50 of the raunchiest, rarest, earliest-known, blues influenced hillbilly recordings. First time on CD for many of these rare sides. (2002) A major collection of hillbilly blues. Don't miss this great collection of neglected roots music from the 20's 30's and 40's. And don't be put off by the silly title. Sure a lot of the lyrics are about drunkenness and lechery, but this is the blues, not church music.
The two disc set is an excellent collection of that is heavily influenced by black players of the 20's and 30's but is not just an imitation of them. It traces the growth of white blues, one of the strains of music that that was formative for virtuoso country guitar pickers from Jerry Reed and Glen Campbell to Ricky Scaggs and Vince Gill. Blues surely began as an African American art form, but white southerners have had an influence too. James Burton! Duane Allman! Stevie Ray Vaughan! Check out their drunken uncles. (Allmusic)
trax disc 1:
1. If The River Was Whiskey - Charlie Poole & His North Carolina Ramblers 2. Sweet Sarah Blues - Darby & Tarlton 3. Carroll County Blues - Narmour & Smith 4. Oozlin Daddy Blues - Bill Cox & Cliff Hobbs 5. K. C. Blues - Frank Hutchinson 6. Somebody's Been Usin' That Thong - The Callahan Brothers 7. New Jellyroll Blues - Al Dexter 8. Drunk & Nutty Blues - The Allen Brothers 9. Do Right Daddy Blues - Gene Autry 10. Rattlesnake Daddy - Homer Callahan 11. Matchbox Blues - Larry Hensley 12. Ashcan Blues - Cliff Carlisle 13. A Darkies' Wail - Riley Puckett 14. Deep Elem Blues - The Prairie Ramblers 15. Brown Skin Blues - Dick Justice 16. Worried Blues - Frank Hutchison 17. Haunted Road Blues - Tom Ashley 18. Georgia Brown Blues - Bill Cox 19. Ramblin' Blues - Charlie Poole & His North Carolina Ramblers 20. Steel Guitar Blues - Roy Acuff & His Crazy Tennesseeans 21. Dirty Hangover Blues - W. Lee McDaniel & His Hillbilly Boys 22. Jake Bottle Blues - Lemuel Turner 23. Never No Mo' Blues - The Rhythm Wreckers 24. Dallas County Jail Blues - Gene Autry 25. Guitar Blues - Carlisle & Ball
trax disc 2:
1. Railroad Blues - Sam McGee 2. Weaveroom Blues - The Dixon Brothers 3. Jakewalk Blues - The Allen Brothers 4. Country Blues - Dock Boggs 5. Farmland Blues - The Carolina Tar Heels 6. Breadline Blues - Slim Smith 7. Blue Steel Blues - Ted Daffam 8. Bell Clappin' Mama - Bill Carlisle 9. Bay Rum Blues - Dave McCain & Howard Long 10. Wilkes County Blues - Gwen Foster 11. Coal Miner's Blues - The Carter Family 12. Mobile Blues - Nelstone's Hawiians 13. Lonesome Jailhouse Blues - The Delmore Brothers 14. Blues In A Bottle - Prince Albert Hunt 15. Garbage Man Blues - Roy Newman 16. Barber's Blues - Frankie Marvin 17. Stockade Blues - The Georgia Crackers 18. Bath House Blues - Ashley's Melody Men 19. Frankie Jean - Bob Wills 20. Black Bottom Blues - Gene Autry 21. Jug Rag - The Ramblers 22. Chain Gang Blues - Riley Puckett 23. Arkansas Hard Luck Blues - Lonnie Glosson 24. Milk Cow Blues - Cliff Bruner 25. Mean Old Lonesome Blues - Buddy Jones
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