Chicago Blues

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1: Sweet Black Angel
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1I Just Keep Loving Her
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1947)
guitar:
Othum Brown (blues performer) and Jimmy Rogers (blues artist)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter)
Little Walter2:29
2Ora Nelle Blues
engineered in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1947)
guitar:
Othum Brown (blues performer) and Jimmy Rogers (blues artist)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter)
lead vocals:
Othum Brown (blues performer)
Othum Brown2:40
3Money Taking Woman
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1947)
guitar and spoken vocals:
Johnny Williams (Side-man blues guitar player, Big Boy Spires associate)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Johnny Young (US blues singer, mandolin player & guitarist)
Johnny Young2:51
4Worried Man Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1947)
guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Williams (Side-man blues guitar player, Big Boy Spires associate)
mandolin:
Johnny Young (US blues singer, mandolin player & guitarist)
Johnny Williams2:39
5Blue Baby
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1948)
drums (drum set):
"Baby Face" Leroy Foster (blues performer)
guitar:
Floyd Jones (blues performer and songwriter) and Muddy Waters (blues musician)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter)
piano:
Sunnyland Slim (blues pianist)
Little Walter2:16
6I Feel Like Going Home
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1948-04)
guitar and lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
recording of:
Feel Like Going Home
lyricist and composer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Muddy Waters3:10
7My Baby Walked Out
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1948)
guitar:
Johnny Williams (Side-man blues guitar player, Big Boy Spires associate)
harmonica:
Snooky Pryor (blues harmonica player)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Johnny Young (US blues singer, mandolin player & guitarist)
Johnny Young2:59
8Stockyard Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1947)
guitar:
Floyd Jones (blues performer and songwriter) and Moody Jones (blues performer)
harmonica and spoken vocals:
Snooky Pryor (blues harmonica player)
lead vocals:
Floyd Jones (blues performer and songwriter)
Floyd Jones2:49
9Boogie
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1948)
guitar:
Moody Jones (blues performer)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Snooky Pryor (blues harmonica player)
Snooky & Moody2:20
10My Head Can’t Rest Anymore
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1949)
bass:
Alfred Elkins
guitar and lead vocals:
"Baby Face" Leroy Foster (blues performer)
harmonica:
Snooky Pryor (blues harmonica player)
"Baby Face" Leroy Foster3:12
11Sweet Black Angel
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1949-07-12)
bass:
Willie Dixon
guitar and lead vocals:
Robert Nighthawk
piano:
Ernest Lane
recording of:
Sweet Black Angel (Black Angel Blues)
lyricist and composer:
R. Nighthawk
publisher:
Testament Music
is based on:
Black Angel Blues
Robert Nighthawk3:04
12Big Town Playboy
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1949)
bass drum and hi-hat:
Leroy Foster (blues performer)
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
piano and lead vocals:
Little Johnny Jones (Chicago blues pianist)
recording of:
Big Town Playboy
writer:
Little Johnny Jones (Chicago blues pianist)
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Little Johnny Jones2:55
13That’s All Right
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1950-08-15)
double bass:
Ernest "Big" Crawford (on 1950-08-15)
guitar:
Jimmy Rogers (blues artist) (on 1950-08-15)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (on 1950-08-15)
vocals:
Jimmy Rogers (blues artist) (on 1950-08-15)
recording of:
That’s All Right
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Rogers (blues artist)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Tristan Music Limited
Jimmy Rogers52:49
14Dark Road
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1951-03-15)
bass:
Moody Jones (blues performer)
drums (drum set):
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
guitar and lead vocals:
Floyd Jones (blues performer and songwriter)
piano:
Sunnyland Slim (blues pianist)
Floyd Jones3:13
15Still a Fool
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1951-07-11)
bass drum:
Leonard Chess
guitar:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) and Jimmy Rogers (blues artist)
lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
recording of:
Still a Fool
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters3:15
16Chance to Love
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1951-07-11)
bass:
Willie Dixon
drums (drum set):
Elgin Evans
guitar and lead vocals:
Jimmy Rogers (blues artist)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter)
piano:
Eddie Ware
Jimmy Rogers3:19
17Stuff You Gotta Watch
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1951-12-29)
drums (drum set):
Elgin Evans
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) and Jimmy Rogers (blues artist)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter)
background vocals:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) and Jimmy Rogers (blues artist)
lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
recording of:
Stuff You Gotta Watch
lyricist, writer and composer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
publisher:
Watertoons Music
Muddy Waters2:50
18Juke
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1952-05-12)
drums (drum set):
Elgin Evans
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) and Jimmy Rogers (blues artist)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter)
recording of:
Juke
composer:
Marion Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter)
Little Walter2:48
19Five Long Years
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1952-06-19)
bass:
Alfred Elkins
drums (drum set):
Percy Walker (drummer)
guitar:
L. C. McKinley (Blues guitarist in 1950s Chicago)
piano and lead vocals:
Eddie Boyd (blues pianist)
tenor saxophone:
Ernest Cotton
recording of:
Five Long Years
lyricist and composer:
Eddie Boyd (blues pianist)
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation, Frederick Music Co., Lawn Music, Onward Music Ltd, Westminster Music and Westminster Music Ltd.
Eddie Boyd2:41
20Me and My Chauffeur
bass:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
guitar:
Little Son Joe (on 1952-07-11) and Memphis Minnie (on 1952-07-11)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (on 1952-07-11)
membranophone:
Elgin Evans (on 1952-07-11)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1952-07-11)
recording of:
Me and My Chauffeur Blues
writer:
Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie3:03
21Sad Story
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1952-07-11)
bass:
? Stewart (plays bass with Blue Smitty)
drums (drum set):
Ike Smith
guitar and lead vocals:
Blue Smitty
piano:
Melron Jett (Blues piano player)
Blue Smitty3:04
22Standing Around Crying
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1952-09-17)
drums (drum set):
Elgin Evans (on 1952-09-17)
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1952-09-17) and Jimmy Rogers (blues artist) (on 1952-09-17)
harmonica:
Junior Wells (on 1952-09-17)
lead vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1952-09-17)
recording of:
Standin’ Round Crying (on 1952-09-17)
lyricist and composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
publisher:
Bug Music (music publishing)
Muddy Waters53:23
23I Don’t Know
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1952)
bass:
Bill Evans (Blues bass player)
drums (drum set):
Billy Stepney
piano and lead vocals:
Willie Mabon
tenor saxophone:
Ernest Cotton
recording of:
I Don’t Know
lyricist and composer:
Willie Mabon (until 1952)
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation
Willie Mabon3:09
2424 Hours
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1952-10-10)
bass:
Willie Dixon
drums (drum set):
Percy Walker (drummer)
guitar:
Robert Lockwood, Jr.
piano and lead vocals:
Eddie Boyd (blues pianist)
tenor saxophone:
Robert “Little Sax” Crowder (saxophonist)
Eddie Boyd3:25
▶ CD 2: Mojo Boogie
▶ CD 3: Smokestack Lightnin’
▶ CD 4: So Many Roads, So Many Trains