HARMONICA BLUES Great Harmonica Performances of the 1920s and '30s

Artwork by Robert Crumb

Tracklist

Freeman Stowers –	Railroad Blues
State Street Boys (2) –	Crazy About You
Carver Boys –	Wang Wang Harmonica Blues
Lee Brown –	My Driving Wheel
Clarence Ashley / Gwen Foster –	Bay Rum Blues
Robert Hill (10) –	I'm Going To Write And Tell Mother
Chuck Darling –	Blowin' The Blues
Chuck Darling –	Harmonica Rag
Jaybird Coleman –	Man Trouble Blues
Jazz Gillum –	I Want You By My Side
Alfred Lewis –	Friday Moan Blues
Chicken Wilson* & Skeeter Hinton* –	House Snake Blues
Bobbie Leecan & Robert Cooksey –	Need More Blues
DeFord Bailey –	Davidson County Blues

BIG MACEO WITH TAMPA RED The Best of Big Maceo and Tampa Red 2001

GOOD TIME BLUES Harmonicas, Kazoos, Washboards & Cow-Bells 1991

1. Hittin' the Bottle - Mississippi Jook Band

2. Skippy Whippy - Mississippi Jook Band

3. Mary Anna Cut Off - Memphis Jug Band

4. Gator Wobble - Memphis Jug Band

5. Mistreated Washboard Blues - Memphis Jug Band

6. Baby You Win

7. Oil It Up and Go - Charlie Burse

8. Tampa Strut - The Georgia Browns

9. Diddle-Da-Diddle - Georgia Cotton Pickers

10. She's Coming Back Some Cold Rainy Day - Georgia Cotton Pickers

11. If You Take Me Back - Big Joe & His Washboard Band

12. I'm Through With You - Big Joe & His Washboard Band

13. When You Said Goodbye - Big Joe & His Washboard Band

14. I Love You Baby - Big Joe & His Washboard Band

15. Struggle Buggy - Buddy Moss

16. I'm Sittin' Here Tonight - Buddy Moss

17. Dangerous Woman - Mississippi Jook Band

18. Barbecue Bust - Mississippi Jook Band

19. Diggin' My Potatoes No. 2 - Peter Chapman, Peter Chatman

20. Touch It up and Go - Sonny Terry

21. Ninth Street Stomp - Bernice Edwards

ROBERT CRUMB R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz, & Country

A while back, Robert Crumb released a book called Heroes of Blues, Jazz, & Country. It included a CD of various blues artists and this was the only way you could get a copy of the CD. Here is more about the book.

From the book description:
"Anyone who knows R. Crumb’s work as an illustrator knows of his passion for music. And all those who collect his work prize the Heroes of the Blues, Early Jazz Greats, and Pioneers of Country Music trading card sets he created in the early to- mid-1980s. Now they are packaged together for the first time in book form, along with an exclusive 21-track CD of music selected and compiled by Crumb himself (featuring original recordings by Charley Patton, “Dock” Boggs, “Jelly Roll” Morton, and others). A bio of each musician is provided, along with a full-color original illustration by the cartoonist. A characteristically idiosyncratic tribute by an underground icon to the musical innovators who helped inspire him, R. Crumb’s Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country is a must-have collection for Crumb aficionados, comics fans, and music lovers alike."

Here's the CD from this blues history filled book, featuring some well known and not so well known blues artists. Get it!

Pass The Jug

R.L. Burnside - Mississippi Hill Country Blues 2000

Acoustic solo blues by the great Mississippi blues legend, R.L. Burnside, recorded from 1980 - 1982. I really got buzzed when I heard "Come On In" but hearing him with just his acoustic guitar and slide is good for any lazy Sunday morning with a cup of hot coffee on the front porch, sitting in your rocking chair.

Rest in peace, Mr. Burnside!

Bad Luck and Trouble