"The Bluesville Years" Vol. 10 - Country Roads, Country Days 1961-63

Subtitled Country Roads, Country Days, this 21-track collection cherry-picks the best stuff from 11 different Prestige-Bluesville albums that were originally issued during the first blues revival between 1960 and 1962. The song selection is wide and varied within the confines of the genre, and with each artist getting a two-song entry (with the one-song exception of St. Louis Jimmy's "Goin' Down Slow"), the set has a feel quite similar to a small blues recital from the mid-'60s. Highlights include K.C. Douglas ("Wake Up, Working Woman"), Alec Seward ("Evil Woman Blues"), Doug Quattlebaum ("You Is One Black Rat"), Scrapper Blackwell and Brooks Berry ("Blues and Trouble"), Jesse Fuller ("Key to the Highway"), Snooks Eaglin ("That's All Right"), Henry Townsend ("I Asked Her If She Loved Me"), Shakey Jake ("Jake's Cha Cha") and Arbee Stidham ("You Can't Live In This World By Yourself"). A nice combination of acoustic and mild electric performances. Cub Koda, Allmusic)

trax:

1. Wake Up, Working Woman - K.C. Douglas 2. Broken Heart - K.C. Douglas 3. Evil Woman Blues - Alec Seward 4. Creepin' Blues - Alec Seward 5. You Is One Black Rat - Doug Quattlebaum 6. Sweet Little Woman - Doug Quattlebaum 7. 'Bama Bound - Scrapper Blackwell & Brooks Berry 8. Blues And Trouble - Scrapper Blackwell & Brooks Berry 9. Key To The Highway - Jesse Fuller 10. Stranger Blues - Jesse Fuller 11. That's All Right - Snooks Eaglin 12. Well, I Had My Fun (Goin' Down Slow) - Snooks Eaglin 13. Cairo Is My Baby's Home - Henry Townsend 14. I Asked Her If She Loved Me - Henry Townsend 15. Pity And A Shame - Mercy Dee Walton 16. Have You Ever Been Out In The Country - Mercy Dee Walton 17. Gimme A Smile - Shakey Jake 18. Jake's Cha Cha - Shakey Jake 19. I'm Tired Of Wandering - Arbee Stidham 20. You Can't Live In This World By Yourself - Arbee Stidham 21. Goin' Down Slow - St. Louis Jimmy

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