Label: Yazoo Records.
Release Date: 1991.
Recording Time: 41 minutes.
Recording Date: 1927 - 1938.
Release Info: Compilation (YAZCD-1008) Studio Recording.
Styles: Acoustic Memphis Blues, Memphis Blues, Pre-War Country Blues, Regional Blues, Acoustic Blues, Early American Blues, Jug Band.
No one in the Memphis minstrel/traveling show or early blues tradition had a more distinguished career than Frank Stokes. This is marvelous, inspiring guitar, done in such a spry and captivating manner that you forget Stokes got his start working alongside a blackface comedian in the early '20s, or that much of this material by even 1950s standards was borderline offensive at best. ~ Ron Wynn
Credits: Cannon's Jug Stompers - performer, primary artist; Pearl Dickson - composer, performer, primary artist; Tom Dickson - performer, primary artist; Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie - primary artist; Furry Lewis - composer, performer, primary artist; Noah Lewis - composer, performer, primary artist; Kansas Joe McCoy - composer, performer; Memphis Minnie - composer, performer, primary artist; Nick Perls - artwork, cover art; Fritz Peterson - liner notes; Frank Stokes - composer, performer, photography, primary artist; Robert Vosgien - digital mastering; Will Weldon - performer, primary artist.
Tracklist:
1. Labor Blues - Tom Dickson;
2. Frank Stokes' Dream - Frank Stokes;
3. 'Frisco Town - Memphis Minnie And Kansas Joe;
4. Twelve Pound Daddy - Pearl Dickson;
5. Take Me Back - Frank Stokes;
6. Black Gypsy Blues - Furry Lewis;
7. I Don't Want That Junk Outta You - Memphis Minnie;
8. Devil In The Woodpile - Noah Lewis;
9. I Will Turn Your Money Green - Furry Lewis;
10. Noah's Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers;
11. Creeper's Blues - Furry Lewis;
12. Turpentine Blues - Will Weldon;
13. Judge Harsh Blues - Furry Lewis;
14. Last Go Round - Frank Stokes.
rec. 1. 1938; 2. 1929; 3. 1929; 4. 1927; 5. 1928; 7. 1931; 8. 1929; 9. 1928; 10. 1928; 12. 1927; 13. 1928; 14. 1927.