Various Artists - Rough Guide To Memphis Blues (Various Artists) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

From the classic sounds of the jug band heyday to the earthy blues straight from the Mississippi Delta, Memphis was at the very epicentre of the 1920s country blues explosion. This Rough Guide charts the city's huge influence with classic tracks by blues legends Memphis Minnie, Furry Lewis, Sleepy John Estes and many more.01 Jed Davenport & his Beale Street Jug Band Save Me Some 02 5002 Sleepy John Estes The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair 02 5603 Memphis Minnie North Memphis Blues 02 33 04 Minnie Wallace The Old Folks Started It 02 40 05 Robert Wilkins Falling Down Blues 02 36 06 Memphis Jug Band On The Road Again 02 4707 Hattie Hart I Let My Daddy Do That 02 5908 Furry Lewis Kassie Jones - Part 1 03 03 09 Cannon's Jug Stompers Viola Lee Blues 03 07 10 Allen Shaw I Couldn't Help It 03 0311 Jack Kelly and his South Memphis Jug Band Cold Iron Bed 03 0512 Tom Dickson Happy Blues 03 0013 Frank Stokes How Long Blues 03 15 14 Carolina Peanut Boys You Got Me Rollin' 02 29 15 Gus Cannon Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home 03 0916 Charlie Burse & his Memphis Mudcats What's The Matter With The Well? 02 3617 Pearl Dickson Little Rock Blues 03 0018 Beale Street Rounders Sitting On Top Of The World 02 4919 Noah Lewis Like I want To Be 03 0520 Beale Street Sheiks Mr. Crump Don't Like It 02 3921 Will Shade Better Leave That Stuff Alone 03 2322 Will Weldon Hitch Me To Your Buggy, And Drive Me Like A Mule 03 0023 Memphis Sheiks He's In The Jail House Now 03 1024 Vol Stevens Baby Got The Rickets 02 5325 Will Batts Country Woman 02 5726 Charley Nickerson with Jug Band Going Back To Memphis 02 22Total Playing Time 76 28 Album Tracks 1. Save Me Some 2. Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair 3. North Memphis Blues 4. Old Folks Started It 5. Falling Down Blues 6. On the Road Again 7. I Let My Daddy Do That 8. Kassie Jones, Pt. 1 9. Viola Lee Blue