Time: 54:23
Size: 124.5 MB
Styles: Delta blues, Memphis blues
Year: 2015
Art: Front
[2:52] 1. John Lee Hooker - Baby Lee
[2:26] 2. Lightnin' Hopkins - Lonesome
[3:15] 3. B.B. King - Young Dreamers
[3:23] 4. Jelly Roll Morton - Somebody's Gotta Go
[2:41] 5. Charles Brown - Walking Alone (Blues For My Baby)
[3:14] 6. Lead Belly - Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
[3:14] 7. Lightnin' Hopkins - In New Orleans (House Of The Rising Sun)
[3:24] 8. B.B. King - By Myself
[2:36] 9. Johnny Otis - Have You Ever Loved A Woman
[3:44] 10. Memphis Slim - Mr. Jelly Lord
[2:37] 11. B.B. King - Lonesome Dog Blues
[2:24] 12. Gatemouth Moore - On My Word Of Honor
[2:09] 13. Memphis Slim - King Porter Stomp
[2:38] 14. Charles Brown - Trouble Blues
[1:17] 15. Lead Belly - Big Fat Woman
[3:51] 16. B.B. King - I'm Leaving You Now
[5:38] 17. Lightnin' Hopkins - Guess Who
[2:52] 18. Jelly Roll Morton - Rockin' Blues
When you think of the blues, you think about misfortune, betrayal and regret. You lose your job, you get the blues. Your mate falls out of love with you, you get the blues. Your dog dies, you get the blues. While blues lyrics often deal with personal adversity, the music itself goes far beyond self-pity. The blues is also about overcoming hard luck, saying what you feel, ridding yourself of frustration, letting your hair down, and simply having fun. The best blues is visceral, cathartic, and starkly emotional. From unbridled joy to deep sadness, no form of music communicates more genuine emotion.
The blues has deep roots in American history, particularly African-American history. The blues originated on Southern plantations in the 19th Century. Its inventors were slaves, ex-slaves and the descendants of slaves—African-American sharecroppers who sang as they toiled in the cotton and vegetable fields. It's generally accepted that the music evolved from African spirituals, African chants, work songs, field hollers, rural fife and drum music, revivalist hymns, and country dance music. ~Ed Kopp
The blues has deep roots in American history, particularly African-American history. The blues originated on Southern plantations in the 19th Century. Its inventors were slaves, ex-slaves and the descendants of slaves—African-American sharecroppers who sang as they toiled in the cotton and vegetable fields. It's generally accepted that the music evolved from African spirituals, African chants, work songs, field hollers, rural fife and drum music, revivalist hymns, and country dance music. ~Ed Kopp
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