Description
DESCRIPTION
Second volume in this series of four 2-CD digipac sets. Covering the story of acoustic blues from 1941 to 1959. Pre-war and post-war recordings, a total of 55 tracks, carefully re-mastered from the original sources. 124-page booklet with rare photos and in-depth liner notes and bios. Blues greats like Big Joe Williams, Brownie McGhee, McKinley Morganfield, John Lee Hooker, and Big Bill Broonzy alongside lesser know pickers like William Brown, Alabama Slim, Manny Nichols, a. m. o. Bear Family's second volume in this series commences at just about the time that amplification was beginning to permanently alter the definition of blues guitar. Texan T-Bone Walker was at the vanguard of the new electrified approach. He inspired an army of daring young disciples who picked out dazzling single-string solos that fit right into the urban jump blues phenomenon sweeping the country during the immediate postwar era. Yet there was still a market for downhome acoustic blues guitar. Indie firms introduced a new batch of guitarists who stubbornly refused to amplify their instruments. Most of them were solidly rooted in pre-war tradition. A few such as Nat Terry, Willie Lane, Julius King, and Johnny Beck made one or two now-prized 78s and were never heard from again. This collection includes splendid selections by a few of the giants from the pre-war days that we heard from last time-Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Willie McTell, Josh White, Big Joe Williams-who were still actively creating and recording classic sides, but it's largely devoted to the new crop of acoustic blues guitarists
TracksCredits
1 Crawlin' King Snake Bywilliams, Joe
2 Catfish Blues By Petway, Robert
3 Step It Up and Go No 2 By Blind Boy Fuller #2 (Brownie McGhee)
4 Cross Cut Saw Blues By Hollins, Tony
5 Black Spider Blues By Lockwood, Robert
6 I Be's Troubled By Morganfield, McKinley
7 If I Get Lucky By Crudup, Arthur'big Boy'
8 Unfinished Business By Moss, Buddy
9 Mississippi Blues By Brown, William
10 Water Coast Blues By Edwards, David
11 Stick with Me By Brown, Gabriel
12 Evil-Hearted Woman Blues By Shines, Johnny
13 Katie Mae Blues By 'Lightnin' Hopkins
14 Evil Hearted Man By White, Josh
15 Ora-Nelle Blues By Brown, Othum
16 Money Taking Woman By Young, Johnny
17 Blood Red River Blues By Little Boy Fuller (Rich Trice)
18 Sweet Woman Blues By Back Porch Boys, the
19 Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee By McGhee, Stick
20 Single Man Blues By Sims, Frankie Lee
21 Douglas, K C By Mercury Boogie
22 The Blues Is Killing Me By Fulson, Lowell
23 Boar Hog Blues By Alabama Slim (Ralph Willis)
24 Ugly Woman Blues By Cotton, Sylvester
25 Applejack Boogie By Pinetop Slim
26 Prowlin' Ground Hog By Lane, Willie
27 Ride to a Funeral in a V8 By Pickett, Dan
28 Paper Wooden Daddy McMillan, Dennis
29 Walking Talking Blues Nichols, Manny
30 You've Got to Lay Down Mama Beck, Johnny (The Blind Boy)
31 Model T Boogie Tisdom, James
32 Dallas Be-Bop Blues Houston, Lawyer
33 You're Gonna Weep and Moan Little David (David Wylie)
34 Talkin' to You Mama Pig 'N' Whistle Band (Blind Willie McTell)
35 Ticket Agent Blues Jackson, Lil' Son
36 1951 Blues Huff, Luther
37 Eyesight to the Blind Larks, the
38 January 11, 1949 Blues Stoneham, Luther
39 They Call Me Talking Boy Stewart, William'talking Boy'
40 Take It Easy Baby Terry, Nathaniel
41 Down at the Depot Lee, John
42 If You See My Lover King, Julius
43 Don't Be Funny, Baby! Quattlebaum, Doug
44 Terrell, Sister O M I'm Going to the City
45 Before Long Deberry, Jimmy
46 Gonna Move to California Thomas, Jesse
47 Tillis, Big Son & Bender, D C Rocks Is My Pillow
48 San Francisco Bay Blues Fuller, Jesse
49 I Love My Baby Lick, Slick and Slide
50 Industrial Boogie Ross, Doctor
51 Willie Mae Blues Broonzy, Big Bill
52 Freight Train Cotton, Elizabeth
53 See See Rider Eaglin, Snooks
54 Burning Hell Hooker, John Lee
55 Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning Fred McDowell, Mississippi
