- Format: CD
- Label: Vanguard
- Genre: Folk
3 CD set featuring the following styles of music Delta (Disc 1), Country (Disc 2) and Urban Blues (Disc 3), as demonstrated by the live recordings of exponents including Muddy Waters, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry, John Lee Hooker and Lightning Hopkins.
Track listing:DISC ONE: SLIDING DELTA / CANDY MAN / COFFEE BLUES / STAGOLEE / HERE I AM, OH LORD, SEND ME / MAKE ME A PALLET ON THE FLOOR - MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT DEVIL GOT MY WOMAN / HARD TIME KILLING FLOOR BLUES / PREACHIN' BLUES / DEATH LETTER / EMPIRE STATE EXPRESS / SON BLUES - SON HOUSE ABERDEEN MISSISSIPPI BLUES -BUKKA WHITE LOUISE LOUISE / IF THE RIVER WAS WHISKEY (DIVING DUCK BLUES) MISSISSIPPI FRED McDOWELL WALKIN' BLUES / I CAN'T BE SATISFIED - MUDDY WATERS DISC TWO: LEVEE CAMP BLUES / MIDNIGHT BOOGIE / ON MY WAY FROM TEXAS - ROBERT PETE WILLIAMS FREDDIE / SO DIFFERENT BLUES / GOD MOVES ON THE WATER (THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC) - MANCE LIPSCOMB SAN FRANCISCO BAY BLUES / I DOUBLE DO LOVE YOU - JESSE "LONE CAT" FULLER SAMSON AND DELILAH / I WON'T BE BACK (NO MORE) -REV GARY DAVIS INTRO/THE TRAIN IS LEAVING / DRINK MUDDY WATER / LONG GONE / KEY TO THE HIGHWAY / MY BABY DONE CHANGED THE LOCK ON THE DOOR - BROWNIE McGHEE & SONNY TERRY CLEAN UP AT HOME - SLEEPY JOHN ESTES DISC THREE: THE WOMAN I'M LOVING, SHE'S TAKEN MY APPETITE (MONKEY FACED WOMAN) / BABY PLEASE DON'T GO / SHAKE THAT THING - LIGHTNING HOPKINS TUPELO / BUS STATION BLUES / LET'S MAKE IT / THE MIGHTY FIRE (GREAT FIRE OF NATCHEZ) / BOOM BOOM / I CAN'T QUIT YOU NOW BLUES - JOHN LEE HOOKER HOW LONG BLUES / BLACK CAT CROSSED MY PATH / HARLEM BOUND / PIANO INSTRUMENTAL - MEMPHIS SLIM BLOW WIND BLOW / FLOOD -MUDDY WATERS & OTIS SPANN SEE SEE RIDER -CHAMBERS BROTHERS BLUES WITH A FEELING / BORN IN CHICAGO -PAUL BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND
