How Low Can You Go? Anthology of the String Bass (1925-1941) [Box Set] (3-CD)
by Various Artists

Rolling Stone: 4 stars out of 5 -- "[Milt Hinton and Wellman Braud, bona fide names in pre-amplified propulsion, get their due....[Bill Johnson] rightly earns a full CD to himself."
How Low Can You Go? Anthology of the String Bass
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CD Details

  • Number of Discs: 3
  • Released: November 21, 2006
  • Originally Released: 2006
  • Label: Dust To Digital

Entertainment Reviews:

Rolling Stone - p.67
4 stars out of 5 -- "[Milt Hinton and Wellman Braud, bona fide names in pre-amplified propulsion, get their due....[Bill Johnson] rightly earns a full CD to himself."

Tracks on Disc 1:

  • 1.Milenberg Joys - Ted Lewis & His Band
  • 2.Dinah - Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra
  • 3.Black Bottom Stomp - Jelly Roll Morton
  • 4.My Pretty Girl - Jean Goldkette & His Orchestra
  • 5.Wash-Board Cut Out - Leecan Bobbie Need-More Band
  • 6.Bogalusa Strut - Sam Morgan's Jazz Band
  • 7.Down by the Riverside - Sam Morgan's Jazz Band
  • 8.Bull Frog Blues - Charles Pierce and His Orchestra
  • 9.China Boy - Charles Pierce and His Orchestra
  • 10.Voice of the Southland - Thelma Terry & Her Playboys
  • 11.Mama's Gone, Goodbye - Thelma Terry & Her Playboys
  • 12.I'd Like to Go Back to That Old Pal of Mine - Halfway House Dance Orchestra
  • 13.Goose Creek-Stomp - Mart Britt
  • 14.Waiting for a Train - Jimmie Rodgers
  • 15.Texas and Pacific Blues - Frenchy's String Band
  • 16.So Tired - Coley Jones / Dallas String Band
  • 17.Freeze and Melt - Joe Turner & His Memphis Men
  • 18.Hot Heels - Eddie Lang & His Orchestra
  • 19.Beggar's Blues - Sonny Greer
  • 20.Where the Sweet Magnolias Bloom - Taylor Griggs Louisiana Melody Makers
  • 21.En Sens Unique S.V.P. - L'Orchestra Antillais
  • 22.Squabblin' - Walter Page's Blue Devils
  • 23.Duet Stomp - Jones & Collins Astoria Hot Eight
  • 24.Poor Li'l Me - Luis Russell & His Orchestra
  • 25.Panama - Luis Russell & His Orchestra
  • 26.Chinatown, My Chinatown - Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra

Tracks on Disc 2:

  • 1.Chances Are - Jack Teagarden & His Orchestra
  • 2.Tiger Tom Kill Tiger Cat, Damblay, Santapie and Rat - Wilmoth Houdini
  • 3.Depression-Paseo - Lionel Belasco
  • 4.Who's Sorry Now? - Harlem Hot Shots
  • 5.Shag - The New Orleans Feetwarmers
  • 6.My! Oh, My! - Eddie South & His Orchestra
  • 7.Baby, Are You Satidfied - Dicky Wells' Shim Shammers
  • 8.Tex's Dance - The Prairie Ramblers
  • 9.Brownie's Stomp - Milton Brown & His Brownies
  • 10.Rig Cutter Swing - Henry Allen & His Orchestra
  • 11.Stuff Is Here and It's Mellow, The - Eva Taylor
  • 12.Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wa-I (A Hawaiian War Song) - Andy Iona
  • 13.Dr. Watson and Mr. Holmes - Spirits of Rhythm
  • 14.Bugle Call Rag - Candy & Coco (Take B)
  • 15.Good Morning, Judge - Carl Martin
  • 16.Dozen, The - State Street Boys
  • 17.Don't 'Low - Washboard Sam
  • 18.Rug Cutter's Function - Lil Johnson
  • 19.Yes Sir, That's My Baby - Roy Acuff & His Crazy Tennesseans
  • 20.Deep Blue Melody - Don Albert
  • 21.White Heat - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
  • 22.Tired of Me - The Crystal Springs Ramblers
  • 23.Pagin' the Devil - Kansas City Six
  • 24.Liza, Pull Down the Shades - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
  • 25.Pluckin' the Bass - Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
  • 26.Cliumaz Rag - Jelly Roll Morton (Take 1)
  • 27.Sepia Panorama (Night House) - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra

Tracks on Disc 3:

  • 1.Kentucky Stomp - Dixie Four
  • 2.Saint Louis Man - Dixie Four
  • 3.Endurance Stomp - State Street Ramblers
  • 4.Tuxedo Stomp - State Street Ramblers
  • 5.Brown Skin Mama - State Street Ramblers
  • 6.St. Louis Nightmare - State Street Ramblers
  • 7.Tell Me Cutie - State Street Ramblers
  • 8.Some Day You'll Know - State Street Ramblers
  • 9.Endurance Stomp - J.C. Cobb & His Grains of Corn (take)
  • 10.Shake Your Shimmy - Midnight Rounders
  • 11.Bull Fiddle Rag - Midnight Rounders (Take A, alternate take)
  • 12.Shake That Jelly Roll - J.C. Cobb & His Grains of Corn
  • 13.Don't Cry, Honey - J.C. Cobb & His Grains of Corn
  • 14.My Four Reasons - Ikey Robinson & His Band
  • 15.He's Got His Eyes on You - Rev. D.C. Rice & His Sanctified Congregation
  • 16.I'm in the Battlefield for My Lord - Rev. D.C. Rice & His Sanctified Congregation
  • 17.She's Coming 'Round the Mountain - Cotton Top Mountain Sanctified Singers
  • 18.I'm Pressing On - Rev. D.C. Rice & His Sanctified Congregation
  • 19.No Night There - Rev. D.C. Rice & His Sanctified Congregation
  • 20.I Ain't Gonna Do It No More - Bertha "Chippie" Hill
  • 21.Pratt City Blues - Bertha "Chippie" Hill
  • 22.Get the "L" on Down the Road - Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band
  • 23.Don't Drink It in Here - Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band
  • 24.I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone - Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band
  • 25.Come on Mama Do That Dance - Tampa Red's Hokum Jug Band
  • 26.Bull Fiddle Rag - Midnight Rounders (Take B, alternate take)

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