Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Wine, Women, Whiskey - Papa Lightfoot
2. Rock Me Mama - Lightnin' Slim
3. Little Lean Woman - Little Al
4. Hydramatic Woman - Joe Hill Louis
5. Lucy Mae Blues - Frankie Lee Sims
6. Goin' To New Orleans - Little Sam Davis
7. Another Fool Like Me - Jesse Thomas
8. Little Milton's Boogie - Little Milton Anderson
9. Scott's Boogie - L.B. Lawson
10. She's Gone - Schoolboy Cleve
11. Down At the Depot - John Lee
12. Calling All Cows - Blues Rockers
13. Courtin' In a Cadillac - Jerry McCain
14. Walkin' And Cryin' Blues - Sonny Boy Holmes
15. Ride Hooker Ride - Earl Hooker
16. Don't Let Your Daddy Slow Walk You Down - Good Rockin' Sam
17. Cool Down Mama - Lost John Hunter
18. Country Boy - Pee Wee Hughes
19. Lillie Mae Boogie - Alex Moore
20. Gotta Get Together - Frank Edwards
21. When I Come In This House Woman - Big Son Tillis
22. I'm Gonna Leave You Baby - Lazy Lester
23. Evil And Hanky - Mercy Dee
24. Bad Luck - Lightnin' Slim
25. Central Avenue Blues - R. Green & Turner
26. On My Way - Alvin Smith
27. Highway 80 Blues - Tommy Lee Thompson
28. Mama Does the Boogie - Red Johnson

Disc 2:

1. She Fool Me - Harvey Hill Jr.
2. Chicken Hearted Woman - Clarence Samuels
3. That's What They Want - Jerry McCain
4. Sneaky Groundhog - Clifford Gibson
5. Blinds Blues - John Lee
6. Sugar Mama - Pee Wee Hughes
7. One Room Country Shack - Mercy Dee
8. You Are Doing Me Wrong - Arthur Gunter
9. I Can't Live Happy - Lightnin' Slim
10. Mean Old Train - Papa Lightfoot
11. Jackson Juke - Little Milton Anderson
12. Jealous Man - Johnny Lewis
13. Winehead Swing - James Tisdom
14. Weekend Blues - Lafayette Thomas
15. Leave My Money Alone - Lonesome Sundown
16. Pebble In My Shoe - Wild Bill Phillips
17. Lonely Blues - K.C. Douglas
18. No.4 Boogie - Pinebluff Pete
19. Someday You'll Understand - King Davis
20. Alley Corn - Earl Hooker
21. I Got Them Blues - Sonny Boy Holmes
22. L.J. Boogie - Louis Jackson
23. She's So Good To Me - Little Sam Davis
24. New Orleans Bound - Lightnin' Slim
25. West Kinney Street Blues - Skoole-Dum-Doo & Sheffield
26. I'm Him - Schoolboy Cleve
27. Neglected Woman - Alex Moore
28. Too Much Competition - Tarheel Slim

Disc 3:

1. A Fool No More - Eddie Hope & The Mannish Boys
2. Johnny Mae - Blues Rockers
3. Got My Call Card - L.B. Lawson
4. Love My Baby - Frank Edwards
5. Jump the Boogie - Papa Lightfoot
6. One Thing My Baby Likes - Country Jim
7. A Dream - Little Willie Cotton
8. Happy Go Lucky - Good Rockin' Beasley
9. Bugger Bugger Boy - Lightnin' Slim
10. Sweet Angel - Earl Hooker
11. You Don't Love Me No More - Jerry McCain
12. My Woman Knows the Score - Mercy Dee
13. Goin' Home To Mother - Little Sam Davis
14. Santa Fe Blues - Pee Wee Hughes
15. Tiger Man - Little Al
16. Alabama Boogie - John Lee
17. Wolf Call Boogie - Coy 'Hot Shot' Love
18. Congo Mombo - Guitar Gable
19. Big Time Woman - Ernest McClay
20. Paper Wooden Daddy - Dennis McMillon
21. Bloodstains On the Wall - Honeyboy
22. Rub a Little Boogie - Alec Seward
23. Schoolboy - Lost John Hunter
24. Ethel May - Lightnin' Slim
25. Knocking the Boogie - Jerry Perkins
26. Mistreated Baby Blues - Little Milton Anderson
27. The $64 Question - Sonny Boy Holmes
28. If I Lose You Woman - Alex Moore

Disc 4:

1. Lester's Stomp - Lazy Lester
2. Dark Muddy Bottom - Mercy Dee
3. Lost Child - Eddie Hope & The Mannish Boys
4. 1958 Blues - Little Sam Davis
5. Now Listen Baby - Good Rockin' Sam
6. Lost Without Love - Lonesome Sundown
7. Alla Blues - R. Green & Turner
8. She's Mine All Mine - Arthur Gunter
9. T.N.T. Woman - Sonny Boy Holmes
10. Lightnin' Blues - Lightnin' Slim
11. K.C. Boogie - K.C. Douglas
12. Baby Blues - John Lee
13. She's Taking All My Money - Johnny Lewis
14. Let Me Be Your Handy Man - Clifford Gibson
15. You Better Change - Ole Sonny Boy
16. Strange Letter Blues - Schoolboy Cleve
17. Things Ain't Right - Jerry McCain
18. Wine Head Baby - Lazy Slim Jim
19. Don't Take It Out On Me - Frankie Lee Sims
20. Deep South Guitar Blues - Lafayette Thomas
21. Packin' Up My Blues - Tommy Lee Thompson
22. Blow It Down - Little Milton Anderson
23. Good Road Blues - Wright Holmes
24. Katherine Blues - Jerry Perkins
25. On the Hook - Earl Hooker
26. I Can't Be Successful - Lightnin' Slim
27. Philippine Blues - Country Jim
28. Harpin' On It - Coy 'Hot Shot' Love

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #59990 in Music
• Released on: 2007-08-28
• Number of discs: 4
• Format: Box set

Customer Reviews

The Grind: blues under the radar
This compliation is filled with music it took me all of the seventies, eighties, nineties, and the new millenium to fail to fully collect on vinyl albums and cds. This is blues from the crevices, that which hides in the nooks and crannies, and once did hide in virtually every southern black community. These aptly described juke joint blues were the stuff of small labels, sometimes among the very few, or even sole releases of a label's entire output. Hence the lack of anything approaching uniformity -- read that BLANDNESS, COMMERCIAL SLAVISHNESS. Each tune is a unique slice of a different time and place, and conjures, no doubt, a singular memory in the minds of anyone who ever saw these performances 'live,' owned the original 78 rpm disc, or dropped a nickel into the vendor to hear it. So, if you get this -- and I vigorously assert that if you're a real blues lover, you should -- forget what you know about the polished 1950's blues of T-Bone Walker, BB King, even Muddy Waters. This is another thing entirely. This is the grit -- music from the grind of working all day and playing all night, or these tunes were created by those who followed the money that followed the crops -- and worked the southern juke joints. Rock 'n Roll, even northern Urban blues existed at the same time, but did so in a parallel universe where never the twain could meet. This is southern black culture exposed... years later.... The artists represented here never thought about us hearing this; they had no concept that their music would travel the world and boomerang back home via the British Invasion. This was local stuff, spreaking to the neighbors in the black bottoms all across the segregated South. The recordings here take you there. Take these recordings and make the trip. I guarantee you will not only be transported to another time and place, but that your tastes in blues will be broadened as well.

"Play Your Harmonica, Son!"
Muddy Waters once said, "The Blues had a baby and they called it Rock n' Roll". Well, if you buy this four disc set you will get a thorough introduction to Mama & Daddy!

I cannot recommend this collection highly enough if you are looking for some grinding, hard-drinking, electric guitar & harmonica Blues. The music is raw-edged and rowdy, the breadth of performers impressive. The sound quality is very good on most all of the tracks, especially considering their age (most were recorded in the early to mid 1950's). The liner notes are extensive and provide an insight into many of the lesser-known performers of the era, most of whom I was previously unaware. Many of the licks heard in this collection are recognizable due to their adoption in later rock 'n' roll classics.

The bottom line is if you are a fan of Delta/Louisiana/Swamp Blues or want to know more about the roots of Rock 'n' Roll, this collection is a must-have.

Down Home and Funky
I'm just here to agree with the others and also recommend a disc called Shim Sham Shimmy, which is very, very similar to this one. In fact, they share one song. I love this music, all rough edges and funky tones. Blues before it was taken over by flashy guitar players looking for a forum to show off (full disclosure: I have a ton of that music too).