Newport Folk Festival: Best of the Blues 1959-1968 (Live) (3-CD)
by Various Artists

Living Blues: "...Musically, this set is representative of some of our greatest bluesman and would make an excellent introduction to anyone with their work..."
Newport Folk Festival: Best of the Blues
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CD Details

  • Released: April 10, 2001
  • Originally Released: 2001
  • Label: Vanguard Records

Entertainment Reviews:

Down Beat - 8/01, p.70
4.5 stars out of 5 - "...Fresh and expansive....serving up many transcendent blues moments by venerable musicians long thought lost until their triumphant rediscovery here..."
Living Blues - 11-12/01, p.76
"...Musically, this set is representative of some of our greatest bluesman and would make an excellent introduction to anyone with their work..."
Mojo (Publisher) - 1/02, p.71
Included in Mojo's "Best Blues Albums of 2001".
Mojo (Publisher) - 9/01, p.113
"...An evocative memorial of bluesmen past and gone..."

Tracks on Disc 1:

  • 1.Sliding Delta
  • 2.Candy Man
  • 3.Coffee Blues
  • 4.Stagolee
  • 5.Here I Am Lord Send Me
  • 6.Pallet on Your Floor
  • 7.Devil Got My Woman
  • 8.Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
  • 9.Preaching Blues
  • 10.Death Letter Blues
  • 11.Empire State Blues
  • 12.Son Blues
  • 13.Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
  • 14.Louise
  • 15.If the River Was Whiskey
  • 16.Walkin' Blues
  • 17.I Can't Be Satisfied

Tracks on Disc 2:

  • 1.Levee Camp Blues
  • 2.Midnight Boogie
  • 3.On My Way From Texas
  • 4.Freddie
  • 5.So Different Blues
  • 6.God Moves on the Water (The Sinking of the Titanic)
  • 7.San Francisco Bay Blues
  • 8.I Double Double Do Love You
  • 9.Samson & Delilah
  • 10.I Won't Be Back No More
  • 11.Intro: The Train Is Leaving - (previously unreleased)
  • 12.Drink Muddy Water - (previously unreleased)
  • 13.Long Gone
  • 14.Key to the Highway
  • 15.My Baby Done Changed the Lock on the Door
  • 16.Clean up at Home

Tracks on Disc 3:

  • 1.The Woman I'm Loving, She's Taken My Appetite
  • 2.Baby Please Don't Go
  • 3.Shake That Thing - Samuel Lay
  • 4.Tupelo - Bill Lee
  • 5.Bus Station Blues - Bill Lee
  • 6.Let's Make It - (previously unreleased)
  • 7.Great Fire of Natchez - (previously unreleased)
  • 8.Boom Boom - (previously unreleased)
  • 9.I Can't Quit You Baby / Stop Now Baby
  • 10.How Long - (previously unreleased)
  • 11.Black Cat Crossed My Path - (previously unreleased)
  • 12.Harlem Bound - (previously unreleased)
  • 13.Piano Instrumental - (previously unreleased)
  • 14.Blow Wind Blow - (previously unreleased)
  • 15.Flood - (previously unreleased)
  • 16.See See Rider
  • 17.Blues With a Feeling
  • 18.Born in Chicago

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