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Covering a period from the mid 1950's through the early 1960's, this compilation features some of the most distinctive personalities of the blues world with an accent on the storytelling aspect of the blues experience. Songs of money won and love lost; longing and lust - cornerstones of the blues experience as relayed by some of the greatest bluesmen of all time including Albert King whose InchHand Me Down BluesInch comes from his first ever recording session in 1953; Champion Jack Dupree's InchI'm a Gamblin' Man,Inch Lightnin' Hopkins' classic InchStool Pigeon Blues,Inch H-Bomb Ferguson's rollicking InchOn My Way;Inch and more classics from John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, J.B. Lenoir, Memphis Slim, Otis Spann, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee and Big Bill Broonzy that reflect the best that the golden age of blues had to offer with songs that are not often found on other comps. All selections newly remastered. Album Tracks 1. I'm a Gamblin' Man 2. Hand Me Down Blues 3. Sunny Land 4. Cold Blooded Woman 5. Outside Help 6. On My Way 7. What Have I Done 8. Stool Pigeon Blues 9. Make My Getaway 10. Backwater Blues 11. Worried Life Blues 12. Everybody's Blues
