Title from disc surface. "This CD is not authorised by Jack White"--Container. Accompanying booklet includes biographical and program notes. Various artists.
Contents:
I'm shakin' (Little Willie John) (2:27). John the Revelator (Blind Willie Johnson) (2:27) -- St. James Infirmary blues (Bobby Bland) (2:24) -- Stop breaking down blues (Robert Johnson) (2:17) -- Death letter (Son House) (3:23) -- Southern can is mine (Blind Willie McTell) (3:17) -- Raw power (The Stooges) (3:29) -- Kick out the jams (MC5) (3:17) -- Gallis pole (Lead Belly) (3:01) -- I just don't know what to do with myself (Tommy Hunt) (2:51) -- Simple twist of fate (Bob Dylan) (3:43) -- Mississippi boweavil blues (Charley Patton) (3:04) -- Baby blue (Gene Vincent) (2:29) -- Black Jack David (The Carter Family) (2:41) -- I'm a honky tonk girl (Loretta Lynn) (2:15) -- Boogie chillun (John Lee Hooker) (2:36) -- Look me over closely (Marlene Dietrich) (2:13) -- You can't get that stuff no more (Tampa Red) (2:57) -- Fixin' to die (Bukka White) (2:50) -- Conquest (Patti Page) (2:28) -- Tennessee border (Hank Williams) (2:20) -- Let's have a party (Wanda Jackson) (2:21) -- Miserlou (Dick Dale) (2:15) -- Diddy wah diddy (Bo Diddley) (2:30) -- I'm shakin' (Little Willie John) (2:27).
Summary:
A compilation of 25 chiefly country blues selections that inspired and influenced Jack White and the White Stripes.
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