Various Artists - Cowboy Poetry Classic - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Originally released in 1959, The Country Blues features a range of styles and a collection of recordings not included in other Folkways compilations. This selection-mostly recorded between 1927 and 1931-includes such gems as a test pressing of Robert Johnson's InchPreaching BluesInch and local releases from the 1920s. Album Tracks 1. Matchbox Blues 2. Careless Love 3. Walk Right in 4. Low Down Rounder's Blues 5. Statesboro Blues 6. Stealin', Stealin' 7. You Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond 8. Alabama Woman Blues 9. Special Agent 10. Key to the Highway 11. Fixin' to Die 12. I'm a Guitar King 13. Preachin' Blues 14. I Been Treated Wrong

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

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