It's the Blues

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Stomp Boogie
John Lee Hooker3:09
2Country Blues #1
Muddy Waters3:24
3Good Morning Blues
recording of:
Good Morning Blues
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Huddie William Ledbetter
publisher:
Kensington Music Ltd. and TRO-Folkways Music Publishers, Inc.
Lead Belly2:55
4Lady Luck Blues
Bessie Smith3:08
5Down Baby
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:17
6When You Got a Good Friend
recording engineer:
Vincent Liebler
executive producer:
Art Satherly
producer:
Don Law
guitar:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1936-11-23)
vocals:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend) (on 1936-11-23)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Soul Jam Records (in 2015)
recorded at:
Gunter Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, United States (on 1936-11-23)
recording of:
When You Got a Good Friend (on 1936-11-23)
lyricist and composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
publisher:
Paul Rodriguez Music Ltd.
Robert Johnson42:39
7Candy Man Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1928-12-28)
guitar:
Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-12-28)
vocals:
Mississippi John Hurt (on 1928-12-28)
Mississippi John Hurt2:46
8I Be's Troubled
recorded in:
Stover, Missouri, United States (in 1941-08)
publisher:
Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
recording of:
I Be’s Troubled (in 1941-08)
lyricist and composer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters3:06
9Highway 49
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-12-12)
bass and washtub bass [imitation bass]:
Alfred Elkins (on 1941-12-12)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1941-12-12)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1941-12-12)
vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1941-12-12)
Big Joe Williams3:16
10Mean Old Frisco Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1942-04-14)
double bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1942-04-14)
guitar:
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup (on 1942-04-14)
vocals:
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup (on 1942-04-14)
recording of:
Mean Old Frisco Blues (on 1942-04-14)
lyricist and composer:
A Crudup
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup2:37
11Stormy Sea Blues
Ma Rainey2:43
12Country Blues #2
Muddy Waters3:34
13Frisco Town
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-06-18)
guitar:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1929-06-18) and Memphis Minnie (on 1929-06-18)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1929-06-18)
recording of:
Frisco Town (Blues by Memphis Minnie) (on 1929-06-18)
writer:
Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie2:55
14Guess Who
recording of:
Guess Who
lyricist:
Ralph Freed
composer:
Burton Lane
Billie Holiday3:10
15Alberta
guitar and lead vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
recording of:
Alberta (on 1949-02-18)
writer:
Bernard Besman and John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
John Lee Hooker3:04
16Burr Clover Farm Blues
recording of:
Burr Clover Blues
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters2:56
17Train Whistle Blues
Blind Boy Fuller & Sonny Terry2:47
18L.A. Blues
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:55
19New York City
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1940-06-17)
guitar:
Lead Belly (on 1940-06-17)
vocals:
The Golden Gate Quartet (on 1940-06-17) and Lead Belly (on 1940-06-17)
recording of:
New York City (on 1940-06-17)
writer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
Lead Belly3:03
20Brother James
recorded in:
Aurora, Illinois, United States (on 1937-05-05)
guitar:
Robert Lee McCoy (on 1937-05-05) and Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1937-05-05)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1937-05-05)
lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1937-05-05)
vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1937-05-05)
Big Joe Williams2:56
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