Time: 85:30
Size: 195.7 MB
Styles: Southern blues
Year: 2016
Art: Front
[2:44] 1. Charlie Musselwhite - Taylor, Arkansas
[3:23] 2. Johnny Shines - If I Get Lucky
[4:21] 3. Big Leon Brooks - Country Boy
[3:19] 4. Clarence Gatemouth Brown - Louisiana Zydeco
[2:44] 5. Willie Nix - Seems Like A Million Years
[5:52] 6. W.C. Clark - Tip Of My Tongue
[9:31] 7. Tinsley Ellis - Time To Quit
[3:21] 8. Phillip Walker - Roll, Roll, Roll
[6:28] 9. Johnny Copeland - Blackjack
[3:49] 10. William Clarke - Lollipop Mama
[7:13] 11. Big Mama Thornton - Ball 'n' Chain
[2:54] 12. The Song Trust - Dawg Tired
[2:37] 13. Carey Bell - That Ain't It
[2:36] 14. Bobby Lee Trammell - Come On And Love Me
[3:55] 15. C.J. Chenier & The Red Hot Louisiana Band - Louisiana Down Home Blues
[2:09] 16. Willie Johnson Combo - So Long Baby Goodbye
[3:40] 17. Andrew Brown - Morning, Noon And Night
[4:34] 18. Carey & Lurrie Bell - Five Long Years
[6:29] 19. Hound Dog Taylor - Phillips' Theme
[3:42] 20. Rev. Gary Davis - I Won't Be Back No More
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. The blues grew up in the Mississippi Delta just upriver from New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz. Blues and jazz have always influenced each other, and they still interact in countless ways today. Unlike jazz, the blues didn't spread out significantly from the South to the Midwest until the 1930s and '40s. Once the Delta blues made their way up the Mississippi to urban areas, the music evolved into electrified Chicago blues, other regional blues styles, and various jazz-blues hybrids. A decade or so later the blues gave birth to rhythm 'n blues and rock 'n roll. ~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. The blues grew up in the Mississippi Delta just upriver from New Orleans, the birthplace of jazz. Blues and jazz have always influenced each other, and they still interact in countless ways today. Unlike jazz, the blues didn't spread out significantly from the South to the Midwest until the 1930s and '40s. Once the Delta blues made their way up the Mississippi to urban areas, the music evolved into electrified Chicago blues, other regional blues styles, and various jazz-blues hybrids. A decade or so later the blues gave birth to rhythm 'n blues and rock 'n roll. ~Ed Kopp
The Finest Southern Blues