Blues; all songs written by McKinley Morganfield (i.e. Muddy Waters) except Joe Turner and Pearlie May blues. In part previously unissued. Compact disc. Program notes by Mary Katherine Aldin (15 p. : ill.) in container. Muddy Waters, guitar and vocals ; in part with other musicians, including the Son Simms Four. Recorded in Stovall, Miss., ca. Aug. 24-31, 1941 (1st-6th works) and July 24, 1942 (7th-17th works) and in Clarksdale, Miss., ca. July 20-24, 1942 (18th-22nd works).
Contents:
Country blues (number one) -- Interview #1 -- I be's troubled -- Interview #2 -- Burr Clover Farm blues -- Interview #3 -- Ramblin' kid blues (partial) -- Ramblin' kid blues -- Rosalie -- Joe Turner -- Pearlie May blues -- Take a walk with me -- Burr clover blues -- Interview #4 -- I be bound to write to you (first version) -- I be bound to write to you (second version) -- You're gonna miss me when I'm gone (number one) -- You got to take sick and die some of these days -- Why don't you live so God can use you -- Country blues (number two) -- You're gonna miss me when I'm gone (number two) -- 32-20 blues.
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