Meaning In The Blues- Meaning in the Blues
One of the sparks that ignited the British blues boom was Paul Oliver's 1960 book Blues Fell This Morning. It's been cited as a catalyst by countless UK artists; here are 4 CDs of seminal tracks (many quite rare) referenced in it: Falling Rain Blues Lonnie Johnson; Dark Night Blues Blind Willie McTell; Pony Blues Charley Patton; Shake 'Em on Down Bukka White; No Place to Go Walter Davis; Cottonseed Blues Roosevelt Sykes; Dry Spell Blues Pt. 1 Son House; Blue Monday Blues Ida Cox, and more!
Tracklist:
- Falling Rain Blues
- Jinx Blues
- Dark Night Blues
- Pony Blues
- Milk Cow Blues
- Labor Blues
- Shake 'Em on Down
- Lonesome Home Blues
- No Place to Go 1
- Cotton Seed Blues 1
- Dry Spell Blues, Pt. 1 1
- Steamboat Man Blues 1
- Gravel Camp Blues 1
- Blue Monday Blues 1
- Rock and Gravel Blues 1
- The Right String - But the Wrong Yo Yo 1
- Make Than Gravel Fly 1
- Rock Island Blues 1
- Crazy Blues 2
- Snatch It Back Blues 2
- John Henry 2
- Cannon-Ball Blues 2
- Friendless City Blues 2
- Stocking Feet Blues 2
- Stranger's Blues 2
- Wintertime Blues 2
- New Way of Living Blues 2
- Black Gal Makes Thunder 2
- Three Women Blues 3
- Yellow Girl Blues 3
- Gonna Ramble Blues 3
- Brown Skin Man 3
- Brown Skin Gal 3
- Brown Skin Blues 3
- Chocolate to the Bone 3
- Kitchen Mechanic Blues 3
- Black Evil Blues 3
- Outside Woman Blues 3
- Reckless Woman 4
- It Won't Be Long 4
- Little and Low 4
- Big Fat Mama Blues 4
- My Pencil Won't Write No More 4
- Signifying Blues 4
- Black Snake Moan 4
- Save My Jelly 4
- Freakish Man Blues 4
- Sissy Man Blues 4
- Prove It on Me Blues 5
- B.D. Woman's Blues 5
- The Dirty Dozen 5
- Jacksonville Blues 5
- Mojo Hand Blues 5
- Mojo Hidin' Woman 5
- Papa's Got Your Water on 5
- "Toby" Woman Blues 5
- Squinch Owl Moan 5
- Black Cat Blues 5
- Broke and Hungry 6
- Wish I Had You (And I'm Gonna Get You Blues) 6
- Bad Boy 6
- Doggone My Good Luck Soul 6
- Black Cat Moan 6
- Those Black Man Blues 6
- Seven Sisters Blues, Pt. 1 6
- Seven Sisters Blues, Pt. 2 6
- Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues 6
- I'm a Gamblin' Woman 6
- Skin Game Blues 7
- Gamblin' Charley 7
- If You Lose Your Good Gal, Don't Mess with Mine 7
- Jack O' Diamond Blues [Take 2] [Take] 7
- Stack O' Lee Blues 7
- Policy Dream Blues 7
- Policy Wheel Blues 7
- Four Eleven Forty Four 7
- Three Sixty Nine Blues 7
- The Clearing House Blues 7
- Mississippi Jail House Groan 8
- Lonesome Blues 8
- Old Rounder's Blues 8
- Moon Going Down 8
- Smack That Thing 8
- I Had to Smack That Thing 8
- I Had to Come Back Home Blues 8
- Rowdy Blues 8
- Barrelhouse When It Rains 8
- Blues in the Alley 8
- Old Jim Canaan's 9
- On the Wall 9
- Beaver Slide Rag 9
- Low Down Mississippi Bottom Man 9
- You Got to Reap What You Sow 9
- Sitting on Top of the World 9
- Some Summer Day, Pt. 1 9
- I'm Still Sitting on Top of the World 9
- Mama Blues 9
- Friday Moan Blues 9
- Violin Blues 10
- Shaking Weed Blues 10
- Fairasee Woman (Memphis Woman) 10
- Spike Driver Blues 10
- Waking Blues
One of the sparks that ignited the British blues boom was Paul Oliver's 1960 book Blues Fell This Morning. It's been cited as a catalyst by countless UK artists; here are 4 CDs of seminal tracks (many quite rare) referenced in it: Falling Rain Blues Lonnie Johnson; Dark Night Blues Blind Willie McTell; Pony Blues Charley Patton; Shake 'Em on Down Bukka White; No Place to Go Walter Davis; Cottonseed Blues Roosevelt Sykes; Dry Spell Blues Pt. 1 Son House; Blue Monday Blues Ida Cox, and more!
Tracklist:
- Falling Rain Blues
- Jinx Blues
- Dark Night Blues
- Pony Blues
- Milk Cow Blues
- Labor Blues
- Shake 'Em on Down
- Lonesome Home Blues
- No Place to Go 1
- Cotton Seed Blues 1
- Dry Spell Blues, Pt. 1 1
- Steamboat Man Blues 1
- Gravel Camp Blues 1
- Blue Monday Blues 1
- Rock and Gravel Blues 1
- The Right String - But the Wrong Yo Yo 1
- Make Than Gravel Fly 1
- Rock Island Blues 1
- Crazy Blues 2
- Snatch It Back Blues 2
- John Henry 2
- Cannon-Ball Blues 2
- Friendless City Blues 2
- Stocking Feet Blues 2
- Stranger's Blues 2
- Wintertime Blues 2
- New Way of Living Blues 2
- Black Gal Makes Thunder 2
- Three Women Blues 3
- Yellow Girl Blues 3
- Gonna Ramble Blues 3
- Brown Skin Man 3
- Brown Skin Gal 3
- Brown Skin Blues 3
- Chocolate to the Bone 3
- Kitchen Mechanic Blues 3
- Black Evil Blues 3
- Outside Woman Blues 3
- Reckless Woman 4
- It Won't Be Long 4
- Little and Low 4
- Big Fat Mama Blues 4
- My Pencil Won't Write No More 4
- Signifying Blues 4
- Black Snake Moan 4
- Save My Jelly 4
- Freakish Man Blues 4
- Sissy Man Blues 4
- Prove It on Me Blues 5
- B.D. Woman's Blues 5
- The Dirty Dozen 5
- Jacksonville Blues 5
- Mojo Hand Blues 5
- Mojo Hidin' Woman 5
- Papa's Got Your Water on 5
- "Toby" Woman Blues 5
- Squinch Owl Moan 5
- Black Cat Blues 5
- Broke and Hungry 6
- Wish I Had You (And I'm Gonna Get You Blues) 6
- Bad Boy 6
- Doggone My Good Luck Soul 6
- Black Cat Moan 6
- Those Black Man Blues 6
- Seven Sisters Blues, Pt. 1 6
- Seven Sisters Blues, Pt. 2 6
- Aunt Caroline Dyer Blues 6
- I'm a Gamblin' Woman 6
- Skin Game Blues 7
- Gamblin' Charley 7
- If You Lose Your Good Gal, Don't Mess with Mine 7
- Jack O' Diamond Blues [Take 2] [Take] 7
- Stack O' Lee Blues 7
- Policy Dream Blues 7
- Policy Wheel Blues 7
- Four Eleven Forty Four 7
- Three Sixty Nine Blues 7
- The Clearing House Blues 7
- Mississippi Jail House Groan 8
- Lonesome Blues 8
- Old Rounder's Blues 8
- Moon Going Down 8
- Smack That Thing 8
- I Had to Smack That Thing 8
- I Had to Come Back Home Blues 8
- Rowdy Blues 8
- Barrelhouse When It Rains 8
- Blues in the Alley 8
- Old Jim Canaan's 9
- On the Wall 9
- Beaver Slide Rag 9
- Low Down Mississippi Bottom Man 9
- You Got to Reap What You Sow 9
- Sitting on Top of the World 9
- Some Summer Day, Pt. 1 9
- I'm Still Sitting on Top of the World 9
- Mama Blues 9
- Friday Moan Blues 9
- Violin Blues 10
- Shaking Weed Blues 10
- Fairasee Woman (Memphis Woman) 10
- Spike Driver Blues 10
- Waking Blues