Eighty years have passed since Papa Charlie Jackson, Leroy Carr, Big Bill Broonzy, Tampa Red and Ma Rainey championed the new music they called the blues. Men like Kokomo Arnold, Big Joe Williams, Sleepy John Estes, Sonny Boy Williamson and Big Boy Crudup were the stars of their day, and don’t forget ladies like Memphis Minnie and Georgia White.
The Evolution of Chicago Blues 1925-1958 is the first chapter in LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE BLUES, a series of multi-CD sets that will celebrate the blues as it was made in the cities and states of America. Each will provide an historic overview of the ways in which the music developed through the middle decades of the 20th century. Don’t see it as an education. Sit back and be entertained.
Disc 1
01. Papa Charlie Jackson / Maxwell Street Blues [00:02:47]
02. Bo Weavil Jackson / You Can't Keep No Brown [00:03:10]
03. Leroy Carr / Prison Bound Blues [00:03:07]
04. Meade Lux Lewis / Honky Tonk Train Blues [00:03:14]
05. Ma Rainey / Blame it on the Blues [00:03:12]
06. Blind Blake / Diddie Wa Diddie [00:02:58]
07. Roosevelt Sykes / 44 Blues [00:03:01]
08. Big Bill Broonzy / I Can't Be Satisfied [00:02:46]
09. Peetie Wheatstraw / Devil's Son-In-Law [00:03:24]
10. Tampa Red / Turpentine Blues [00:03:22]
11. Pinetop & Lindberg / East Chicago Blues [00:02:46]
12. Kokomo Arnold / Milk Cow Blues [00:03:07]
13. Memphis Minnie / Chickasaw Train Blues [00:03:18]
14. Amos Easton (Bumble Bee Slim) / Sail On, Little Girl, Sail On [00:03:20]
15. Jimmie Gordon / Bed Springs Blues [00:03:21]
16. Joe McCoy / Evil Devil Woman Blues [00:03:11]
17. Big Joe Williams / Baby Please Don't Go [00:03:24]
18. Sleep John Estes / Drop Down Mama [00:03:11]
19. Walter Davis / Sweet Sixteen [00:02:48]
20. Washboard Sam / Who Pumped The Wind In My Doughnut [00:03:01]
21. Lil Johnson / Sam The Hot Dog Man [00:03:02]
22. Jazz Gillum / Sarah Jane [00:03:03]
23. Georgia White / I'll Keep Sittin' On It [00:02:56]
24. Casey Bill Weldon / W.P.A. Blues [00:03:16]
25. Johnny Temple / Louise Louise Blues [00:03:04]
Disc 2
01. Sonny Boy Williamson 1 / Good Morning Little Schoolgirl [00:03:02]
02. Yank Rachell / Lake Michigan Blues [00:02:57]
03. Tommy McLennan / Bottle It Up And Go [00:02:48]
04. Bukka White / Good Gin Blues [00:02:24]
05. Robert Lee McCoy / Friar's Point Blues [00:02:52]
06. Charlie Spand / Rock and Rye [00:02:39]
07. Big Joe and His Washboard Band / If You Take Me Back [00:02:46]
08. Champion Jack Dupree / Junker Blues [00:02:45]
09. Doctor Clayton / Love Is Gone [00:02:42]
10. Robert Lockwood / Take A Little Walk With Me [00:02:54]
11. St. Louis Jimmy / Going Down Slow [00:03:12]
12. Big Maceo / Macy Special [00:02:44]
13. Arthur ''Big Boy'' Crudup / Chicago Blues [00:03:12]
14. Jimmie Gordon / Jumping At The Club Blue Flame [00:02:37]
15. Lee Brown / Round The World Boogie [00:02:56]
16. Jimmy Rogers / Round About Boogie [00:02:47]
17. Sonny Boy Williamson 1 / Better Cut That Out [00:03:00]
18. Memphis Slim / Rockin' The House [00:02:48]
19. Sunnyland Slim / Brown Skin Woman [00:02:52]
20. Snooky Pryor & Moody Jones / Boogie [00:02:19]
21. Floyd Jones with Snooky & Moody / Keep What You Got [00:02:20]
22. Eddie Boyd / Chicago Is Just That Way [00:02:52]
23. Muddy Waters / I Can't Be Satisfied [00:02:44]
24. Little Johnny Jones / Big Town Playboy [00:02:56]
25. Memphis Minnie / Kidman Blues [00:02:35]
Disc 3
01. Jimmy Rogers / Goin' Away Baby [00:02:45]
02. Little Walter / I Just Keep Loving Her [00:02:54]
03. Tampa Red / Love Her With A Feelin' [00:03:16]
04. Tony Hollins / Crawlin' King Snake [00:03:08]
05. Big Bill Broonzy / Southbound Train [00:03:00]
06. Robert Lockwood / Dust My Broom [00:02:42]
07. Little Walter / Juke [00:02:45]
08. Robert Nighthawk / Seventy-Four [00:02:51]
09. Sunnyland Slim / Worried About My Baby [00:02:58]
10. J. B. Lenoir / The Mojo [00:02:56]
11. John Brim / Tough Times [00:03:05]
12. Jimmy Reed / High And Lonesome [00:02:48]
13. Junior Wells / Hoodoo Man [00:03:06]
14. Roosevelt Sykes / Been Through The Mill [00:02:50]
15. Walter Horton / Hard Hearted Woman [00:03:04]
16. Eddie Taylor / Ride 'Em On Down [00:02:55]
17. Billy Boy Arnold / I Wish You Would [00:02:39]
18. Henry Gray / That Ain't Right [00:02:29]
19. Muddy Waters / Mannish Boy [00:02:58]
20. Howlin' Wolf / Smokestack Lightnin' [00:03:08]
21. Otis Rush / I Can't Quit You Baby [00:03:07]
22. Magic Sam / All Your Love [00:02:56]
23. Elmore James / Coming Home [00:02:26]
24. Buddy Guy / Sit And Cry (The Blues) [00:03:02]
25. Sonny Boy Williamson 2 / Your Funeral And My Trial [00:02:31]
