The Roots of It All: Acoustic Blues - The Definitive Collection, Volume 3 (2-CD)
by Various Artists

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Format:  CD  (2 Discs)
item number:  6D4QJ
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CD Details

  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Released: April 27, 2015
  • Originally Released: 2015
  • Label: Bear Family

Description by OLDIES.com:

Third volume in this series of four 2-CD digipac sets. Covering the story of acoustic blues from 1960 to 1979. Country blues recordings, a total of 48 tracks, carefully re-mastered from the best sources available. 112-page booklet with rare photos and in-depth liner notes and bios. Blues greats like Lightnin’ Hopkins, Sleepy John Estes, Mississippi John Hurt, a.m.o.

Tracks on Disc 1:

  • 1.Mance Lipscomb: Shake, Shake, Mama
  • 2.John Lee Hooker: Tupelo
  • 3.Rev. Gary Davis: Samson and Delilah
  • 4.Robert Pete Williams: I? Ve Grown So Ugly
  • 5.Lightnin? Hopkins: Mojo Hand
  • 6.Lonnie Johnson: Moaning Blues
  • 7.Smoky Babe: Hottest Brand Goin?
  • 8.Herman E. Johnson: I Just Keeps on Wanting You
  • 9.Scrapper Blackwell: Shady Lane
  • 10.Pink Anderson: I Got Mine
  • 11.Pete Franklin: Prison Bound
  • 12.Shirley Griffith: Bye Bye Blues
  • 13.R. C. Smith: Please Don? T Drive Me Away
  • 14.Memphis Willie B.: Wine Drinking Woman
  • 15.Baby Tate: What Have I Done to You
  • 16.Leroy Dallas: She Caught the M & O
  • 17.Sleepy John Estes: Vernita? S Blues
  • 18.J. D. Short: I? M Just Wastin? My Time
  • 19.Muddy Waters: Feel Like Going Home
  • 20.Buddy Moss: Amy
  • 21.Johnny Young: Want My Lovin?
  • 22.Arvella Gray: Corrine, Corrina
  • 23.Mississippi John Hurt: Candy Man
  • 24.Maxwell Street Jimmy Davis: Alberta

Tracks on Disc 2:

  • 1.Son House: Empire State Express
  • 2.Mississippi Fred McDowell: Frisco Lines
  • 3.J. B. Lenoir: If I Get Lucky
  • 4.Skip James: Sickbed Blues
  • 5.R. L. Burnside: Long Haired Doney
  • 6.Furry Lewis: Old Original Furry Lewis Blues
  • 7.Joe Callicott: Lonesome Katy Blues
  • 8.John Jackson: Rocks and Gravel
  • 9.Babe Stovall: Worried Blues
  • 10.Howlin? Wolf: Ain? T Goin? Down That Dirt Road #2
  • 11.Larry Johnson: Four Women Blues
  • 12.Jack Owens: I Love My Baby
  • 13.Johnny Shines: Your Troubles Can? T Be Like Mine
  • 14.Brownie McGhee: My Last Suit
  • 15.Juke Boy Bonner: Tired of the Greyhound Bus
  • 16.Tarheel Slim: So Sweet, So Sweet
  • 17.Tom Shaw: Baby Be a Boy Child Named Him After Me
  • 18.Eddie Taylor: Bullcow Blues
  • 19.Bill Williams: Salty Dog
  • 20.Guitar Shorty: Jessie Jones
  • 21.Rev. Pearly Brown: It? S a Mean Old World to Try to Live in
  • 22.Louisiana Red: Dead Stray Dog
  • 23.David? Honeyboy? Edwards: Big Fat Mama
  • 24.Henry Townsend: Can? T You See

Product Info

  • UPC: 5397102172311
  • Shipping Weight: 0.4/lbs (approx)
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