"Let Me Tell You About the Blues" The Evolution Of Texas Blues 1926-1957

This is the fourth title in Fantastic Voyage’s Let Me Tell You About the Blues series, a series of three-CD sets compiled and annotated by Neil Slaven that trace the evolution of the blues in key American cities and regions…

...This time out the focus is on Texas (previous volumes in the series have covered Memphis, New York, and Chicago). “The blues came to Texas loping like a mule,” Blind Lemon Jefferson sang on his first recording in 1926, and there’s no denying that Texas put its own spin on the genre. This set is a marvelous history of Texas blues, starting with Jefferson and proceeding through artists as distinctive as T-Bone Walker, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Gatemouth Brown, Smokey Hogg, and Frankie Lee Sims, among many others. (Steve Leggett, Allmusic)

trax disc 1:
01. Blind Lemon Jefferson / Jack O'Diamond Blues 02. Henry 'Ragtime' Thomas / John Henry 03. Blind Willie Johnson / It's Nobody's Fault But Mine 04. Coley Jones / Traveling Man 05. Washington Phillips / Denomination Blues Pt 1 06. Bessie Tucker / Penitentiary 07. Frenchy's String Band / Texas And Pacific Blues 08. Texas Tommy / Trinity River Bottom Blues 09. Hattie Burleson / Jim Nappy 10. Ramblin' Thomas / Hard Dallas Blues 11. Willie Reed / Texas Blues 12. Bobbie Cadillac / Carbolic Acid Blues 13. Otis Harris / You'll Like My Loving 14. Sammy Hill / Cryin' For You Blues 15. William McCoy / Central Tracks Blues 16. Texas Alexander / No More Women Blues 17. Lonnie Johnson / Broken Levee Blues 18. Jesse 'Baby Face' Thomas / Blue Goose Blues 19. Texas Bill Day / Burn The Trestle Down 20. Whistlin' Alex Moore / Blue Bloomer Blues 21. Oak Cliff T-Bone / Wichita Falls Blues 22. Little Hat Jones / Kentucky Blues 23. Gene Campbell / Doggone Mean Blues 24. Eddie and Oscar / Nok-Em-All 25. Walter Davis / Blue Ghost Blues
trax disc 2:
01. Mississippi Sheiks / Sales Tax 02. Bo Carter / Backache Blues 03. Joe Pullum / CWA Blues 04. Bernice Edwards / Butcher Shop Blues 05. Dallas Jamboree Jug Band / Elm Street Woman Blues 06. Black Boy Shine / Ice Pick And Pistol Woman Blues 07. The Black Ace / Black Ace 08. Black Ivory King / The Flying Crow 09. Andrew Hogg / Kind-Hearted Blues 10. Andy Boy / Evil Blues 11. Robert Johnson / Traveling Riverside Blues 12. Buddy Woods / Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) 13. Smith Casey / East Texas Rag 14. Lightnin’ Hopkins / Short Haired Woman 15. Roy Brown / Deep Sea Diver 16. Charlie Bradix / Wee Wee Hours 17. Little Willie Littlefield / Little Willie's Boogie 18. Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown / My Time Is Expensive 19. Lester Williams / Winter Time Blues 20. Manny Nichols / Throw A Little Boogie 21. Bea Johnson / No Letter Blues 22. Johnny Beck / You Gotta Lay Down Mama 23. Little T-Bone / Love's A Gamble 24. Lonnie Lyons / Down In The Groovy 25. Clarence Garlow / Bon Ton Roula
trax disc 3:
01. Joe Turner / Adam Bit The Apple 02. Ernest Lewis / Rosa Lee 03. Smokey Hogg / You Gotta Go 04. Mr Honey / Who May Your Regular Be 05. Texas Alexander / Crossroads 06. Rocky Thompson / Bull Corn Blues 07. Soldier Boy Houston / Dallas Be Bop Blues 08. Peppermint Harris / Raining In My Heart 09. Bettye Jean Washington / Who Oh Why (Did You Let Me Go) 10. Willie Holiday / I've Played This Town 11. Herbert Robinson with Willie Johnson, his Piano and Orchestra / Got The Boogie Woogie Blues 12. Joe Houston / Your Little Girl Is Gone 13. Lil' Son Jackson / Rockin' And Rollin' 14. L.C. Williams / I Don't Want No Woman 15. Alexander Moore / If I Lose You Woman 16. The Sugarman / She's Gone With The Wind 17. Zuzu Bollin / Why Don't You Eat Where You Slept Last Night 18. Memphis Slim / Sittin' And Thinkin' 19. Jimmy McCracklin / She's Gone 20. Lowell Fulson / Reconsider Baby 21. Earl Gilliam / Wrong Doing Woman 22. Clarence Samuels / Chicken Hearted Woman 23. Lightnin’ Hopkins / Walkin' The Streets 24. Frankie Lee Sims / What Will Lucy Do 25. Mercy Baby / Mercy's Blues 26. Big Mama Thornton / Just Like A Dog (Barking Up The Wrong Tree)
…served by Gyro1966...