Description
This album brings to the fore classic early blues masterpieces that deserve to be heard and allows the limelight to fall on some of the lesser-known country blues masters. Essential listening for any blues connoisseur, this is an adventure into some of the more hidden recesses of country blues.
Track Listing :
Rough Guide to Unsung Heroes: Country Blues Vol 1
01 - Henry Thomas: Fishing Blues 02:4202 - Willie Harris: Never Drive A Stranger From Your Door 03:37
03 - Clifford Gibson: Don't Put That Thing On Me 03:04
04 - Henry Spaulding: Cairo Blues 02:42
05 - Charley Jordan: Keep It Clean 02:45
06 - Gus Cannon: Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home 03:09
07 - Lane Hardin: California Desert Blues 03:17
08 - Otto Virgial: Little Girl In Rome 02:34
09 - Blind Willie (Joe) Reynolds: Married Man Blues 03:14
10 - Joe Callicott: Fare Thee Well Blues 03:09
11 - Sam Collins: Lonesome Road Blues 03:02
12 - Geeshie Wiley & Elvie Thomas: Pick Poor Robin Clean 03:10
13 - King Solomon Hill: My Buddy Blind Papa Lemon 03:04
14 - Kokomo Arnold: Old Original Kokomo Blues 02:50
15 - Tom Dickson: Labor Blues 02:58
16 - Texas Alexander: Section Gang Blues 02:54
17 - Freddie Spruell: Let's Go Riding 02:57
18 - Hambone Willie Newbern: Roll And Tumble Blues 02:59
19 - Peg Leg Howell: Please Ma'am 02:59
20 - Garfield Akers: Cottonfield Blues – Part 2 03:16
21 - Frank Stokes: Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do – Part 2 (Take 1) 03:11
22 - Lottie Kimbrough: Rolling Log Blues 03:18
23 - Sam Butler (Bo Weavil Jackson): You Can't Keep No Brown 02:44
24 - Mississippi Bracey: Cherry Ball 03:13
Blues , Country
Age Suitability
Young Adult , Thirty-Something , Young At Heart
Ethics
Ethically Produced , FSC