Compact discs. Program notes by Joe Cushley inserted in container. Contains previously released material. Various performers.
Contents:
Disc one. My soul's in Louisiana (Otis Taylor) -- Preacher and the bear (Golden Gate Quartet) -- Downhome sophisticate (Corey Harris) -- A spoonful of blues (Charley Patton) -- Crosscut saw (Albert King) -- Rollin' and tumblin' (Muddy Waters) -- Today I sing the blues (Aretha Franklin) -- Something within me (Odea Matthews) -- Can blue men sing the whites? (Bonzo Dog Band) -- Blue man (Justin Adams) -- Gris-gris gumbo ya ya (Dr. John) -- Death don't have no mercy (Reverend Gary Davis) -- All night party (Little Axe) -- I'm a bad luck woman (Memphis Minnie) -- Kargyraa moan (Paul Pena) -- Consider me (Mahalia Jackson). Disc two. She does it right (Dr. Feelgood) -- Dirt road blues (Bob Dylan) -- Moaning at midnight (Howling Wolf) -- Loving in the moonlight (Jessie Mae Hemphill) -- Filipino box spring hog (Tom Waits) -- Heart-o-matic love (Bo Diddley) -- Who drove the red sports car? (Van Morrison) -- Jake head boogie (Lightning Hopkins) -- Deep feeling (Chuck Berry) -- Strange fruit (Cassandra Wilson) -- Rain crow Bill (Sonny Terry featuring Woody Guthrie) -- Devil got my woman (Skip James) -- That's all (Sister Rosetta Tharpe) -- Packin' my bags (Errol Linton's Blues Vibe) -- Mississippi goddam (Nina Simone) -- I don't know (Cripple Clarence Lofton) -- Eloise (George "Bongo Joe" Coleman) -- Cool drink of water blues (Tommy Johnson) -- Black woman (B.B. and Group).
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