- Format: CD
- Label: Vanguard
- Genre: Blues, Soul, Funk
Breathtaking 2-CD set that ranges from the country sounds of Delta blues founding father Son House to the tremendous energy of the electric Chicago blues of the Paul Butterfield Band.
Track listing:DISC ONE: INTRODUCTION • PREACHING BLUES • DEATH LETTER BLUES • EMPIRE STATE EXPRESS - SON HOUSE • DEVIL GOT MY WOMAN -SKIP JAMES • ABERDEEN MISSISSIPPI BLUES -BUKKA WHITE • LEVEE CAMP BLUES -ROBERT PETE WILLIAMS • LOUISE MISSISSIPPI FRED McDOWELL • DON’T LET NOBODY TURN YOU ROUND -REV ROBERT WILKINS • KEEP YOUR LAMP TRIMMED & BURNING -REV PEARLY BROWN & MRS CHRISTINE BROWN • WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT JESUS -MISSISSIPPI FRED McDOWELL, ANNIE MAE McDOWELL & REV. ROBERT WILKINS • THE WOMAN I’M LOVING, SHE’S TAKEN MY APPETITE • COME ON BABY • BABY PLEASE DON’T GO -LIGHTNIN’ HOPKINS • FREDDIE • SO DIFFERENT BLUES • GOD MOVES ON THE WATER (THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC) -MANCE LIPSCOMB DISC TWO: FREIGHT TRAIN -ELIZABETH COTTEN • HERE I AM LORD SEND ME • PALLET ON YOUR FLOOR - MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT • SAN FRANCISCO BAY BLUES - JESSE ‘LONE CAT’ FULLER • I CAN’T QUIT YOU BABY/STOP NOW BABY -JOHN LEE HOOKER • WALKIN’ BLUES • I CAN’T BE SATISFIED - MUDDY WATERS • FIVE LONG YEARS -EDDIE BOYD & WILLIE DIXON • WRINKLES -LAFAYETTE LEAKE & WILLIE DIXON • COCAINE -DAVE VAN RONK • DROP DOWN MAMA -JOHN HAMMOND • GRIZZLY BEAR - ERIC VON SCHMIDT • TRAVELLING BLUES - “SPIDER” JOHN KOERNER • SEE SEE RIDER CHAMBERS BROTHERS • BLUES WITH A FEELING • LOOK OVER YONDERS WALL • BORN IN CHICAGO - PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND