Various - The Most Underrated Blues Players Ever! (2-Disc Set)

Album: The Most Underrated Blues Players Ever! (Disc 1)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 141:48
Size: 324.6 MB
Styles: R&B/Soul, Assorted blues styles
Year: 2012

[2:52] 1. Juke Boy Bonner - Rock With Me, Baby
[2:59] 2. Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love
[5:25] 3. Baby Face Leroy Foster - Rollin' And Tumblin'
[2:28] 4. Johnny Alston - Weary Blues
[2:43] 5. Carl Campbell - Goin' Down To Nashville
[3:06] 6. Robert Lockwood, Jr. - Little Boy Blue
[2:04] 7. Peppermint Harris - Gimmie, Gimmie, Gimmie
[3:04] 8. K.C. Douglas - Lonely Boy Blues
[3:29] 9. Madelyn James - Stinging Snake Blues
[2:40] 10. Long Cleve Reed - Original Stack O'lee Blues
[2:52] 11. Robert Wilkins - That's No Way To Get Along
[2:53] 12. Mississippi Mud Steppers - Alma Waltz
[2:34] 13. The Five Keys - I'm So High
[3:03] 14. Carl Rafferty - Mr. Carl's Blues
[2:50] 15. Walter Vincent - Your Friends Gonna Use It Too
[2:47] 16. Chatman Brothers - Stir It Now
[2:39] 17. I.H. Smalley - Smalley's Jump
[2:55] 18. Sherman Blues Johnson - Blues Jumped A Rabbit
[3:07] 19. Olie Jackson - You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone
[2:12] 20. Conrad Johnson - Fisherman's Blues
[3:19] 21. Texas Alexander - Seen Better Days
[2:47] 22. Calvin Frazier - She's A Double-Crossin' Woman
[1:52] 23. Marvin & Johnny - Smack Smack
[2:43] 24. Clarence Samuels - Hey Joe
[2:57] 25. Ramblin' Thomas - Sawmill Moan
[3:21] 26. Charlie McCoy - You Gonna Need Me
[3:00] 27. Ed Bell - Bad Boy
[2:50] 28. Lavarda Durst - I Cried
[2:57] 29. Eddie Lang - Add A Little Wiggle
[3:26] 30. David Honeyboy Edwards - Sweet Home Chicago
[2:03] 31. Blind Will Dukes - Hoodoo Man
[3:06] 32. Freeman Stowers - Railroad Blues
[3:05] 33. Birmingham Jug Band - Getting Ready For Trial
[2:45] 34. Charley Jordan - Charley Jordan - Keep It Clean
[3:05] 35. Joe Papoose Fritz - Better Wake Up, Baby
[3:24] 36. Texas Alexander - Frost Texas Tornado Blues
[2:01] 37. West Side Trio - West Side Jump
[3:22] 38. J.D. Short - Snake Doctor Blues
[2:44] 39. Little T-Bone - Christmas Blues
[2:46] 40. Funny Papa Smith - Good Coffee Blues
[2:08] 41. Belvin Jesse - Sugar Doll
[2:33] 42. The Sharps - Our Love Is Here To Stay
[2:48] 43. Crying Sam Collins - Jail House Blues
[2:36] 44. James Reed - You Better Hold Me
[2:18] 45. Walter Sandman Howard - Willow Tree Blues
[2:43] 46. Bonnie Evans - Good Luck To You
[2:50] 47. Violet Hall - (All Alone) I Sit And Cry
[2:43] 48. Charlie McCoy - It's Hot Like That
[1:44] 49. Blind Will Dukes - Mistreated So Long
[2:44] 50. Sheri Washington - I Got Plenty

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Album: The Most Underrated Blues Players Ever! (Disc 2)
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 152:11
Size: 348.4 MB
Styles: R&B/Soul, Assorted blues styles
Year: 2012
Art: Front

[2:59] 1. Banjo Joe - Madison Street Stomp
[2:49] 2. Funny Papa Smith - Howling Wolf Blues
[2:29] 3. Margie Hendricks - Everytime
[3:00] 4. Sleepy John Estes - 222 Milk Cow Blues
[3:11] 5. Emery Franklin - Lonesome Blues
[2:53] 6. Sylvester Scott - Going Home Blues
[2:58] 7. Walter Jacobs - Mississippi Low Down
[2:13] 8. The Lovers - Let's Elope
[3:11] 9. Frank Stokes - 'tain't Nobody's Business If I Do
[2:59] 10. L. C. Williams - Louisiana Boogie
[6:15] 11. The Paramount All Stars - Home Town Skiffle
[2:56] 12. Elmore Nixon - Married Woman Blues
[2:57] 13. Cannon's Jug Stompers - Walk Right In
[2:24] 14. Shirley & Lee - Let The Good Times Roll
[5:20] 15. Johnny Shines - Moanin' And Groanin' The Blues
[2:36] 16. Baby Boy Warren - Stop Breaking Down
[2:50] 17. Funny Papa Smith - County Jail Blues
[3:11] 18. Jackson Blue Boys - Sweet Alberta
[2:49] 19. Chatman Brothers - Wake Me Just Before Day
[4:00] 20. Calvin Frazier - Lilly Mae No. 1
[2:55] 21. Ashley & Foster - Bay Rum Blues
[3:06] 22. Kokomo Arnold - Milk Cow Blues
[2:54] 23. Blip Thompkins - Got A Feelin' You're Foolin'
[3:05] 24. Cal Lucas - Left With The Blues
[2:51] 25. The Carols - My Search Is Over
[3:12] 26. Chatman Brothers - If You Don't Want Me, Please Don't Dog Me Around
[3:05] 27. Peetie Wheatstraw - Police Station Blues
[2:53] 28. Little Willie Littlefield - Little Willie's Boogie
[3:04] 29. Johnny Temple - Lead Pencil Blues
[2:57] 30. Mississippi Blacksnakes - Grind So Fine
[2:52] 31. Frank Palmes - Ain't Gonna Lay My 'ligion Down
[3:02] 32. Little Caesar - Big Eyes
[2:26] 33. Homesick James - Long Lonesome Day
[2:43] 34. The Mello Felows - My Friend Charlie
[2:24] 35. Dirty Red - Mother Fuyer
[2:53] 36. Mercy Dee Walton - The Main Event
[3:00] 37. Chicken Wilson - House Snake Blues
[2:52] 38. Blind Roosevelt Graves - Guitar Boogie
[2:58] 39. Charlie McCoy - Blue Heaven Blues
[3:15] 40. Ben Curry - The Laffing Rag
[3:03] 41. Peg Leg Howell - Coal Man Blues
[3:01] 42. Georgia Cotton Pickers - Diddle-Da-Diddle
[2:54] 43. Lee Brown - My Driving Wheel
[3:12] 44. Rubberlegs Williams - That's The Stuff You Gotta Watch
[2:52] 45. Lonnie Lyons - Down In The Groovy
[2:57] 46. Chuck Darling - Blowin' The Blues
[2:40] 47. Little T-Bone - Love's A Gamble
[2:54] 48. Funny Papa Smith - Hoppin' Toad Frog
[2:57] 49. Mississippi Blacksnakes - It Still Ain't No Good
[2:48] 50. Furry Lewis - Big Chief Blues

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Henry Townsend & Friends - Henry's Worry Blues

File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Source: LL (from CD)
Released: 2000
Styles: Blues
Time: 73:46
Size: 169,9 MB
Covers: Front,CD,Tray

Tracks 1-17 : Henry Townsend
Tracks 18-22: J.D. Short
Tracks 23-24: Joe Stone

(3:07) 1. Henry's Worry Blues
(3:00) 2. Mistreated Blues
(2:56) 3. Long Ago Blues
(2:59) 4. Poor Man Blues
(2:45) 5. Doctor, Oh Doctor
(3:18) 6. Jack Of Diamonds Georgia Rub
(2:52) 7. No Home Blues
(3:13) 8. Take a Chance
(2:44) 9. She's Got What I Want
(2:50) 10. My Sweet Candy
(2:52) 11. Sick With the Blues
(3:19) 12. Don't Love That Woman
(3:15) 13. She's Got a Mean Disposition
(3:29) 14. Lose Your Man
(3:26) 15. All I've Got's Gone
(2:57) 16. A Ramblin' Mind
(2:49) 17. Now I Stay Away
(3:13) 18. Telephone Arguin' Blues
(2:49) 19. Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake
(3:23) 20. Snake Doctor Blues
(2:58) 21. Barefoot Blues
(3:14) 22. Grand Daddy Blues
(3:08) 23. It's Hard Time
(2:58) 24. Back Door Blues

Henry Townsend has had an astoundingly long blues career, one that began in St. Louis in the 1920s and still continues eight-decades later in the 21st century. This interesting compilation, attributed to Henry Townsend & Friends, collects 17 of Townsend's early 78 sides from the 1920s and '30s, adding in five by J.D. Short from the same period, and two more by Joe Stone, who is probably Short working under a different name for contractual reasons. To call Townsend and Short friends might be stretching the meaning of the word a bit, since Short is rumored to have stabbed Townsend during an altercation, while Townsend, in turn, is said to have shot Short during a later dispute between the two. Definitions of friendship aside, the music here is country blues right at the cusp of turning into something more urban, particularly when Townsend abandons the guitar for piano on a couple of tracks. Short (who could also play piano, but doesn't on this collection) sounds like he may have been a more aggressive guitar player than Townsend, and his rhythms show a tense, staccato drive, where Townsend has a more laconic sound. There isn't a tremendous amount of variety here, though, as Townsend, in particular, seems to return to the same generic blues melody for several of his cuts. In the end, Henry's Worry Blues probably has the most appeal as an archival document, since both Short and Townsend went on to record more interesting material later in their careers. -- AllMusic

Henry's Worry Blues

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Big Joe Williams & J.D. Short - Stavin' Chain Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 50:17
Size: 115.1 MB
Styles: Country blues, Delta blues
Year: 1966/1991
Art: Front

[4:07] 1. Stavin' Chain Blues
[2:49] 2. Roll And Tumble
[3:19] 3. Mean Stepfather
[3:20] 4. You Got To Help Me Some
[3:13] 5. You're Gonna Need King Jesus
[3:36] 6. Jumpin' In The Moonlight
[3:51] 7. Rocks And Gravel
[2:45] 8. Sweet Old Kokomo
[2:47] 9. Nobody Knows Chicago
[4:05] 10. Gonna Check Up On My Baby
[3:43] 11. You're Gonna Need King Jesus
[3:20] 12. Rambled And Wandered
[3:15] 13. Going Back To Crawford, Miss
[4:12] 14. Stavin' Chain Blues
[1:49] 15. J.D. Talks

Guitar, Harmonica – J.D. Short; Vocals – J.D. Short (tracks: 1, 4, 14); Vocals, Acoustic Guitar [9 String] – Big Joe Williams. Original Recording Date: February 8, 1958. Tracks 2, 5, 7, 14 previously unissued.

A CD reissue of 1958 recordings, it includes four previously unreleased tracks. This is raw but beautiful country-blues, featuring the otherworldly sound of Big Joe's nine-string guitar. ~Niles J. Frantz

Stavin' Chain Blues

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J.D. Short - The Sonet Blues Story

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 44:26
Size: 101.7 MB
Styles: Delta blues
Year: 1973/2006
Art: Front

[4:43] 1. Starry Crown Blues
[4:38] 2. My Rare Dog
[3:47] 3. By The Spoonful
[4:01] 4. You're Tempting Me
[4:57] 5. Slidin' Delta
[5:23] 6. I'm Just Wasting My Time
[5:48] 7. The Red River Run
[3:32] 8. Help Me Some
[2:57] 9. East St. Louis
[4:35] 10. Make Me Down A Pallet

J.D. Short (December 26, 1902 – October 21, 1962) was an American Delta blues singer, guitarist and harmonicist. He was a multi-instrumentalist, and possessed a distinctive vibrato laden, singing voice. Early in his career, Short recorded under a number of pseudonyms, including Jaydee Short and Jelly Jaw Short. His more noteworthy works included “Lonesome Swamp Rattlesnake” and “You’re Tempting Me.”

Born in Port Gibson, Mississippi, Short learned to play both the piano and guitar at a young age. He later mastered the harmonica, saxophone, clarinet and drums. Short performed locally in the Mississippi Delta at house parties, but relocated in 1923 to St. Louis, Missouri. Short went on to play along with the Neckbones, Henry Spaulding, David “Honeyboy” Edwards, Douglas Williams, and Big Joe Williams. In the 1930s, Short recorded for the Vocalion label. Henry Townsend in his autobiography, A Blue Life, told of incidents in St. Louis that affected both his and Short’s lives. Seemingly due to jealousy of his musical standing, Short attacked and twice stabbed Townsend. Later, by way of revenge, Townsend shot Short in his genitals, which resulted in Short losing both of his testicles. The account was also mentioned in Townsend’s obituary in The Guardian. Short continued performing in St. Louis after World War II, often as a one-man band and sometimes with his cousin, Big Joe Williams. Nevertheless, Short effectively disappeared from the music industry for over two decades, before re-emerging at the start of the blues revival period. He achieved belated national recognition, and went on to record further tracks for Delmark and Folkways. Some of his recordings were later released on Sonet. Short was featured in the 1963 documentary film, The Blues, singing “Slidin’ Delta”. However, he had already died in October 1962 of a heart attack, in St. Louis, at the age of 60.

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