Label: Yazoo Records.
Release Date: 1968.
Releases: August 12, 1991
Recording Date: 1927 - 1942.
Release Info: Studio Recording.
Styles: Blues Revival, Country Blues, Delta Blues, Pre-War Blues, Pre-War Country Blues, Regional Blues.
Recording Information: Originally issued by Yazoo in 1968. Tracks original year of issue - 1) 1930; 2) 1930; 3) 1930; 4) 1929; 5) 1928; 6) 1942; 7) 1935; 8) 1929; 9) 1927; 10) 1931; 11) 1928; 12) 1930; 13) 1927; 14) 1929.
Lots of Mississippi vocals and blues guitar are here by the best of the genre -- Charley Patton, Skip James, Son House, Rube Lacy, Mississippi John Hurt and others.
by Roundup Newsletter
Credits: Garfield Akers - composer; Joe Calicott - composer, performer, primary artist; Stephen Calt - liner notes; Mattie Delaney - performer, primary artist; Mae Glover - composer, performer, primary artist; Bob Grant - composer, performer, primary artist; Son House - composer, performer, primary artist; Papa Harvey Hull - performer, primary artist; Mississippi John Hurt - composer, performer, primary artist; Skip James - composer, performer, primary artist; Reverend Rubin Lacy - composer, performer, primary artist; Charley Patton - composer, performer, primary artist; Nick Perls - cover art; Blind Willie Reynolds - performer, primary artist; Robert Vosgien - digital mastering; Uncle Bud Walker - performer, primary artist; Booker T. Washington White - composer; Washington White - performer, primary artist.
Tracks (1968): 1) Big Leg Blues - Mississippi John Hurt; 2) The New 'Frisco Train - Washington White; 3) Down The Big Road Blues - Mattie Delaney; 4) Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacy; 5) Cherry Ball Blues - Skip James; 6) Stand Up Suitcase Blues - Uncle Bud Walker; 7) Devil Sent The Rain Blues - Charlie Patton; 8) Special Rider Blues - Son House; 9) Lonesome Atlanta Blues - Bobby Grant; 10) Gas Man Blues - Mae Glover; 11) Two Little Tommies Blues - Papa Harvey Hill; 12) Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott; 13) Mississippi Moan - The Mississippi Moaner; 14) Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds.
Tracks (1991): 1) The New 'Frisco Train - Washington White; 2) Down The Big Road Blues - Mattie Delaney; 3) Traveling Mama Blues - Joe Calicott; 4) Gas Man Blues - Mae Glover; 5) Stand Up Suitcase Blues - Uncle Bud Walker; 6) Special Rider Blues - Son House; 7) Mississippi Moan - The Mississippi Moaner; 8) Big Leg Blues - Mississippi John Hurt; 9) Lonesome Atlanta Blues - Bobby Grant; 10) Cherry Ball Blues - Skip James; 11) Ham Hound Crave - Rube Lacy; 12) Married Man Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds; 13) Two Little Tommies Blues - Papa Harvey Hill; 14) Devil Sent The Rain Blues - Charlie Patton.