Various Artists - Classic Delta And Deep South Blues From (Various Artists) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This compilation from the Smithsonian Folkways collection spans a half century and features Delta, St. Louis, Southwest and Chicago styles performed by some of the best known figures in blues history such as Led Belly, Etta Baker, Pink Anderson, Lightnin' Hopkins, the Original Chamber Brothers, Memphis Slim and Willie Dixon. Album Tracks 1. Old Jabo - Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee 2. Mile-Ridin' Blues - Big Bill Broonzy 3. Joggie Boogie - Memphis Slim 4. Black Woman - Vera Hall 5. Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas 6. Ran the Blues Out of My Window - Roosevelt Sykes 7. Leaving Blues - Lead Belly 8. One Dime Blues - Etta Baker 9. County Farm Blues - Son House 10. Clog Dance (Stomping Blues) - Champion Jack Dupree 11. Boll Weevil - Pink Anderson 12. Nickel's Worth of Liver - Henry Brown 13. Don't Leave Me Here - Big Joe Williams 14. Jimmy Bell - Cat Iron 15. Candy Man - Reverend Gary Davis 16. Beer Drinking Woman - Willie Dixon 17. Come Go Home with Me - Lightnin' Hopkins 18. Careless Love - Josh White 19. I Asked Her If She Loved Me - Henry Townsend 20. Rising Sun - Sonny Terry 21. Pony Blues - David 'Honeyboy' Edwards 22. Vicksburg Blues - Little Brother Montgomery 23. Vastapol - Elizabeth Cotten 24. Drifting Along Blues - Lonnie Johnson 25. Oh Baby, You Don't Have to Go - the Chambers Brothers 26. Don't Lie Buddy - Lead Belly

Album Tracks 1. Pontiac Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson 2. Big Mama's Bumble Bee - Big Mama Thornton 3. Cincinnati Stomp - Big Joe Duskin 4. Anna Lee - Earl Hooker 5. Up & Down the Avenue - Charlie Musslewhite 6. Been Around the World - John Littlejohn 7. Wine-O-Baby Boogie - Joe Turner & Pete Johnson 8. I Know That's Right - Katie Webster 9. The Raven - Omar Sharriff 10. You Think I'm Your Good Thing - Bee Houston 11. Going Back to the Country - Juke Boy Bonner 12. Ups & Downs - L.C. 'Good Rockin' Robinson 13. Atlanta Bounce - Piano Red 14. Wild, Wild, Woman - Johnny Young 15. Gibson Creek Shuffle - the Charles Ford Band

This collection of 1960s-era country blues music was released in 1996 as part of Arhoolie's InchAmerican Masters Budget Series.Inch Country blues is primarily an acoustic guitar form of the blues, mixing blues elements with country and folk music. The raspy sounds of guitar and harmonica reflect the origins of the genre. The album features individual selections from artists such as Lightnin' Hopkins, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Snooks Eaglin, and Big Joe Williams. Liner notes include a list of each track's original album. Album Tracks 1. Frisco Line - Mississippi Fred McDowell 2. Have You Ever Loved a Woman - Lightning Hopkins 3. Going Down in Georgia on a Horn - John Jackson 4. Cairo Blues - Lil' Son Jackson 5. 'Bout a Spoonful - Mance Lipscomb 6. Drink on Little Girl - Black Ace 7. Country Boy Down in New Orleans - Snooks Eaglin 8. Columbus Mississippi Blues - Bukka White 9. Shake 'Em on Down - Dr. Ross 10. Just Tippin' in - Robert Pete Williams 11. Hump in My Back - Jesse Fuller 12. Brother James - Big Joe Williams 13. I'm Broke and I'm Hungry - Smoky Babe 14. Poor Black Mattie - R.L. Burnside 15. Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas