Blues, Volume 2

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Packing Trunk Blues
recording of:
Packing Trunk Blues
lyricist and composer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
Lead Belly2:58
2Brown Skin Girls
Cripple Clarence Lofton2:52
3Travellin' Blues
recording of:
Travelin' Blues
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell3:21
4You Can't Get That Stuff No More
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1932-02-04, on 1934-04-25)
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1932-02-04, on 1934-04-25)
piano:
Georgia Tom (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (on 1932-02-04) and Thomas A. Dorsey (gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (on 1934-04-25)
vocals:
Tampa Red (on 1932-02-04, on 1934-04-25)
Tampa Red2:59
5Country Jail Blues
double bass [string bass]:
Ransom Knowling
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1941-06-24)
piano:
Big Maceo (on 1941-06-24)
vocals:
Big Maceo (on 1941-06-24)
recorded at:
RCA Studios (Chicago, 1935-1969) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-06-24)
Big Maceo2:58
6Diggin' My Potatoes
Memphis Slim2:53
7Preachin' the Blues
Bessie Smith2:52
8Freight Train Blues
Trixie Smith3:22
9Black Snakes Blues
Victoria Spivey3:08
10Ups and Downs Blues
Roosevelt Sykes2:49
11Bow Leg Woman
Johnny Temple3:23
12Roll 'em Pete
Big Joe Turner2:51
13Crazy With the Blues
Peetie Wheatstraw3:15
14Pigmeat Blues
Georgia White2:41
15Crawlin' King Snake
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-03-27)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1941-03-27)
washtub bass and washtub bass [imitation bass]:
William Mitchell (blues bassist) (on 1941-03-27)
vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1941-03-27)
Big Joe Williams2:53
16Whiskey Headed Woman
recorded in:
Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1938-06-17)
guitar:
“Jackson” Joe Williams (on 1938-06-17)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1938-06-17)
mandolin:
Yank Rachell (on 1938-06-17)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:58

Credits

Release group

part of:Blues (Object Enterprises) (number: 2) (order: 3)