Various Artists – Rough Guide To The Roots Of The Blues (Vinyl LP)

Description

**THIS IS A VINYL LP**

Release Date:  2020

Label:  World Music Network

 

Track List

Side A

1. Got The Blues, Can’t Be Satisfied – Mississippi John Hurt
2. Cow Cow Blues – Cow Cow Davenport
3. Statesboro Blues – Blind Willie McTell
4. Stack O’ Lee Blues – Ma Rainey
5. See That Me Grave Is Kept Clean – Blind Lemon Jefferson
6. Fishing Blues – Henry Thomas
7. All I Want Is A Spoonful – Papa Charlie Jackson

Side B

1. Screamin’ And Hollerin’ The Blues – Charley Patton
2. Mother’s Children Have A Hard Time – Blind Willie Johnson
3. St. Louis Blues – Bessie Smith
4. Blue Yodel No. 1 (T For Texas) – Jimmie Rodgers
5. Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie – Clarence “Pinetop” Smith
6. West Coast Blues – Blind Blake

 

Notes

‘The Rough Guide to the Roots of the Blues’ features the greatest names in early blues music including Blind Lemon Jefferson, Bessie Smith, Charley Patton and Ma Rainey, lovingly remastered using pioneering restoration techniques.

It offers the perfect overview of the many different styles and key performers of early blues on one album and an incredibly diverse selection of tracks including bottleneck guitar, barrelhouse piano, classic songster tunes and vaudeville blues

It’s an album which traces the development of blues music during its early recorded history of the 1920s, offering a unique insight into the first great wave of blues artists who remain an inspiration to this day.