- Format: CD
- Label: Ace
- Genre: Blues, Soul, Funk
The third volume in our series exploring the trendsetting downhome blues recordings of Modern Records. Among the sessions here are those cut by Sam Phillips in Memphis in 1951 and by Joe Bihari on the Helena, Arkansas field trip in 1952.
Track listing:TRY ME ONE MORE TIME / LONESOME BEDROOM BLUES -WILLIE NIX • RIDING IN THE MOONLIGHT / CRYING AT DAYBREAK aka SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING - HOWLING WOLF • DRIFTING FROM TOWN TO TOWN -ROBERT BLAND with LITTLE JUNIOR PARKER • JOE HILL BOOGIE (Fast version) / STREET WALKIN’ WOMAN / HEARTACHE BABY / JOE HILL BOOGIE (Slow version) - JOE HILL LOUIS • NOW TELL ME BABY -WALTER “MUMBLES” HORTON • BOOGIE WOOGIE BABY / EMPTY HOUSE BLUES -JIM LOCKHART • SUFFICIENT CLOTHES / MISS DARLENE -ALFRED “BLUES KING” HARRIS • LONESOME / OLD HELENA BLUES / PORKINA BLUES aka DUDLOW'S BLUES / I KNOW -ROBERT “DUDLOW” TAYLOR • BUS FARE / 44 BLUES / JERUSALEM BLUES - JAMES “PECK” CURTIS • DIXIE BLUES BOY BOOGIE / MONTE CARLO / LET ME GO HOME WHISKEY / MY BABY LEFT TOWN / MONTE CARLO -DIXIE BLUES BOYS
