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The rough guide to the roots of the blues

Kansas Joe, 1905-1950 (performer.). Memphis Minnie, 1897-1973 (performer.). Blackwell, Scrapper, (performer.). Rainey, Ma, 1886-1939 (performer.). Blind Blake, (performer.). Thomas, Henry, 1874- (performer.). Spivey, Victoria, (performer.). Jefferson, Blind Lemon, 1897-1929 (performer.). Davenport, Cow Cow, 1894-1955 (performer.). Johnson, Blind Willie, (performer.). Justice, Dick, 1906-1962 (performer.). Jackson, Bo Weavil, (performer.). Hurt, Mississippi John, 1892-1966 (performer.). Newbern, Hambone Willie, (performer.). Smith, Pine Top, 1904-1929 (performer.). Alexander, Texas, 1900-1954 (performer.). McTell, Blind Willie, (performer.). Speckled Red, 1892-1973 (performer.). Patton, Charley, 1891-1934 (performer.). Rodgers, Jimmie, 1897-1933 (performer.). Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937 (performer.). Jackson, Papa Charlie, 1887-1938 (performer.). Johnson, Tommy,approximately 1896-1956, (performer.). Tampa Red, 1904-1981 (performer.). Dorsey, Thomas Andrew, (performer.). Beasley, Walter (Guitarist), (performer.). Weaver, Sylvester, (performer.). Memphis Jug Band, (performer.).
CD Music recording  - 2020

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Genre
Blues (Music)
Sound recordings.
  • Physical Description sound disc
    1 audio disc (1:15:22) ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition Reborn and remastered.
  • Publisher [London] : World Music Network, [2020]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Title from disc label.
Compact disc.
Program notes printed on container.
GMD: sound recording.
Formatted Contents Note: When the levee breaks / (Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie) (3:09) -- Kokomo blues / (Scrapper Blackwell) (3:01) -- Stack o'lee blues / (Ma Rainey) (2:52) -- West coast blues / (Blind Blake) (3:12) -- Fishing blues / (Henry Thomas) (2:42) -- Stealin', stealin' / (Memphis Jug Band) (2:56) -- T.B. blues / (Victoria Spivey) (3:12) -- See that my grave is kept clean / (Blind Lemon Jefferson) (2:52) -- Cow cow blues / (Cow Cow Davenport) (3:08) -- Mother's children have a hard time / (Blind Willie Johnson) (3:19) -- Brown skin blues / (Dick Justice) (3:11) -- Devil and my brown blues / (Bo Weevil Jackson) (2:49) -- Got the blues, can't be satisfied / (Mississippi John Hurt) (2:50) -- Roll and tumble blues / (Hambone Willie Newbern) (2:59) -- Pinetop's boogie woogie / (Clarence "Pinetop" Smith) (3:12) -- Section gang blues / (Texas Alexander) (2:53) -- Statesboro blues / (Blind Willie McTell) (2:30) -- The dirty dozen / (Speckled Red) (3:11) -- Screamin' and hollerin' the blues / (Charley Patton) (3:06) -- Blue yodel no. 1 (T for Texas) / (Jimmie Rodgers) (3:23) -- St. Louis blues / (Bessie Smith) (3:09) -- All I want is a spoonfull / (Papa Charlie Jackson) (2:38) -- Bottleneck blues / (Weaver and Beasley) (2:52) -- It's tight like that -- no. 2 / (Tampa Red & Georgia Tom) (2:40) -- Canned heat blues / (Tommy Johnson) (3:36).
Participant or Performer Note: Various performers.

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