Blues Power: 50 Blues Artists Who Matter

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶Medium
2▼Medium
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Am I Wrong
Keb’ Mo’2:40
2The Sky Is Crying (live)
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Paul Butterfield & Albert King6:21
3Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
Mississippi Fred McDowell3:03
4My Black Mama, Part 1
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (on 1930-05-28)
guitar and lead vocals:
Son House (on 1930-05-28)
slide guitar:
Son House (in 1930-06)
vocals:
Son House (in 1930-06)
recording of:
My Black Mama, Part 1
writer:
Son House
Son House3:10
5Mannish Boy
recording of:
Mannish Boy
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 Waters2:54
6Hard Time Killing Floor Blues
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (in 1931-02) and United States (in 1931-02)
guitar and lead vocals:
Skip James
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 2011)
recording of:
Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues (in 1931-02)
lyricist and composer:
Skip James
publisher:
Wynwood Music Company Inc
Skip James2:49
7Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-05-15)
alto saxophone:
Garvin Bushell (on 1929-05-15)
cornet:
Ed Allen (trumpeter) (on 1929-05-15)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1929-05-15)
tenor saxophone:
Greely Walton (on 1929-05-15)
tuba:
Cyrus St. Clair (on 1929-05-15)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1929-05-15)
recording of:
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out (on 1929-05-15)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cox
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), EMI Music Ltd., Help, I’m a Publisher and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Bessie Smith52:57
8Dust My Broom
recorded in:
Jackson, Mississippi, United States (on 1951-08-05)
producer:
Lillian McMurry
double bass:
Leonard Ware (US blues bassist) (on 1951-08-05)
drums (drum set):
Frock O'Dell (on 1951-08-05)
guitar and slide guitar:
Elmore James (on 1951-08-05)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965) (on 1951-08-05)
lead vocals:
Elmore James
vocals:
Elmore James (on 1951-08-05)
recording of:
Dust My Broom (on 1951-08-05)
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Robert Johnson (1930s blues legend)
lyricist and composer:
Elmore James
publisher:
ARC Music (world and ethnic music label), Flair Publishing and MPCA King of Spades
version of:
I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom
Elmore James2:43
9Walking the Blues
Willie Dixon3:03
10Twelve Gates to the City
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1935-07-26)
guitar:
Blind Gary Davis (on 1935-07-26) and Reverend Gary Davis (on 1960-08-24)
vocals:
Blind Gary Davis (on 1935-07-26) and Reverend Gary Davis (on 1960-08-24)
Reverend Gary Davis3:09
11Bad Luck Blues
Albert King3:16
12Candy Man
Mississippi John Hurt2:46
13Five After Four A.M.
Johnny Winter3:21
14Key to the Highway
recording of:
Key to the Highway
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)
Big Bill Broonzy3:01
15Bricks in My Pillow
Robert Nighthawk2:57
16St. Louis Blues
William Christopher Handy2:59
3▶Medium