Blues Essentials

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Rock Me
recording of:
Rock Me
lyricist and composer:
McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
Muddy Waters3:17
2I Rule My Den
John Lee Hooker2:47
3Shotgun Blues
recorded in:
Houston, Texas, United States (in 1948-02)
guitar:
Joel Hopkins and Lightnin’ Hopkins
vocals:
Lightnin’ Hopkins
recording of:
Shotgun Blues
lyricist and composer:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:42
4Airplane Blues
drums (drum set):
Melvin Merritt
guitar:
Brownie McGhee
harmonica:
Sonny Terry
piano:
Wilbert Ellis
vocals:
Sonny Terry
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee2:50
5Key to the Highway
producer:
Don Nix and Leon Russell
mixer:
John Fry (engineer/owner Ardent Studios)
drums (drum set):
Charles Blackwell (drummer) and Charles Myers (drums)
electric bass guitar:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter)
electric guitar and lead vocals:
Freddie King (US blues singer & guitarist)
guitar:
Don Preston (blues guitarist) and Leon Russell
organ:
Jon Gallie
piano:
Leon Russell
background vocals:
Joey Cooper (vocals), Claudia Lennear, Kathl McDonald (singer) and Don Preston (singer)
recorded at:
Chess Studios in Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1970-10)
mixed at:
Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (in 1971-01)
cover recording of:
Key to the Highway
writer:
Big Bill Broonzy and Charles Segar
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), MCA Duchess Music Corporation, Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Wabash Music Co. (BMI-affiliated)
Freddie King3:27
6Baby Please Don't Go
Mississippi Fred McDowell3:08
7Juke
George “Harmonica” Smith3:15
8Bad Luck Blues
Jimmy Rogers2:57
9Call It Stormy Monday but Tuesday Is Just as Bad
T‐Bone Walker3:04
10New Arrival
Guitar Slim & His Playboys2:34
11Between Midnight & Day
recorded in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1970-06-30 until 1970-07-14)
harmonica:
Alan Wilson (Canned Heat member)
recorded at:
100 Club in Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1970-06-30 until 1970-07-14)
Son House6:25
12Boogie Woogie Stomp
Albert Ammons3:39
13Honky Tonk Train Blues
Meade Lux Lewis4:17
14All This Piano Boogie
Memphis Slim1:27
15Cow Cow Boogie
recorded in:
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1942-05-21)
double bass:
Jud DeNaut (on 1942-05-21)
drums (drum set):
Dave Coleman (jazz drummer) (on 1942-05-21)
guitar:
Jack Marshall (US jazz guitarist, composer, arranger & record producer) (on 1942-05-21)
piano:
Freddie Slack (on 1942-05-21)
reeds:
Joe Huffman (on 1942-05-21) and Willie Martinez (on 1942-05-21)
saxophone:
Les Baxter (on 1942-05-21) and Ralph Lee (on 1942-05-21)
trombone:
Gerald Foster (on 1942-05-21), Bill Lawlor (on 1942-05-21) and Bruce Squires (on 1942-05-21)
trumpet:
Manny Klein (on 1942-05-21) and Bill Morris (on 1942-05-21)
vocals:
Ella Mae Morse (on 1942-05-21)
cover recording of:
Cow Cow Boogie (on 1942-05-21)
composer:
Benny Carter, Gene de Paul and Don Raye
recording of:
Cow Cow Boogie (on 1942-05-21)
composer:
Benny Carter, Gene de Paul and Don Raye
Ella Mae Morse3:15
16Jumpin' Tonight
Big Joe Turner2:24
17He's a Real Gone Guy
Nellie Lutcher3:03
18Blues Before Dawn
Pee Wee Crayton2:00
19Trouble in Mind
Amos Milburn2:36
20The Blues Ain't Nothin' but a Woman Cryin' for Her Man
Dinah Washington3:47
21San Francisco Blues
Floyd Dixon3:03
22Gin House Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1961)
producer:
Cal Lampley
bass:
Chris White (jazz bassist) (in 1961)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Hamilton (percussionist, keyboards, vocals) (in 1961)
guitar:
Al Schackman (in 1961)
piano and lead vocals:
Nina Simone (in 1961)
cover recording of:
Gin House Blues (in 1961)
composer:
Fletcher Henderson (in 1925) and Henry Troy (in 1925)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corp
Nina Simone33:03

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ASIN:UK: B00020H8TE [info]