Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Match Box Blues - Larry Hensley
2. Black Snake Moan - Cobb, Underwood
3. Johnson City Blues - Clarence Green
4. Franklin County Blues - The Dixie Ramblers
5. Blue Grass Twist - South Georgia Highballers
6. Bibb County Grind - South Georgia Highballers
7. Barber's Blues - Frankie Marvin
8. Dust Pan Blues - Frankie Marvin
9. I'm Blue and Lonesome - Gene Autry, Frankie Marvin
10. Do Right Daddy Blues - Gene Autry
11. Black Bottom Blues - Gene Autry
12. Rheumatism Blues - Gene Autry
13. Do Right Daddy Blues [#2] - Gene Autry
14. Oozlin' Daddy Blues - Bill Cox, Cliff Hobbs
15. Kansas City Blues - Bill Cox, Cliff Hobbs
16. Long Chain Charlie Blues - Bill Cox
17. Georgia Brown Blues - Bill Cox
18. Got the Drunken Blues - Bill Cox
19. NRA Blues - Bill Cox
20. Arkansas Hard Luck Blues - Lonnie Glosson
21. New Talking Blues - Hershal Brown
22. Puckett Blues - Riley Puckett
23. I Get the Blues When It Rains - Riley Puckett
24. Old Lonesome Blues - Bowman Sisters
25. Mistreated Blues - Carolina Buddies

Disc 2:

1. Cocaine - Dick Justice
2. Brown Skin Blues - Dick Justice
3. Old Black Dog - Dick Justice
4. Poca River Blues - Jarvis, Dick Justice
5. Bread Line Blues - Slim Smith
6. Depot Blues - Crowder Brothers
7. Dark Holler Blues - Clarence Ashley
8. Haunted Road Blues - Clarence Ashley
9. Bay Rum Blues - Clarence Ashley, Gwen Foster
10. East Virginia Blues - Clarence Ashley, Gwen Foster
11. Wilkes County Blues - Gwen Foster
12. Crooked Creek Blues - Walter Davis, Gwen Foster
13. Sisco Harmonica Blues - The Carver Boys
14. Wang Wang Harmonica Blues - The Carver Boys
15. Blowing Blues - Chuck Darling
16. Choking Blues - Kyle Wooten
17. Lost Boy Blues - Palmer McAbee
18. Georgia Wobble Blues - Carroll County Revellers
19. Worried Blues - Samantha Bumgarner
20. Carroll County Blues - Fiddlin' Doc Roberts
21. Cumberland Blues - Fiddlin' Doc Roberts
22. Lonesome, Broke and Weary - Asa Martin & His Kentucky Hillbillies
23. Stockade Blues - The Georgia Crackers
24. Brown's Ferry Blues #2 - The Callahan Brothers
25. Rattle Snake Daddy - Homer "Bill" Callahan

Disc 3:

1. Farm Girl Blues - The Carolina Tar Heels
2. Apron String Blues - The Carolina Tar Heels
3. I Don't Like the Blues No How - The Carolina Tar Heels
4. Cross Tie Blues - Buster & Jack
5. Pouring Down Blues - Buster & Jack
6. Carroll County Blues - W.T. Narmour, S.W. Smith
7. Tequila Hop Blues - Narmour,
8. Bankhead Blues - Nations Brothers
9. Railroad Blues - Nations Brothers
10. Jake Legs Blues - Byrd Moore
11. Killin' Blues - Jess Johnson, Byrd Moore
12. Hesitation Blues - Reaves White County Ramblers
13. Strawberry Blues - Reaves White County Ramblers
14. Don't Let the Blues Get You Down - Buck Mountain Band
15. Yodeling Blues - Buck Mountain Band
16. I'm Sad and Blue - Perry County Music Makers
17. Way Down Yonder Blues - Lemuel Turner
18. Jake Bottle Blues - Lemuel Turner
19. 12th Street Blues - Dupree's County Boys
20. Hometown Blues - The Roane County Ramblers
21. Unexplained Blues - Lowe Stokes
22. Left All Alone Again Blues - Lowe Stokes
23. Bone Dry Blues - Lowe Stokes
24. Dry Town Blues - The Leake County Revelers
25. Leake County Blues - The Leake County Revelers

Disc 4:

1. Deep Elem Blues - The Prairie Ramblers
2. Kentucky Blues - The Prairie Ramblers
3. Go Easy Blues - The Prairie Ramblers
4. V.B. Blues - Three Tobacco Tags
5. Reno Blues - Three Tobacco Tags
6. Jersey Bull Blues - Three Tobacco Tags
7. Moatsville Blues - Moatsville String Ticklers
8. Triangle Blues - New Roanoke Jug Band
9. Tennessee River Bottom Blues - Mike Shaw's Alabama Entertainers
10. Blues in a Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
11. Married Life Blues - Oscar Ford, Jr.
12. Travellin' Blues - Freeny Harmonisers
13. Ginseng Blues - Kentucky Ramblers
14. Stove Pipe Blues - Kentucky String Ticklers
15. Leaving Here Blues - Kentucky String Ticklers
16. Tipple Blues - Kentucky String Ticklers
17. Patrick County Blues - Pearson, J.W. Spangler
18. Cold Penitentiary Blues - George Edgin's Corn Dodgers
19. Bath House Blues - Ashley's Melody Men
20. I Never Felt So Blue - Ashley's Melody Men
21. John Henry Blues - Earl Johnson & His Dixie Entertainers
22. Huckleberry Blues - Dykes Magic City Trio
23. Worried Man Blues - Nicholson, Rodgers
24. Rip Van Winkle Blues - Bud Landress
25. All Night Long Blues - Burnett & Rutherford, Rutherford

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #126262 in Music
• Released on: 2005-03-08
• Number of discs: 4
• Formats: Box set, Original recording remastered

Customer Reviews

Country Music's Blues Roots
Another fantastic collection from JSP Records out of the UK. If you had any doubts that country music was hugely influenced by African American blues, this box set will assure you that despite societal segregation, cross pollination between musicians was rampant. Fans of steel guitar will find some gems in this compilation. Roy Smeck and King Benny Nawahi make appearances as well as lesser known players like Lemuel Turner. The early 20th century Hawaiian music craze obviously made its impact on old time string band players as well as the early blues slide guitarists. And wait until you hear Gene Autrey belting the blues! But historical interest aside, these four discs are filled with wonderful songs and instrumental and vocal performances. JSP Records deserves accolades for their preservation of early American folk and blues recordings.