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The rough guide to the roots of the blues.

Contributor(s): Material type: MusicMusicPublisher number: CD-RGNET-1397 | World Music NetworkRGNET1397CD | World Music NetworkSeries: Music rough guidePublisher: [London] : World Music Network, [2020]Copyright date: ℗2020Edition: Reborn and remasteredDescription: 1 audio disc (1:16:24) ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • performed music
Media type:
  • audio
Carrier type:
  • audio disc
Other title:
  • Roots of the blues
  • Blues
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
When the levee breaks / (Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie) (3:09) -- Kokomo blues / (Scrapper Blackwell) (3:01) -- Stack O'Lee blues / (Ma Rainey) (2:52) -- West coast blues / (Blind Blake) (3:12) -- Fishing blues / (Henry Thomas) (2:42) -- Stealin', stealin' / (Memphis Jug Band) (2:56) -- T.B. blues / (Victoria Spivey) (3:12) -- See that my grave is kept clean / (Blind Lemon Jefferson) (2:52) -- Cow cow blues / (Cow Cow Davenport) (3:08) -- Mother's children have a hard time / (Blind Willie Johnson) (3:19) -- Brown skin blues / (Dick Justice) (3:11) -- Devil and my brown blues / (Bo Weevil Jackson) (2:49) -- Got the blues, can't be satisfied / (Mississippi John Hurt) (2:50) -- Roll and tumble blues / (Hambone Willie Newbern) (2:59) -- Pinetop's boogie woogie / (Clarence "Pinetop" Smith) (3:12) -- Section gang blues / (Texas Alexander) (2:53) -- Statesboro blues / (Blind Willie McTell) (2:30) -- The dirty dozen / (Speckled Red) (3:11) -- Screamin' and hollerin' the blues / (Charley Patton) (3:06) -- Blue yodel no. 1 (T for Texas) / (Jimmie Rodgers) (3:23) -- St. Louis blues / (Bessie Smith) (3:09) -- All I want is a spoonful / (Papa Charlie Jackson) (2:38) -- Bottleneck blues / (Weaver and Beasley) (2:52) -- It's tight like that -- no. 2 / (Tampa Red & Georgia Tom) (2:40) -- Canned heat blues / (Tommy Johnson) (3:36).
Various performers.
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Adult CD Adult CD Main Library CD BLUES Rough Guide to the Roots of the Blues. Checked out 05/31/2024 33111009896784
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From the earthy guitar-driven country blues of Blind Lemon Jefferson and Charley Patton to the sequined glamour of classic blues singers Bessie Smith and Ma Rainey, this Rough Guide charts the early recorded history of the blues through its key pioneers.

Title from disc label.

Various performers.

Compact disc.

Program notes printed on container.

When the levee breaks / (Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie) (3:09) -- Kokomo blues / (Scrapper Blackwell) (3:01) -- Stack O'Lee blues / (Ma Rainey) (2:52) -- West coast blues / (Blind Blake) (3:12) -- Fishing blues / (Henry Thomas) (2:42) -- Stealin', stealin' / (Memphis Jug Band) (2:56) -- T.B. blues / (Victoria Spivey) (3:12) -- See that my grave is kept clean / (Blind Lemon Jefferson) (2:52) -- Cow cow blues / (Cow Cow Davenport) (3:08) -- Mother's children have a hard time / (Blind Willie Johnson) (3:19) -- Brown skin blues / (Dick Justice) (3:11) -- Devil and my brown blues / (Bo Weevil Jackson) (2:49) -- Got the blues, can't be satisfied / (Mississippi John Hurt) (2:50) -- Roll and tumble blues / (Hambone Willie Newbern) (2:59) -- Pinetop's boogie woogie / (Clarence "Pinetop" Smith) (3:12) -- Section gang blues / (Texas Alexander) (2:53) -- Statesboro blues / (Blind Willie McTell) (2:30) -- The dirty dozen / (Speckled Red) (3:11) -- Screamin' and hollerin' the blues / (Charley Patton) (3:06) -- Blue yodel no. 1 (T for Texas) / (Jimmie Rodgers) (3:23) -- St. Louis blues / (Bessie Smith) (3:09) -- All I want is a spoonful / (Papa Charlie Jackson) (2:38) -- Bottleneck blues / (Weaver and Beasley) (2:52) -- It's tight like that -- no. 2 / (Tampa Red & Georgia Tom) (2:40) -- Canned heat blues / (Tommy Johnson) (3:36).

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