Roots of the Blues

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▼ CD 1: Folk Blues
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	San Francisco Bay Blues	Jesse Fuller		2:51
2	See See Rider	The Chambers Brothers		3:12
3	Statesboro Blues cover recording of: Statesboro Blues lyricist and composer: Blind Willie McTell publisher: Peer International Corporation (BMI)	John Hammond		3:41
4	Freight Train live recording of: Freight Train lyricist and composer: Elizabeth Cotten	Elizabeth Cotten		4:00
5	Cocain	Dave Van Ronk		3:49
6	You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond	Buffy Sainte‐Marie		2:55
7	Traveling Blues	"Spider" John Koerner		4:47
8	Blue Yodel No.4	Bill Monroe		2:45
9	Richland Woman	Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band feat. Maria Muldaur		4:22
10	Chevrolet	Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band feat. Geoff & Maria Muldaur		3:55
11	Milk Cow Blues	Sam & Kirk McGee		2:34
12	I Don't Need No Whiskey	Tony Glover		4:33
13	What You Gonna Do When Your Meat Gives Out	Josh White		1:51
14	Grizzly Bear	Eric Von Schmidt		4:37
15	Keep on Truckin' Mama	Mance Lipscomb		1:36

▼ CD 2: Delta & Country Blues
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Candy Man guitar: Mississippi John Hurt (from 1963-07-15 until 1963-07-23) vocals: Mississippi John Hurt (from 1963-07-15 until 1963-07-23) recorded at: Coolidge Auditorium (Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress) in Washington, D.C., United States (from 1963-07-15 until 1963-07-23) recording of: Candy Man Blues (from 1963-07-15 until 1963-07-23) composer: Reverend Gary Davis and Mississippi John Hurt	Mississippi John Hurt		2:58
2	You Got to Move recording of: You Got to Move writer: Reverend Gary Davis and Mississippi Fred McDowell publisher: Chandos Music Company and Tradition Music Co.	Reverend Gary Davis		5:53
3	I'm So Glad guitar: Skip James (from 1966-01-09 until 1966-01-10) vocals: Skip James (from 1966-01-09 until 1966-01-10)	Skip James		1:56
4	Empire State Express live recording of: Empire State Express writer: Son House	Son House		3:54
5	Aberdeen Mississippi Blues live recording of: Aberdeen Mississippi Blues lyricist and composer: Bukka White	Bukka White		4:49
6	If the River Was Whiskey	Mississippi Fred McDowell		2:37
7	I Can't Be Satisfied recording of: I Can’t Be Satisfied lyricist and composer: Muddy Waters (blues musician) publisher: Bug Music (music publishing) and Watertoons Music	Muddy Waters		2:57
8	Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out	Odetta		2:17
9	Key to the Highway	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee		3:41
10	Clean Up at Home	Sleepy John Estes		3:03
11	Freddie	Mance Lipscomb		1:54
12	How Long	Memphis Slim		3:03
13	Midnight Boogie	Robert Pete Williams		3:29
14	Five Long Years	Eddie Boyd & Willie Dixon		2:26
15	Devil Got My Woman guitar: Skip James (from 1967-03-22 until 1967-03-24) vocals: Skip James (from 1967-03-22 until 1967-03-24) recording of: Devil Got My Woman lyricist and composer: Skip James (in 1931) publisher: Wynwood Music Company Inc	Skip James		5:12

▼ CD 3: Urban Blues
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Messin' With the Kid recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1965) bass: Jack Myers (US blues bassist) (in 1965) guitar: Buddy Guy (in 1965) harmonica: Junior Wells (in 1965) membranophone: Fred Below (in 1965) vocals: Junior Wells (in 1965) recording of: Messin’ With the Kid (in 1965) writer: Mel London publisher: Downtown DMP Songs	Junior Wells		2:24
2	I Can't Quit You Baby	Otis Rush		3:18
3	Going Ahead	J.B. Hutto & The Hawks		2:07
4	Marie drums (drum set): S. P. Leary (blues drummer) piano: Otis Spann vocals: Otis Spann	Otis Spann		2:32
5	Rocket 88 recorded in: Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1965-12) guitar: Pee Wee Madison (in 1965-12) harmonica: Jimmy Cotton (US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter) (in 1965-12) membranophone: S.P. Leary (in 1965-12) piano: Otis Spann (in 1965-12) vocals: Jimmy Cotton (US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter) (in 1965-12) cover recording of: Rocket “88” (in 1965-12) lyricist and composer: Jackie Brenston (until 1951-03-03)	James Cotton		2:06
6	Dust My Broom	Homesick James and His Dusters		3:20
7	One More Time	Johnny Young’s South Side Blues Band		2:30
8	If I Get Lucky	The Johnny Shines Blues Band		3:27
9	One Room Country Shack	Buddy Guy		5:38
10	Blow Wind Blow live recording of: Blow Wind Blow lyricist and composer: McKinley Morganfield (blues musician) publisher: Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Bug Music, Inc. and Watertoons Music	Muddy Waters with Otis Spann		3:12
11	Baby Please Don't Go	Lightnin’ Hopkins		2:41
12	Blues With a Feeling bass: Jerome Arnold (blues bassist) guitar: Elvin Bishop and Mike Bloomfield harmonica: Paul Butterfield membranophone: Sam Lay piano: Mark Naftalin vocals: Paul Butterfield cover recording of: Blues With a Feeling (Little Walter version) lyricist and composer: Walter Jacobs (blues performer and songwriter) is based on: Blues With a Feeling (original Rabon Tarrant / Jack McVea version)	The Paul Butterfield Blues Band	4	4:22
13	Juke	Charlie Musselwhite		3:58
14	Ball and Chain	Big Mama Thornton		6:53
15	Boom Boom live recording of: Boom Boom lyricist and composer: John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) publisher: Conrad Publishing Co. Inc. and Tristan Music Ltd.	John Lee Hooker		3:01

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ASIN:	US: B00006IGTG [info]

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Format:: 3×CD
Length:: 2:33:06

Additional details

Type:: Album + Compilation
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

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United States
2002-09-17

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