The Rough Guide to Hokum Blues

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Cigarette Blues
recording of:
Cigarette Blues (in 1936)
lyricist and composer:
Bo Chatman
Bo Carter3:18
2Truckin’ My Blues Away no. 2 (take 2)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1937-02-09)
guitar:
Blind Boy Fuller (on 1937-02-09)
vocals:
Blind Boy Fuller (on 1937-02-09)
Blind Boy Fuller2:51
3Hokum Stomp
Big Bill Broonzy2:52
4Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1931-11-20)
recording of:
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl (Bessie Smith's version) (on 1931-11-20)
writer:
James “Tim” Brymn, Dally Small and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
Bessie Smith2:52
5Too Tight Blues no. 2
Blind Blake2:56
6Satisfaction Blues
Rufus & Ben Quillian3:23
7Keep It Clean
Charley Jordan2:46
8Barbecue Bess
Lucille Bogan2:43
9Bow Wow Blues
Allen Brothers3:17
10Hokum Blues
Dallas String Band with Coley Jones3:14
11What’s the Matter With the Mill?
guitar:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1930-10-11)
vocals:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1930-10-11) and Memphis Minnie (on 1930-10-11)
recording of:
What's the Matter With the Mill
lyricist and composer:
Kansas Joe McCoy and Minnie McCoy
publisher:
State Street Music Publ. Co. Inc. (on 1931-01-24)
Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie2:50
12Adam and Eve in the Garden
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1928-09)
banjo and harmonica:
Bogus Ben Covington (in 1928-09)
vocals:
Bogus Ben Covington (in 1928-09)
Bogus Ben Covington2:43
13Honey Your Going Too Fast
Barbecue Bob3:02
14Shake That Thing
Papa Charlie Jackson2:59
15Sam the Hot Dog Man
Lil Johnson3:00
16Shake It and Break It (But Don’t Let It Fall Mama)
guitar and lead vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
recording of:
Shake It & Break It
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
publisher:
Boogie Music, EMI Longitude Music, Unart Music Corp. and United Artists Musik GmbH
recording of:
Shake It and Break It But (Don't Let It Fall Mama)
composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
Charley Patton3:07
17Selling the Jelly
Noah Lewis’ Jug Band2:56
18Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Ma Rainey3:11
19Your Wagon’s Worn Out Now
Casey Bill Weldon2:52
20Can’t You Wait Till You Get Home
Frankie “Half Pint” Jaxon2:16
21Candy 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 Hurt2:47
22Warm It Up to Me
guitar:
Blind Willie (on 1933-09-14) and Curley Weaver (on 1933-09-14)
vocals:
Blind Willie (on 1933-09-14) and Curley Weaver (on 1933-09-14)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 1991)
recording of:
Warm It Up to Me (on 1933-09-14)
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell2:55
23Black Snake Moan
Blind Lemon Jefferson3:02
24It’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 & Georgia Tom3:03
25Mama Let Me Lay It on You
Walter Coleman3:00

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part of:Music Rough Guides (World Music Network) (number: 1374) (order: 373)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/1537784 [info]