Various Artists - The Rough Guide to Memphis Blues [CD]

Cat. no: RGNET1411CD
Format: CD
Barcode: 605633141122
Release Date: 26 Aug 2022
Genre: Blues

From the classic sounds of the jug band heyday to the earthy blues straight from the Mississippi Delta, Memphis was at the very epicentre of the 1920s country blues explosion

This Rough Guide charts the city's huge infuence with classic tracks by blues legends Memphis Minnie, Furry Lewis, Sleepy John Estes and many more. 

• An album which traces the development of the Memphis blues during its 1920s/30s heyday • Featuring seminal recordings by many blues legends including Sleepy John Estes, Furry Lewis and Robert Wilkins • Memphis is one of the quintessential musical melting pots of the US, which helped spawn the blues • Featuring classic tracks by blues divas Memphis Minnie and Minnie Wallace • Nowhere provided a concentration and diversity of early blues forms to rival Memphis • Featuring classic tracks by the great jug bands, including Will Shade’s Memphis Jug Band and Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers • Memphis is often dubbed as the “Home of the Blues” • An incredibly diverse selection of tracks from classic songster and hokum tunes to bottleneck guitar and harmonica virtuosity • Includes many lesser-known gems by artists shrouded in mystery • Lovingly remastered using pioneering restoration techniques

Tracks: Jed Davenport & his Beale Street Jug Band - Save Me Some / Sleepy John Estes - The Girl I Love She Got Long Curly Hair / Memphis Minnie - North Memphis Blues / Minnie Wallace - The Old Folks Started It / Robert Wilkins - Falling Down Blues / Memphis Jug Band - On The Road Again / Hattie Hart - I Let
My Daddy Do That / Furry Lewis - Kassie Jones – Part 1 / Cannon's Jug Stompers - Viola Lee Blues / Allen Shaw - I Couldn't Help It / Jack Kelly and his South Memphis Jug Band - Cold Iron Bed / Tom Dickson - Happy Blues / Frank Stokes - How Long Blues / Carolina Peanut Boys - You Got Me Rollin' / Gus Cannon - Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home / Charlie Burse & his Memphis Mudcats - What’s The Matter With The Well? / Pearl Dickson - Little Rock Blues / Beale Street Rounders - Sitting On Top Of The World / Noah Lewis - Like I Want To Be / Beale Street Sheiks - Mr. Crump Don't Like It / Will Shade - Better Leave That Stuff Alone / Will Weldon - Hitch Me To Your Buggy, And Drive Me Like A Mule / Memphis Sheiks - He's In The Jail House Now / Vol Stevens - Baby Got The Rickets / Will Batts - Country Woman / Charley Nickerson with Jug Band - Going Back To Memphis

More From This Artist: Allen Shaw Beale Street Rounders Beale Street Sheiks Cannon's Jug Stompers Carolina Peanut Boys Charley Nickerson with Jug Band Charlie Burse & his Memphis Mudcats Frank Stokes Furry Lewis Gus Cannon Hattie Hart Jack Kelly and his South Memphis Jug Band Jed Davenport & his Beale Street Jug Band Memphis Jug Band Memphis Minnie Memphis Sheiks Minnie Wallace Noah Lewis Pearl Dickson Robert Wilkins Sleepy John Estes Tom Dickson Vol Stevens Will Batts Will Shade Will Weldon