Despite the enormous amount of recording that took place in Chicago and New York most of the sessions for rural country blues artists took place in their hometowns with portable equipment. This volume presents a wide cross section of artists both internationally famous or hopelessly obscure recorded all across the Southern States of America. Recordings from Memphis, Tennessee, Nashville, Alabama and Georgia made for legendary labels Gennett, Paramount, Vocalion and Brunswick can be found in this essential Blues primer.

Track Listing

• William Harris – I”m Leaving Town
• Frank Stokes – Mistreatin” Blues
• Tommy Johnson – Canned Heat Blues
• Furry Lewis – Dry Land Blues
• Charlie McCoy – Last Time Blues
• Charley Patton – Elder Green Blues
• Willie Harris – Never Drive A Stranger From You Door
• Garfield Akers – Dough Roller Blues
• Jed Davenport – Beale Street Breakdown
• Geeshie Wiley – Skinny Leg Blues
• Mississippi Sheiks – Stop And Listen Blues
• Hattie Hart – I Let My Daddy Do That
• Otto Vigial – Little Girl In Rome
• The Mississippi Moaner – It”s Cold In China Blues
• Bo Carter – The Ins And Outs Of My Girl
• Mississippi Jook Band – Skippy Whippy
• Robert Johnson – Preachin” Blues
• Robert Lee McCoy – Lonesome World
• James De Barry – Spider Bite Blues
• Bulla White – Special Streamline
• Sleepy John Estes – Jailhouse Blues
• Tommy McClennan – Mozelle Blues
• Arthur ”Big Boy” Crudup – Standin” By My Window
• Cecil Grant – Anna Mae
• Rudy Greene – No Good Woman Blues

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Blues

Release Date: 11/08/11

UPC: 824046513023