The Rough Guide to the Blues Songsters

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Tracklist

Digital Media 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Pick Poor Robin Clean
Luke Jordan3:13
2Don’t Leave Me Here
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
guitar and solo lead vocals:
Henry Thomas (American country blues singer)
recording of:
Don't Leave Me Here
composer:
Jelly Roll Morton
arranger:
Henry Thomas (American country blues singer)
Henry Thomas3:26
3What a Time (take 1)
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-08-28)
guitar and lead vocals:
Jim Jackson (African American blues and hokum singer) (on 1928-08-28)
Jim Jackson3:23
4The Spasm
Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah2:52
5Your Baby Ain’t Sweet Like Mine
Papa Charlie Jackson2:54
6Frankie
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-02-14)
guitar:
Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-02-14)
vocals:
Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-02-14)
recording of:
Frankie
lyricist and composer:
Mississippi John Hurt
Mississippi John Hurt3.753:22
7Every Day in the Week Blues
Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley2:53
8How Long
Frank Stokes3:17
9John Henry (The Steel Driving Man), Part 1
guitar and lead vocals:
Furry Lewis (American country blues guitarist) (on 1929-09-22)
recorded at:
Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1929-09-22)
Furry Lewis2:53
10Old Rock Island Blues
Lonnie Coleman3:14
11Cocaine
Dick Justice3:11
12Mississippi Boweavil Blues
recorded in:
Richmond, Virginia, United States (on 1929-06-14)
guitar and lead vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
recording of:
Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
Charley Patton3:06
13Stackalee
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-01-28)
guitar and harmonica:
Frank Hutchison (on 1927-01-28)
vocals:
Frank Hutchison (on 1927-01-28)
recording of:
Stagger Lee ("Stackolee," etc., traditional) (on 1927-01-28)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4183)
Frank Hutchison3:05
14Nobody Knows (What the Good Deacon Does)
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1929-03-13)
guitar:
Hambone Willie Newbern (on 1929-03-13)
vocals:
Hambone Willie Newbern (on 1929-03-13)
Hambone Willie Newbern3:08
15A Chicken Can Waltz the Gravy Around
recorded in:
St. Louis, Missouri, United States (on 1927-04-26)
guitar:
David Crockett (early blues musician) (on 1927-04-26)
harmonica, wind instruments [stovepipe] and lead vocals:
Stovepipe No. 1 (Samuel Chambers Jones) (on 1927-04-26)
Stovepipe No. 1 & David Crockett3:06
16How You Want Your Rollin’ Done
Louie Laskey2:47
17Midnight Special
recording of:
Midnight Special
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Union Songs AB (publisher)
Leadbelly2:04
18Hey! Lawdy Mama – The France Blues
recording of:
Hey Lawdy Mama
composer:
Long “Cleve” Reed (in 1927)
Long ‘Cleve’ Reed & Little Harvey Hull3:00
19Railroad Bill
recording of:
Railroad Bill
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Will Bennett2:58
20Come on Boys Let’s Do That Messin’ Around
Blind Blake2:46
21James Alley Blues
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1927-03-11)
guitar:
Richard "Rabbit" Brown (on 1927-03-11)
vocals:
Richard "Rabbit" Brown (on 1927-03-11)
recording of:
James Alley Blues (on 1927-03-11)
writer:
Richard "Rabbit" Brown
Richard ‘Rabbit’ Brown3:07
22Going to Germany
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1929-10-01)
banjo:
Gus Cannon (on 1929-10-01) and Hosea Woods (on 1929-10-01)
harmonica:
Noah Lewis (on 1929-10-01)
jug:
Gus Cannon (on 1929-10-01)
kazoo:
Hosea Woods (on 1929-10-01)
vocals:
Noah Lewis (on 1929-10-01)
Cannon’s Jug Stompers2:32
23Coal Man Blues
guitar:
Peg Leg Howell (on 1926-11-08)
vocals:
Peg Leg Howell (on 1926-11-08)
Peg Leg Howell3:06
24Nobody’s Business If I Do
Tommie Bradley2:55

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part of:Music Rough Guides (World Music Network) (number: 1343) (order: 343)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/1259115 [info]