The Essential Blues

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Albert's Shuffle
Bloomfield & Kooper6:58
2She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride
bass:
Gary Gilmore (Bassist, not the criminal) (from 1968-05 until 1968-10)
harmonica and steel guitar and lead vocals:
Taj Mahal (US blues musician) (from 1968-05 until 1968-10)
piano:
Al Kooper
brass arranger:
Jesse ‘Ed’ Davis
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
recording of:
She Caught the Katy (and Left Me a Mule to Ride) (from 1968-05 until 1968-10)
writer:
James Rachell and Taj Mahal (US blues musician)
Taj Mahal3:31
3Back Door Man
producer:
Abner Spector
recording of:
Back Door Man
lyricist and composer:
Willie Dixon
writer:
Chester Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Hoochie Coochie Music and Watertoons (BMI-affiliated - publisher associated with Muddy Waters)
sub-publisher:
BMG Rights Management (France) (not for release label use! file releases under its imprint BMG (2008–present)), Sony Music Publishing France and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division)
Willie Dixon6:14
4Cold Shot
Shuggie Otis4:07
5Buried Alive in the Blues
recording of:
Buried Alive in the Blues
lyricist and composer:
Nick Gravenites (singer, guitarist and songwriter)
Big Brother & the Holding Company3:59
6Mannish Boy
producer:
Johnny Winter (American blues/rock musician)
bass guitar:
Charles Calmese (in 1976-10)
drums (drum set):
Willie “Big Eyes” Smith (in 1976-10)
guitar:
Bob Margolin (in 1976-10), Muddy Waters (blues musician) (in 1976-10) and Johnny Winter (American blues/rock musician) (in 1976-10)
harmonica:
James Cotton (US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter) (in 1976-10)
piano:
Pinetop Perkins (in 1976-10)
other vocals:
Johnny Winter (American blues/rock musician)
vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (in 1976-10)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 425)
recording of:
Mannish Boy (in 1976-10)
writer:
Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer), Mel London and McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Bug Music Ltd. and Tristan Music Ltd.
part of:
Risky Business (film soundtrack)
Muddy Waters35:25
7Tired of Tryin'
Johnny Winter3:42
8Amtrak Blues
engineer:
Frank Laico
producer:
John Hammond (producer)
mixer:
Ray Moore (engineer, 1957–1995)
vocals:
Alberta Hunter
recording of:
Amtrak Blues
writer:
Alberta Hunter
Alberta Hunter3:24
9The Sky Is Crying
assistant engineer:
Rob Eaton
engineer:
Richard Mullen
producer:
Richard Mullen and Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble
bass guitar:
Tommy Shannon (from 1985-03 until 1985-05)
drums (drum set) [B-3]:
Chris Layton (from 1985-03 until 1985-05)
guitar:
Stevie Ray Vaughan (from 1985-03 until 1985-05)
Hammond organ [B-3]:
Reese Wynans (American keyboardist) (from 1985-03 until 1985-05)
vocals:
Stevie Ray Vaughan (from 1985-03 until 1985-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1991)
cover recording of:
The Sky Is Crying (from 1985-03 until 1985-05)
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James
publisher:
Longitude Music Co.
Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble3.354:38
10Get on With Your Life
assistant engineer:
Jeff Powell (engineer)
engineer:
Jay Mark and Bud Snyder
producer:
The Allman Brothers Band and Tom Dowd
mixer:
Jay Mark
recorded at and mixed at:
Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee, United States
recording of:
Get on With Your Life
lyricist and composer:
Gregg Allman
publisher:
D Dem Music
The Allman Brothers Band7:01
11Feelin' Good
cover recording of:
Feelin' Good
writer:
Junior Parker
publisher:
Blues Man Music and Diamond Cholla Music
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing France
The Fabulous Thunderbirds55:30
12Two Wings
Jimmie Vaughan34:27
13Stop Breakin' Down
producer:
The Jeff Healey Band and Thom Panunzio
mixer:
Thom Panunzio
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Arista Records, Inc. (manufacturing and distribution company, do not add releases here) (in 1995)
cover recording of:
Stop Breaking Down Blues
lyricist and composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
publisher:
MPCA King of Spades
The Jeff Healey Band4.74:23
14I'm on Your Side
bass:
James Hutchinson
guitar:
Keb’ Mo’
keyboard:
Tommy Eyre
membranophone:
Laval Belle
vocals:
Keb’ Mo’
recording of:
I'm on Your Side
writer:
Kevin Moore
Keb’ Mo’3:40
15Don't Let My Baby Ride
assistant recording engineer:
Sametto James
recording engineer:
Donto James
producer and mixer:
Donto James and Sametto James
baritone saxophone and tenor saxophone:
Jimmy Z (harmonica & sax player James Zavala)
bass:
Sametto James
clavinet and electric piano:
David K. Mathews
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Donto James
guitar:
Bobby Murray (electric blues guitarist) and Leo Nocentelli
Hammond organ:
Mike Finnigan (keyboardist)
slide guitar:
Josh Sklair
solo guitar:
Leo Nocentelli
trumpet:
Tom Poole (production music composer) and Lee Thornburg
valve trombone:
Lee Thornburg
lead vocals:
Etta James
recorded at and mixed at:
Fort Athens Studio in Riverside, California, United States
recording of:
Don't Let My Baby Ride
writer:
Don Robey and O.V. Wright
Etta James5:17

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ASIN:CA: B007M7IFJC [info]