The Prewar Blues Story 1926-1943 (disc 2)

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Annotation

1. 1935
2. 1936
3. 1937
4. 1941
5. 1940
6. 1936
7. 1939
8. 1936
9. 1942
10. 1940
11. 1940
12. 1940
13. 1939
14. 1941
15. 1940
16. 1940
17. 1941
18. 1942
19. 1941
20. 1943
21. 1938
22. 1940

Annotation last modified on 2006-09-26 06:40 UTC.

Tracklist

▼ Medium 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Diggin' My Potatoes
Washboard Sam3:02
2Louise Louise Blues
Johnny Temple2:59
3Night Time Is the Right Time
Roosevelt Sykes2:57
4Goin' Down Slow
bass:
Alfred Elkins
piano:
Roosevelt Sykes
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2002)
recording of:
Goin’ Down Slow
lyricist and composer:
James Burke Oden (blues singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Leeds Music, MCA Music Ltd. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
St. Louis Jimmy3:16
5Beer Drinking Woman
Memphis Slim3:22
6Trouble in Mind
Georgia White2:42
7Slow and Easy Blues
Jimmy Yancey2:38
8Lonesome Bedroom Blues
Curtis Jones3:06
9See See Rider Blues
Bea Booze3:12
10Bus Rider Blues
Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry2:49
11Picking My Tomatoes
Brownie McGhee2:47
12Key to the Highway
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-05-09)
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-05-09)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Jazz Gillum (on 1940-05-09)
recording of:
Key to the Highway (in 1940)
writer:
Big Bill Broonzy and Charles Segar
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), MCA Duchess Music Corporation, Songs of Universal, Inc., Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Wabash Music Co. (BMI-affiliated)
Jazz Gillum2:42
13Just a Dream
Big Bill Broonzy2:50
14Why Don't You Do Right?
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy
recording of:
Why Don’t You Do Right?
lyricist and composer:
Kansas Joe McCoy
publisher:
Edwin Morris Music and Morley Music Co
version of:
Weed Smoker’s Dream
Lil Green2:59
15War Time Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-05-17)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1940-05-17)
membranophone:
Fred Williams (Blues drummer) (on 1940-05-17)
piano:
Joshua Altheimer (on 1940-05-17)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:59
16Gamblin' Man Blues
Champion Jack Dupree2:47
17Worried Life Blues
double bass [string bass]:
Ransom Knowling (on 1941-06-24)
guitar:
Tampa Red (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
piano:
Big Maceo (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
vocals:
Big Maceo (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
recorded at:
RCA Studios (Chicago, 1935-1969) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-06-24)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1983)
recording of:
Worried Life Blues (on 1941-06-21)
writer:
Sleepy John Estes and Maceo Merriweather
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Someday Baby Blues
Big Maceo2:55
18Pearl Harbor Blues
Doctor Clayton3:02
19Uncle Sam Says
guitar:
Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)
vocals:
Josh White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)
Josh White2:45
20Ration Blues
Louis Jordan3:09
21Roll 'em, Pete
Big Joe Turner2:51
22T-Bone Blues
T‐Bone Walker3:20