Gabriel Brown, Ralph Willis, Dan Pickett - Shake That Thing! East Coast Blues 1935-1953 (4 CD, 2006/FLAC)

 

JSP's Shake That Thing: East Coast Blues compiles four CD's of performances by country blues pickers Gabriel Brown, Dan Pickett, and Ralph Willis. It's hard to go wrong with these 105 obscure recordings cut between 1935 and 1953. The tracks have been remastered, making the majority of this material sound great. 

 

 
CD A


Gabriel Brown

01. John Henry (Vocal)
02. John Henry
03. Blues
04. Tone The Bell Easy
05. Motherless Child
06. Po' Boy, Long Way From Home
07. A Dream Of Mine
08. Education Blues
09. Talking In Sebastopol
10. Careless Love
11. I Get Evil When My Love Comes Down
12. You Ain't No Good
13. Black Jack Blues
14. Going My Way
15. Down In The Bottom
16. Bad Love
17. I've Got To Stop Drinkin'
18. Cold Love
19. Not Now, I'll Tell You When
20. I'm Gonna Take It Easy
21. That's Alright
22. Stick With Me
23. I've Done Stopped Gamblin'
24. Doing My Best
25. Good-Time Papa
26. Baby, Boy, Baby


CD B


Gabriel Brown

01. It's Getting Soft
02. Don't Worry About It
03. Mean Old Blues
04. You Have To Be Different
05. The Jinx Is On Me
06. It's Time To Move
07. Hold Me Baby
08. Nobody Loves Me Like My Little Girl
09. Youngster's Blues
10. Cold Mama
11. I'm Just Crazy
12. I Am Playing The Game
13. I Am Just Hard Luck
14. Got No Money Blues
15. I Had My Hands On It

Dan Pickett
16. Laughing Rag
17. Baby How Long
18. You Got To Do Better
19. Ride To A Funeral In A V-8
20. Decoration Day
21. Drivin' That Thing
22. That's Grieving Me
23. 99 And A Half Won't Do
24. Baby Don't You Want To Go
25. Chicago Blues
26. Something's Gone Wrong

CD C


Ralph Willis

01. Worried Blues
02. Comb Your Kitty Kat
03. Just A Note
04. Church Bells
05. Trouble Don't Last
06. Shake That Thing
07. So Many Days
08. That Gal's No Good
09. New Goin' Down Slow
10. Goin' To Chattanooga
11. Steel Mill Blues
12. I Will Never Love Again
13. Goin' To Virginia
14. Boar Hog Blues
15. Eloise
16. I've Been A Fool
17. Christmas Blues
18. Amen Blues
19. Neighborhood Blues
20. Mama, Mama Blues
21. Tell Me Pretty Baby
22. I'm Gonna Rock
23. Cool That Thing
24. Sportin' Life
25. Everyday I Weep And Moan
26. Somebody Is Got To Go

CD D


Ralph Willis

01. Blues, Blues, Blues
02. I Got A Letter
03. Too Late To Scream And Shout
04. Hoodoo Man
05. Income Tax Blues
06. Bed Tick Blues
07. Cold Chills
08. Black And Tan
09. Church Bell Blues
10. Tell Me Pretty Baby
11. Goodbye Blues
12. Lazy Woman Blues
13. Old Home Blues
14. Salty Dog
15. Cold Chills
16. Amen
17. Gonna Hop On Down The Line
18. Do Right
19. Door Bell Blues
20. Why'd You Do It

Dan Pickett
21. Early One Morning
22. Number Writer
23. Lemon Man
24. Laughing Blues
25. Number Writer (Take 1)
26. I Can Shake It
27. Drivin' That Thing (Alt.)