The blues.

Format Audio (CD)
Publication InfoWashington, DC : Smithsonian Collection of Recordings, ℗1993.
Description4 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (94 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm)
Subjects
Blues (Music)

Other author/creatorMcNeil, W. K., 1940-2005.
Other author/creatorAlexander, Texas, 1900-1954 singer.
Other author/creatorJohnson, Robert, 1911-1938 singer.
Other author/creatorArnold, Kokomo singer.
Other author/creatorBarbecue Bob, 1902-1931 singer.
Other author/creatorBig Maceo, 1905-1953 singer.
Other author/creatorBland, Bobby singer.
Other author/creatorBroonzy, Big Bill, 1893-1958 singer.
Other author/creatorBrown, Charles, 1922-1999 singer.
Other author/creatorCephas, John singer.
Other author/creatorCharles, Ray, 1930-2004 singer.
Other author/creatorColeman, Jaybird, singer.
Other author/creatorCarr, Leroy, 1905-1935 singer.
Other author/creatorCrudup, Arthur, 1905-1974 singer.
Other author/creatorDavis, Walter, 1912-1963 singer.
Other author/creatorBumble Bee Slim singer.
Other author/creatorEstes, Sleepy John, 1899-1977 singer.
Other author/creatorFuller, Blind Boy, 1907-1941 singer.
Other author/creatorFulson, Lowell singer.
Other author/creatorGuy, Buddy, singer.
Other author/creatorHarris, Wynonie, 1915-1969 singer.
Other author/creatorHooker, John Lee singer.
Other author/creatorHopkins, Lightnin', 1912-1982 singer.
Other author/creatorHouse, Son singer.
Other author/creatorHowell, Peg Leg, 1888-1966 singer.
Other author/creatorHowlin' Wolf, 1910-1976 singer.
Other author/creatorHurt, Mississippi John, 1892-1966, singer.
Other author/creatorJackson, Jim, -1937, singer.
Other author/creatorJackson, Papa Charlie, 1887-1938 singer.
Other author/creatorJames, Elmore, 1918-1963, singer.
Other author/creatorJames, Skip, 1902-1969 singer.
Other author/creatorJefferson, Blind Lemon, 1897-1929 singer.
Other author/creatorJohnson, Blind Willie, -1949, singer.
Other author/creatorJohnson, Henry singer.
Other author/creatorJohnson, Lonnie, 1894-1970 singer.
Other author/creatorJohnson, Tommy, approximately 1896-1956 singer.
Other author/creatorJordan, Louis, 1908-1975 singer.
Other author/creatorLatimore, singer.
Other author/creatorLewis, Furry, 1893-1981 singer.
Other author/creatorLightnin' Slim, 1913-1974, singer.
Other author/creatorLofton, Cripple Clarence, 1887-1957 singer.
Other author/creatorMartin, Carl, 1906-1979 singer.
Other author/creatorMartin, Sara, 1884-1955, singer.
Other author/creatorMcClennan, Tommy singer.
Other author/creatorMcTell, Blind Willie singer.
Other author/creatorMemphis Minnie, 1897-1973 singer.
Other author/creatorMemphis Slim singer.
Other author/creatorMontgomery, Little Brother, 1906-1985 singer.
Other author/creatorMuddy Waters, 1915-1983 singer.
Other author/creatorParker, Junior singer.
Other author/creatorPatton, Charley, 1891-1934 singer.
Other author/creatorRainey, Ma, 1886-1939 singer.
Other author/creatorReed, Jimmy, singer.
Other author/creatorRush, Otis singer.
Other author/creatorRushing, Jimmy singer.
Other author/creatorSmith, Bessie, 1898?-1937, singer.
Other author/creatorSpeckled Red, 1892-1973 singer.
Other author/creatorStokes, Frank, singer.
Other author/creatorSykes, Roosevelt singer.
Other author/creatorTampa Red, 1904-1981 singer.
Other author/creatorThomas, Henry, 1874- singer.
Other author/creatorThornton, Big Mama singer.
Other author/creatorTurner, Joe, 1911-1985 singer.
Other author/creatorVinson, Eddie singer.
Other author/creatorWalker, T-Bone, 1910-1975 singer.
Other author/creatorWallace, Sippie, singer.
Other author/creatorWashboard Sam, 1910-1966 singer.
Other author/creatorWells, Junior, 1934-1998 singer.
Other author/creatorWheatstraw, Peetie singer.
Other author/creatorWhite, Bukka singer.
Other author/creatorWiggins, Phil singer.
Other author/creatorWilliams, Big Joe, 1903-1982 singer.
Other author/creatorWilliams, Joe, 1918-1999 singer.
Other author/creatorWilliamson, Sonny Boy, 1914-1948 singer.
Other author/creatorWitherspoon, Jimmy, singer.
Other author/creatorYancey, Estella, singer.
Other author/creatorYancey, Jimmy, 1898-1951, singer.
Other author/creatorCannon's Jug Stompers performer.
Other author/creatorMemphis Jug Band performer.
Other author/creatorMississippi Sheiks performer.
Variant title Booklet cover: Smithsonian collection of classic blues singers by W.K. McNeil
Contents v. 1. That black snake moan ; Broke and hungry blues ; Match box blues / Blind Lemon Jefferson -- Shake that thing / Papa Charlie Jackson -- Shave 'em dry ; Countin' the blues / Ma Rainey -- Jailhouse blues ; Mama's got the blues ; Back water blues / Bessie Smith -- Special delivery blues / Sippie Wallace -- Death sting me blues / Sara Martin -- Barbecue blues / Barbecue Bob -- Mean trouble blues / Jaybird Coleman -- Long lonesome day blues / Texas Alexander -- Kansas City blues (pts. 1 and 2) / Jim Jackson -- Why don't you come home blues / Furry Lewis -- Dark was the night / Blind Willie Johnson -- Minglewood blues / Cannon's Jug Stompers -- Cool drink of water blues ; Big road blues / Tommy Johnson -- Bull doze blues / Henry Thomas -- How long, how long blues (pt. 1) / Leroy Carr.
Contents v. 2. Blues before sunrise / Leroy Carr -- Downtown blues / Frank Stokes -- Stack O'Lee blues / Mississippi John Hurt -- Rolling mill blues / Peg Leg Howell -- Mr. Johnson's blues no. 2 / Lonnie Johnson -- Pony blues / Charlie Patton -- Forty-four blues / Roosevelt Sykes -- Bumble bee blues ; I'm so glad / Memphis Minnie -- The dirty dozens (no. 1) / Speckled Red -- Diving duck blues / Sleepy John Estes -- K.C. moan / Memphis Jug Band -- Sittin' on top of the world / Mississippi Sheiks -- M & O blues / Walter Davis -- Dry spell blues / Son House -- Devil got my woman / Skip James -- Chain gang bound / Bumble Bee Slim -- Broke down engine blues / Blind Willie McTell -- Big Bill blues ; I'm gonna move to the outskirts of town / Big Bill Broonzy -- Old original Kokomo blues / Kokomo Arnold -- Strut that thing / Cripple Clarence Lofton -- Crow Jane / Carl Martin -- Baby please don't go / Big Joe Williams.
Contents v. 3. The first time I met you / Little Brother Montgomery -- I believe I'll dust my broom ; Cross road blues / Robert Johnson -- Peetie Wheatstraw stomp / Peetie Wheatstraw -- Good morning, little school girl ; Sloppy drunk blues / Sonny Boy Williamson -- Sent for you yesterday / Jimmy Rushing -- Roll 'em Pete ; Wee baby blues / Joe Turner -- Fixin' to die blues / Bukka White -- Step it up and go / Blind Boy Fuller -- Anna Lou blues / Tampa Red-- Worried life blues / Big Maceo-- I've been treated wrong / Washboard Sam -- T-Bone blues ; Call it stormy Monday / T-bone Walker -- Mozelle blues / Tommy McClennan -- It's a low down dirty shame / Louis Jordan -- Cherry red / Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson -- That's all right / Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup -- Drifting blues / Charles Brown -- Mr. Blues jumped the rabbit / Wynonie Harris -- Boogie chillen' / John Lee Hooker -- Tim Moore's farm / Lightnin' Hopkins -- No rollin' blues / Jimmy Witherspoon.
Contents v. 4. Louisiana blues ; Honey bee / Muddy Waters-- Reconsider baby / Lowell Fulson -- Eyesight to the blind / Aleck Miller -- Monkey woman blues / Jimmy and Mama Yancey -- Hound dog / Mama Thornton -- Mystery train / Junior Parker -- Hoodoo man / Junior Wells -- Every day I have the blues / Joe Williams -- Smokestack lightnin' / Howlin' Wolf -- The sky is cryin' / Elmore James -- Woman blues boogie / Memphis Slim -- Farther up the road ; I'll take care of you / Bobby Blue Band -- The first time I met the blues / Buddy Guy -- Rooster blues / Lightnin' Slim -- So many roads, so many trains / Otis Rush -- Big boss man / Jimmy Reed -- I got a woman / Ray Charles -- Join the army / Henry Johnson -- Let's straighten it out / Latimore -- Dog days of August / John Cephas and Phil Wiggins.
General noteSmithsonian Collection of Recordings: RD 101 (A4 23981/A 23982--A4 23986).
General noteCompact discs.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Performer Performed by various artists.
LCCN 94755604
Publisher numberRD 101 Smithsonian Collection of Recordings
Publisher numberA4 23981/A 23986 Smithsonian Collection of Recordings

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