Various - Booze & The Blues

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:48
Size: 148.3 MB
Styles: Assorted blues styles
Year: 1995
Art: Front

[3:13] 1. State Street Swingers - You Drink Too Much
[2:50] 2. Charley Jordan - Cherry Wine Woman
[2:49] 3. Memphis Minnie - Drunken Barrel House Blues
[3:30] 4. Mississippi Sheiks - Bootleggers' Blues
[3:06] 5. Barbecue Bob - Me And My Whiskey
[2:38] 6. Kid Prince Moore - Bug Juice Blues
[2:36] 7. Charlie Spand - Rock And Rye
[2:50] 8. Memphis Jug Band - Rukus Juice And Chittlin'
[2:34] 9. Merline Johnson - Bad Whiskey Blues
[3:04] 10. Amos Easton - Part I
[3:08] 11. Amos Easton As Bumble Bee Slim - Part Ii
[2:43] 12. Little Bill Gaither - Moonshine By The Keg
[2:54] 13. Lucille Bogan - Drinking Blues
[2:59] 14. Peetie Wheatstraw - More Good Whiskey Blues
[3:00] 15. Joshua White - Pigmeat And Whiskey Blues
[2:42] 16. Casey Bill Weldon - Give Me Another Shot
[2:55] 17. Rosetta Howard - When I Been Drinking
[2:53] 18. Lewis Black - Corn Liquor Blues
[3:07] 19. Sloppy Henry - Canned Heat Blues
[3:14] 20. Big Bill Broonzy - When I Been Drinking
[2:46] 21. Jack Newman - Blackberry Wine
[3:04] 22. Rev. W.M. Mosley - Drinking Shine

Booze & the Blues is a thoroughly entertaining collection of 22 pre-war blues songs about wine, drinking, whiskey and blues. It's a gimmicky excuse for a collection, but it works, not only because the songs and performances are good, but because the tracks all have a similar spirit. Among the highlights are tracks by Memphis Minnie, Mississippi Sheiks, Robert Hicks, the Memphis Jug Band, Amos Easton, Lucille Bogan, Peetie Wheatstraw and Joshua White. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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Various - That's Chicago's South Side

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 74:57
Size: 171.6 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2002
Art: Front

[2:49] 1. Sam Theard - That's Chicago's South Side
[3:15] 2. Peetie Wheatstraw - Pete Wheatstraw
[2:59] 3. Roosevelt Sykes - Devil's Island Gin Blues
[3:16] 4. Amos Easton - Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On
[3:27] 5. Joe Pullum - Black Gal, What Makes Your Head So Hard
[2:49] 6. Lil Johnson - I Lost My Baby
[2:50] 7. Big Bill Broonzy - Keep Your Hands Off Her
[2:55] 8. Leroy Carr - When The Sun Goes Down
[2:51] 9. Memphis Minnie - Selling My Pork Chops
[3:06] 10. The Sparks Brothers - Every Day I Have The Blues
[2:48] 11. Walter Davis - Sweet Sixteen
[2:57] 12. Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues
[2:39] 13. Richard M. Jones - Trouble In Mind
[3:21] 14. Merline Johnson - He Roars Like A Lion
[3:01] 15. Robert Lee Mccoy - Prowling Nighthawk
[2:58] 16. Sonny Boy Williamson I - Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
[3:09] 17. Speckled Red - You Got To Fix It
[2:41] 18. Washboard Sam - Bucket's Got A Hole In It
[2:45] 19. Tommy Mcclennan - Bottle It Up And Go
[2:37] 20. Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway
[2:56] 21. Tampa Red - Don't You Lie To Me
[2:53] 22. Johnny Temple - What Is That She Got
[3:10] 23. St. Louis Jimmy Oden - Goin' Down To Slow
[3:17] 24. James Yank Rachel - Hobo Blues
[3:15] 25. Lonnie Johnson - He's A Jelly Roll Baker

Ask a rock & roller to discuss Chicago's contributions to the blues, and he/she is likely to talk about Chess Records and electric post-World War II greats like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Willie Dixon, Little Walter, Buddy Guy, and Junior Wells. But the Windy City had a healthy blues scene long before the rise of Chess -- one that went back to the days of Al Capone and Prohibition. Spanning 1931-1942, When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 3: That's Chicago's South Side spotlights the acoustic pre-Chess, pre-Muddy Waters era of Chicago blues -- an era that helped pave the way for Chess Records as well as rock & roll. The recordings on this excellent CD point to fact that, long before Chicago became synonymous with electric blues, the city had its own unique blues sound. Gems like Sonny Boy Williamson's "Good Morning, Schoolgirl" (1937), Roosevelt Sykes' "Devil's Island Gin Blues" (1933), and Tommy McClennan's "Bottle It Up and Go" (1939) are quite different from the blues that were coming from the Deep South in the '30s and early '40s -- these artists offer an acoustic sound, but a harder, tougher acoustic sound than the Southern country blues that were coming from Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee back then. Of course, some of the artists who blues fans associate with Chicago blues were originally from the South; Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf, for example, were born in Mississippi. But when Southern bluesmen moved north and interacted with Chicago-based musicians, their music could easily take on a more urban outlook. And an urban outlook definitely prevails on this CD, which underscores the richness of Chicago's pre-Chess blues scene. ~Alex Henderson

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Various - Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey (2-Disc Set)

Former Rolling Stones bass player Bill Wyman wants to enlighten people about the great blues of America's musical past. Drawing on his stash of 1,300 albums, the two-CD set Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey makes a strong case for the lasting eloquence of the African American blues music recorded in the oppressive South during the Depression and on till 1951. (Wyman has also co-authored a history of the American blues called Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey: A Journey to Music's Heart & Soul.) Blues novitiates and devotees alike will be served well by Wyman's knowing selection of songs, 46 in all, covering an array of styles. Among his heroes are the famous (Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson) and semi-famous (Lonnie Johnson and Memphis Slim, to name two), as well as the unjustly forgotten (several pianists and cross-dressing singer Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon). ~Frank-John Hadley

Album: Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey (Disc 1)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 68:07
Size: 156.0 MB
Styles: Assorted blues
Year: 2005

[2:59] 1. Bessie Smith - Goin' Crazy With The Blues
[2:56] 2. Papa Charlie Jackson - Lock And Key
[2:38] 3. Blind Lemon Jefferson - All I Want Is A Spoonful
[2:58] 4. Luke Jordan - Matchbox Blues
[3:14] 5. Blind Blake - Church Bell Blues
[2:50] 6. Frank Stokes - Southern Rag
[2:57] 7. Mississippi John Hurt - What's The Matter Blues
[2:54] 8. Pinetop Smith - Stack O'lee Blues
[3:19] 9. Montana Taylor - Pine Top's Boogie Woogie
[3:25] 10. Tampa Red & Georgia Tom - Indiana Avenue Stomp
[2:52] 11. Charley Patton - The Duck Yas-Yas-Yas
[3:03] 12. Frankie Half-Pint Jaxon - Shake It And Break It (But Don't Let It Fall Mama)
[2:47] 13. Jesse Babyface Thomas - Come On Mama, Do That Dance
[2:33] 14. Speckled Red - Blue Goose Blues
[2:58] 15. Blind Willie Walker - The Dirty Dozen
[3:06] 16. Bo Carter - South Carolina Rag
[2:51] 17. Blind Willie Mctell - Pussy Cat Blues
[3:06] 18. Joe Pullum - Searching The Desert For The Blues
[2:45] 19. Rob Cooper - Cows, See That Train Comin'
[2:58] 20. Bumble Bee Slim - West Dallas Rag
[2:47] 21. Casey Bill Weldon - Ramblin' With That Woman
[3:13] 22. Meade Lux Lewis - W.P.A. Blues
[2:47] 23. Robert Johnson - Honky Tonk Train Blues

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Album: Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey (Disc 2)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 63:31
Size: 145.4 MB
Styles: Assorted blues
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[2:59] 1. Walter 'cowboy' Washington - Terraplane Blues
[2:53] 2. Black Boy Shine - Ice Pick Mama
[2:23] 3. Peetie Wheatstraw - Gamblin' Jinx Blues
[2:34] 4. Big Bill Broonzy - Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp
[2:47] 5. Georgia White - Good Boy
[2:31] 6. Blind Boy Fuller - Alley Boogie
[2:41] 7. Cow Cow' Davenport - Meat Shakin' Woman
[2:40] 8. Mamie Smith - Railroad Blues
[2:52] 9. Sleepy John Estes - Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues)
[2:47] 10. Big Joe Turner - Roll 'em Pete
[2:56] 11. Lonnie Johnson - Jersey Belle Blues
[2:42] 12. Tommy Mcclennan - Brown Skin Girl
[3:19] 13. Memphis Slim - Beer Drinking Woman
[2:47] 14. Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur Blues
[2:45] 15. Big Joe Williams - Baby, Please Don't Go
[2:55] 16. Pete Johnson - Dive Bomber
[3:04] 17. Sonny Terry - Carolina Blues
[2:31] 18. Big Maceo - Kid Man Blues
[2:33] 19. John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillen'
[2:33] 20. Muddy Waters - You're Gonna Miss Me (When I'm Dead And Gone)
[2:29] 21. Melvin Lil' Son Jackson - Rockin' And Rollin'
[2:58] 22. B.B. King - 3 O'clock Blues
[2:43] 23. Elmore James - Dust My Broom

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