Delta Blues 1940–1951

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Annotation

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Tracklist

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▼CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Delta Blues
Son House5:11
2Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-03-08)
guitar and lead vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-08)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1940-03-08)
vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-08)
recording of:
Aberdeen Mississippi Blues (on 1940-03-08)
lyricist and composer:
Bukka White
Bukka White2:37
3Fixin’ to Die Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-03-08)
guitar and lead vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-08)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1940-03-08)
vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-08)
recording of:
Fixin’ to Die (on 1940-03-08)
lyricist and composer:
Bukka White
Bukka White2:51
4Walking Blues
recorded in:
Lake Cormorant, Mississippi, United States (on 1941-09-03)
producer:
John W. Work (John Wesley Work III), Lewis Jones (worked with Alan Lomax) and Alan Lomax
guitar:
Willie Brown (Mississippi blues guitarist/vocalist "Future Blues" "M&O Blues") (from 1941-08-28 until 1941-08-31, on 1941-09-03)
harmonica:
Leroy Williams (Mississippi blues musician) (from 1941-08-28 until 1941-08-31, on 1941-09-03)
mandolin:
Fiddlin’ Joe Martin (from 1941-08-28 until 1941-08-31, on 1941-09-03)
lead vocals:
Son House (from 1941-08-28 until 1941-08-31)
spoken vocals [spoken comments]:
Fiddlin’ Joe Martin (on 1941-09-03)
vocals:
Eddie "Son" House (on 1941-09-03)
field recordings:
John W. Work (John Wesley Work III) (on 1941-09-03), Lewis Jones (worked with Alan Lomax) (on 1941-09-03) and Alan Lomax (on 1941-09-03)
recorded at:
Clack Store in Lake Cormorant, Mississippi, United States (on 1941-09-03)
recording of:
Walking Blues (from 1941-08-28 until 1941-08-31)
writer:
Son House
Son House6:41
5Black Spider Blues
Robert Jr Lockwood2:58
6You’re Gonna Miss Me When I’m Gone
Muddy Waters3:23
7Lonesome Highway Blues
Lucious Curtis3:15
8Santa Fe Blues
Willie Ford3:21
9Tease Me Over Blues
Tony Hollins3:01
10Ragged and Dirty
William Brown4:51
11Deep Blue Sea Blues
Tommy McClennan3:01
12I Love My Baby
Tommy McClennan3:07
13Ride’em on Down
Robert Petway2:58
14Evil Hearted Woman Blues
Johnny Shines2:48
15Joe’s Jump
Joe Hill Louis2:53
16She’s a Married Woman
Big Joe Williams2:41
17My Baby Left Me
Arthur Crudup2:30
18Lone Town Blues
Junior Brooks2:48
▼CD 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Catfish Blues
Bobo Thomas2:55
2Little School Girl
L.C. Green2:21
3Notoriety Woman
Slim Pickens3:02
4Come on Babe
Bluesboy Bill2:27
5Build a Cave
Honeyboy Edwards2:24
6Who May Your Regular Be?
Honeyboy Edwards2:35
7Moanin’ at Midnight
recording of:
Moanin' at Midnight
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
Howlin’ Wolf2:58
8Mistreated Woman
recording of:
Mistreated Woman
writer:
B.B. King and Jules Taub
B.B. King2:49
9Highway 80 Blues
Tommy Lee3:08
10Dust My Broom
recording of:
Dust My Broom
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James
publisher:
Flair Publishing and MPCA King of Spades
version of:
I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom
Elmore James2:47
11Eyesight to the Blind
Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller)3:02
121951 Blues
Luther Huff2:40
13Going Home Blues
Sam Davis2:36
14Packin’ Up My Blues
Tommy Lee2:55
15Mighty Long Time
Sonny Boy Williamson (Rice Miller)2:58
16Little Soldier Boy
Doctor Ross3:02
17Feed My Body to the Fishes
Willie Love2:32
18Delta Blues
Big Joe Williams2:39