount Jubilee Singers |
| 11 |
Hes in the Jailhouse Now: Memphis Jug Band |
| 12 |
Railroad Bill: Will Bennett |
| 13 |
Mad Mamas Blues: Josie Miles |
| 14 |
Dynamite Blues: Blind Lemon Jefferson |
| 15 |
Key to the Bushes Blues: Bessie Tucker |
| 16 |
Red Ripe Tomatoes: Jack Kelly & His South Memphis Jug Band |
| 17 |
Justice Blues: Texas Alexander |
| 18 |
Nobody Knows the Way I Feel Dis Mornin: Clara Smith |
| 19 |
Pail in My Hand: Edna Winston |
| 20 |
The Basement Blues: Clara Smith |
| 21 |
Workin Womans Blues: Helen Gross |
| 22 |
Broke Man Blues: Sylvester Palmer |
| 23 |
Sadies Servant Room Blues: Hattie Burleson |
| 24 |
Red Cross Man: Lucille Bogan |
| 25 |
Life Is Just a Book: Washboard Sam |
