0788065719623

Headrag Hop-piano Blues 1925-1960

Various Artists

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Format: 4CD

Cat No: JSP77196

Release Date:  19 February 2016

Label:  JSP

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  4

Barcode:  0788065719623

Genres:  Blues  Acoustic Blues  

  • Description

    A search for the roots of blues piano will end up in a swirling mist in which blues guitar germinated. One belief is that blues piano developed from the rhythms with which guitarists accompanied themselves. The piano's wider musical spectrum then encouraged players to create rhythms and melodies with each hand.
    When it came to mobility, pianists had to rely on residencies. They could never foresee the condition of the pianos they encountered on their travels. Also, unlike their guitarist confreres, they had to be equally adept singers and players, needing at least one instrumental showpiece to satisfy their audiences.
    St. Louis, Memphis, Birmingham and New Orleans unsurprisingly had coteries of musicians but so did Houston and Dallas in Texas - each with something approaching a regional flavour.
    The last years of the 1920s saw a proliferation of blues pianists, including Cow Cow Davenport, Pine Top Smith, Will Ezell, Henry Brown and Montana Taylor).
    Their records - too often overlooked - reveal them as innovators and gifted musicians.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Suitcase Blues: Hersal Thomas
      • 2. Fish Tail Dance: Hociel Thomas
      • 3. Honky Tonk Train Blues: Meade Lux Lewis
      • 4. Evil Woman Blues: Boodle It Wiggins
      • 5. Doggone My Good Luck Soul: Hattie Hudson
      • 6. Cow Cow Blues: Cow Cow Davenport
      • 7. Avenue Strut: Herve Duerson
      • 8. Penitentiary: Bessie Tucker
      • 9. Mixed Up Rag: Will Ezell
      • 10. Michigan River Blues: Bert Mays
      • 11. Carbolic Acid Blues: Bobbie Cadillac
      • 12. Pine Top s Blues: Pine Top Smith
      • 13. Heifer Dust: Will Ezell
      • 14. Moaning Blues: Moanin Bernice Edwards
      • 15. Dying Pickpocket Blues: Barrel House Welch
      • 16. Jump Steady Blues: Pine Top Smith
      • 17. Slum Gullion Stomp: Cow Cow Davenport
      • 18. Sweet Black Woman: St Louis Bessie
      • 19. Detroit Rocks: Montana Taylor
      • 20. Stomp Em Down To The Bricks: Henry Brown
      • 21. Walking Blues: Raymond Barrow
      • 22. House Rent Scuffle: Lil Johnson
      • 23. Pitchin Boogie: Will Ezell
      • 24. Black Men Blues: Mary Johnson
      • 25. Mooch Piddle: Cow Cow Davenport

      Disc 2

      • 1. Louisiana Glide: Blind Leroy Garnett
      • 2. Henry Brown Blues: Henry Brown
      • 3. The Dirty Dozen: Speckled Red
      • 4. Head Rag Hop: Romeo Nelson
      • 5. Freight Train Blues: Eddie Miller
      • 6. Gotta Shave Em Dry: James Wiggins
      • 7. Dearborn Street Breakdown: Charles Avery
      • 8. Gettin Dirty Just Shakin That Thing: Romeo Nelson
      • 9. Eastern Chimes Blues: Henry Brown
      • 10. No. 29: Wesley Wallace
      • 11. They May Not Be My Toes: Whistlin Alex Moore
      • 12. The Duck s Yas-Yas-Yas: James Stump Johnson
      • 13. 31 Blues: Bob Call
      • 14. Fat Fanny Stomp: Jim Clarke
      • 15. Louisiana Bound: Charley Taylor
      • 16. She Don’t Know Who She Wants: Lonnie Johnson
      • 17. The Right String But The Wrong Yo-Yo: Speckled Red
      • 18. Tight Whoopee: Mozelle Alderson
      • 19. All Night Long Blues Alt Tk: Louise Johnson
      • 20. 3, 6 And 9: Roosevelt Sykes
      • 21. Don t Feel Welcome Blues: Peetie Wheatstraw
      • 22. Vicksburg Blues: Little Brother Montgomery
      • 23. Gamblin Man s Prayer: Piano Kid Edwards
      • 24. Humming Blues: Bat The Humming Bird
      • 25. Jab Blues: Jabo Williams

      Disc 3

      • 1. Trenches: Turner Parrish
      • 2. Hokum Stomp: Hokum Boys & Jane Lucas
      • 3. Pete Wheatstraw: Peetie Wheatstraw
      • 4. I Believe I ll Make A Change: Pinetop & Lindberg
      • 5. Rattlesnake Blues: Mary Johnson
      • 6. Pratt City Blues: Jabo Williams
      • 7. If You Haven t Any Hay Get On Down The Road: Skip James
      • 8. Money Johnson: Stump Johnson
      • 9. The Fives: Turner Parrish
      • 10. L & N Blues: Walter Davis
      • 11. Chicago s Too Much For Me: Sparks Brothers
      • 12. Piano Stomp: Walter Roland
      • 13. Cuban Villa Blues: Charlie Segar
      • 14. Suicide Blues Tk 2: Leroy Carr
      • 15. Beer Drinking Woman Tk 2: Memphis Slim
      • 16. Red Cross Blues: Walter Roland
      • 17. Throw Me In The Alley: Peetie Wheatstraw
      • 18. Sweet Sixteens: Walter Davis
      • 19. Strut That Thing: Cripple Clarence Lofton
      • 20. Weeping Willow Blues: Barrelhouse Buck
      • 21. Who s Been Here Today: Bumble Bee Slim
      • 22. Tell Her About Me: Pinetop
      • 23. Brown Skin Girls: Cripple Clarence Lofton
      • 24. Rootin Ground-hog Blues: Blind Mack
      • 25. Streamline Train: Red Nelson

      Disc 4

      • 1. Dirty No Gooder: Mack Rhinehart & Brownie Stubblefield
      • 2. Brown House Blues: Black Boy Shine
      • 3. I Just Can t Take It: Mary Johnson
      • 4. The Flying Crow: Black Ivory King
      • 5. Little Girl Little Girl: Lee Brown
      • 6. Push Cart Pusher: Alice Moore
      • 7. Shout For Joy Tk 2: Albert Ammons
      • 8. Junker Blues: Champion Jack Dupree
      • 9. Boogie Woogie Man Tk 1: Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons
      • 10. The Rocks: Jimmy Yancey
      • 11. Chicago Breakdown: Big Maceo
      • 12. That Woman s A Pearl Diver: Jimmie Gordon
      • 13. Screamin Boogie: Dick Davis Orchestra
      • 14. Mother Fuyer: Dirty Red (Nelson)
      • 15. Chicken Shack Boogie: Amos Milburn
      • 16. X-Temporaneous Boogie: Camille Howard
      • 17. Down Home Child: Sunnyland Slim
      • 18. Little Willie s Boogie: Little Willie Littlefield
      • 19. Lee s Boogie: Lee Hunter
      • 20. Blues N Boogie: Roosevelt Sykes
      • 21. Sampson Street Boogie: Willie Johnson & His Orchestra
      • 22. Red s Boogie: Piano Red
      • 23. My Life Depends On You: Jimmy McCracklin
      • 24. 3 A.M. Boogie: Willard McDaniel
      • 25. Five Long Years: Eddie Boyd
      • 26. Otis In The Dark: Otis Spann