Mean Old World: The Blues from 1940 to 1994

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Ma Rainey
guitar:
Little Son Joe (on 1940-06-27) and Memphis Minnie (on 1940-06-27)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1940-06-27)
Memphis Minnie2:45
2I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
alto saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1941-11-22)
double bass:
Dallas Bartley (on 1941-11-22)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (1930-40s drummer) (on 1941-11-22)
piano:
Arnold Thomas (on 1941-11-22)
trumpet:
Eddie Roane (on 1941-11-22)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1941-11-22)
cover recording of:
I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town (on 1941-11-22)
writer:
Roy Jordan and William Weldon (blues slide guitar player)
publisher:
MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996)
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five2:52
3Mean Old ’Frisco Blues
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup2:37
4Bourgeois Blues
recording of:
The Bourgeois Blues
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
arranger:
Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) and John A. Lomax
Lead Belly2:19
5Mean Old World
T‐Bone Walker2:55
6Evil Gal Blues
cover recording of:
Evil Gal Blues
lyricist:
Lionel Hampton
composer:
Leonard Feather
publisher:
Modern Age Music Co.
Dinah Washington2:54
7I Wonder
Cecil Grant3:00
8Blood on the Moon
Hot Lips Page2:26
9Chicago Breakdown
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1945-10-15)
drums (drum set):
Charles “Chick” Sanders (on 1945-10-15) and Charles Saunders (on 1945-10-15)
guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1945-10-15)
piano:
Big Maceo Merriweather (on 1945-10-15)
lead vocals:
Big Maceo (on 1945-10-15)
recording of:
Chicago Breakdown (on 1945-10-15)
lyricist and composer:
Maceo Merriweather
Big Maceo2:56
10Angels in Harlem
Doctor Clayton3:05
11Billie’s Blues
recording of:
Billie’s Blues
lyricist:
Billie Holiday
composer:
Billie Holiday (until 1936-08-01)
publisher:
Basart Editions
Billie Holiday3:48
12Hoodoo Hoodoo
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1946-08-06)
double bass [bass]:
Ransom Knowling (on 1946-08-06)
guitar:
Willie Lacey (on 1946-08-06)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1946-08-06)
piano:
Blind John Davis (on 1946-08-06)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:56
13Good Rockin Tonight
Roy Brown and His Mighty Men2:58
14Chicken Shack Boogie
Amos Milburn2:50
15Trouble Blues
Charles Brown2:23
16Crawlin’ Kingsnake
recorded in:
Detroit, Michigan, United States (in 1948-09)
producer:
Bernard Besman
guitar:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) (in 1948-09)
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist) (in 1948-09)
recording of:
Crawling King Snake (in 1948-09)
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Careers–BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Doors Music Company and Modern Music Publishing Co., Inc.
John Lee Hooker3:01
17When Things Go Wrong With You (It Hurts Me Too)
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1949-03-24)
bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1949-03-24)
drums (drum set):
Odie Payne (American Chicago blues drummer) (on 1949-03-24)
guitar and kazoo:
Tampa Red (on 1949-03-24)
piano:
Johnnie Jones (Chicago blues pianist) (on 1949-03-24)
vocals:
Tampa Red (on 1949-03-24)
Tampa Red3:04
18Cairo Blues
Lil’ Son Jackson2:50
19Black Angel Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1949-07, on 1949-09-12)
double bass [bass]:
Willie Dixon (in 1949-07)
guitar:
Robert Nighthawk (in 1949-07)
piano:
Sunnyland Slim (blues pianist) (in 1949-07)
vocals:
Robert Nighthawk (in 1949-07)
recording of:
Sweet Black Angel (Black Angel Blues) (on 1949-09-12)
lyricist and composer:
R. Nighthawk
publisher:
Testament Music
is based on:
Black Angel Blues
Robert Nighthawk3:04
20Mardis Gras in New Orleans
Professor Longhair2:55
21Every Day I Have the Blues
Lowell Fulson2:33
22Double Crossing Blues
performer:
Esther Phillips (Little Esther)
cover recording of:
Double Crossing Blues
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Otis
Johnny Otis Quintette feat. Little Esther Phillips2:48
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