Roots n’ Blues: The Retrospective, 1925–1950

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1We Got to Get Together
Frank Edwards2:38
2You Got to See Mama Ev’ry Night (Or You Can’t See Mama at All)
Sweet Violet Boys2:51
3I’ll Fly Away
The Humbard Family2:51
4Cross Cut Saw Blues
recording of:
Cross Cut Saw Blues
writer:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
publisher:
Irving Music, Inc.
Tony Hollins2:52
5Black Snake Blues
Peter Cleighton2:53
6Step It Up and Go
Black Cats & The Kitten2:50
7Papa’s Going Crazy, Mama’s Going Mad
Bob & Randall Atcher2:40
8Cotton‐Eyed Joe
Adolph Hofner & His San Antonians2:31
9Old Vets Blues
Poor Boy Burke2:55
10Black Rat Swing
bass:
Alfred Elkins (on 1941-12-12)
guitar:
Little Son Joe (on 1941-12-12) and Memphis Minnie (on 1941-12-12)
vocals:
Little Son Joe (on 1941-12-12)
Little Son Joe2:54
11Macy Special
Big Maceo2:44
12It’s Funny What Love Will Make You Do
The Light Crust Doughboys & J.B. Brinkley2:50
13Army Blues
Hank Penny & His Radio Cowboys2:39
14Who but You
James "Beale Street" Clark2:40
15Tomorrow May Be Too Late
Homer Harris3:07
16Burying Ground Blues
recording of:
Burying Ground Blues
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
McKinley Morganfield2:33
17Goodbye Old Pal
Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys2:25
18Dixie Cannonball
recording of:
Dixie Cannonball
writer:
Gene Autry (“The Singing Cowboy”), Red Foley (US country music musician) and Vaughn Horton
Gene Autry2:42
19Run On for a Long Time
Bill Landford & The Landfordaires2:37
20Baby, Please Don’t Go
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1947-07-22)
double bass [bass]:
Ransom Knowling (on 1947-07-22)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Judge Lawrence Riley (early blues drummer) (on 1947-07-22)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1947-07-22)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1947-07-22)
additional performer:
Alfred Elkins and Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948)
recording of:
Baby, Please Don’t Go
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
EMI Full Keel Music, Leeds Music Corp., MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated), MCA Music Ltd. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Another Man Done Gone
Joe Williams2:49
21I’m Toiling
Sister Myrtle Fields & Austin McCoy Trio2:45
22Two by Four Blues
Willie "Boodle It" Right2:58
23You Can’t Go Halfway (and Get In)
Bailes Brothers2:48
24Heaven’s Radio
Molly O’Day & The Cumberland Mountain Folks2:52
25Plow Hand Blues
Rosetta Howard2:49
26Grunt Meat Blues
Memphis Seven2:50
27Until I Found the Lord
Deep South Boys2:26
28I Know My Jesus Won’t Deny Me
Brother Porter & Brother Cook2:40