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Release Date: 19-02-2007
Label: Rough Guides
Catalog Number: RG1180-2
Barcode: 605633118025
Musical Style: World
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crazy Blues; Mamie Smith [03:19] | 12 | That's All Right (Original); Arthur ‘big Boy’ Crudup [02:18] |
| 2 | Black Snake Moan; Blind Lemon Jefferson [03:00] | 13 | It Hurts Me Too; Elmore James [03:16] |
| 3 | Pony Blues; Charley Patton [02:56] | 14 | Boom Boom; John Lee Hooker [02:27] |
| 4 | Me and My Chauffeur Blues; Memphis Minnie [02:46] | 15 | Ain't Nobody Home (Live); B.B. King [07:24] |
| 5 | Crossroad Blues; Robert Johnson [02:35] | 16 | Night Time Is The Right Time; Sonny Boy Williamson & The Animals [04:09] |
| 6 | Broke Down Engine Blues; Blind Willie McTell [03:07] | 17 | Try To Quit You Baby; Buddy Guy [02:35] |
| 7 | Key To The Highway; Big Bill Broonzy [03:01] | 18 | Born Under A Bad Sign (Original); Albert King [03:24] |
| 8 | Roll'Em Pete; Pete Johnson & Joe Turner [02:48] | 19 | Ice Pick; Albert Collins [03:07] |
| 9 | Mannish Boy; Muddy Waters [05:06] | 20 | Give Me Back My Wig; Hound Dog Taylor & The House Rockers [03:34] |
| 10 | Come Back Home; Howlin' Wolf [02:08] | 21 | Goin' Down South; R.L. Burnside & Lyrics Born [03:12] |
| 11 | They Call It Stormy Monday Blues; T Bone Walker [02:49] | 22 | Erdi; Ali Farka Touré [04:38] |
Description:
From the hardship suffered by black sharecroppers in the Mississippi Delta nearly a hundred years ago, the blues, a deep soulful music full of passion and rhythm, was born. Featuring a collection of legendary blues heroes recorded throughout the twentieth century, The Rough Guide To The Blues tells the story of how the blues began, developed and eventually became the roots of rock 'n' roll.
