Rough Guide To The Roots Of The Blues

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

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

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