Various - Broke, Black & Blue: An Anthology Of Blues Classics And Rarities
 Styles: Delta Blues, Country Blues, Early American Blues
Released: 2005
Label: Proper
Art: full (booklet)
Broke, Black & Blue is an excellent combination of issues barrelhouse , boogie , vaudeville , and delta blues CDs gathered in four chronologically ordered and it also features a 40-page booklet filled with extensive data and multiple photos.
Edited by the label Proper , Broke, Black & Blue is divided into four parts: Volume 1, entitled "Up Country Blues", includes songs recorded between 1924 and 1928, stars like Frank Stokes and Tommy Johnson are with semi-strangers as Emery or Johnnie Glen Head. Also worth a mention the likes of Luke Jordan , Barbecue Bob, Sippie Wallace and Ishman Bracey .
The second volume, "Broke and Hungry Blues" begins with a theme of Rube Lacy dated in 1928 and continued until 1930, on this journey we find Henry Townsend , Peg Leg Howell , Joe Callicot, Son House and Lonnie Johnson and other not so well known artists to form a complete and wonderful repertoire.
Volume 3, "Good Whiskey Blues" is a good example of the blues in the decade of the 30: Blind Willie Reynolds, Carr & Blackwell, Big Joe Williams , Blind Boy Fuller, Jazz Gillum and Tommy McClennan , classics like "The Twelves (Dirty Dozens) "Kokomo Arnold, or" Back Door Blues "by Casey Bill Weldon rub shoulders with lesser-known topics such as "Never Mind Blues" (Georgia Boyd) or "Prisioners Blues" (George Clarke).
Finally, the fourth CD titled "Jumpin 'at the Club Blue Fame", contains the 40 issues. It is in this volume which includes unreleased tracks from Johnny Temple, the band of Jimmie Gordon and Lee Brown . Bukka White , Big Maceo and Memphis Slim are among those who complete the exquisite cast.
Broke, Black & Blue label is a true gem, many rarities only edited in the old 78's are just the icing for one of the best and most complete directories I can find a variety of blues. The information the script provides the theoretical note and data necessary for the set to become one of my most prized possessions labels.
This chronology of rare and authentic classic is absolutely essential for me and probably for scholars and lovers of country-blues. For the rest of us, this post and set of 4 CDs mentioned here is a diffuse cloud of unknown names, subjects with a horrible sound, voices from beyond the grave and tune instruments ... ~ bluescomentado
 Cd 1 - Up Country Blues 1924-1928
1. Ed Andrews - Barrell House Blues - 2:51
2. Tom Delany - Georgia Stockade Blues - 3:27
3. Memphis Jug Band - Sun Brimmers Blues - 3:25
4. Big Boy Cleveland - Goin' To Leave You Blues - 2:51
5. Blind Blake - Dry Bone Shuffle - 2:41
6. De Ford Bailey - Up Country Blues - 3:16
7. Sippie Wallace - Dead Drunk Blues - 3:14
8. Long "Cleve" Reed, Little Harvey Hull - Original Stack O'Lee Blues - 2:41
9. Barbecue Bob - Easy Rider Don't You Deny My Name - 2:58
10. Kid Brown - Bo-Lita - 2:42
11. William & Versey Smith - Everybody Help The Boys Come Home - 2:25
12. Luke Jordan - Church Bells Blues - 3:17
13. Emery Glenn - Two Ways To Texas - 3:03
14. Barbecue Bob & Laughing Charley - It Won't Be Long Now - 3:24
15. Weaver & Beasley - Bottleneck Blues - 2:54
16. Lewis Black - Rock Island Blues - 3:00
17. William (Bill) Moore - Midnight Blues - 2:45
18. Johnnie Head - Fare Thee Blues, Pt. 1 - 2:32
19. Jim Jackson - My Monday Woman Blues - 3:03
20. Frank Stokes - What's The Matter Blues - 3:00
21. Rosie Mae Moore - School Girl Blues - 3:15
22. Tommy Johnson - Cool Drink Of Water Blues - 3:26
23. Ishman Bracey - Left Alone Blues - 3:21
24. "Mooch" Richardson - T And T Blues - 3:12
25. T C Johnson & "Blue Coat" Tom Nelson - T C Johnson Blues - 3:22
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 174.7 MB
Time: 76:20
Up Country Blues 1924-1928
 Cd 2 - Broke and Hungry Blues 1928-1930
1. Rube Lacy - Ham Hound Crave - 2:55
2. Texas Alexander - No More Women Blues - 3:02
3. 'New Orleans' Willie Jackson - How Long, How Long Blues - 2:58
4. Tarter and Gay - Unknown Blues - 3:05
5. Chicken Wilson and Skeeter Hinton - Chicken Wilson Blues - 3:09
6. Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O'Lee Blues - 2:58
7. Peg Leg Howell - Broke and Hungry Blues - 3:21
8. Victoria Spivey - Funny Feathers - 3:17
9. Will Ezell - Pitchin' Boogie - 3:04
10. Jed Davenport - Mr Devil Blues - 3:09
11. Kid Bailey - Mississippi Bottom Blues - 2:49
12. James Wiggins - Weary Heart Blues - 2:42
13. Henry Townsend - Poor Man Blues - 2:59
14. Eli Framer - Framer's Blues - 3:08
15. Aaron 'T-Bone' Walker - Trinity River Blues - 3:11
16. Charley Taylor - Heavy Suitcase Blues - 3:08
17. Joe Calicott - Traveling Mama Blues - 3:14
18. Garfield Akers - Jumpin' And Shoutin' Blues - 3:08
19. Jim Thompkins - Bedside Blues - 3:06
20. Son House - Walking Blues - 2:58
21. Willie Brown - Future Bues - 3:01
22. Louise Johnson - Long Ways From Home - 3:28
23. Bayless Rose - Frisco Blues - 3:07
24. Arthur Pettis - Good Boy Blues - 3:11
25. Little Brother Montgomery - No Special Rider Blues - 2:54
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 176.7 MB
Time: 77:11
Broke and Hungry Blues 1928-1930
 Cd 3 - Good Whiskey Blues 1930-1939
1. Blind Wille Reynolds - Married Man Blues - 3:18
2. Willie Walker - Dupree Blues - 3:30
3. Skip James - 22-20 Blues - 2:50
4. Sam Collins - Lonesome Road Blues - 3:04
5. Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - Midnight Hour Blues - 3:08
6. Jacob Williams - Fat Mama Blues - 3:16
7. Georgia Boyd - Never Mind Blues - 3:13
8. Kokomo Arnold - Twelves, The (Dirty Dozen) - 3:13
9. Big Joe Williams - Little Leg Woman - 3:05
10. Bessie Jackson - That's What My Baby Likes - 3:01
11. Peetie Wheatstraw - Good Whiskey Blues - 3:09
12. Cripple Clarence Lofton - Strut That Thing - 2:57
13. Louie Lasky - Teasin' Brown Blues - 2:46
14. Bumble Bee Slim - Cold Blooded Murder No.2 - 3:00
15. Blind Boy Fuller - Baby, You Gotta Change Your Mind - 3:15
16. Walter Davis - Ashes In My Whiskey - 2:37
17. Mississippi Moaner, The (Isaiah Nettles) - It's Cold In China Blues - 2:48
18. Jazz Gillum - Jockey Blues - 2:49
19. George Clarke - Prisoner Blues - 3:09
20. Casey Bill Weldon - Back Door Blues - 3:10
21. Buddy Woods - Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) - 2:32
22. Washboard Sam - Booker T Blues - 2:39
23. Litlle Buddy Doyle - Hard Scufflin' Blues - 2:40
24. Lonnie Johnson - Jersey Belle Blues - 2:59
25. Tommy McLennan - Baby, Please Don't Tell On Me - 2:46
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 171.9 MB
Time: 75:06
Good Whiskey Blues 1930-1939
 Cd 4 - Jumpin' at the Club Blue Flame 1940-1946
1. Faber Smith & Jimmy Yancey - East St Louis Blues - 2:52
2. Bukka White - Bukka's Jitterbug Swing - 2:38
3. Big Maceo - Can't You Read - 3:09
4. Memphis Slim - Life is Like That - 2:55
5. Forest City Joe - Memory of Sonny Boy - 3:20
6. Lee Brown - Horse Shoe Boogie - 2:56
7. Lee Brown - Ruby Moore Blues - 2:57
8. Lee Brown - Low Land Blues - 2:50
9. Lee Brown - Round the World Boogie - 2:56
10. Jimmie Gordon - Rock That Boogie - 2:42
11. Jimmie Gordon - Fast Life - 2:56
12. Jimmie Gordon - Mistreated Blues - 2:31
13. Jimmie Gordon - I Ain't Like That No More - 2:50
14. Johnny Temple - Chain Gang Blues - 2:50
15. Johnny Temple - Yum, Yum, Yum - 2:37
16. Jimmie Gordon - My Baby's Acting Funny - 2:45
17. Jimmie Gordon - It's Time to Go - 2:43
18. Jimmie Gordon - That Woman's a Pearl Diver - 2:52
19. Jimmie Gordon - Jumpin' at the Club Blue Flame - 2:38
20. Johnny Temple - I Believe I'll Go Downtown Again - 2:53
21. Johnny Temple - Something in the Moon That Gives Me a Thrill - 2:45
22. Johnny Temple - Dixie Flyer - 2:50
23. Johnny Temple - Believe My Sins Have Found Me Out - 2:45
24. Johnny Temple - Rhythm Mama - 2:46
25. Lee Brown - New Little Girl, Little Girl - 2:38
File: mp3@320K/s
Size: 162.1 MB
Time: 70:48
Jumpin' at the Club Blue Flame 1940-1946
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