During the war years, California was inundated with Black Migrants from the South. They moved to work in the munitions plants and for the war effort in general, bringing their music with them. The combination of raw Southern Blues and the relative sophistication of the jazzier sounds of Los Angeles merged to form the unique style known as California Blues. This CD presents 25 examples of the style from it”s greatest practitioners.

Track Listing

• T-Bone Walker – T-Bone Blues
• Cecil Grant – I Wonder
• Roy Milton – Burma Road (Part 1)
• Roy Milton – Burma Road (Part 2)
• Charles Brown – Sunny Road
• Lowell Fulson – Scotty”s Blues
• Wynonie Harris – Wynonie Blues
• Helen Humes – Be-Baba-Leba
• Amos Milburn – After Midnight
• T-Bone Walker – I”m Gonna Find My Baby
• Dinah Washington – Chewin” Mama Blues
• Jack McVea – New Worried Life Blues
• Cecil Grant – What”s On Your Worried Mind
• Bob Moseley – Baggin” The Boogie
• Wynonie Harris – Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door
• Amos Milburn – My Baby”s Boogyin
• Duke Henderson – Oo Wee Baby, Oo Wee
• Jack McVea – Silver Symphony
• Wynonie Harris – Here Come The Blues
• Dinah Washington – No Voot, No Boot
• T-Bone Walker – Mean Old World
• Wynonie Harris – Playful Baby
• Charles Brown – Drifting Blues
• Amos Milburn – Amos Blues
• T-Bone Walker – Baby Sox Blues
• Cecil Grant – Blues in LA

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Blues

Release Date: 11/08/11

UPC: 824046515621