The Rough Guide to Country Blues

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1Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (in 1931-02) and United States (in 1931-02)
guitar and lead vocals:
Skip James
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2011)
recording of:
Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues (in 1931-02)
lyricist and composer:
Skip James
publisher:
Wynwood Music Company Inc
Skip James2:51
2Georgia Rag
recording of:
Georgia Rag
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell3:04
3God Moves on the Water
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1929-12-11)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
recording of:
God Moves on the Water (on 1929-12-11)
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson3:00
4Cool Drink of Water Blues
recording of:
Cool Drink of Water Blues
writer:
Tommy Johnson (American Delta blues musician)
Tommy Johnson3:26
5How You Want It Done?
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1991)
Big Bill Broonzy2:52
6That’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 Wilkins2:54
7I Got Mine
recording of:
I Got Mine
lyricist and composer:
Frank Stokes
Frank Stokes3:06
8Honey You Don’t Know My Mind
Barbecue Bob3:10
9Sic ’em Dogs On
guitar and lead vocals:
Bukka White (on 1939-05-23)
recorded at:
Mississippi State Penitentiary in Sunflower County, Mississippi, United States (on 1939-05-23)
Bukka White2:23
10Last Kind Words Blues
Geeshie Wiley3:03
11Come on Boys Let’s Do That Messin’ Around
Blind Blake2:46
12A Spoonful Blues
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1929-06-14)
guitar and lead vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
additional vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
recording of:
A Spoonful Blues
composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
Charley Patton3:11
13Sitting on Top of the World
guitar:
Walter Vinson (on 1930-02-17)
violin:
Lonnie Chatmon (on 1930-02-17)
vocals:
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
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., E. H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Mayfair Music Corp.
Mississippi Sheiks33:15
14Ain’t No Tellin’
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1928-12-21)
guitar:
Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-12-21)
vocals:
Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-12-21)
Mississippi John Hurt2:57
15Jack O’Diamonds (Take 2)
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1926-05)
guitar:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer-songwriter) (in 1926-05)
vocals:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer-songwriter) (in 1926-05)
recording of:
Jack o’ Diamonds Blues
lyricist and composer:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer-songwriter)
Blind Lemon Jefferson2:47
16Mama Let Me Lay It on You
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1936-04-29)
guitar:
Blind Boy Fuller (on 1936-04-29)
vocals:
Blind Boy Fuller (on 1936-04-29)
recording of:
Baby, Let Me Lay It on You
lyricist:
Blind Boy Fuller
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist) and Reverend Gary Davis
version of:
Please Baby
Blind Boy Fuller2:57
17Future Blues
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (on 1930-05-28)
guitar:
Willie Brown (Mississippi blues guitarist/vocalist "Future Blues" "M&O Blues") (on 1930-05-28)
vocals:
Willie Brown (Mississippi blues guitarist/vocalist "Future Blues" "M&O Blues") (on 1930-05-28)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2020/2021)
recording of:
Future Blues (on 1930-05-28)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Brown (Mississippi blues guitarist/vocalist "Future Blues" "M&O Blues")
Willie Brown3:01
18Johnson City Blues
Clarence Greene2:59
19The Great Change in Me
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-07-26)
guitar:
Blind Gary Davis (on 1935-07-26)
vocals:
Blind Gary Davis (on 1935-07-26)
recording of:
The Great Change in Me (on 1935-07-26)
lyricist and composer:
Reverend Gary Davis
Reverend Gary Davis3:20
20My Black Mama, Part 1
recording of:
My Black Mama, Part 1
writer:
Son House
Son House3:11
21New Dirty Dozen
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1930-07-01)
guitar:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1930-07-01) and Memphis Minnie (on 1930-07-01)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1930-07-01)
Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe3:00
22Billy Lyons and Stack O’Lee
Furry Lewis2:34
23Walk Right In
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1929-10-01)
banjo:
Gus Cannon (on 1929-10-01) and Hosea Woods (on 1929-10-01)
harmonica:
Noah Lewis (on 1929-10-01)
jug:
Gus Cannon (on 1929-10-01)
kazoo:
Hosea Woods (on 1929-10-01)
vocals:
Gus Cannon (on 1929-10-01) and Hosea Woods (on 1929-10-01)
recording of:
Walk Right In (on 1929-10-01)
composer:
Gus Cannon and Hosea Woods
Cannon’s Jug Stompers2:57
24Cocaine
Dick Justice3:11
25Packin’ Trunk Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-01-23)
guitar:
Huddie Ledbetter
vocals:
Huddie Ledbetter
recording of:
Packing Trunk Blues
lyricist and composer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
Lead Belly2:55

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part of:Music Rough Guides (World Music Network) (number: 1388) (order: 387)
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