"AS GOOD AS IT GETS COUNTRY BLUES"

These 52 tracks offer a very good insight into early country blues. Almost every major blues artist from the 1920s and 30s is represented, among them legendary figures such as Tampa Red, Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Leroy Carr, 'Sleepy' John Estes, Lonnie Johnson and the great Son House, and this is definitely the place to go if you want just a sampler of the earliest blues recordings to whet your appetite. The tracks on "Country Blues" are recorded between 1926 and 1941, and most of them are solo performances. There are many well-known tracks here, "Statesboro' Blues" by Blind Willie McTell and "I Believe I'll Dust My Broom" by Robert Johnson among them, and a few rarer gems such as Son House's "Walking Blues" from 1930 and Cannon's Jug Stomper's original "Walk Right In" - the basis for Dr Hook's 1977 hit! Other highlights include Jim Jackson's little-known "Hesitation Blues", "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom", Leroy Carr's original "How Long, How Long Blues", "Black Snake Moan" by Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Blind Boy Fuller's "Truckin' My Blues Away". The quality varies a bit, and it's obvious that many of these recordings were made more than 70 years ago, but everything on here is definitely worth a listen. "As Good As It Gets - Country Blues" is an extremely high quality collection of the best of country blues, and it is highly recommendable to anyone who has an interest in this kind of music. This collection is worth twice the asking price. (Amazon)

trax disc 1:
1. Boodle-Am-Shake - Dixieland Jug Blowers 2. Midnight Special - Lead Belly 3. Long Tall Mama - Big Bill Broonzy 4. Candy Man - Mississippi John Hurt 5. Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell 6. Hesitation Blues - Jim Jackson 7. Walk Right In - Cannon's Jug Stompers 8. Playing With The Strings - Lonnie Johnson 9. Baby Please Don't Go Big - Joe Williams 10. Diddie Wa Diddie - Blind Blake 11. Every Day In The Week Blues - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley 12. Me And My Chauffeur - Memphis Minnie 13. Truckin' My Blues Away - Blind Boy Fuller 14. I Believe I'll Dust My Broom - Robert Johnson 15. Matchbox Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson 16. "Ma" Rainey's Black Bottom - Ma Rainey 17. It Hurts Me Too - Tampa Red 18. Harmonica Stomp - Sonny Terry 19. Stealin' stealin - The Memphis Jug Band 20. Blood Red River - Josh White 21. Big Road Blues - Tommy Johnson 22. I Will Turn Your Money Green - Furry Lewis 23. Bottle It Up And Go - Tommy McClennan 24. Atlanta Moan - Barbecue Bob 25. Walking Blues - Son House 26. How Long, How Long Blues - Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell
trax disc 2:
1. Minglewood Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers 2. Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around - Blind Blake 3. Rock Island Line - Lead Belly 4. Blues In "G" - Lonnie Johnson 5. Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson 6. Untrue Blues - Blind Boy Fuller 7. Drop Down Mama - Sleepy John Estes - Hammie Nixon 8. Dealing With The Devil - Brownie McGhee 9. Cross And Evil Woman Blues - Reverend Gary Davis 10. K. C. Moan - The Memphis Jug Band 11. Black Rat Swing - Memphis Minnie 12. Nobody's Dirty Business - Mississippi John Hurt 13. Good Gal - Josh White 14. Stomp Down Rider - Blind Willie McTell 15. Black Snake Moan - Blind Lemon Jefferson 16. A Spoonful Blues - Charley Patton 17. Keep Your Hands Off Her - Big Bill Broonzy 18. Night Time Is The Right Time - Roosevelt Sykes 19. The Risin' Sun - Texas Alexander 20. Mean Mistreater Mama - Leroy Carr 21. Beale Street Mama - Bessie Smith 22. Devil Got My Woman - Skip James 23. The First Time I Met The Blues - Little Brother Montgomery 24. Cool Drink Of Water Blues - Tommy Johnson 25. Cross Cut Saw Man - Tommy McClennan 26. Dry Land Blues - Furry Lewis
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