American Blues Roots

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistLength
1The Dirty Dozen
Speckled Red3:14
2Death Ray Boogie
Pete Johnson3:00
3Cow Cow Boogie
Ella Mae Morse3:14
4Jivin’ the Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-05-17)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Fred Williams (on 1940-05-17)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (on 1940-05-17)
piano:
Joshua Altheimer (on 1940-05-17)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:57
5Milk Cow Blues
Sleepy John Estes3:03
6After Hours
Erskine Hawkins3:22
7Get Low‐Down Blues
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra3:03
8Barrelhouse Woman
Leroy Carr2:55
9Natchez Mississippi Blues
The Lewis Bronzeville Five2:36
10Diggin’ My Potatoes
Washboard Sam2:58
11Boogie‐Woogie
Count Basie3:15
12This Train
Sister Rosetta Tharpe2:42
13Flying Home
Lionel Hampton3:15
14Roll ’Em Pete
Big Joe Turner2:52
15Shake That Thing
Papa Charlie Jackson3:05
16Confessin’ the Blues
Jay McShann2:51
17Mean Ol’ Frisco
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup2:36
18Louise Louise Blues
Johnny Temple3:03
19Lafayette
Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra2:49
20Don’t You Lie to Me
Tampa Red2:57
21Match Box Blues
guitar:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (in 1927-04)
vocals:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (in 1927-04)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2010)
recording of:
Match Box Blues
lyricist and composer:
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Lemon Jefferson3:04
22Diddie Wah Diddie
Blind Blake3:01
23Mean Old World
T‐Bone Walker2:51
24Kansas City Blues
Jim Jackson3:17
25How Long, How Long Blues
Leroy Carr3:05
26Vicksburg Blues
Little Brother Montgomery2:58
27Strut That Thing
Cripple Clarence Lofton2:58
28Apaloosa Blues
Bobby Leecan2:46
29The Crucifixion of Christ
Jessie May Hill3:02
30Teasin’ Brown Blues
Louie Lasky2:48
31Cow Cow Blues
Cow Cow Davenport3:07
32Tell Me Baby
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1939-07-21)
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1939-07-21)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (on 1939-07-21)
piano:
Walter Davis (on 1939-07-21)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:55
33Ease It to Me Blues
Barbecue Bob3:01
34Knockin’ a Jug
Louis Armstrong3:15
35Sloppy Drunk Again
Walter Davis3:07
36Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor
The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet2:51
37Mr. Johnson’s Blues
Lonnie Johnson2:41
38Kokomo Blues
Scrapper Blackwell3:05
39Train Whistle Blues
Jimmie Rodgers3:01
40Minnie the Moocher
Cab Calloway3:12
41It’s Tight Like That
Thomas A. Dorsey3:04
42Flaming Reeds and Screaming Brass
Jimmie Lunceford2:59
43Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
recorded in:
Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1937-05-05)
guitar:
Robert Lee McCoy (on 1937-05-05) and Big Joe Williams (on 1937-05-05)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (on 1937-05-05)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1990)
recording of:
Good Morning, School Girl (on 1937-05-05)
lyricist:
Sonny Boy Williamson
composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (in 1937)
publisher:
Arc Music, Arc Music Corp., Copyright Control, Georgia Music Corp. and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
Sonny Boy Williamson3:02
44Backwater Blues
Bessie Smith3:18
45Junker Blues
Champion Jack Dupree2:46
46Didn’t It Rain
Bryant’s Jubilee Quartet2:34
47Ain’t No Business We Can Do
Doctor Clayton3:12
48It’s a Good Thing
Frank Stokes3:00
49Holy Mountain
Elder Otis Jones3:10
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