Various Artists - Rural Blues / Various - 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

W. Bessie Smith, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Son House, Bukka White, Mississippi John Hurt, Blind Lemon Jefferson+, full length CD w. full color book. Album Tracks 1. Yarum Praise Songs 2. Stack O' Lee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt 3. Travelin' Blues - Blind Willie McTell 4. Stone Pony Blues - Charley Patton 5. Black Snake Moan 6. Pig Meat Papa - Leadbelly 7. Broken Yo-Yo - Alger InchTexasInch Alexander 8. Broke and Hungry - Peg Leg Howell 9. It Won't Be Long Now - Barbecue Bob, Laughing Charley 10. Georgia Crawl - Eddie Anthony, Henry InchRubberlegsInch Williams 11. Dangerous Woman - Mississippi Jook Band 12. Gator Wobble - Memphis Jug Band 13. In the House Blues - Bessie Smith 14. Shake It Down - Lillian Glinn 15. Pratt City Blues - Bertha InchChippieInch Hill 16. What It Takes to Bring You Back - Butterbeans & Susie 17. Midnight Hour Blues - Scrapper Blackwell, Leroy Carr 18. East St. Louis Blues - Faber Smith, Jimmy Yancey 19. Good Whiskey Blues - Peetie Wheatstraw 20. W.P.A. Blues - Black Bob, Casey Bill Weldon 21. Sorry Feeling Blues - Bob Carter 22. Little Queen of Spades - Robert Johnson 23. Parchman Farm Blues - Bukka White 24. Me and My Chauffeur Blues - Memphis Minnie 25. I Want Some of Your Pie - Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry 26. Million Lonesome Women - Brownie McGhee 27. Wild Lonesome Women - Joe Williams, Sonny Boy Williamson [II] 28. All By Myself - Big Bill Broonzy 29. Roll 'Em Pete - Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner 30. Bloody Murder - Otis Spann 31. Sunnyland - Elmore James and His Broomdusters 32. I Don't Know