VA - The OKeh Blues Story [2 CD, 2013]

If Mamie Smith s Crazy Blues is the very first blues record then OKeh must stand proudly as the pioneering Blues label. This 2CD set showcases OKeh s superlative output in the early half of the Twentieth century with songs that would go on to define modern music.
 


CD1 

01 - Mamie Smith & Her Jazz Hounds - Crazy Blues [03:29]
02 - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Black Snake Moan [03:01]
03 - Sonny Terry - Blowin' The Blues [02:53]
04 - Lonnie Johnson - Wrong Woman Blues [02:55]
05 - Roosevlet Sykes - 44. Blues [03:02]
06 - Georgia Bill (Blind Willie Mctell) - Scarey Day Blues [03:01]
07 - Champion Jack Dupree - Warehouse Man Blues [02:49]
08 - Victoria Spivey - T.B. Blues [03:14]
09 - Sylvester Weaver - Guitar Rag [03:00]
10 - Mary Copeland - Penetrating Blues [03:23]
11 - Texas Alexander - Levee Camp Moan Blues [03:04]
12 - Irene Scruggs - Sorrow Valley Blues [02:44]
13 - Little Hat Jones - Rolled From Side To Side Blues [03:03]
14 - Eva Taylor - Irresistible Blues [03:16]
15 - Snitcher Roberts - Low Moaning Blues [03:11]
16 - Rosa Henderson - Everywomans Blues [02:48]
17 - Uncle Bud Walker - Stand Up Suitcase Blues [03:03]
18 - Alberta Hunter - Your Jelly Roll Is Good [03:11]
19 - Charlie Mccoy W Bo Carter - That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away [03:00]
20 - Sippie Wallace - Walkin' Talkin' Blues [02:49]
21 - Peter Chatman & His Washboard Band - Miss Ora Lee Blues [03:01]
22 - Papa Freddie - Muddy Water Blues [03:12]
23 - Peter Cleighton - Something Going On Wrong [03:01]
24 - Hambone Willie Newbern - Roll & Tumble Blues [03:02]
25 - Mississippi Sheiks - Sitting On Top Of The World [03:03]


CD2 

01 - Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O' Lee Blues [02:58]
02 - Big Bill Broonzy - When I Been Drinkin' [02:52]
03 - Brownie Mcghee - Double Trouble [02:35]
04 - Bertha Chippie Hill - Pratt City Blues [02:45]
05 - Mississippi Bracey - You Scolded Me And Drove Me From Your Door [03:18]
06 - Blind Boy Fuller - When You Are Gone [02:46]
07 - Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur Blues [02:47]
08 - W.C. Handy - St. Louis Blues [03:02]
09 - Birmingham Jug Band - Giving It Away [03:11]
10 - Dora Clark - Cow Cow Blues [02:51]
11 - Rosetta Crawford - Lonesome Woman Blues [03:02]
12 - Esther Bigeou - Panama Limited Blues [03:03]
13 - Stovepipe & David Crockett - A Woman Gets Tired Of One Man All The Time [03:14]
14 - Blind Willie Dunn's Gin Bottle Four - Blue Blood Blues [03:02]
15 - Blues Birdhead - Mean Low Blues [03:22]
16 - Sara Martin - Achin' Hearted Blues [03:16]
17 - Ed Macon & Tampa Joe - Tickle Britches [03:11]
18 - Gladys Bentley - Worried Blues [02:46]
19 - Bo Carter - Ants In My Pants [02:54]
20 - Ada Brown - Evil Mama Blues [03:04]
21 - Little Buddy Doyle & Big Walter Horton - Hard Scufflin' Blues [02:39]
22 - Carrie Edward - Fattening Frogs For Snakes [03:29]
23 - Sloppy Henry - Canned Heat [02:55]
24 - Margaret Johnson - If I Let You Get Away With It Once You'll Do It All The Time [03:01]
25 - Bukka White - Parchman Farm Blues [02:49]