Living the Blues: Blues Roots: 1920-1930

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Crazy Blues
Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds3:29
2The St. Louis Blues
Bessie Smith3:10
3Match 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 Jefferson2:58
4Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues, Pt. 1
Jim Jackson3:17
5Pine Top's Boogie Woogie
Pine Top Smith3:12
6See See Rider Blues
'Ma' Rainey & Her Georgia Jazz Band3:19
7Statesboro Blues
recording of:
Statesboro Blues
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
Blind Willie McTell2:38
8How Long–How Long Blues, Pt. 1
Leroy Carr3:05
9Big Road Blues
Tommy Johnson3:21
10Troube in Mind
Bertha “Chippie” Hill2:52
11Mother's Children Have a Hard Time
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
recording of:
Mother's Children Have a Hard Time (on 1927-12-03)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson3:24
12Divin' Duck Blues
Sleepy John Estes3:16
13Black Snake Blues
Victoria Spivey3:09
14Diddie Wa Diddie
recording of:
Diddie Wa Diddie
lyricist and composer:
Blind Blake (1920s blues singer)
Blind Blake2:59
15It's Tight Like That
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2014)
recording of:
It’s Tight Like That
writer:
Hudson Whittaker and Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (in 1928)
Tampa Red and Georgia Tom3:04
16I'm a Mighty Tight Woman
Sippie Wallace2:53
17Candy Man Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1928-12-28)
guitar:
Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-12-28)
vocals:
Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-12-28)
Mississippi John Hurt2:49
18Pan-American Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-04-18)
harmonica:
DeFord Bailey (on 1927-04-18)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 183)
recording of:
Pan American Blues (on 1927-04-18)
DeFord Bailey3:01
19Pony 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 Patton3:01
20Sitting 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 Sheiks33:14