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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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?:??