Various Artists - Rough Guide To Hokum Blues - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This 17-track salute to the crucial contributions of blind artists to the blues pairs iconic guitarists with artists shrouded in mystery InchNobody's Fault but MineInch Blind Willie Johnson, InchHe's in the Jailhouse NowInch Blind Blake, InchHarmonica StompInch Sonny Terry, InchDiving Duck BluesInch Sleepy John Estes, InchSee That My Grave Is Kept CleanInch Blind Lemon Jefferson, InchThe Angels Message to MeInch Rev. Gary Davis, InchI've Got a Key to the KingdomInch Blind Willie Davis, InchStomp Down RiderInch Blind Willie McTell and more! World Music Network. Album Tracks 1. Blind Blake He's in the Jailhouse Now 2. Teddy Darby Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues 3. Blind Boy Fuller Truckin' My Blues Away No. 2 (Take 2) 4. Blind Lemon Jefferson See That My Grave Is Kept Clean 5. Sonny Terry Harmonica Stomp 6. Blind Joe Reynolds Third Street Woman Blues 7. Blind Joe Taggart Religion Is Something Within You 8. Blind Willie McTell Stomp Down Rider 9. Reverend Gary Davis The Angels Message to Me 10. Willie Walker South Carolina Rag (Take 2) 11. Blind Willie Johnson Nobody's Fault But Mine 12. Blind Roosevelt Graves Crazy About My Baby 13. Blind Gussie Nesbit Pure Religion 14. Bo Carter Don't Mash My Digger So Deep 15. Blind Mamie Forehand I Wouldn't Mind Dying If Dying Was All 16. Sleepy John Estes Diving Duck Blues 17. Blind Willie Davis I've Got a Key to the Kingdom

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

The 1920s 'classic era' of recorded blues was dominated by women who lived and performed in the cities. This Rough Guide explores it's glitzy heyday when singers such as Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey became the first real stars of the blues. Album Tracks 1. Black Eye Blues 2. Bye Bye Baby 3. Sweet Georgia Brown 4. ?Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out 5. Dope Head Blues 6. Everybody Mess Around 7. Jenny's Ball 8. Give Me a Break Blues 9. Tired As I Can Be 10. Everybody Does It Now 11. My Man Is Good for Nothing But Love 12. Salty Dog 13. Shake Your Cans 14. I'm a Mighty Tight Woman 15. Get It Fixed 16. Do Dirty Blues 17. Get 'Em from the Peanut Man (Hot Nuts) 18. Sorrowful Blues 19. You Got Ev'rything a Sweet Mama Needs But Me 20. The St. Louis Blues 21. Break O'Day Blues 22. Anybody Here Want to Try My Cabbage? 23. Electrician Blues 24. Penitentiary 25. He Used to Be Your Man But He's My Man Now