Blues Ballads

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Tracklist

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1Crying All Night Long
recorded in:
Detroit, Michigan, United States (from 1948 until 1952)
recording engineer:
Bernie Besman (producer, label owner and songwriter) (from 1948 until 1952)
producer:
Bernie Besman (producer, label owner and songwriter)
recording of:
Crying All Night (from 1948 until 1952)
writer:
Bernard Besman (producer, label owner and songwriter) and John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
publisher:
Unart Music Corp.
John Lee Hooker2:46
2Thinkin’ and Worryin’
Lightnin’ Hopkins2:55
3Leavin’ Day
Big Bill Broonzy3:05
4Rollin’ and Tumblin’
recording of:
Rollin’ and Tumblin’ (Morganfeld arrangement)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
M. Morganfield (blues musician)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Watertoons (BMI-affiliated - publisher associated with Muddy Waters) and Watertoons Music
version of:
Roll and Tumble Blues
Muddy Waters6:01
5Life Is Too Short
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1951-08-15)
alto saxophone:
Edward Hale (1950s US sax player)
bass:
Billy Hadnott
drums (drum set):
Oscar Lee Bradley, Sr. (jazz drummer, active 40s-60s)
electric guitar:
T‐Bone Walker (US blues musician & songwriter, 1910–1975)
piano:
Willard McDaniel
tenor saxophone:
Maxwell Davis (1940s tenor sax and arranger “The Father of West Coast R&B”)
performer:
T‐Bone Walker (US blues musician & songwriter, 1910–1975)
T‐Bone Walker2:48
6Swing Out Rhythm
Lonnie Johnson2:38
7Tell Me Mama
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1942-07-30)
bass:
Alfred Elkins (on 1942-07-30)
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1942-07-30)
piano:
Blind John Davis (on 1942-07-30)
lead vocals:
Jazz Gillum (on 1942-07-30)
Jazz Gillum3:14
8Gambling Bar Room Blues
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1932-08-15)
banjo:
Oddie McWinders (US vaudeville banjoist, Jimmie Rodgers accompanist) (on 1932-08-15)
fiddle:
Clayton McMichen (on 1932-08-15)
guitar:
Hoyt "Slim" Bryant (American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist) (on 1932-08-15)
vocals:
Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933) (on 1932-08-15)
recording of:
Gambling Bar Room Blues (on 1932-08-15)
writer:
Shelley Lee Alley and Jimmie Rodgers (country music pioneer, died in 1933)
Jimmie Rodgers3:27
9I’m in the Mood
John Lee Hooker & Eddie Kirkland3:09
10Ma Rainey
guitar:
Little Son Joe (on 1940-06-27) and Memphis Minnie (on 1940-06-27)
vocals:
Memphis Minnie (on 1940-06-27)
Memphis Minnie2:47
11King Biscuit Stomp
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1947-12-18)
bass and double bass [bass]:
Ransom Knowling (on 1947-12-18)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Judge Lawrence Riley (early blues drummer) (on 1947-12-18)
guitar and lead vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1947-12-18)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (John Lee “Sonny Boy” Williamson, 1914–1948) (on 1947-12-18)
membranophone:
Lawrence "Judge" Riley (early blues drummer) (on 1947-12-18)
vocals:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter) (on 1947-12-18)
recording of:
King Biscuit Stomp (on 1947-12-18)
writer:
Big Joe Williams (American Delta blues guitarist, singer and songwriter)
Big Joe Williams2:35
12Death Letter Blues
Ida Cox3:12
13Evil Hearted Man
Josh White3:04
14Mailman Blues
Tiny Mayberry3:08
15The Blues That Made Me Drunkson
Sonny Boy Williamson3:02
16I Just Couldn’t Help It
double bass:
Willie Dixon (on 1947-02-18)
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1947-02-18)
piano:
Roosevelt Sykes (on 1947-02-18)
saxophone:
J.T. Brown (saxophonist) (on 1947-02-18)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1947-02-18)
vocals:
Washboard Sam (on 1947-02-18)
recording of:
I Just Can't Help It (on 1947-02-18)
Washboard Sam3:08
17Uncle Sam Come and Get Him
Wee Bea Booze3:17
18Driftin’ Blues
Charles Brown3:17
19Central Avenue Blues
Pee Wee Crayton2:45
20Playboy Blues
Big Joe Turner2:42
21Harmonica and Washboard Breakdown
Sonny Terry2:40
22Lonesome Man Blues
Max Bailey52:49

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