La grande epoque du blues 1926 - 1943

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Poor Boy a Long Ways From Home
Barbecue Bob3:04
2Devil Got My Woman
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (in 1931-02)
guitar and lead vocals:
Skip James (in 1931-02)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2006)
recording of:
Devil Got My Woman (in 1931-02)
lyricist and composer:
Skip James (in 1931)
publisher:
Wynwood Music Company Inc
Skip James3:00
3High Sheriff Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1934-01-30)
guitar:
Charlie Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1934-01-30)
vocals:
Charlie Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1934-01-30)
Charley Patton3:11
4Jack' O'Diamond Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1926-05)
guitar:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter) (in 1926-05)
vocals:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter) (in 1926-05)
recording of:
Jack o’ Diamonds Blues
lyricist and composer:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter)
Blind Lemon Jefferson2:47
5My Black Mama
Son House3:11
6How Long, How Long Blues
recording of:
How Long, How Long Blues
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr
publisher:
Compact Music and MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
Leroy Carr3:08
7Moanin' the Blues
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1929-08-17)
piano and lead vocals:
Charlie Spand (on 1929-08-17)
Charlie Spand3:14
8Bumble Bee
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-06-18)
guitar:
Kansas Joe McCoy (on 1929-06-18) and Memphis Minnie (on 1929-06-18)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1929-06-18)
recording of:
Bumble Bee (in 1929)
composer:
Memphis Minnie
Memphis Minnie2:48
9Daddy Goodbye Blues
guitar:
Tampa Red (in 1928-09)
piano:
Georgia Tom Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (in 1928-09)
vocals:
Ma Rainey (in 1928-09)
Ma Rainey3:15
10It's Tight Like That
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2014)
recording of:
It’s Tight Like That
writer:
Hudson Whittaker and Thomas A. Dorsey (blues and gospel musician aka “Georgia Tom”) (in 1928)
Tampa Red3:04
11Back Water Blues
Bessie Smith3:24
12Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Clarence “Pine Top” Smith3:26
13Down South Blues
Sleepy John Estes3:10
14Gator Wobble
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1934-11-06)
cowbell, washboard and wood block:
Robert Burse (on 1934-11-06)
guitar:
Charlie Burse (on 1934-11-06)
guitar and harmonica and harmonica:
Will Shade (on 1934-11-06)
jug and piano:
Jab Jones (on 1934-11-06)
mandolin:
Laura Dukes (on 1934-11-06)
violin:
Charlie Pierce (Memphis Jug Band) (on 1934-11-06)
vocals:
Charlie Burse (on 1934-11-06)
Memphis Jug Band2:41
15I'm Not Rough
Louis Armstrong3:00
16Got the Blues for the West End
Lonnie Johnson2:41
17Baby 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
Big Joe Williams2:51
18New Highway 51
Tommy McClennan2:53
19Mean Old 'Frisco Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1942-04-15)
recording of:
Mean Old Frisco Blues
lyricist and composer:
A Crudup
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup2:37
20I Believe I'll Dust My Broom
Robert Johnson2:59
21Milk Cow Blues
Kokomo Arnold3:13
22Somebody Changed the Lock of My Door
Casey Bill Weldon3:21
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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Diggin' My Potatoes
Washboard Sam3:02
2Louise Louise Blues
Johnny Temple2:59
3Night Time Is the Right Time
recording of:
Night Time Is the Right Time
composer:
Lew Herman
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Planemar Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd. and Tro-Essex Music
Roosevelt Sykes2:57
4Goin' Down Slow
St. Louis Jimmy Oden3:16
5Beer Drinking Woman
recording of:
Beer Drinking Woman (on 1940-10-30)
writer:
Memphis Slim
Memphis Slim43:22
6Trouble in Mind
Georgia White2:42
7Slow and Easy Blues
Jimmy Yancey2:38
8Lonesome Bedroom Blues
Curtis Jones3:06
9See See Rider Blues
Bea Booze3:12
10Bus Rider Blues
Blind Boy Fuller, Sonny Terry2:49
11Picking My Tomatoes
Brownie McGhee2:47
12Key to the Highway
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-05-09)
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-05-09)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Jazz Gillum (on 1940-05-09)
recording of:
Key to the Highway (in 1940)
writer:
Big Bill Broonzy and Charles Segar (blues pianist and occasional singer)
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), MCA Duchess Music Corporation, Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Wabash Music Co. (BMI-affiliated)
Jazz Gillum2:42
13Just a Dream
Big Bill Broonzy2:50
14Why Don't You Do Right?
Lil Green2:59
15War Time Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1940-05-17)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Fred Williams (Blues drummer) (on 1940-05-17)
harmonica and lead vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1940-05-17)
piano:
Joshua Altheimer (on 1940-05-17)
Sonny Boy Williamson2:59
16Gamblin' Man Blues
Champion Jack Dupree2:47
17Worried Life Blues
double bass [string bass]:
Ransom Knowling (on 1941-06-24)
guitar:
Tampa Red (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
piano:
Big Maceo (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
vocals:
Big Maceo (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
recorded at:
RCA Studios (Chicago, 1935-1969) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-06-24)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1983)
recording of:
Worried Life Blues (on 1941-06-21)
writer:
Sleepy John Estes and Maceo Merriweather
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Someday Baby Blues
Big Maceo2:55
18Pearl Harbor Blues
part of:
V Disc (by matrix number) (number: VP 220)
Doctor Clayton3:02
19Uncle Sam Says
Josh White2:45
20Ration Blues
Louis Jordan3:09
21Roll 'em, Pete
piano:
Pete Johnson (US boogie‐woogie pianist)
vocal:
Big Joe Turner
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2018)
recording of:
Roll ’em Pete
writer:
Pete Johnson (US boogie‐woogie pianist) and Big Joe Turner
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
Big Joe Turner2:51
22T-Bone Blues
T‐Bone Walker3:20