Roots & Blues

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Tracklist

1▶CD: Roots n’ Blues: The Retrospective (1925–1950), Vol. 1
2▶CD: Roots n’ Blues: The Retrospective (1925–1950), Vol. 2
3▶CD: Roots n’ Blues: The Retrospective (1925–1950), Vol. 3
4▶CD: Roots n’ Blues: The Retrospective (1925–1950), Vol. 4
5▶CD: Legends of the Blues, Volume One
6▶CD: Legends of the Blues, Volume Two
7▼CD: Great Blues Guitarists: String Dazzlers
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Hot Fingers
guitar:
Blind Willie Dunn (US jazz guitarist, also recorded as Blind Willie Dunn) and Lonnie Johnson (American blues and jazz musician)
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)
Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang2:59
2A Handful of Riffs
guitar:
Blind Willie Dunn (US jazz guitarist, also recorded as Blind Willie Dunn) (on 1929-05-09) and Lonnie Johnson (American blues and jazz musician) (on 1929-05-09)
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)
recording of:
A Handful of Riffs (on 1929-05-09)
writer:
Lonnie Johnson (American blues and jazz musician) and Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recorded as Blind Willie Dunn)
Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang3:08
3Work Ox Blues
guitar:
Lonnie Johnson (American blues and jazz musician) (on 1928-11-15) and Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recorded as Blind Willie Dunn) (on 1928-11-15)
vocals:
Alger “Texas” Alexander (on 1928-11-15)
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)
Alger “Texas” Alexander3:19
4I’m Busy and You Can’t Come In
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1924-06)
guitar:
Sylvester Weaver (in 1924-06)
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)
Sylvester Weaver3:20
5Georgia Rag
guitar:
Georgia Bill (William Samuel McTier; pseudonym on OKeh for Blind Willie McTell, American Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist), Georgia Bill (on 1931-10-31) and Curley Weaver (on 1931-10-31)
vocal:
Georgia Bill (William Samuel McTier; pseudonym on OKeh for Blind Willie McTell, American Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist)
vocals:
Georgia Bill (on 1931-10-31)
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)
recording of:
Georgia Rag
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell3:05
6Warm It Up to Me
guitar:
Blind Willie (on 1933-09-14) and Curley Weaver (on 1933-09-14)
vocals:
Blind Willie (on 1933-09-14) and Curley Weaver (on 1933-09-14)
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)
recording of:
Warm It Up to Me (on 1933-09-14)
lyricist and composer:
Blind Willie McTell
Blind Willie McTell2:56
7[untitled]
banjo:
Sylvester Weaver
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)
Sylvester Weaver3:14
8[untitled]
guitar:
Walter Beasley (saxophonist) and Sylvester Weaver
vocals:
Sylvester Weaver
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)
Sylvester Weaver & Walter Beasley2:54
9When the War Was On
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1929-12-11)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1929-12-11), Angeline Johnson (on 1929-12-11) and Blind Willie Johnson (on 1929-12-11)
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)
recording of:
When the War Was On (on 1929-12-11)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
Blind Willie Johnson3:04
10It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine
recorded in:
Dallas, Texas, United States (on 1927-12-03)
guitar:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
vocals:
Blind Willie Johnson (on 1927-12-03)
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)
recording of:
It’s Nobody’s Fault but Mine (Blind Willie Johnson song) (on 1927-12-03)
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Blind Willie Johnson
previously attributed to:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Filmtrax Mogull (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Blind Willie Johnson53:12
11How You Want It Done
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy
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)
Big Bill Broonzy2:54
12Getting Older Every Day
bass [string bass]:
Ransom Knowling
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy
piano:
probably Memphis Slim
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy
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)
Big Bill Broonzy3:19
13Guitar Swing
guitar and membranophone:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
steel guitar:
Casey Bill Weldon (blues slide guitar player)
vocals:
Brown Bombers of Swing and Casey Bill Weldon (blues slide guitar player)
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)
Casey Bill Weldon2:59
14Bull Frog Moan
guitar:
Blind Willie Dunn (US jazz guitarist, also recorded as Blind Willie Dunn) and Lonnie Johnson (American blues and jazz musician)
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)
Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang3:18
15Black Snake Moan
guitar:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter) (in 1929-03)
vocals:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter) (in 1929-03)
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)
recording of:
Black Snake Moan (in 1925)
lyricist and composer:
Blind Lemon Jefferson (American blues and gospel singer‐songwriter)
Blind Lemon Jefferson2:53
16Little Brother Blues
guitar:
Joshua White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)
vocals:
Joshua White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)
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)
Josh White3:01
17Prodigal Son
guitar:
Joshua White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)
piano:
Walter Roland
vocals:
Joshua White (American folk-blues singer/songwriter)
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)
Josh White2:58
18Denver Blues
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1934-03-23)
guitar and solo guitar:
Tampa Red (on 1934-03-23)
publisher:
MCA Music Ltd.
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)
recording of:
Denver Blues
lyricist and composer:
Hudson Whittaker
Tampa Red52:57
19Away Down in the Alley Blues
guitar:
Lonnie Johnson (American blues and jazz musician)
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)
Lonnie Johnson2:52
20I Love You, Mary Lou
guitar:
Lonnie Johnson (American blues and jazz musician)
vocals:
Lonnie Johnson (American blues and jazz musician)
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)
Lonnie Johnson3:05
8▶CD: The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel
9▶CD: The Slide Guitar: Bottles, Knives & Steel, Vol. 2
10▶CD: Lonnie Johnson: Steppin’ on the Blues
11▶CD: Preachin’ the Gospel: Holy Blues
12▶CD: Good Time Blues: Harmonicas, Kazoos, Washboards & Cow‐Bells
13▶CD: News & The Blues: Telling It Like It Is
14▶CD: Booze & The Blues
15▶CD: Messed Up in Love… and Other Tales of Woe
16▶CD: Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollipops
17▶CD: Cajun, Vol. 1: Abbeville Breakdown 1929–1939
18▶CD: Cajun Party: Fais Do‐Do
19▶CD: White Country Blues 1926–1938: A Lighter Shade of Blue, Vol. 1
20▶CD: White Country Blues 1926–1938: A Lighter Shade of Blue, Vol. 2