Various Artists - Raw Blues 2 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

2020 . From the earthy guitar-driven country blues of Blind Lemon Jefferson and Charley Patton to the sequined glamour of the classic blues singers Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey, this Rough Guide charts the early recorded history of the blues through it's key pioneers. Album Tracks 1. When the Levee Breaks - By Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie 2. Kokomo Blues - By Scrapper Blackwell 3. Stack O'Lee Blues - By Ma Rainey 4. West Coast Blues - By Blind Blake 5. Fishing Blues - By Henry Thomas 6. Stealin', Stealin' - By Memphis Jug Band 7. T.B. Blues - By Victoria Spivey 8. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean - By Blind Lemon Jefferson 9. Cow Cow Blues - By Cow Cow Davenport 10. Mother's Children Have a Hard Time - By Blind Willie Johnson 11. Brown Skin Blues - By Dick Justice 12. Devil and My Brown Blues - By Bo Weevil Jackson 13. Got the Blues, Can't Be Satisfied - By Mississippi John Hurt 14. Roll and Tumble Blues - By Hambone Willie Newbern 15. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie - By Clarence 'Pinetop' Smith 16. Section Gang Blues - By Texas Alexander 17. Statesboro Blues - By Blind Willie McTell 18. The Dirty Dozen - By Speckled Red 19. Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues - By Charley Patton 20. Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas) - By Jimmie Rodgers 21. St. Louis Blues - By Bessie Smith 22. All I Want Is a Spoonful - By Papa Charlie Jackson 23. Bottleneck Blues - By Weaver & Beasley 24. It's Tight Like That - No. 2 - By Tampa Red and Georgia Tom 25. Canned Heat Blues - By Tommy Johnson

Album Tracks 1. Dallas Rag - Dallas String Band 2. How Long - Frank Stokes 3. Skin Game Blues - Peg Leg Howell 4. K.C. Moan - Memphis Jug Band 5. Just a Spoonful - Charley Jordan 6. Doggone My Good Luck Soul - Hattie Hudson 7. There's a Brown Skin Girl Down the Road Somewhere - Eck Robertson 8. You're Going to Leave the Old Home Jim! - Lulu Jackson 9. Deep Blue Sea Blues - Tommy McClennan 10. Cold Morning Shout - South Street Trio 11. Been Listening All the Day - Blind Joe Taggart 12. Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues - Charlie Patton 13. I'll Lead a Christian Life - Golden P. Harris 14. The Old Folks Started It - Minnie Wallace 15. Vine Street Drag - Tennessee Chocolate Drops 16. It's Nobody's Fault But Mine - Blind Willie Johnson 17. Last Kind Word Blues - Geeshie Wiley 18. Guitar Stomp - Roland & Scott 19. Jack O'Diamond Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson 20. Reuben Oh Reuben - Emry Arthur 21. Memphis Stomp - Blue Boys 22. On the Wall - Louise Johnson 23. Roving Cowboy - Frank Jenkins

Taken from unreleased recordings, previous Folkways releases, and early blues recordings, this two-disc set offers an introduction to the vocal styles, ornamentation, and instrumentation of this Inchhighly personal, expressive idiom.Inch Copious liner notes by Samuel B. Charters accompany the musical material. Album Tracks 1. I Can't Stand It 2. Shelby County Work House Blues 3. From Four Until Late 4. You Can Leave, Baby 5. Milk Cow Blues 6. Roberta Blues 7. Thousand Woman Blues 8. If I Get Lucky 9. Down the Highway 10. Milk Cow Blues 11. Take Your Burden to the Lord 12. New Highway 51 13. Mama T'ain't Long Fo' Day 14. Take Your Fingers Off It 15. My Wife Drove Me from My Door 16. Skin Game Blues 17. Goin' Back to Florida 18. Standing at the Crossroads 1. One Kind Favor 2. Nobody's Fault But Mine 3. Warm Up 4. Bukka's Jitterbug Swing 5. Coal Man Blues 6. Southern Can Mama 7. Airy Man Blues 8. Little Cow and Calf Is Gonna Die Blues 9. New How Long How Long Blues 10. Harmonica Stomp 11. Shiney Town Blues 12. Trouble in Mind 13. Mean Old Frisco 14. Sporting Life Blues 15. Solo 16. Tippin' Round 17. Mama Don't Low It 18. Key to the Highway