This is the most comprehensive showcase of Slide Guitar playing ever assembled, tracing the genre's recorded origins and developments over the course of more than 70 years. It highlights the work of both famous and obscure musicians, who'd all mastered the technique of playing simultaneous rhythm and lead with the use of a bottleneck, a steel ferrule or even the haft of a knife. Some of the more readily known blues names were proficient in this style including Charley Patton, Leadbelly, Robert Johnston and Elmore James. Heading into the rock era the likes of Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Peter Green. Each these Cd's readily confirm and reinforce the skill, the dexterity and the astonishing variety of sounds that these musicians contrive to produce from the humble guitar.
Disc: 1
1. Guitar Rag - Sylvester Weaver
2. Jack O'Diamond Blues - Blind Lemon Jefferson
3. Mama, 'Tain't Long Fo' Day - Blind Willie McTell
4. Mother's Children Have A Hard Time - Blind Willie Johnson
5. Midnight Weeping Blues - Nellie Florence
6. Worried Blues - Frank Hutchinson
7. You Can't Keep No Brown - Bo Weavil Jackson
8. Toad Frog Blues - Walter Beasley
9. Falling Down Blues - Furry Lewis
10. Happy Head Blues - Bobby Grant
11. A Darkie's Wail - Riley Puckett
12. Chocolate To The Bond - Barbecue Bob
13. So Lonesome - Ramblin' Thomas
14. Bedside Blues - Jim Thompkins
15. Sweet Sarah Blues - Darby & Tarlton
16. Roll & Tumble Blues - Hambone Willie Newbern
17. Jake Bottle Blues - Lemuel Turner
18. Weak Minded Blues - Willie Baker
19. A Spoonful Blues - Charley Patton
20. Last Time Blues - Charlie McCoy
21. K.C. Blues - Frank Hutchinson
22. My Black Mama - Son House
23. Fence Breakin' Blues - Shreveport Home Wreckers
24. Cold Woman Blues - Blind Joe Reynolds
25. The Panama Limited - Washington White
26. Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
Disc: 2
1. Frisco Blues - Bayless Rose
2. Never Drive A Stranger From Your Door - Willie Harris
3. Slow Mama Slow - Sam Collins
4. Sewing Machine Blues - Jimmie Davis
5. Whoopee Blues - King Solomon Hill
6. Decatur Street 81 - Georgia Browns
7. No No Blues - Curley Weaver
8. DeKalb Chain Gang - Fred McMullen
9. Experience Blues - Ruth Willis
10. Ash Can Blues - Cliff Carlisle
11. Things 'Bout Coming My Way - Tampa Red
12. Hard Road Blues - Buddy Moss
13. Moanin' The Blues - Allen Shaw
14. Weave Room Blues - Dixon Brothers
15. Packing Trunk Blues - Leadbelly
16. W.P.A. Blues - Casey Bill Weldon
17. The Twelves - Kokomo Arnold
18. Slow Wicket Blues - Darby & Tarlton
19. Wild Cow Blues - Big Joe Williams
20. Come On In My Kitchen - Robert Johnson
21. Po' Boy Bukka White - Bukka White
22. Homesick & Lonesome Blues - Blind Boy Fuller
23. Little Boy Blue - Robert Lockwood
24. .Don't Sell It (Don't Give It Away) - Oscar Woods
25. Friar's Point Blues - Robert Lee McCoy
26. County Farm Blues - Son House
Disc: 3
1. I Be's Troubled - Muddy Waters
2. Black Ice - Black Ice
3. I'm Gonna Take It Easy - Gabriel Brown
4. Baby How Long - Dan Pickett
5. Blind's Blues - John Lee
6. Jailhouse Blues - Lightnin' Hopkins
7. Swing Low, Charlot - Sister O.M. Terrell
8. Sweet Black Angel - Robert Nighthawk
9. You're Gonna Miss Me - Muddy Waters
10. Applejack Boogie - Pinetop Slim
11. Ramblin' Johnny Shines
12. Single Man Blues - Frankie Lee Sims
13. Dust My Broom - Elmore James
14. I Ain't In The Mood - Donna Hightower
15. So Nice And Kind - St. Louis Jimmy
16. Down At The Depot - John Lee
17. Fish Tail - Johnny Shines
18. My Kind Of Woman - Homesick James
19. My Baby's Coming Home - Hound Dog Taylor
20. Country Boy - Muddy Waters
21. Freight Loader - Erick Clapton & Jimmy Page
22. Talk To Me Baby - Fleetwood Mac (featuring Jeremy Spencer)
23. Do You Give A Damn For Me? - Peter Green
24. Steelin' - The All-Stars (featuring Jeff Beck)
25. Meet Me In The Bottom - Brian Knight & Toni Vines
26. Rollin' & Tumblin' Blues Band (featuring Dave Kelly)
