The Classic Bluesmen

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Volume 1
2▼CD: Volume 2
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Jivin' Jive
Roosevelt Sykes3:21
2Easy Rider
cover recording of:
See See Rider Blues
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 10056)
Lead Belly4:10
3Key to the Highway
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1941-05-02)
harmonica:
Jazz Gillum (on 1941-05-02)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1941-05-02)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1941-05-02)
recording of:
Key to the Highway (on 1941-05-02)
writer:
Big Bill Broonzy and Charles Segar
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), MCA Duchess Music Corporation, Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Wabash Music Co. (BMI-affiliated)
Big Bill Broonzy43:04
4Black Train Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-03-07)
guitar and lead vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-07)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1940-03-07)
vocals:
Bukka White (on 1940-03-07)
Bukka White2:59
5I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
recording engineer:
Vincent Liebler
executive producer:
Art Satherly
producer:
Don Law
guitar:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1936-11-23)
vocals:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1936-11-23)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Soul Jam Records (in 2015)
recorded at:
Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, United States (on 1936-11-23)
recording of:
I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom (on 1936-11-23)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
Robert Johnson52:59
6Mean Mistreater Mama
guitar:
Scrapper Blackwell (on 1934-02-20)
piano:
Leroy Carr (on 1934-02-20)
vocals:
Leroy Carr (on 1934-02-20)
recording of:
Mean Mistreater
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr
Leroy Carr2:56
7Four Hands Are Better Than Two
Lonnie Johnson3:19
8Denver Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1934-03-23)
guitar and solo guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1934-03-23)
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1991)
recording of:
Denver Blues
lyricist and composer:
Hudson Whittaker
Tampa Red52:57
9I Can't Be Satisfied
recording of:
I Can't Be Satisfied
composer:
Big Bill Broonzy
Big Bill Broonzy2:48
10Motherless Child Blues
Barbecue Bob3:17
11Dead Valley Blues
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup3:15
12Georgia Rag
recording of:
Georgia Rag
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell3:06
13Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar and other vocals [humming and moaning]:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
publisher:
Harmony (20s/30s US)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1999)
recording of:
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground (on 1927-12-03)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer and arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson3.753:22
14My Brownskin Sugar Plum
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-07-26)
guitar:
Blind Boy Fuller (on 1935-07-26)
vocals:
Blind Boy Fuller (on 1935-07-26)
Blind Boy Fuller3:02
15Walkin' Blues
recording engineer:
Vincent Liebler
executive producer:
Art Satherly
producer:
Don Law
guitar:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1936-11-27)
vocals:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1936-11-27)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Soul Jam Records (in 2015)
recorded at:
Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, United States (on 1936-11-27)
cover recording of:
Walking Blues (on 1936-11-27)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
publisher:
King of Spades Music and Paul Rodriguez Music Ltd.
Robert Johnson32:31
16Sun Rising Blues
Big Joe Turner2:51
17Warehouse Man Blues
Champion Jack Dupree2:50
18Got the Bottle Up and Go
recorded in:
Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1937-05-05)
guitar:
Robert Lee McCoy (on 1937-05-05) and Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1937-05-05)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1937-05-05)
vocals:
Robert Lee McCoy (on 1937-05-05)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:34
19Born for Bad Luck
Brownie McGhee2:53
20Little Laura Blues
Sleepy John Estes2:30
3▶CD: Volume 3

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