ABC of the Blues

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1: Kokomo Arnold & Billy Boy Arnold
▶ CD 2: Richard Berry & Barbecue Bob
▶ CD 3: Bobby “Blue” Bland & Charles Brown
▶ CD 4: Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown & Blue Lu Baker
▶ CD 5: Big Bill Bronzy, Scrapper Blackwell & Blind Blake
▶ CD 6: Champion Jack Dupree & Cousin Joe
▶ CD 7: Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell & Pee Wee Crayton
▶ CD 8: Bo Diddley
▶ CD 9: Willie Dixon & Floyd Dixon
▶ CD 10: Snooks Eaglin & Sleepy John Estes
▶ CD 11: Lowell Fulson & The Four Blazes
▶ CD 12: Buddy Guy, Arthur Gunter & Slim Gaillard
▶ CD 13: John Lee Hooker & Wynonie Harris
▶ CD 14: Earl Hooker & Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
▶ CD 15: Lightnin’ Hopkins
▶ CD 16: Howlin’ Wolf
▶ CD 17: Alberta Hunter & Ivory Joe Hunter
▶ CD 18: Robert Johnson
▶ CD 19: Elmore James & Lonnie Johnson
▶ CD 20: Blind Willie Johnson, Tommy Johnson & Skip James
▶ CD 21: B.B. King
▶ CD 22: Little Walter
▶ CD 23: Lightnin’ Slim & J.B. Lenoir
▶ CD 24: Leadbelly
▶ CD 25: Little Willie John & Smiley Lewis
▶ CD 26: Furry Lewis & Robert Lockwood
▶ CD 27: Magic Sam & Jimmy McCracklin
▶ CD 28: Percy Mayfield & Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers
▶ CD 29: Memphis Minnie & Big Maybelle
▶ CD 30: Roy Milton & Amos Milburn
▶ CD 31: Big Maceo & Blind Willie McTell
▶ CD 32: Memphis Slim & Tommy McLennan
▶ CD 33: Mississippi Fred McDowell & Mississippi John Hurt
▶ CD 34: Robert Nighthawk & Johnny Otis
▶ CD 35: Charley Patton & Snooky Pryor
▶ CD 36: Professor Longhair & Junior Parker
▶ CD 37: Jimmy Reed & Otis Rush
▶ CD 38: Jimmy Rushing & Tampa Red
▶ CD 39: Bessie Smith
▶ CD 40: Huey “Piano” Smith & Frankie Lee Smith
▶ CD 41: Roosevelt Sykes & Son House
▶ CD 42: Sunnyland Slim & Johnny Shines
▶ CD 43: Big Mama Thornton & Sister Rosetta Tharpe
▶ CD 44: Sonny Terry & Eddie Taylor
▶ CD 45: Big Joe Turner & Eddie Cleanhead Vinson
▶ CD 46: T‐Bone Walker & Jimmy Witherspoon
▶ CD 47: Muddy Waters & Junior Wells
▶ CD 48: Sippie Wallace & Peetie Wheatstraw
▼ CD 49: Johnny Guitar Watson & Big Joe Williams
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Gangster of Love
recording of:
Gangster of Love
lyricist and composer:
Johnny “Guitar” Watson
publisher:
Booty Ooty Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Lynnal Music, Virjon Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), フジパシフィックミュージック and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
Johnny Guitar Watson2:44
2Too Tired
recording of:
Too Tired
writer:
Saul Bihari, Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger "The Father of West Coast R&B") and Johnny “Guitar” Watson
publisher:
Booty Ooty Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Songs of Universal, Universal Music‐Careers and Vrijon Music
Johnny Guitar Watson2:43
3Oh Baby
Johnny Guitar Watson2:40
4Motor Head Baby
recording of:
Motorhead Baby
writer:
V. Haven and Johnny “Guitar” Watson
Johnny Guitar Watson2:14
5Telephone Boogie
Johnny Guitar Watson2:40
6She Moves Me
Johnny Guitar Watson2:54
7One Room Country Shack
Johnny Guitar Watson2:41
8Hot Little Mama
Johnny Guitar Watson2:58
9You’ve Been Gone Too Long
Johnny Guitar Watson2:10
10Love Bandit (Gangster of Love)
recording of:
Gangster of Love
lyricist and composer:
Johnny “Guitar” Watson
publisher:
Booty Ooty Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Lynnal Music, Virjon Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), フジパシフィックミュージック and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
Johnny Guitar Watson2:08
11Drop Down Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1945-07-12)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1945-07-12)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1945-07-12)
membranophone:
Armand “Jump” Jackson (on 1945-07-12)
Big Joe Williams2:57
12Wanita
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1945-07-12)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1945-07-12)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1945-07-12)
membranophone:
Armand “Jump” Jackson (on 1945-07-12)
Big Joe Williams3:24
13Vitamin A
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1945-07-12)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1945-07-12)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1945-07-12)
membranophone:
Armand “Jump” Jackson (on 1945-07-12)
vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1945-07-12)
Big Joe Williams2:48
14Stack of Dollars
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1947-07-22)
bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1947-07-22)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1947-07-22)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1947-07-22)
membranophone:
Lawrence "Judge" Riley (early blues drummer) (on 1947-07-22)
Big Joe Williams2:50
15Wild Cow Moan
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1947-07-22)
bass and double bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1947-07-22)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1947-07-22)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1947-07-22)
membranophone:
Lawrence "Judge" Riley (early blues drummer) (on 1947-07-22)
vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1947-07-22)
Big Joe Williams2:55
16King Biscuit Stomp
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1947-12-18)
bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1947-12-18)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1947-12-18)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1947-12-18)
membranophone:
Lawrence "Judge" Riley (early blues drummer) (on 1947-12-18)
Big Joe Williams2:34
17Baby Please Don’t Go
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1947-07-22)
bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1947-07-22)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1947-07-22)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1947-07-22)
membranophone:
Lawrence "Judge" Riley (early blues drummer) (on 1947-07-22)
additional performer:
Alfred Elkins and Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
recording of:
Baby, Please Don’t Go
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music, Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Another Man Done Gone
Big Joe Williams2:48
18Houselady Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1947-12-18)
bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1947-12-18)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1947-12-18)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1947-12-18)
membranophone:
Lawrence "Judge" Riley (early blues drummer) (on 1947-12-18)
Big Joe Williams2:59
19His Spirit Lives On
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1945)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (in 1945)
washboard:
Clifford Dinwiddie (in 1945)
vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (in 1945)
Big Joe Williams2:47
20She’s a Married Woman
recorded in:
St. Louis, Missouri, United States (in 1949)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (in 1949)
membranophone:
Singleton Palmer (in 1949)
Big Joe Williams2:44
▶ CD 50: Sonny Boy Williamson I. & Sonny Boy Williamson II.
▶ CD 51: Bukka White & Josh White
▶ CD 52: Jimmy Yancey