Show Me the Way Home, Honey

Little Brother Montgomery - Tasty Blues

Size: 100,0 MB
Time: 42:48
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1960
Styles: Piano Blues, Chicago Blues
Label: Original Blues Classics
Art: Front

01. Taty Blues (4:43)
02. Santa Fe (2:39)
03. How Long, Brother? (3:39)
04. Pleading Blues (3:36)
05. No Special Rider (2:25)
06. Brother's Boogie (2:58)
07. Sneaky Pete Blues (4:22)
08. Something Keeps WorryingMe (4:06)
09. Cry, Cry Baby (3:04)
10. Satellite Blues (3:58)
11. Deep Fried (3:59)
12. Vicksburg Blues (3:14)

Here's a very attractive example of a pianist with roots dug deep in pre-war tradition updating his style just enough to sound contemporary for 1960. With a little help from bassist Julian Euell and Lafayette Thomas (better-known as Jimmy McCracklin's guitarist), Montgomery swoops through his seminal "Vicksburg Blues" and "No Special Rider" with enthusiasm and élan. ~Review by Bill Dahl

The Blues Is Personal

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Posted by kamane

Oznake: Little Brother Montgomery, Piano Blues, Chicago Blues

Kokomo Arnold - Blues Classics Vol.1: Old Original Kokomo Blues

Styles: Acoustic Blues, Chicago Blues, Country Blues, Pre-War Blues
Label: Wolf
Released: 1997
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 137,9 MB
Time: 60:14
Art: full

1. Rainy Night Blues - 2:57
2. Paddlin' Madeline Blues - 3:16
3. Milk Cow Blues - 3:08
4. Old Original Kokomo Blues - 2:53
5. Old Black Cat Blues - 3:22
6. Back Door Blues - 3:24
7. Hobo Blues - 3:11
8. Bo Weavil Blues - 3:06
9. Stop, Look and Listen - 3:06
10. Milk Cow Blues no. 3 - 2:52
11. Down and Out Blues - 3:04
12. Sundown Blues - 2:41
13. Shake That Thing - 2:39
14. Lonesome Road Blues - 2:58
15. Cold Winter Blues - 3:10
16. Black Mattie - 3:11
17. Rocky Road Blues - 2:45
18. Midnight Blues - 2:49
19. Back Luck Blues - 2:48
20. Kid Man Blues - 2:45

Notes: James 'Kokomo' Arnold (Born: February 15, 1901 in Lovejoys Station GA, Died: November 8, 1968 in Chicago IL)
Not only was left-handed slide guitarist James "Kokomo" Arnold an important early influence on artists like Robert Johnson and Elmore James that would follow, he was also, perhaps, the first "shredder" in guitar history. Arnold was known to be a fast player, and at times he would slide his bottleneck up and down the fretboard with such amazing speed that he'd struggle to keep up with his vocals. To further increase the dramatic effect of his songs, Arnold would also frequently drop into a haunting falsetto voice to accompany his fleet-fingered guitar playing.

Bootlegger's Blues
Born in Georgia, Arnold was taught the rudiments of blues guitar by a cousin named John Wiggs. Arnold moved north in his teens, playing guitar on the side while he worked as a farmhand in Buffalo, New York and as a steelworker in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He moved to Chicago in 1929 and set up an illegal bootlegging operation, which he operated through the last few years of Prohibition. During this time, Arnold would move briefly to Mississippi, later returning to Illinois where he continued his bootlegging until the end of restrictions on alcohol in 1933.
While living in Mississippi Delta in 1930, Arnold traveled to Memphis and recorded two sides for the Victor label, "Rainy Night Blues" and "Paddlin' Madeline Blues," under the name "Gitfiddle Jim." The songs sold few copies, but show a distinctive guitar and vocal style that was unlike any of Arnold's contemporary artists. Forced by the Volstead Act to pursue music as a full-time job, Arnold would be signed by Mayo Williams of Decca Records to a contract, recording his first songs for the label in 1934.

The Decca Years
Between September 1934 and May 1938, Arnold recorded 88 sides for Decca, seven of which have been lost to the ages. Arnold's first single for the company, "Old Original Kokomo Blues," backed with "Milk Cow Blues," would become a minor hit and tag Arnold with his "Kokomo" nickname. Itself a re-working of Scrapper Blackwell's "Kokomo Blues," Arnold's version would be turned into "Sweet Home Chicago" by Robert Johnson, who would also turn Arnold's "Milk Cow Blues" into his "Milkcow's Calf Blues." Arnold performed solo on most of his recordings, although he would be accompanied by pianist Peetie Wheatstraw on a handful of sides.
Arnold also provided his unique guitar talents to two tunes cut in July 1936 by Sam Theard's Oscar's Chicago Swingers. Songs like "How Long How Long Blues," "Sagefied Woman Blues," and "Front Door Blues" would lead to success as a recording artist for Arnold, who along with Wheatstraw and guitarist Bumble Bee Slim (Amos Easton) would be the leading figures in the Chicago blues scene during the 1930s. In 1938, however, Arnold would walk away from the music business in disgust and take a job in a Chicago factory. Although his recordings would be rediscovered during the folk-blues boom of the early 1960s, Arnold was less than interested in getting back into music, and he would die of a heart attack in 1968.

Recommended Albums: Kokomo Arnold's songs are some of the most popular of the early blues era, and have been reworked through the years and recorded by artists like Elvis Presley and Aerosmith. Arnold's recordings have been collected on a number of compilation albums, but for the interested that can endure the early, low-fidelity sound, Blues Classics, Vol. 1 features 20 songs from across the guitarist's brief career, including most of the favorites. Yazoo's Bottleneck Guitar Trendsetters of the 1930s features seven tracks apiece from Arnold and Casey Bill Weldon. by Reverend Keith A. Gordon

Blues Classics Vol.1: Old Original Kokomo Blues



• Robert Wilkins - The Original Rolling Stone
• Tommy McClennan - I'm a Guitar King 1939-42

Oznake: Acoustic Blues, Chicago Blues, Country Blues, Kokomo Arnold, Prewar Blues

Blind Arvella Gray - The Singing Drifter

Styles: Acoustic Country Blues, Folk-Blues, Acoustic Chicago Blues, Songster
Label: Conjuroo
Released: 1972/2005
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 125,0 MB
Time: 53:45
Art: front + back

1. There's More Pretty Girls Than One - 2:21
2. John Henry - 7:01
3. Arvella's Work Song - 3:20
4. Take Your Burden To The Lord - 4:03
5. When The Saints Go Marching In - 4:19
6. Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor - 2:40
7. Those Old Fashioned Alley Blues - 7:48
8. Gander Dancing Song - 4:24
9. Stand By Me - 2:23
10. What Will Your Record Be - 2:14
11. If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again (Previously Unreleased) - 2:40
12. Motherless Children Have A Hard Time (Previously Unreleased) - 3:49
13. Take My Hand Precious Lord (Previously Unreleased) - 2:55
14. Cryin' Holy Unto The Lord (Previously Unreleased) - 2:08
15. Standing By The Beside Of A Neighbor (Outtake) (Bonus Track) - 1:34

Personnel:
Blind Arvella Gray - Dobro, Vocals

Notes: Blind Arvella Gray's real or imagined life story is, in some respects, a more complete creative statement than the actual music he made. Born Walter Dixon in Texas in 1906, he lost his eyesight and two fingers on his left hand due to a shotgun mishap (Gray's account of the incident involved several different plot possibilities), and he turned to street singing to keep things afloat. At some point in the 1940s he landed in Chicago, where he became a fixture at the Maxwell Street open-air flea market, playing his National Steel guitar and singing a mixed bag of blues, gospel, spirituals, work songs, and field hollers. By the early '70s he had released three 45s on his own Gray Records label, had four songs on a British import album called Blues from Maxwell Street, and had been featured in the video documentary And This Is Free. On September 22, 1972, he recorded his only album, The Singing Drifter, at Sound Unlimited Studios in Harvey, IL. The LP was issued on the tiny Birch Records label that same year, and quickly sold out its limited run in the Chicago area, where Gray's Maxwell Street presence had made him somewhat of a local celebrity. This reissue of The Singing Drifter on Conjuroo Recordings contains the complete original album, and adds four bonus tracks (plus an unlisted fifth bonus track, an alternate take of "Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor"). Gray was hardly a skilled guitarist, as the missing fingers on his left hand limited him to slide playing, and he wasn't a particularly distinctive singer, either. What he had working for him was a certain joyful élan, which is why seeing him in person was undoubtedly more powerful than hearing him on record. The rhythms and vocal lines are very similar here track to track, which gives The Singing Drifter the illusion of being one long street song. The exceptions are a spirited rendition of what was Gray's unofficial theme piece, "John Henry," and a pair of field hollers, "Arvella's Work Song" and "Gander Dancing Song," where Gray sings accompanied only by his light handclapping. As an embodiment of the old street singer and songster tradition, Gray was undoubtedly a delight to see and hear at the market on a fine summer's morning, but a good deal of his presence is lost when all you have is his voice and guitar in the speakers. The Singing Drifter is certainly a valuable archival release, and those who saw him perform on Maxwell Street (Gray died in 1980) will treasure this disc for the memories it provokes, but it is truthfully a rather so-so musical document. In the end, it was Gray's physical presence as he stood playing that National Steel on the corner, and the long, storied journey (embellished or not) he took to get there, that was the real creative act.

The Singing Drifter



• Blind Willie McTell - Searching The Desert For The Blues
• Various - Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows (1926-1937)

Oznake: Blind Arvella Gray, Country Blues, Folk-Blues, Chicago Blues, Songster

Victoria Spivey - Woman Blues!

Styles: Acoustic Chicago Blues, Classic Female Blues
Label: Original Blues Classics
Released: 1961
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 79,1 MB
Time: 33:54
Art: front + back

1. Christmas Without Santa Claus - 3:22
2. A Big One - 3:40
3. Let's Ride Tonight - 2:30
4. What Is This Thing They're Talking About - 4:00
5. I'm a Red Hot Mama - 3:33
6. Grow Old Together - 2:58
7. Beautiful World - 2:54
8. I Got Men All Over This Town - 5:06
9. That Man - 2:56
10. Thursday Girl - 2:51

Personnel:
Victoria Spivey - Piano, Vocals
Lonnie Johnson - Guitar, Vocals

Notes: Shortly before she formed her own Spivey label, veteran classic blues singer Victoria Spivey made a fine duo album (reissued on CD in the Original Blues Classic series) with guitarist/vocalist Lonnie Johnson whom she had last recorded with back in 1929. Spivey, 55 at the time, is also heard playing piano, and she takes four of the ten selections as solo performances. All of the compositions are hers, including "Christmas Without Santa Claus," "I'm a Red Hot Mama," "Grow Old Together" and "I Got Men All Over This Town." Recommended as a strong example of Victoria Spivey's later work.

Woman Blues!



• Maria Muldaur - Naughty Bawdy & Blue
• Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Never Alone

Oznake: Victoria Spivey, Lonnie Johnson, Chicago Blues, Classic Female Blues

Roosevelt Sykes - Chicago Boogie

Size: 113,8 MB
Time: 47:42
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2004
Styles: Chicago Blues, Piano Blues
Label: Delmark
Art: Full

01. Drivin' Wheel (2:52)
02. West Helena Blues (2:58)
03. Wonderin' Blues (2:18)
04. Monkey Face Blues (2:55)
05. Rock It (2:59)
06. Chicago Boogie (1:39)
07. Security Blues (3:03)
08. Soon Forgotten (2:41)
09. Green Onion Top (2:37)
10. Mail Box Blues (2:51)
11. 44 Blues (3:32)
12. Complete This Order (3:28)
13. Blues 'n' Boogie (2:32)
14. Winter Time Blues (2:48)
15. Rock It (3:01)
16. My Resolution (2:41)
17. Kickin' Motor Scooter (2:39)

This Delmark CD issue is taken from Roosevelt Sykes' first early-'50s recordings for the Regal label, with a few tracks taken from the early '60s, and issued by Delmark originally. Sykes was fresh from a long tenure with RCA Victor and Bluebird, and artistically hungry for the first time in at least a decade. The sides here reflect that fresh-start feel. Sykes performs here like a young lion artist who is trying to blow the doors off the joint to prove himself, rather than as a seasoned veteran. There are three different sessions here: one from March 14, 1950 (with Jump Jackson on drums), another from April 10, 1951 (with J.T. Brown on tenor sax, Ransom Knowling on bass, and Jackson on drums), and a final one from May 17, 1963 (with St. Louis Jimmy on vocals on four of the nine). This stuff is the Sykes' mother lode. Not only have none of these tracks ever appeared on CD before, nine of them are issued here for the very first time anywhere. Here is the piano-pumping, wailing singer, digging deep and having a ball on the title track, "Drivin' Wheel," "Rock It," "Green Onion Top," "44 Blues," and "West Helena Blues," with 12 others in the mix. Sound quality here is pretty much great and the sequencing is primo. This is an indispensable addition to any Roosevelt Sykes' shelf, and one hell of an introduction for novices. ~Review by Thom Jurek

Chicago Boogie



• Various - Blues Roots: Give Me The Blues •
• Various - Classic Appalachian Blues From Smithsonian Folkways •

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Oznake: Roosevelt Sykes, Chicago Blues, Piano Blues

Various - Blues Roots: Give Me The Blues

Styles: Chicago Blues, Acoustic Blues, Piano Blues, Delta Blues
Released: 1979
Label: Storyville
File: mp3@320K/s (from vinyl)
Size: 205.2 MB
Time: 89:38
Art: front

Side 1
1. Smoky Babe - Boogy - 2:40
Smoky Babe (vocals, guitar)

2. Avery Brady - I Don't Want You No More - 2:57
Avery Brady (vocals, guitar)

3. Doug Quattlebaum - Good Woman Blues - 4:44
Doug Quattlebaum (vocals, guitar)

4. Huddie Ledbetter - Frankie And Albert, parts 1 + 2 - 2:38
Huddie Ledbetter (vocals, guitar)

5. Arthur Weston - Someday Baby - 1:36
Arthur Weston (vocals, guitar), George Robertson (harmonica)

6. Big Joe Williams - Long Road Blues - 2:13
Big Joe Williams (vocals, guitar)

7. Big Bill Broonzy - You Better Mind - 2:12
Big Bill Broonzy (vocals, guitar)

Side 2
8. Clarence Edwards - Mean Old Frisco - 3:23
Clarence Edwards (vocals, guitar), Cornelius Edwards (guitar), Butch Cage (fiddle)

9. Bert Logan - Four O'Clock In The Morning - 2:47
Bert Logan (vocals, guitar), Russ Logan (vocal, washboard), Big Joe Williams (guitar)

10. Big Joe Henry Miller - Down Here By Myself - 4:14
Big Joe Henry Miller (vocals, guitar), Jimmy Lee Miller (guitar)

11. Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - 21 Below Zero - 2:40
Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires (vocals, guitar), Johnny Joung (guitar)

12. Johnny Young - Green Door Blues - 4:03
Johnny Young (vocals, mandolin), John Lee Graunderson (guitar), John Wrencher (harmonica)

13. Arthur Weston - Roll Me Over Slow - 2:41
Arthur Weston (vocals, guitar), Big Joe Williams (guitar), George Robertson (harmonica)

Side 3
14. Champion Jack Dupree - Back Door Special - 2:47
Champion Jack Dupree (vocal, piano)

15. Roosevelt Sykes - Southern Style Piano - 5:29
Roosevelt Sykes (piano)

16. Henry Brown - Low Down Drag - 4:39
Henry Brown (piano)

17. Memphis Slim - Funky Blues - 4:25
Memphis Slim (piano)

18. Jimmy Yancey - Yancey Special - 4:17
Jimmy Yancey (piano)

19. Sunnyland Slim - Sunnyland's Boogie - 2:57
Sunnyland Slim (piano)

Side 4
20. Speckled Red - Cow Cow Blues - 3:36
Speckled Red (vocal, piano)

21. Otis Spann - The Skies Are Blue - 3:36
Otis Spann (vocal, piano)

22. Memphis Slim - A Letter Home - 3:05
Memphis Slim (vocal, piano)

23. Otis Spann - Boots And Shoes - 3:15
Otis Spann (vocal, piano)

24. Memphis Slim - Rebecca Blues - 4:55
Memphis Slim (vocal, piano), Sonny Boy Williamson (vocal, harmonica)

25. Willie Mabon - I'm The Fixer - 3:04
Willie Mabon (vocal, piano), Billy Emerson (organ), Lacy Gipson (guitar), Jack Myers (bass), Al Duncan (drums)

26. Champion Jack Dupree - I Just Want To Be Free - 4:32
Champion Jack Dupree (vocal, piano)

Notes: Recorded mostly between 1960 and 1965, except track 4 NY 1939 and track 18 Chicago 1950
05. Jimmy Brewer - Big Road Blues, Even though shown on the cover as well as on the label track listing and even though there's a picture and a short bio of Jim Brewer in the liner notes - this Jim Brewer track is actually / erraneously? not included; instead there's the following Arthur Weston track !!! ~ www.wirz.de

Blues Roots: Give Me The Blues, part 1
Blues Roots: Give Me The Blues, part 2

or

Ziddu



• Memphis Minnie - Queen Of The Blues •
• Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Alone & Acoustic •

Oznake: Big Bill Broonzy, Big Joe Williams, Champion Jack Dupree, Chicago Blues, Delta Blues, Doug Quattlebaum, Leadbelly, Memphis Slim, Otis Spann, Piano Blues, Roosevelt Sykes, Sunnyland Slim, Various

VA - Chicago Blues: The Chance Era

Size: 164,3+166,0 MB
Time: 69:14+69:57
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 1998
Styles: Chicago Blues, Delta Blues, Memphis Blues
Label: Charly Records
Art: Front

CD 1:
01. John Lee Hooker - Miss Lorraine (3:01)
02. John Lee Hooker - I Love To Boogie (3:10)
03. Little Walter - That's Alright (Ora Nelle Blues) (2:37)
04. Homesick James - Lonesome Old Train (2:52)
05. Homesick James - Williamson Shuffle (2:37)
06. Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - About To Lose My Mind (2:29)
07. Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - My Baby Left Me (2:32)
08. Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - Some Day Little Darling (3:07)
09. Lazy Bill Lucas - She Got Me Walking (3:00)
10. Lazy Bill Lucas - I Had A Dream (2:55)
11. JB Hutto - Price Of Love (2:59)
12. JB Hutto - Pet Cream Man (2:26)
13. JB Hutto - Lovin' You (2:29)
14. Homesick James - Whiskey Headed Woman (2:41)
15. Homesick James - 12th Street Station (2:39)
16. Homesick James - Wartime (2:55)
17. Johnny Williams - Silver Haired Woman (2:40)
18. Johnny Williams - Fat Mouth (2:32)
19. Willie Nix - Nervous Wreck (2:28)
20. Willie Nix - No More Love (2:49)
21. Homesick James - The Woman I Love (My Home Is In Georgia) (2:40)
22. Homesick James - Dirty Rat (2:19)
23. Jimmy Eager - Baby Please Don't Throw Me Down (2:58)
24. Jimmy Eager - I Should Have Loved Her More (2:55)
25. John Lee Hooker - Graveyard Blues (3:12)

CD 2:
01. John Lee Hooker - Road Trouble (2:53)
02. John Lee Hooker - Talkin' Boogie (3:04)
03. Little Walter - I Just Keep Loving Her (2:26)
04. Homesick James - Homesick (3:04)
05. Homesick James - Williamson Boogie (2:52)
06. Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - Which One Do I Love (Sometimes I Wonder) (2:50)
07. Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - Rhythm Rock Boogie (2:36)
08. Arthur 'Big Boy' Spires - Tired Of Being Mistreated (2:26)
09. Willie Nix - Just Can't Stay (2:38)
10. Willie Nix - All By Myself (2:48)
11. Lazy Bill Lucas - My Baby's Gone (2:41)
12. Lazy Bill Lucas - I Can't Eat,can't Sleep (2:44)
13. JB Hutto - Combination Boogie (2:14)
14. JB Hutto - Dim Lights (2:42)
15. JB Hutto - Things Are So Slow (3:04)
16. Homesick James - Johnnie Mae (2:44)
17. Homesick James - Farmer's Blues (3:07)
18. Homesick James - Lonesome Blues (2:46)
19. Sunnyland Slim - Roll,tumble And Slip (I Cried) (3:19)
20. Sunnyland Slim - Train Time (4 O'clock Blues) (3:14)
21. Homesick James - Long Lonesome Day (2:22)
22. Homesick James - Late Hours At Midnight (2:18)
23. JB Hutto - Now She's Gone (3:12)
24. Jimmy Eager - Please Mr. Doctor (2:50)
25. John Lee Hooker - 609 Boogie (2:50)

The opening two or three cuts on this 50-song, 140-minute compilation sound ominously rough and ragged, and I'm not talking about the music, but the sources. But then the quality rights itself, and the rest is above-average quality early Chicago blues. Chance Records was never as big as Chess, though they shared a few artists like John Lee Hooker (as John L. Booker) and Sunnyland Slim (as "Delta Joe") in common, but it managed to get its share of worthwhile blues and R&B records out during its four years of active life. John Lee Hooker opens disc one with a pair of wildly chaotic, raw blues tracks, "Miss Lorraine" and "I Love to Boogie," that were probably recorded in the back of a local record store. A single side by Little Walter dating from 1947, originally cut for Ora Nelle Records and issued by Chance as "Ora Nelle Blues," is another primordial treasure contained on this CD, and the surface noise of these early sides can be forgiven under the circumstances. Arthur "Big Boy Spires" stood to be Chance's answer to Muddy Waters, based on "Some Day Little Darling" and "My Baby Left Me," but the big surprise on these sides is Lazy Bill Lucas, an Arkansas-born bluesman, who attacks his songs (especially "I Had a Dream") with bristling aggressiveness at the piano and the microphone, ably backed by Louis Myers in a searing set of guitar workouts. J.B. Hutto only cut six commercial sides for Chance before vanishing into the relative obscurity of club performances in Chicago, and then re-emerging on the folk-blues revival scene courtesy of Vanguard Records a decade later. The six sides here are worth their weight in gold -- loud, defiant blues that manage to be both raw in sound and smooth in execution, with a crunchy yet dexterous guitar sound and wonderfully expressive vocals -- check out "Lovin' You," maybe the best piece of blues ever cut in Chicago that didn't come from Chess. The 14 cuts by Homesick James (John Williamson Henderson) here represent more of this man's music than almost anyone has heard in 45 years -- he also appears to have been the first artist to actually record for Chance. And lo and behold, Tampa Red also shows up -- sans guitar, alas -- as Jimmy Eager, doing a trio of cuts that outclass much of the rest of his late career output; cut in 1953, they mark the tail end of Red's commercial career as a full-time bluesman, and one only wishes that he, and not Vee Jay Records alumnus L.C. McKinley, were playing the guitar on those cuts, but he was signed to Victor, and they were even less amused than companies like Chess about label-hopping by their artists. ~Review by Bruce Eder

Chicago Blues: The Chance Era CD 1
Chicago Blues: The Chance Era CD 2



• Various Artists - Fonotone Records 1956-1969 (5 Disc Box set) •
• Various - Canned Heat Blues: Masters Of The Delta Blues •

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Oznake: Various, Chicago Blues, Delta Blues, Memphis Blues

Memphis Minnie - Queen Of The Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 50:02
Size: 114.5 MB
Styles: Chicago blues, Memphis blues
Year: 1997
Art: Front

[3:08] 1. When the levee breaks
[3:06] 2. Joliet Bound
[3:07] 3. He's In The Ring (Doing The Same Old Thing)
[2:48] 4. Joe Louis Strut
[2:58] 5. New Orleans Stop Time
[2:49] 6. Blues Everywhere
[2:54] 7. Please Don't Stop Him
[2:43] 8. Has Anyone Seen My Man
[2:47] 9. I'd Rather See Him Dead
[2:22] 10. Call The Fire Wagon
[2:28] 11. Bad Outside Friends
[2:50] 12. Lonsome Shack
[2:32] 13. Pig Meat On The Line
[2:35] 14. Looking the world over
[2:41] 15. When You Love Me
[2:37] 16. Love Come And Go
[2:57] 17. Fashion Plate Daddy
[2:29] 18. Killer diller blues


Eighteen stellar selections recorded between 1929 and 1946 that clearly show what a potent musical force this woman truly was. Working with second and third husbands Kansas Joe McCoy and Ernest "Little Son Joe" Lawlars, this was a prime period for Minnie's creativity, going from the lowdown blues of "Has Anyone Seen My Man?" to the celebratory novelty of "Joe Louis Strut." Three of the tracks here ("Fashion Plate Daddy," "Killer Diller Blues" and "Please Don't Stop Him") are previously unissued, and the disc transfers are clean and sharp throughout. This perfect little primer set also includes the original version of "When the Levee Breaks," later recorded and partially credited to Led Zeppelin. ~Cub Koda

Queen Of The Blues

Mo' Albums...
• Little Milton - Live At Westville Prison
• VA - Copenhagen Blues Sessions Vol. 4

Oznake: Memphis Minnie, Chicago Blues, Memphis Blues

Buddy Guy & Junior Wells - Alone & Acoustic

Styles: Acoustic Chicago blues
Label: Alligator
Released: 1991
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 136,9 MB
Time: 59:35
Art: full

1. Give Me My Coat And Shoes - 3:45
2. Big Boat (Buddy And Junior's Thing) - 5:14
3. Sweet Black Girl - 3:33
4. Diggin' My Potatoes - 4:27
5. Don't Leave Me - 3:42
6. Rollin' And Tumblin' - 4:33
7. I'm In The Mood - 3:24
8. High Heel Sneakers - 4:54
9. Wrong Doing Woman - 3:00
10. Cut You Loose - 4:04
11. Sally Mae - 2:29
12. Catfish Blues - 3:32
13. My Home's In The Delta - 3:07
14. Boogie Chillen - 4:00
15. Medley: Baby What You Want Me To Do / That's Allright - 5:43


Notes: The classic pairing of Buddy Guy and Junior Wells has been captured many times on vinyl, cassette, and disc over the years, but rarely with such intimacy and subtle, restrained energy as on this wonderful collection. Buddy Guy plays mostly 12 string guitar, and Junior laces his signature lines through the songs, engaging Guy in the kind of musical dialogue that only old friends can have. This is acoustic street-corner blues at its best, performed with incredible expressiveness, ease, and joy. One gets the feeling these two are just sitting down for a friendly jam session on a Saturday afternoon, and when things get loose, their laughter flows almost as freely as the music. Guy really shines on some of these tracks, his guitar lines fast, smooth, percussive, and seemingly effortless. Wells, always tasteful, plays counterpoint to Guy in the classic style and sings with honesty and conviction. What resulted is some absolutely fantastic music.

Alone & Acoustic



• St. Louis Jimmy Oden - St. Louis Jimmy Oden Vols 1 & 2 •
• Sleepy John Estes - Broke And Hungry •

Oznake: Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Chicago Blues

St. Louis Jimmy Oden - St. Louis Jimmy Oden Vols 1 & 2

Few blues songs have stood the test of Father Time as enduringly as "Goin' Down Slow." Its composer, St. Louis Jimmy Oden, endured rather impressively himself -- he recorded during the early '30s and was still at it more than three decades later.

If not for a fortuitous move to St. Louis circa 1917, Oden might have been known as "Nashville Jimmy". He fell in with pianist Roosevelt Sykes on the 1920s Gateway City blues circuit (the two remained frequent musical partners throughout the ensuing decades). Oden enjoyed a fairly prolific recording career during the '30s and '40s, appearing on Champion, Bluebird (where he hit with "Goin' Down Slow" in 1941), Columbia, Bullet in 1947, Miracle, Aristocrat (there he cut "Florida Hurricane" in 1948 accompanied by pianist Sunnyland Slim and a young guitarist named Muddy Waters), Mercury, Savoy, and Apollo.

Scattered singles for Duke (with Sykes on piano) and Parrot (a 1955 remake of "Goin' Down Slow") set the stage for Oden's 1960 album debut for Prestige's Bluesville subsidiary (naturally, it included yet another reprise of "Goin' Down Slow"). Oden was backed by guitarist Jimmie Lee Robinson and a swinging New York rhythm section. As much a composer as a performer, Oden wrote "Soon Forgotten" and "Take the Bitter with the Sweet" for Muddy Waters. ~bio by Bill Dahl

Album: St. Louis Jimmy Oden Vol. 1 1932-1944
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 77:44
Size: 178.0 MB
Label: Document
Styles: Chicago blues, Piano blues
Year: 2005
Art: Front

[3:13] 1. I Have Made Up My Mind
[3:06] 2. Sitting Down Thinking Blues
[3:34] 3. Patrol Wagon Blues
[3:21] 4. Warning Spirit Blues
[3:32] 5. My Dream Blues
[3:06] 6. Six Feet In The Ground
[3:16] 7. Pipe Layin' Blues
[2:42] 8. Some Sweet Day
[2:47] 9. Silk Worm Blues
[3:03] 10. The Road To Ruin
[3:12] 11. Thick And Thin
[3:13] 12. Monkey Face Blues
[2:59] 13. Come Day Go Day
[3:02] 14. Lost Ball Blues
[3:13] 15. Going Down Slow
[2:55] 16. Old Vets Blues
[2:57] 17. St. Louis Woman Blues
[3:13] 18. Poor Boy Blues
[3:01] 19. Back On My Feet Again
[2:56] 20. Nothing But Blues
[3:01] 21. Soon Forget You
[3:05] 22. Can't Stand Your Evil Ways
[3:03] 23. Strange Woman Blues
[2:54] 24. One More Break
[3:06] 25. My Story Blues

St. Louis Jimmy Oden Vol. 1 1932-1944

Oznake: St. Louis Jimmy Oden, Chicago Blues, Piano Blues

Sleepy John Estes - Broke And Hungry

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 42:23
Size: 97.0 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 1964/1995
Art: Front

[4:32] 1. Broke And Hungry
[4:25] 2. Black Mattie
[2:49] 3. 300 Morning Blues
[3:54] 4. Beale Street Sugar
[3:53] 5. Everybody Oughta Change
[4:26] 6. Olie Blues
[2:37] 7. So Glad I'm Livin'
[4:47] 8. Freedom Loan
[3:56] 9. The Girl I Love
[4:14] 10. Electric Chair
[2:45] 11. Sleepy John's Twist


Nothing on this set rivals his best '60s-era recordings for the Delmark label (those can be found on The Legend of Sleepy John Estes), but this album is still worthwhile. Estes is joined by the most sympathetic accompanists he would ever know: Hammie Nixon on harmonica and Yank Rachell on mandolin and second guitar. Michael Bloomfield, then a fiery young guitarist just appearing on the Chicago scene, joins in on a few tunes, too. But not even his presence can rouse the somnolent Estes. ~ Brian Beatty

John Adam Estes (Sleepy John) known as The Tennesse Blues Poet, plays guitar & sings on 12 tracks w. The Tennesse Jug Busters, Hammie Nixon-harmonica, Yank Rachell-mandolin & gtr, & Mike Bloomfield-gtr, 1964.

Recorded at Sound Studios, Chicago, Illinois on March 3, 1964.

Sleepy John Estes (vocals, guitar); Yank Rachell (vocals, guitar, mandolin); Michael Bloomfield (guitar); Hammie Nixon (harmonica).

Broke And Hungry

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Oznake: Hammie Nixon, Michael Bloomfield, Sleepy John Estes, Yank Rachell, Chicago Blues

Sonny Boy Williamson - The Essential Sonny Boy Williamson II (2-disc set)

Rice Miller, "Sonny Boy II", began his association with Chess Records in 1955, when he was already at least 45 years old. His exuberant yet dynamic and intricate playing brought the harmonica from the Delta to Chicago, influencing every harp blower since. He developed his rough and wild, hard-swinging, juke-joint style during extensive travels throughout the South. These 45 potent Chess recordings are more refined and urbanized than his earlier Trumpet work, but still capture the excitement of those early sides. Included are remakes of Trumpet classics such as "Eyesight to the Blind" (re-titled "Born Blind") as well as classic gems including "One Way Out" and "Bring It On Home." --Marc Greilsamer

Album: The Essential Sonny Boy Williamson II (Disc 1)
Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 65:55
Size: 150.9 MB
Styles: Chicago blues, Harmonica blues
Year: 2013

[2:33] 1. Good Evening Everybody
[2:35] 2. Don't Start Me Talking (Single Version)
[2:50] 3. All My Love In Vain
[3:30] 4. You Killing Me
[2:55] 5. Let Me Explain
[3:00] 6. Your Imagination
[3:04] 7. Don't Lose Your Eye
[2:50] 8. Keep It To Yourself (Single Version)
[2:33] 9. The Key (To Your Door) (Alternate)
[2:55] 10. Have You Ever Been In Love
[2:22] 11. Fattening Frogs For Snakes (Single Version)
[2:27] 12. I Don't Know
[2:53] 13. Like Wolf
[3:23] 14. Cross My Heart
[2:39] 15. Ninety Nine
[2:34] 16. Born Blind
[4:06] 17. Little Village (With False Start And Dialog)
[3:00] 18. Unseen Eye
[2:32] 19. Your Funeral And My Trial (Single Version)
[2:50] 20. Keep Your Hands Out Of My Pocket
[3:07] 21. Unseeing Eye
[2:19] 22. Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide
[2:46] 23. The Goat (Mono Instrumental Version)

The Essential Sonny Boy Williamson II (Disc 1)

Oznake: Sonny Boy Williamson, Chicago Blues, Harmonica Blues

Jazz Gillum - Key To The Highway 1935 - 1942

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 73:07
Size: 167.4 MB
Styles: Acoustic Chicago blues
Year: 1996
Art: Front

[3:02] 1. Crazy About You
[3:08] 2. Sarah Jane
[2:24] 3. Don't You Scandalize My Name
[3:23] 4. My Old Lizzie
[3:02] 5. Reefer Head Woman
[2:28] 6. Gillum's Windy Blues
[2:54] 7. Sweet Sweet Woman
[2:52] 8. Boar Hog Blues
[3:22] 9. Worried And Bothered
[2:57] 10. Let Her Go
[2:43] 11. Stavin' Chain
[2:37] 12. She Won't Treat Me Kind
[3:07] 13. Against My Will
[3:04] 14. Got To Reap What You So
[2:32] 15. It Shure Had A Kick
[2:43] 16. Key To The Highway
[3:04] 17. Muddy Pond Blues
[3:10] 18. Riley Springs Blues
[2:49] 19. It Looks Bad For You
[3:00] 20. I Go Somebody Else
[2:52] 21. You Are Doing Me Wrong
[3:14] 22. Down South Blues
[2:38] 23. From Now On
[2:58] 24. I Couldn't Help It
[2:54] 25. I'm Gonna Leave You On The Out


One of the pre-eminent Chicago harpists of the pre-war era, Bill "Jazz" Gillum was born September 11, 1904 in Indianola, Mississippi. He picked up the harmonica at the age of six, and five years later ran away from home to live with relatives in nearby Charleston; after spending his formative years playing street corners and house parties for spare change, Gillum moved to Chicago in 1923, and before long he hooked up with guitarist Big Bill Broonzy, often playing together as a duo in area clubs. Following a few sideman dates for ARC, he signed with RCA Victor's Bluebird imprint in 1934 to record as a solo artist; his strong relationship with producer Lester Melrose also resulted in a steady stream of session work, and he was a fixture of the "Bluebird Beat" house band. Gillum was drafted into the Army in 1942, and when he returned from duty, his high, reedy harmonica sound had been largely eclipsed by the harder-edged style of John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson; he recorded a few more sides for Bluebird, but drifted into obscurity by the 1950s, dying after a gunshot wound to the head on March 29, 1966. ~bio by Jason Ankeny

Key To The Highway 1935 - 1942

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Oznake: Chicago Blues, Jazz Gillum

Billy Flynn - Chicago Blues Mandolin

Styles:Chicago Blues, Country Blues
Released:Dec 13, 2005
Label:Easy Baby
File:mp3 @320kbps
Size:90.4 MB
Time:38:18
Art:front + back

1. Mandolin Special - 3:24
2. Blues in My Heart - 2:10
3. Jackson Street - 3:45
4. Stealin' My Jelly - 3:15
5. Hi-Way Blues - 4:22
6. Why Did You Go? - 4:09*
7. Ain't Gonna' Worry - 2:28*
8. Billy's Blues, Pt. 2 - 3:35
9. We're Movin' - 3:38
10. Ain't Gonna' Worry [Acoustic] - 3:48
11. Billy's Mandolin Boogie - 3:41


Personnel:
All songs composed and performed by Billy Flynn exept
* with Aaron Moore - Piano

Notes: Electric and acoustic blues mandolin inspired by the great practitioners Johnny Young and Yank Rachel.
Billy Flynn’s Easy Baby release, Chicago Blues Mandolin, pays tribute to the great mandolin practitioners Johnny Young and Yank Rachel. In his usual creative style, Flynn delves deep into the mandolin tradition, presenting 11 original compositions compiling an impressive selection of boogie, slow blues, and country blues styles. An innovative, contemporary return to the charm of mandolin blues--an almost faded genre that remains vibrant and unique in the hands of this loving master.

Chicago Blues Mandolin



• Dan Pickett - His Chicago Blues •
• John Lee Granderson - Hard Luck John •

Oznake: Billy Flynn, Chicago Blues, Country Blues

Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee & Big Bill Broonzy - The Bluesmen

Styles: Chicago Blues, Country Blues, Piedmont Blues, Acoustic Blues
Label: Castle
Released: 1992
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 179,1 MB
Time: 78:15
Art: front + back

1. I Love You Baby - 2:00
2. Cornbread, Peas And Black Molasses - 2:30
3. That's How I Feel - 3:52
4. Gone But Not Forgotten - 2:30
5. Treated Wrong - 3:26
6. Brownie's Blues - 5:24
7. Southern Train - 2:43
8. Just A Dream - 4:42
9. Sonny's Blues - 3:19
10. You'd Better Mind - 2:09
11. Change The Lock On My Door - 3:23
12. Climbing On The Top Of The Hill - 3:01
13. When Do I Get To Be Called A Man - 3:18
14. Mindin' My Own Business - 2:51
15. Partnership Woman - 2:44
16. St. Louis Blues - 2:35
17. Southern Saga (Inc. Joe Turner Blues) - 8:09
18. Southbound Train - 3:15
19. Saturday Evening - 3:26
20. Glory Of Love - 2:39
21. It Feels So Good - 2:42
22. When The Sun Goes Down/Going Down This Road Feeling Bad - 7:28


Personnel:
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee tracks 1-12
Big Bill Broonzy tracks 13-22

Notes: The joyous whoop that Sonny Terry naturally emitted between raucous harp blasts was as distinctive a signature sound as can possibly be imagined. Only a handful of blues harmonica players wielded as much of a lasting influence on the genre as did the sightless Terry (Buster Brown, for one, copied the whoop and all), who recorded some fine urban blues as a bandleader in addition to serving as guitarist Brownie McGhee's longtime duet partner.
Saunders Terrell's father was a folk-styled harmonica player who performed locally at dances, but blues wasn't part of his repertoire (he blew reels and jigs). Terry wasn't born blind, he lost sight in one eye when he was five, the other at age 18. That left him with extremely limited options for making any sort of feasible living, so he took to the streets armed with his trusty harmonicas. Terry soon joined forces with Piedmont pioneer Blind Boy Fuller, first recording with the guitarist in 1937 for Vocalion.
Terry's unique talents were given an extremely classy airing in 1938 when he was invited to perform at New York's Carnegie Hall at the fabled From Spirituals to Swing concert. He recorded for the Library of Congress that same year and cut his first commercial sides in 1940. Terry had met McGhee in 1939, and upon the death of Fuller, they joined forces, playing together on a 1941 McGhee date for OKeh and settling in New York as a duo in 1942. There they broke into the folk scene, working alongside Leadbelly, Josh White, and Woody Guthrie.

Big Bill Broonzy was born William Lee Conley Broonzy in the tiny town of Scott, Mississippi, just across the river from Arkansas. During his childhood, Broonzy's family -- itinerant sharecroppers and the descendants of ex-slaves -- moved to Pine Bluff to work the fields there. Broonzy learned to play a cigar box fiddle from his uncle, and as a teenager, he played violin in local churches, at community dances, and in a country string band. During World War I, Broonzy enlisted in the U.S. Army, and in 1920 he moved to Chicago and worked in the factories for several years. In 1924 he met Papa Charlie Jackson, a New Orleans native and pioneer blues recording artist for Paramount. Jackson took Broonzy under his wing, taught him guitar, and used him as an accompanist. Broonzy's entire first session at Paramount in 1926 was rejected, but he returned in November 1927 and succeeded in getting his first record, House Rent Stomp, onto Paramount wax. As one of his early records came out with the garbled moniker of Big Bill Broomsley, he decided to shorten his recording name to Big Bill, and this served as his handle on records until after the second World War. Among aliases used for Big Bill on his early releases were Big Bill Johnson, Sammy Sampson, and Slim Hunter.

The Bluesmen



• Dan Pickett - His Chicago Blues •
• John Lee Granderson - Hard Luck John •

Oznake: Sonny Terry, Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Chicago Blues, Country Blues, Piedmont Blues, Acoustic Blues

Dan Pickett - His Chicago Blues

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 35:58
Size: 82.4 MB
Styles: Chicago blues
Year: 2010
Art: Front

[2:40] 1. Baby How Long
[2:27] 2. You Got To Do Better
[2:27] 3. Ride To A Funeral In A V-8
[2:09] 4. Decoration Day
[2:29] 5. Drivin' That Thing
[2:44] 6. That's Grieving Me
[2:50] 7. Won't Do
[2:13] 8. Baby Don't You Want To Go
[3:23] 9. Chicago Blues
[2:33] 10. Something's Gone Wrong
[2:26] 11. Early One Morning
[2:51] 12. Lemon Man
[2:06] 13. Number Writer
[2:34] 14. Laughing Rag


Reissuers have unearthed little information about Dan Pickett: He may have come from Alabama, he played a nice slide guitar in a Southeastern blues style, and he did one recording session for the Philadelphia-based Gotham label in 1949. That session produced five singles, all of which have now been compiled along with four previously unreleased sides on a reissue album that purports to contain Pickett's entire recorded output — unless, of course, as some reviewers have speculated, Dan Pickett happens also to be Charlie Pickett, the Tennessee guitarist who recorded for Decca in 1937. As Tony Russell observed in Juke Blues, both Picketts recorded blues about lemon-squeezing, and Dan uses the name Charlie twice in the lyrics to "Decoration Day." 'Tis from such mystery and speculation that the minds of blues collectors do dissolve. ~ Jim O'Neal

His Chicago Blues

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Oznake: Chicago Blues, Dan Pickett

John Lee Granderson - Hard Luck John

Styles: Acoustic Blues, Acoustic Chicago Blues
Label: Testament
Released: 1998
File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 99,5 MB
Time: 43:29
Art: full

1. Minglewood Blues - 1:40
2. Hard Luck John - 2:54
3. Flora Blues - 3:08
4. Please Come Back To Me - 3:11
5. Death Valley Blues - 2:06
6. Texas Blues - 2:02
7. Rock Me All Night Long - 2:07
8. Cold Dark Evening - 3:19
9. Country Farm Blues - 3:38
10. Decoration Day - 2:53
11. Aching Pain Blues - 3:39
12. This Is Your Last Chance - 2:21
13. That's Doggin' Me - 2:07
14. Watch Out, Girl - 2:20
15. Got To Bend You Over, Baby - 2:33
16. One Kind Of Favour - 3:24


Notes: Born 11 April 1913, Ellendale, Tennessee, USA, died 22 August 1979, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Granderson left home when he was in his teens, moving to Chicago, Illinois, in 1928. Although not a professional musician, he did work with John Lee ‘Sonny Boy’ Williamson, among others. He turned to music full-time in the 60s and was featured as sideman and leader on many anthologies, although he never made a full album in his own right. Granderson sang and played guitar close to the style of the Memphis musicians of his youth. He stopped performing in public in 1975 and died of cancer in 1979. AMG

Granderson's guitar work combines agile fingerpicking with a steady but understated rhythmic pulse; his harmonic and rhythmic conceptions reveal echoes of the Memphis-area string bands of his youth, especially on uptempo numbers like the title tune. This disc is both a significant historical document and a thoroughly enjoyable listening experience. -- Living Blues

Hard Luck John



• Tampa Red - The One And Only: Tampa Red (Remastered) •
• Andy Fairweather Low & The Lowriders - Zone-O-Tone •

Oznake: John Lee Granderson, Acoustic Blues, Chicago Blues

Tampa Red - The One And Only: Tampa Red (Remastered)

Size: 137,4 MB
Time: 59:36
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2013
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Chicago Blues, Slide Guitar Blues
Label: Kateland
Art: Front

01. Love Her With A Feeling (2:56)
02. Noonday Hours Blues (3:08)
03. Blues For My Baby (3:16)
04. Don't You Lie To Me (2:54)
05. Crying Won't Help You (3:09)
06. It Hurts Me Too (2:28)
07. Witchin' Hour Blues (3:12)
08. You Say It's Love (2:52)
09. Waiting Blues (3:14)
10. You Can't Get That Stuff No More (2:54)
11. Seminole Blues (3:00)
12. Somebody's Been Using That Thing (3:08)
13. Travel On (2:20)
14. Forgive Me Please (2:47)
15. Kingfish Blues (3:05)
16. Bessember Blues (2:44)
17. Turpentine Blues (3:19)
18. Sad Letter Blues (3:01)
19. Stockyard Fire (3:11)
20. I Wonder What's The Matter (2:47)

A singer and guitarist of enormous influence, Tampa Red's thirty-year recording career yielded hundreds of recordings. Primarily known as a blues guitarist, Red played hokum, Swing, Ragtime, pop, jazz and just about anything else that was popular from the 1920s to the '50s. He was a slide guitarist with an uncommonly precise and linear touch whose playing couldn't have been further removed from the slashing Delta styles of people like Charlie Patton or Bukka White. His articulated phrasing and singing, melodic lines are closer to that of a horn player than any guitar player performing at the time. He is probably most famous for his work with pianist Georgia Tom Dorsey. In the 1930s the two cut a number of sides of outrageously songs, many of which have become cult classics.

The One And Only: Tampa Red



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• Memphis Willie B. - Hardworking Man Blues (Remastered) •

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Posted by kamane

Oznake: Tampa Red, Acoustic Blues, Chicago Blues