Roots & Blues

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Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Roots n’ Blues: The Retrospective (1925–1950), Vol. 1
▼ CD 2: Roots n’ Blues: The Retrospective (1925–1950), Vol. 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Liberty
Herschel Brown and His Happy Five2:56
2My Sportin’ Man
Mamie Smith2:57
3Mean Low Blues
Blues Birdhead3:17
4C.C. & O. Blues
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley3:06
5Ortonville
The Okeh Atlanta Sacred Harp Singers3:12
6Dear Black Eyes (Chere yeux noirs)
Slim Doucet3:01
7Roosevelt Blues
piano and lead vocals:
Roosevelt Sykes
recording of:
Roosevelt's Blues
lyricist and composer:
Roosevelt Sykes
Roosevelt Sykes2:49
8Gin Mill Blues
recording of:
Gin Mill Blues
composer:
Joe Sullivan (piano, USA)
Hokum Boys3:28
9Osson
Cleoma Breaux, Ophy Breaux & Joe Falcon2:58
10Sweet Milk and Peaches (breakdown)
W.T. Narmour and S.W. Smith3:12
11Soldier’s Joy
recording of:
Soldier's Joy
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers feat. Riley Puckett & Clayton McMichen2:56
12They May Not Be My Toes
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1929-12-05)
piano:
Whistlin’ Alex Moore (on 1929-12-05)
vocals:
Whistlin’ Alex Moore (on 1929-12-05)
Whistlin’ Alex Moore3:04
13The Jazz Fiddler
guitar:
Walter Vinson (on 1930-02-17)
violin:
Lonnie Chatmon (on 1930-02-17)
vocals:
Walter Vinson (on 1930-02-17)
recording of:
The Jazz Fiddler (on 1930-02-17)
composer:
Lonnie Chatmon and Walter Jacobs (performance name for Walter Vinson)
Mississippi Sheiks3:14
14I Have to Do My Time
Lonnie Johnson3:11
15Lonesome Frisco Line
Tom Darby and Jimmie Tarlton3:20
16Back to the Blue Ridge
Roy Harvey & Leonard Copeland2:57
17Darn Good Girl
Buster Carter & Preston Young2:53
18West Jackson Blues
recording of:
West Jackson Blues
composer:
Lonnie Chatmon
Bo Carter3:20
19You Had Too Much
Lonnie Johnson & Violet Green3:21
20Oh! Glory Glory
Silver Leaf Quartet3:16
21Don’t You Remember the Time
Freeny's Barn Dance Band3:19
22Walkin’ Georgia Rose
Pelican Wildcats2:58
23Police Station Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1932-03-15)
guitar and lead vocals:
Peetie Wheatstraw (on 1932-03-15)
Peetie Wheatstraw3:05
24Hallelujah Side
Tindley Quaker City Gospel Singers3:18
25Highway #61 Blues
Will Batts2:43
▶ CD 3: Roots n’ Blues: The Retrospective (1925–1950), Vol. 3
▶ CD 4: Roots n’ Blues: The Retrospective (1925–1950), Vol. 4
▶ CD 5: Legends of the Blues, Volume One
▶ CD 6: Legends of the Blues, Volume Two
▶ CD 7: Great Blues Guitarists: String Dazzlers
▶ CD 8: The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel
▶ CD 9: The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel, Vol. 2
▶ CD 10: Lonnie Johnson: Steppin’ on the Blues
▶ CD 11: Preachin’ the Gospel: Holy Blues
▶ CD 12: Good Time Blues: Harmonicas, Kazoos, Washboards & Cow‐Bells
▶ CD 13: News & The Blues: Telling It Like It Is
▶ CD 14: Booze & The Blues
▶ CD 15: Messed Up in Love… and Other Tales of Woe
▶ CD 16: Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollipops
▶ CD 17: Cajun, Vol. 1: Abbeville Breakdown 1929–1939
▶ CD 18: Cajun Party: Fais Do‐Do
▶ CD 19: White Country Blues 1926–1938: A Lighter Shade of Blue, Vol. 1
▶ CD 20: White Country Blues 1926–1938: A Lighter Shade of Blue, Vol. 2