28 de junho de 2015

The Bessie's Songbook (20 great covers of songs related to Bessie Smith)



01. Elizabeth Johnson - Empty Bed Blues-Part 1
02. Coot Grant and Kid Wilson - Take Me for a Buggy Ride
03. Betty Gray - Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
04. Virginia Childs - The St. Louis Blues
05. Virginia Liston - Jail House Blues
06. Teddy Grace - Gulf Coast Blues
07. Lil Green - Aggravatin' papa
08. Lil Green - You've been a good old wagon
09. Billie Holiday - Do Your Duty
10. Juanita Hall - Baby Won't You Please Come Home
11. Little Brother Montgomery - Oh Daddy 
12. Alberta Hunter - Downhearted Blues live 
13. Turk Murphy Jazz Band - Cakewalkin' Babies 
14. Nina Simone - Gimme a pigfoot
15. Nina Simone - I Want a Little Sugar in my Bowl
16. Lavern Baker - On Revival Day
17. Odetta - Weeping Willow
18. Odetta - Oh, Papa
19. Dinah Washington - You've Been A Good Ole Wagon
20. Linda Hopkins - Preachin' The Blues 


V.A - GENESIS – THE BEGINNINGS OF ROCK DISC 1 – Red Box Chess



A1 - Sunnyland Slim - Johnson Machine Gun
A2 - Sunnyland Slim - Fly Right Little Girl
A3 - Muddy Waters - Gypsy Woman
A4 - Muddy Waters - Little Anna Mae
A5 - Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied
A6 - Muddy Waters - I Feel Like Going Home
A7 - Leroy Foster - Locked Out Boogie
B1 - Leroy Foster - Shady Grove Blues
B2 - Forrest City Joe - Memory Of Sonny Boy
B3 - Forrest City Joe - Sawdust Bottom
B4 - Robert Nighthawk - Anna Lee
B5 - Robert Nighthawk - Sweet Black Angel
B6 - Little Johnny Jones - Big Town Playboy
B7 - Little Johnny Jones - Shelby County Blues


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Fear Itself - Fear Itself (Dot, 1969)



1. Crawling Kingsnake
2. Underground River
3. Bow'd Up
4. For Suki
5. In My Time of Dying
6. The Letter
7. Lazarus
8. Mossy Dream
9. Billy Gene
10. Born Under a Bad Sign



Mephistopheles - In Frustration I Hear Singing (1969)



01. Take A Jet (Mephistopheles) - 2:37
02. Collections (Steven Simone) - 2:18
03. Dead Ringer (Steven Simone) - 3:17
04. Vagabond Queen (Fred Tackett) - 2:48
05. Do Not Expect A Garden (Steven Simone) - 3:46
06. In Frustration I Hear Singing (Fred Tackett) - 2:39
07. Make Up Your Mind (Fred Tackett) - 3:08
08. Searching In The Night (Fred Tackett, Gordon Grant) - 2:08
09. The Cricket Song (Daryl Burch, Fred Tackett) - 3:01
10.Sleeping Deeply (Steven Simone) - 3:20
11.The Girl Who Self Destroyed (Bob Siller) - 3:27
12.Elizabeth (Bob Siller, Gordon Grant) - 4:00

Daryl Burch - Drums
Gordon Grant - Organ, Piano
Skip Mosher - Bass, Flute
Bob Siller - Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Steven Simone - Guitar, Vocals

Fred Tackett - Guitar, Piano, Trumpet, Vocals



27 de junho de 2015

Jerry Garcia Band – On Broadway: Act One, October 28th, 1987 (2015)



Disc one
Matinee (acoustic):
01. Opening announcement
02. “Deep Elem Blues” (traditional)
03. “I’m Troubled” (traditional)
04. “Spike Driver Blues” (Mississippi John Hurt)
05. Band introductions
06. “Blue Yodel #9″ (Jimmie Rodgers)
07. “Short Life of Trouble” (G. B. Grayson)
08. “If I Lose” (Ralph Stanley)
09. “I’m Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail” (Karl Davis, Harty Taylor)
10. “Oh Babe It Ain’t No Lie” (Elizabeth Cotton)
11. “Drifting Too Far from the Shore” (Charles E. Moody)
12. “Ragged but Right” (traditional)

Disc two
Evening (acoustic):
01. Opening announcement
02. “I’ve Been All Around This World” (traditional)
03. “Ballad of Casey Jones” (Hurt)
04. “Blue Yodel #9″ (Rodgers)
05. “I’m Troubled” (traditional)
06. “Rosa Lee McFall” (Bill Monroe)
07. Band introductions
08. “Diamond Joe” (Tex Logan)
09. “I Ain’t Never” (Webb Pierce, Mel Tillis)
10. “It’s a Long Long Way to the Top of the World” (Don Wayne)
11. “Bright Morning Stars” (traditional)
12. “Ragged but Right” (traditional)

Disc three
Evening (electric):
01. “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)” (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland)
02. “Forever Young” (Bob Dylan)
03. “Stop That Train” (Peter Tosh)
04. Band introductions
05. “Run for the Roses” (Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter)
06. “Evangeline” (David Hidalgo, Louie Pérez)
07. “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” (Dylan)
08. “Gomorrah” (Garcia, Hunter)
09. “Tangled Up in Blue” (Dylan)
10. “My Sisters and Brother” (Charles Johnson)


Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band
Jerry Garcia – acoustic guitar, vocals
John Kahn – double bass
David Kemper – drums
Kenny Kosek – fiddle
David Nelson – acoustic guitar, vocals
Sandy Rothman – mandolin, banjo, dobro, vocals

Jerry Garcia Band
Jerry Garcia – electric guitar, vocals
Gloria Jones – vocals
John Kahn – bass guitar
David Kemper – drums
Jaclyn LaBranch – vocals
Melvin Seals – organ


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VA - Vee-Jay Records Presents ~ The Blues (2011)



CD 1 
1. Priscilla Bowman & Jay McShann - Hands Off (2:46)
2. Jimmy Reed - You Don't Have To Go (3:04)
3. Roscoe Gordon - Just a Little Bit (2:05)
4. John Lee Hooker - Dimples (2:11)
5. Gene Allison - You Can Make It If You Try (2:08)
6. Jimmy Reed - Ain't That Lovin You Baby (2:13)
7. Billy Boy Arnold - I Wish You Would (2:41)
8. Memphis Slim - Messin' Around (3:06)
9. J.B. Lenoir - Do What I Say (1:59)
10. Harold Burrage - Cryin' For My Baby (2:17)
11. Elmore James & His Broomdusters - Coming Home (2:25)
12. Jimmy Witherspoon - Kansas City (2:11)

CD 2
1. Jimmy Reed - Shame Shame Shame (2:49)
2. John Lee Hooker - Boogie Chillun (2:35)
3. Billy Boy Arnold - I Ain't Got You (2:14)
4. Jimmy Reed - Honest I Do (2:38)
5. Billy 'The Kid' Emerson - Every Woman I Know (2:42)
6. Elmore James & His Broom Dusters - The Twelve Year Old Boy (3:04)
7. Jimmy Reed - Bright Lights Big City (2:46)
8. Bobby Parker - Blues Get Off My Shoulder (2:49)
9. John Lee Hooker - Maudie (2:22)
10. Rosco Gordon - No More Doggin' (2:38)
11. Memphis Slim - Steppin' Out (2:00)
12. Elmore James & His Broom Dusters - Take Me Where You Go (2:20)
13. John Lee Hooker - Boom Boom (2:31)
14. Elmore James - It Hurts Me Too (3:18)
15. Eddie Taylor - Bad Boy (3:01)
16. Jimmy Reed - Go On to School (2:45)
17. Billy Boy Arnold - Don't Stay Out All Night (2:51)
18. Jimmy Reed - Hush Hush (2:30)
19. Eddie Taylor - Ride 'Em On Down (2:54)
20. Jimmy Reed - Big Boss Man (2:47)
21. Eddie Taylor - Big Town Playboy (2:58)
22. Jimmy Reed - Take Out Some Insurance (2:18)


via: israbox