Various - Picking The Blues: Boogie Woogie Pioneers Compiled By John Mayall

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 70:29
Size: 161.4 MB
Styles: Boogie Woogie Piano blues
Year: 2006
Art: Front

[3:09] 1. Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues
[3:18] 2. Pinetop Smith - Jump Steady Blues
[3:16] 3. Charlie Spand - Moanin' The Blues
[3:01] 4. Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop
[3:10] 5. Wesley Wallace - Fanny Lee Blues
[2:53] 6. Little Brother Montgomery - No Special Rider Blues
[3:15] 7. Jabo Williams - Pratt City Blues
[3:18] 8. Turner Parrish - Fives
[2:58] 9. Walter Roland - Jookit Jookit
[2:26] 10. Cleo Brown - Boogie Woogie
[3:06] 11. Jesse James - Lonesome Day Blues
[3:39] 12. Albert Ammons - Bass Goin' Crazy
[4:02] 13. Pete Johnson - Holler Stomp
[2:41] 14. Jimmy Yancey - 35th And Dearborn
[3:51] 15. Meade Lux Lewis - Six Wheel Chaser
[2:36] 16. Jay Mcshann - Vine Street Boogie
[2:43] 17. Cripple Clarence Lofton - In The Mornin'
[2:56] 18. Big Maceo Merriweather - Chicago Breakdown
[2:46] 19. Montana Taylor - Indiana Avenue Stomp
[2:42] 20. Memphis Slim - Slim's Boogie
[3:56] 21. Speckled Red - Early In The Morning
[4:35] 22. Otis Spann - Otis In The Dark

British musician, bandleader, and blues historian John Mayall was tapped by the excellent jazz and blues archival label Document to dig through his record collection and present the best of the boogie-woogie pioneers. Not only did Mayall select the 22 songs for the disc, but he also wrote the liner notes in which he recalls his life-altering discovery of this music by hunting down used 78s back in the early '50s. The lineup Mayall chose speaks for itself. Not only does he pay tribute to the professors of boogie-woogie, but also a cross reference of blues pianists recorded between 1928 and 1960, none of which are represented by more than one track, serving the listener with a full scope of variations in style. ~Al Campbell

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Various - That's All Right

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 71:15
Size: 163.1 MB
Styles: R&B, Chicago blues
Year: 2002
Art: Front

[3:01] 1. Peter Clayton - Pearl Harbor Blues
[2:47] 2. The Five Breezes - My Buddy Blues
[2:54] 3. Big Maceo Merriweather - Worried Life Blues
[2:45] 4. The Cats & The Fiddle - I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water
[3:05] 5. Memphis Slim - Grinder Man Blues
[2:48] 6. Albert Ammons - Walkin' The Boogie
[2:56] 7. Lil Green - Why Don't You Do Right
[3:02] 8. Robert Lockwood - Little Boy Blue
[3:03] 9. Peter Clayton - Angels In Harlem
[3:12] 10. Sunnyland Slim - Illinois Central
[2:49] 11. Little Eddie Boyd And His Trio - Chicago Is Just That Way
[2:52] 12. Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - That's All Right
[2:41] 13. Henry 'Red' Allen - Get The Mop
[3:05] 14. Bill Jazz Gillum - Look On Yonder Wall
[3:12] 15. Roosevelt Sykes - Anytime Is The Right Time
[2:59] 16. Tampa Red - When Things Go Wrong With You (It Hurts Me Too)
[2:35] 17. Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - Dust My Broom
[3:05] 18. Washboard Sam - Soap And Water Blues
[2:30] 19. Piano Red - Rockin' With Red
[2:56] 20. Tampa Red - Sweet Little Angel
[2:20] 21. Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup - My Baby Left Me
[3:01] 22. Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - How Blue Can You Get (Downhearted)
[2:39] 23. Piano Red - Right String, But The Wrong Yo-Yo
[2:31] 24. Sonny Terry - Ride And Roll
[2:16] 25. Little Richard - Get Rich Quick

When Muddy Waters declared that the blues had a child and they named him rock & roll, he knew exactly what he was talking about -- rock & roll was very much an outgrowth of the blues. Country, jazz, and gospel all influenced early rock & roll, but the blues were the most important influence of all. And no discussion of rock & roll's blues heritage would be complete without some mention of Chicago, which is where many of the songs on When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 4: That's All Right were recorded. Not everything on this 72-minute compilation (which spans 1939-1955) was recorded in Chi-Town, and not all of the artists had a Windy City address -- in the '30s, '40s, and '50s, Southern bluesman sometimes traveled to Chicago to record. But it is safe to say that Chicago-style blues is a high priority and that all of the artists helped pave the way for the rock & roll revolution of the '50s -- artists like Memphis Slim, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Tampa Red, Roosevelt Sykes, and Big Maceo Merriweather. This disc has its share of songs that became standards, including Merriweather's "Worried Life Blues," Austin Powell's "I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water," and Crudup's "That's All Right" (which became a hit for Elvis Presley in the '50s). Other highlights of the disc range from Lil Green's 1941 version of Joe McCoy's "Why Don't You Do Right" (which Peggy Lee didn't embrace until 1943) to Little Richard's 1951 recording of "Get Rich Quick." The latter is downright fascinating. Although "Get Rich Quick" was recorded four years before Richard's commercial breakthrough and isn't as guitar-oriented as his subsequent work, he already had a recognizably flamboyant vocal style. Blues and rock & roll enthusiasts are both advised to give this fine CD a close listen. ~Alex Henderson

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