Roots & Blues

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Roots n’ Blues: The Retrospective (1925–1950), Vol. 1
2▶CD: Roots n’ Blues: The Retrospective (1925–1950), Vol. 2
3▶CD: Roots n’ Blues: The Retrospective (1925–1950), Vol. 3
4▶CD: Roots n’ Blues: The Retrospective (1925–1950), Vol. 4
5▶CD: Legends of the Blues, Volume One
6▶CD: Legends of the Blues, Volume Two
7▶CD: Great Blues Guitarists: String Dazzlers
8▶CD: The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel
9▶CD: The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel, Vol. 2
10▶CD: Lonnie Johnson: Steppin’ on the Blues
11▶CD: Preachin’ the Gospel: Holy Blues
12▶CD: Good Time Blues: Harmonicas, Kazoos, Washboards & Cow‐Bells
13▶CD: News & The Blues: Telling It Like It Is
14▶CD: Booze & The Blues
15▼CD: Messed Up in Love… and Other Tales of Woe
#TitleArtistLength
1Beggin’ for Love
Barbecue Bob3:20
2Love Me, Baby, Love Me
Buddy Moss2:38
3Lovesick Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1928-06-12)
alto saxophone and clarinet:
Jimmy Dorsey (on 1928-06-12)
drums (drum set):
Stan King (on 1928-06-12)
guitar:
Eddie Lang (on 1928-06-12)
piano:
Arthur Schutt (on 1928-06-12)
trombone:
Tommy Dorsey (on 1928-06-12)
trumpet:
Leo McConvile (on 1928-06-12)
vocals:
Dan Fitch (on 1928-06-12) and Emmett Miller (on 1928-06-12)
cover recording of:
Lovesick Blues (on 1928-06-12)
lyricist:
Irving Mills and Hank Williams (on 1949-11-01)
composer:
Cliff Friend
arranger:
Hank Williams (on 1949-11-01)
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc., Jack Mills, Inc. (on 1922-04-03) and Mills Music, Inc. (from 1930 to present)
Emmett Miller2:51
4It Makes My Love Come Down
Bessie Smith2:57
5I Love That Thing
Bo Carter2:47
6Careless Love
Lonnie Johnson3:09
7“U” Need Some Lovin’ Blues
Mamie Smith2:56
8Love Makin’ Mama #1
recording of:
Love Makin' Mama
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell2:55
9Messed Up In Love
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1939-12-08)
membranophone:
Fred Williams (on 1939-12-08)
piano:
Joshua Altheimer (on 1939-12-08)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1939-12-08)
Big Bill Broonzy2:43
10Love Is Gone
Peter Cleighton2:43
11Moonlight Lover Blues
Curtis Jones2:35
12Love Shows Weakness
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1938-04-07)
bass:
[unknown] (on 1938-04-07)
electric guitar:
George Barnes (on 1938-04-07)
piano:
Blind John Davis (on 1938-04-07)
lead vocals:
Yas Yas Girl (on 1938-04-07)
Merline Johnson2:40
13I Love You Baby
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-12-17)
double bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1940-12-17)
guitar:
Joe McCoy (on 1940-12-17)
harmonica:
Robert Lee McCoy (on 1940-12-17)
mandolin:
Charlie McCoy (on 1940-12-17)
washboard:
Amanda Sortier (on 1940-12-17)
vocals:
Joe McCoy (on 1940-12-17)
Big Joe & His Washboard Band2:59
14Love Trifling Blues
Bill Gaither2:56
15When You Love Me
guitar:
Little Son Joe (on 1944-12-19) and Memphis Minnie (on 1944-12-19)
membranophone:
Fred Williams (on 1944-12-19)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1944-12-19)
Memphis Minnie2:43
16Lost Lover Blues
Blind Boy Fuller2:42
16▶CD: Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollipops
17▶CD: Cajun, Vol. 1: Abbeville Breakdown 1929–1939
18▶CD: Cajun Party: Fais Do‐Do
19▶CD: White Country Blues 1926–1938: A Lighter Shade of Blue, Vol. 1
20▶CD: White Country Blues 1926–1938: A Lighter Shade of Blue, Vol. 2