Label: Document Records.
Release Date: October, 1991.
Recording Time: 73 minutes.
Release Info: Compilation Studio Recording.
Recording Date: October 1927 - May 1928.
Styles: Acoustic Blues, Acoustic Chicago Blues, Country Blues, Piedmont Blues, Pre-War Blues, Pre-War Country Blues, Regional Blues.
Guitarist/singer Blind Blake's entire recorded output has been made available on four Document CDs. Vol. 2 covers a busy seven-month period and features Blake in several different diverse but equally rewarding settings. He performs solo; backs singers Elzadie Robinson, Bertha Henderson, and Daniel Brown; and holds his own with clarinetist Johnny Dodds and percussionist/xylophonist JImmy Bertrand in a jazz set. There are many memorable numbers among the 25 songs on this CD, including "Southern Rag," "He's in the Jailhouse Now," "Hot Potatoes" (an exuberant instrumental with Dodds), "Southbound Rag," and "No Dough Blues." Blind Blake at his best, but get all four volumes. ~ Scott Yanow
Credits: Alan Balfour - liner notes; Jimmy Bertrand - percussion, slide whistle, speech / speaker / speaking part, vocals, whistle (human), whistle (instrument), wood block, xylophone; Blind Blake - composer, guitar, piano, primary artist, speech / speaker / speaking part, vocals, washboard, whistle (human); Daniel Brown - accordion, vocals; Gus Cannon - banjo; Johnny Dodds - clarinet; Bertha Henderson - vocals; Tiny Parham - piano; Johnny Parth - compilation producer, producer; Elzadie Robinson - accordion, vocals; Jimmie Rodgers - composer; Studio Klement - remastering; Traditional - composer; George "Bullet" Williams - harmonica, harmonica (amplified).
Personnel: Blind Blake - vocals, guitar (except on 20), whistle (on 10), piano (on 20); Gus Cannon - banjo on 4; Johnny Dodds - clarinet (except on 6); Jimmy Bertrand - slide Whistle on 7 and 8, woodblocks on 8, xylophone on 6 and 9, vocals or speech on 6 and 8; Elzadie Robinson - vocals; acc. Johnny Dodds - clarinet; Jimmy Bertrand - xylophone; Bertha Henderson - vocals on 15, 16, 17, 19 and 20. Daniel Brown - vocals; accompanied by. Tiny Parham, piano; Unknown - washboard; possibly George Bullet” Williams or probably own harmonica.
Tracks: 1) You Gonna Quit Me Blues (Original You Gonna Quit Me Baby) - Blind Blake; 2) Steel Mill Blues - Blind Blake; 3) Southern Rag - Blind Blake; 4) He's In The Jailhouse Now - Blind Blake; 5) Wabash Rag - Blind Blake; 6) Doggin' Me Mama Blues - Blind Blake; 7) C.C. Pill Blues - Blind Blake; 8) Hot Potatoes - Blind Blake; 9) Southbound Rag - Blind Blake; 10) Pay Day Daddy Blues (20528) - Blind Blake with Elzadie Robinson; 11) Elzadie's Policy Blues (20534) - Blind Blake with Elzadie Robinson; 12) Goodbye Mama Moan - Blind Blake; 13) Tootie Blues - Blind Blake; 14) That Lovin' I Crave - Blind Blake; 15) That Lonesome Rave - Blind Blake with Bertha Henderson; 16) Terrible Murder Blues - Blind Blake with Bertha Henderson; 17) Leavin' Gal Blues - Blind Blake with Bertha Henderson; 18) No Dough Blues - Blind Blake; 19) Lead Hearted Blues - Blind Blake with Bertha Henderson; 20) Let Your Love Come Down - Blind Blake with Bertha Henderson; 21) Rumblin' And Ramblin' Boa Constricter Blues - Blind Blake; 22) Bootleg Rum Dum Blues - Blind Blake; 23) Detroit Bound Blues - Blind Blake; 24) Beulah Land - Blind Blake with Daniel Brown; 25) Panther Squall Blues - Blind Blake.