The Rough Guide to Memphis Blues (Reborn and Remastered)

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#TitleArtistLength
1Save Me Some
Jed Davenport & His Beale Street Jug Band2:53
2The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair
recording of:
The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair
lyricist and composer:
Sleepy John Estes
Sleepy John Estes2:58
3North Memphis Blues
guitar:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1930-10-11) and Memphis Minnie (on 1930-10-11)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1930-10-11)
Memphis Minnie2:36
4The Old Folks Started It
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1929-09-23)
guitar:
Charlie Burse (on 1929-09-23)
harmonica:
Will Shade (on 1929-09-23)
jug:
Jab Jones (on 1929-09-23)
violin:
Milton Robie (on 1929-09-23)
vocals:
Minnie Wallace (on 1929-09-23)
Minnie Wallace2:43
5Falling Down Blues
recording of:
Falling Down Blues
writer:
Robert Wilkins
Robert Wilkins2:38
6On the Road Again
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-09-11)
guitar:
Charlie Burse (on 1928-09-11) and Will Shade (on 1928-09-11)
harmonica:
Unknown (on 1928-09-11)
jug:
Jab Jones (on 1928-09-11)
kazoo:
Ben Ramey (on 1928-09-11)
vocals:
Charlie Burse (on 1928-09-11), Ben Ramey (on 1928-09-11) and Will Shade (on 1928-09-11)
recording of:
On the Road Again (on 1928-09-11)
writer:
Jab Jones and Will Shade
Memphis Jug Band2:50
7I Let My Daddy Do That
recording of:
I Lets My Daddy Do That (in 1934)
lyricist and composer:
Hattie Hart
Hattie Hart3:01
8Kassie Jones, Part 1
recording of:
The Ballad of Casey Jones
lyricist:
Wallace Saunders and T. Lawrence Seibert
composer:
Eddie Newton
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3247)
Furry Lewis3:06
9Viola Lee Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-09-20)
banjo:
Gus Cannon (on 1928-09-20)
guitar:
Elijah Avery (on 1928-09-20)
harmonica:
Noah Lewis (on 1928-09-20)
kazoo:
Hosea Woods (on 1928-09-20)
vocals:
Noah Lewis (on 1928-09-20)
recording of:
Viola Lee Blues (on 1928-09-20)
writer:
Noah Lewis
publisher:
APRS, Peer International Corporation, Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. and Southern Music Publishing Company Limited
Cannon’s Jug Stompers3:09
10I Couldn’t Help It
Allen Shaw3:06
11Cold Iron Bed
Jack Kelly and His South Memphis Jug Band3:08
12Happy Blues
Tom Dickson3:03
13How Long Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-08-30)
guitar:
Dan Sane (on 1928-08-30) and Frank Stokes (on 1928-08-30)
vocals:
Frank Stokes (on 1928-08-30)
Frank Stokes3:17
14You Got Me Rollin’
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1930-11-28)
guitar:
Charlie Burse (on 1930-11-28)
harmonica:
Will Shade (on 1930-11-28)
jug:
[unknown] (on 1930-11-28)
mandolin:
Will Weldon (on 1930-11-28)
vocals:
Charlie Nickerson (on 1930-11-28) and Ben Ramey (on 1930-11-28)
Carolina Peanut Boys2:31
15Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home
Gus Cannon3:11
16What’s the Matter With the Well?
Charlie Burse & His Memphis Mudcats2:39
17Little Rock Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-12-12)
guitar:
Can (on 1927-12-12) and Pet (on 1927-12-12)
vocals:
Pearl Dickson (on 1927-12-12)
Pearl Dickson3:03
18Sitting on Top of the World
recording of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”)
writer:
Lonnie Carter and Walter Vinson
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., E. H. Morris & Co., Inc. and Mayfair Music Corp.
Beale Street Rounders2:51
19Like I Want to Be
Noah Lewis3:07
20Mr. Crump Don’t Like It
guitar:
Dan Sane and Frank Stokes
lead vocals:
Frank Stokes
Beale Street Sheiks2:42
21Better Leave That Stuff Alone
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-09-24)
guitar:
Will Shade (on 1928-09-24)
piano:
Jab Jones (on 1928-09-24)
vocals:
Will Shade (on 1928-09-24)
Will Shade3:26
22Hitch Me to Your Buggy, and Drive Me Like a Mule
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1927-10-20)
guitar:
Vol Stevens (on 1927-10-20) and Will Weldon (on 1927-10-20)
vocals:
Will Weldon (on 1927-10-20)
Will Weldon3:03
23He’s in the Jail House Now
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1930-11-21)
banjolin:
Vol Stevens (on 1930-11-21)
guitar:
Charlie Burse (on 1930-11-21)
harmonica:
Will Shade (on 1930-11-21)
jug:
Jab Jones (on 1930-11-21)
vocals:
Charlie Nickerson (on 1930-11-21)
Memphis Sheiks3:12
24Baby Got the Rickets
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1927-10-20)
banjolin:
Vol Stevens (on 1927-10-20)
guitar:
Will Weldon (on 1927-10-20)
vocals:
Vol Stevens (on 1927-10-20)
Vol Stevens2:55
25Country Woman
Will Batts3:00
26Going Back to Memphis
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1930-06-05)
guitar:
Charlie Burse (on 1930-06-05) and Will Shade (on 1930-06-05)
jug:
Hambone Lewis (on 1930-06-05)
kazoo:
Ben Ramey (on 1930-06-05)
vocals:
Charlie Nickerson (on 1930-06-05)
Charley Nickerson with Jug Band2:23

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part of:Music Rough Guides (number: 1411) (order: 410)