The Roots of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 1

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Guitar Blues
Sylvester Weaver2:58
2Shake That Thing
Papa Charlie Jackson2:59
3Mr. Johnson's Blues
Lonnie Johnson2:42
4Match Box Blues
guitar:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter) (in 1927-04)
vocals:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter) (in 1927-04)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2010)
recording of:
Match Box Blues
lyricist and composer:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter)
Blind Lemon Jefferson3:03
5Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
Barbecue Bob3:05
6Billy Lyons and the Stack O'Lee
Furry Lewis2:33
7Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues Pt.1
Jim Jackson3:12
8Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar and other vocals [humming and moaning]:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
publisher:
Harmony (20s/30s US)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1999)
recording of:
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (on 1927-12-03)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer and arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson3.753:25
9Downtown Blues
recording of:
Downtown Blues
writer:
Dan Sane and Frank Stokes
Frank Stokes3:19
10Frankie
Mississippi John Hurt3:36
11So Lonesome
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1928-02)
recording of:
So Lonesome
lyricist and composer:
Ramblin’ Thomas
Ramblin’ Thomas52:51
12Ham Hound Crave
Rube Lacy2:54
13Bull Doze Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1928-06-13)
acoustic guitar, pan flute [quills] and lead vocals:
Henry Thomas (American country blues singer) (on 1928-06-13)
recording of:
Bull Doze Blues (on 1928-06-13)
lyricist and composer:
Henry Thomas (American country blues singer)
Henry Thomas53:27
14Kokomo Blues
guitar:
Scrapper Blackwell (on 1928-06-16)
vocals:
Scrapper Blackwell (on 1928-06-16)
Scrapper Blackwell3:05
15Canned Heat Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1928-08-11, on 1928-08-31)
guitar:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-08-31)
lead vocals:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician)
vocals:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician) (on 1928-08-31)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2013)
Tommy Johnson53:42
16The Four Day Blues
Ishman Bracey3:25
17Statesboro Blues
recording of:
Statesboro Blues
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Blind Willie McTell2:43
18No No Blues
Curley Weaver3:04
19Roll and Tumble Blues
Hambone Willie Newbern3:00
20Cairo Blues
Henry Spaulding2:49
21Pony Blues
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1929-06-14)
guitar:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1988)
recording of:
Pony Blues (on 1929-06-14)
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music and SBK United Partnership Ltd.
Charley Patton3:00
22When the Levee Breaks
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-06-18)
guitar:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1929-06-18) and Memphis Minnie (on 1929-06-18)
vocals:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1929-06-18)
recording of:
When the Levee Breaks (original country blues song) (on 1929-06-18)
writer:
Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie
Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie3:08
23Little Hat Blues
Little Hat Jones3:15
24Diddie Wa Diddie
recording of:
Diddie Wa Diddie
lyricist and composer:
Blind Blake (1920s blues singer)
Blind Blake2:59
25Last Time Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1929-09-22)
guitar:
“Papa” Charlie McCoy (1930's delta blues musician) (on 1929-09-22)
vocals:
“Papa” Charlie McCoy (1930's delta blues musician) (on 1929-09-22)
Charlie McCoy3:09
26That's No Way to Get Along
recording of:
That’s No Way to Get Along (aka “The Prodigal Son”)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Wilkins
publisher:
Wynwood Music Company Inc
Robert Wilkins2:58
27Henry's Worry Blues
Henry Townsend3:10
28Ice and Snow Blues
guitar:
Clifford Gibson (on 1929-11-26)
vocals:
Clifford Gibson (on 1929-11-26)
Clifford Gibson52:56
29Outside Woman Blues
Blind Joe Reynolds2:59
▼ CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Sitting on Top of the World
recorded in:
Shreveport, Louisiana, United States (on 1930-02-17)
guitar:
Walter Vinson (performance name for Walter Vinson) (on 1930-02-17)
violin:
Lonnie Chatmon (on 1930-02-17)
vocals:
Walter Vinson (performance name for Walter Vinson) (on 1930-02-17)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2009)
recording of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”) (on 1930-02-17)
writer:
Lonnie Carter and Walter Vinson (performance name for Walter Vinson)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., E. H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Mayfair Music Corp.
Mississippi Sheiks3?:??
2Dough Roller Blues
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1930-02-21)
guitar:
Garfield Akers (on 1930-02-21)
lead vocals:
Garfield Akers
vocals:
Garfield Akers (on 1930-02-21)
Garfield Akers5?:??
3My Black Mama - Part 1
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (on 1930-05-28)
guitar and lead vocals:
Son House (on 1930-05-28)
slide guitar:
Son House (in 1930-06)
vocals:
Son House (in 1930-06)
recording of:
My Black Mama, Part 1
writer:
Son House
Son House?:??
4M & O Blues
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (on 1930-05-28)
acoustic guitar [guitar]:
Willie Brown (Mississippi blues guitarist/vocalist "Future Blues" "M&O Blues") (in 1930)
guitar and lead vocals:
Willie Brown (Mississippi blues guitarist/vocalist "Future Blues" "M&O Blues")
vocals:
Willie Brown (Mississippi blues guitarist/vocalist "Future Blues" "M&O Blues") (in 1930)
recording of:
M & O Blues
lyricist and composer:
Walter Davis (American blues singer and pianist)
Willie Brown5?:??
5Stack O' Dollars Blues
Charley Jordan?:??
6Howling Wolf Blues No. 1
'Funny Paper' Smith5?:??
7I'm So Glad
Skip James?:??
8Times Has Done Got Hear
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (in 1932-01)
guitar:
King Solomon Hill (in 1932-01)
vocals:
King Solomon Hill (in 1932-01)
King Solomon Hill?:??
9Long Tall Mama
Big Bill and His Jug Busters?:??
10Good Gal
Joshua White?:??
11Black Angel Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1934-03-23)
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1934-03-23)
piano:
Black Bob (on 1934-03-23)
vocals:
Tampa Red (on 1934-03-23)
Tampa Red?:??
12Midnight Special
Leadbelly?:??
13Chickasaw Train Blues (Low Down dirty Thing)
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1934-08-24)
guitar:
Memphis Minnie (on 1934-08-24)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1934-08-24)
Memphis Minnie?:??
14Milk Cow Blues
Kokomo Arnold?:??
15Lead Pencil Blues (It Just Won't Write)
Johnnie Temple?:??
16Someday Baby Blues
Sleepy John Estes?:??
17Cross and Evil Woman Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-07-23)
guitar:
Blind Gary Davis (on 1935-07-23)
vocals:
Blind Gary Davis (on 1935-07-23)
Blind Gary?:??
18Rag, Mama Rag
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-07-25)
guitar:
Reverend Gary Davis (on 1935-07-25) and Blind Boy Fuller (on 1935-07-25)
washboard:
Bull City Red (aka George Washington) (on 1935-07-25)
vocals:
Blind Boy Fuller (on 1935-07-25)
recording of:
Rag, Mama, Rag (traditional) (on 1935-07-25)
Blind Boy Fuller?:??
19Crow Jane
Carl Martin?:??
20Baby Please Don't Go
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1947-07-22)
double bass [bass]:
Ransom Knowling (on 1947-07-22)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Judge Lawrence Riley (early blues drummer) (on 1947-07-22)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1947-07-22)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1947-07-22)
additional performer:
Alfred Elkins and Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
recording of:
Baby, Please Don’t Go
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music, Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Another Man Done Gone
Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers?:??
21Somebody Changed the Lock on My Door
Casey Bill?:??
22Lone Wolf Blues
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1936-03-21)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
recording of:
Lone Wolf Blues
lyricist and composer:
Oscar “Buddy” Woods (American blues guitarist)
Oscar Woods?:??
23Cross Road Blues
Robert Johnson?:??
24Black Ace
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1937-02-15) and Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1937-02-15)
steel guitar [National steel guitar]:
Black Ace (American blues musician) (on 1937-02-15)
vocals:
Black Ace (American blues musician) (on 1937-02-15)
publisher:
Bug Music Ltd.
recording of:
Black Ace
lyricist and composer:
Black Ace (American blues musician)
Black Ace5?:??
25Prowling Night-Hawk
Robert Lee McCoy?:??
26Shake 'em on Down
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1937-09-02)
guitar:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1937-09-02) and Bukka White (on 1937-09-02)
lead vocals:
Bukka White (on 1937-09-02)
recording of:
Shake ’Em On Down (on 1937-09-02)
lyricist and composer:
Bukka White
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Bukka White?:??
27Old Devil
guitar:
Bo Carter (blues musician, aka Bo Chatmon) (on 1938-10-22)
vocals:
Bo Carter (blues musician, aka Bo Chatmon) (on 1938-10-22)
Bo Carter5?:??
28This Train
Sister Rosetta Tharpe?:??
29Bottle It Up and Go
Tommy McClennan?:??