Chess Blues Classics

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1I Can't Be Satisfied
bass:
Big Crawford
recording of:
I Can’t Be Satisfied
lyricist and composer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
publisher:
Bug Music (music publishing) and Watertoons Music
Muddy Waters2:44
2Big Town Playboy
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1949)
bass drum and hi-hat:
Leroy Foster (American blues singer, drummer and guitarist)
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
piano and lead vocals:
Little Johnny Jones (Chicago blues pianist)
recording of:
Big Town Playboy
writer:
Little Johnny Jones (Chicago blues pianist)
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Little Johnny Jones2:56
3That's All Right
bass:
Big Crawford
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter)
recording of:
That’s All Right
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Rogers (blues artist)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), BMG Platinum Songs US and Tristan Music Limited
Jimmy Rogers2:50
4Long Distance Call
recording of:
Long Distance Call
lyricist and composer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters2:42
5Sugar Mama
guitar:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) (on 1952-04-24)
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) (on 1952-04-24)
recording of:
Sugar Mama (on 1952-04-24)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
John Lee Hooker3:17
6Twenty-Four Hours
bass:
Willie Dixon
drums (drum set):
Percy Walker (drummer)
guitar:
Robert Lockwood, Jr.
tenor saxophone:
Little Sax Crowder (saxophonist)
Eddie Boyd3:29
7Blues With a Feeling
drums (drum set):
Fred Below
guitar:
Dave Myers and Louis Myers (Blues musician, 1929-1994)
Little Walter3:09
8I Just Want to Make Love to You
bass:
Willie Dixon
drums (drum set):
Elgin Evans
guitar:
Jimmy Rogers (blues artist)
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter)
piano:
Otis Spann
recording of:
I Just Wanna Make Love to You
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Hoochie Coochie Music
Muddy Waters2:52
9Reconsider Baby
guitar:
Lowell Fulson (on 1954-09-27)
membranophone:
Harold “Chick” Booth (on 1954-09-27)
piano:
Paul Drake (blues pianist) (on 1954-09-27)
saxophone:
Julian Beasley (on 1954-09-27), Choker Campbell (on 1954-09-27), Leroy Cooper (saxophonist) (on 1954-09-27) and David “Fathead” Newman (American jazz saxophonist) (on 1954-09-27)
trombone:
Fats Morris (trombonist) (on 1954-09-27)
trumpet:
Phil Gibeau (on 1954-09-27)
vocals:
Lowell Fulson (on 1954-09-27)
recording of:
Reconsider Baby (on 1954-09-27)
lyricist and composer:
Lowell Fulson
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Lowell Fulson3:12
10Eisenhower Blues
piano:
Joe Montgomery
tenor saxophone:
Lorenzo Smith (tenor sax)
J.B. Lenoir2:53
11My Babe
bass:
Willie Dixon
drums (drum set):
Fred Below
guitar:
Leonard Caston (father of Leonard "Lenny" Caston jr.) and Robert Lockwood, Jr.
harmonica:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter)
Little Walter2:42
12I'm a Man
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1955-03-02)
drums (drum set):
Clifton James (on 1955-03-02)
guitar:
Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer) (on 1955-03-02)
harmonica:
Billy Boy Arnold (on 1955-03-02)
maracas:
Jerome Green (on 1955-03-02)
vocals:
Bo Diddley (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer) (on 1955-03-02)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2018) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 370)
recording of:
I’m a Man (on 1955-03-02)
lyricist and composer:
Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer)
publisher:
68 Publishing Ltd., Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Bo Diddley4.353:03
13Don't Start Me to Talkin'
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1955-08)
bass:
Willie Dixon
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Fred Below (in 1955-08)
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (in 1955-08) and Jimmy Rogers (blues artist) (in 1955-08)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965) (in 1955-08)
piano:
Otis Spann (in 1955-08)
vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965) (in 1955-08)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1996)
recording of:
Don’t Start Me Talkin’ (in 1955-08)
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Sonny Boy Williamson52:36
14Smokestack Lightnin'
bass:
Willie Dixon
drums (drum set):
Earl Phillips
guitar:
Hubert Sumlin (Chicago blues guitarist and singer) and Jody Williams (blues guitarist/singer)
harmonica:
Howlin’ Wolf
piano:
Hosea Lee Kennard
recording of:
Smokestack Lightning
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
Howlin’ Wolf3:09
1529 Ways
bass:
Willie Dixon
piano:
Lafayette Leake
tenor saxophone:
Harold Ashby
Willie Dixon2:11
16Rock Me
drums (drum set):
Francis Clay
guitar:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) and Jimmy Rogers (blues artist)
harmonica:
James Cotton (US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter)
piano:
Otis Spann
recording of:
Rock Me
lyricist and composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
Muddy Waters3:10