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1	Dona Got a Ramblin Mind (2006) more music like this by Carolina Chocolate Drops To say that Carolina Chocolate Drops are an anomaly in the 21st century would be a huge understatement. Here are three twenty-something African-Americans playing a brand of acoustic, banjo- and fiddle-driven string band music that is nearly extinct today, and in fact peaked in the pre-WWII era. Although a number of Southern-bred black string bands ... see all copies from $15.33! new only from $15.33!
2	The Classic Years 1927-1940 (2003) more music like this by Blind Willie McTell There are some box sets that seem like overkill, beyond the pale for all but the very most hardcore fans, and others -- a little more obvious in their justification -- that never achieve much currency beyond the ranks of the serious fans and as easy Christmas ideas for their relatives. And then there are the ones that, based on the sheer ... see all copies from $22.83! new only from $30.88!
3	The Complete Folkways Recordings (1958) (1958) more music like this by Joseph Spence These recordings of Joseph Spence, made by Samuel Charters in 1958, display one of the most inventive guitar styles ever put to tape. Spence improvised on traditional tunes in a manner comparable to African-Americans Elizabeth Cotten and Mississippi Fred McDowell, like them adding rhythmic and melodic accents and changes in unexpected ways. In ... see all copies from $10.99! new only from $14.78!
4	Midnight Special (1978) more music like this by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee see all copies from $16.90! new only from $16.90!
5	Dirty Blues (2000) more music like this by Various Artists see all copies from $8.71! new only from $11.68!
6	Walk On (1977) more music like this by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee Although Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee had a stormy, tempestuous relationship at times, they recorded more than their share of great Piedmont blues during their many years as a duo. Terry and McGhee parted company in the mid-'70s, but Walk On (which Just a Memory/Justin Time reissued on CD in 2005) finds the two of them reunited on-stage at the ... see all copies from $10.13! new only from $11.66!
7	The Folkways Years (1945-1959) (1991) more music like this by Brownie McGhee Folkways Years (1945-1959) is a wonderful 17-track compilation of Brownie McGhee's Folkways recordings. During this time, McGhee became a staple on the blues-folk revival circuit, and accordingly these recordings find the Piedmont bluesman playing in a folk style, which he excelled at. Many of the most powerful tracks are straight from the rural ... see all copies from $10.12! new only from $14.78!
8	The Original Guitar Wizard (2005) more music like this by Lonnie Johnson Lonnie Johnson was best known for his tonally beautiful guitar playing, but he was also a fine singer and songwriter, and pretty adept on violin, piano, banjo, mandolin, harmonium, and bass as well. Equally at home in the blues or the jazz world (he worked with artists as raw as Texas Alexander and as polished as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington ... see all copies from $16.90! new only from $23.94!
9	Remastered 1935-1938 (2004) more music like this by Blind Boy Fuller Following Blind Blake, Blind Boy Fuller is probably the best known of the so-called Piedmont blues guitarists, a loose group of players from the Appalachian foothills of North Carolina, South Carolina, and upper Georgia who specialized in a flashy two- and three-finger picking style. Fuller was hardly in Blake's league, but his simple, crisp ... see all copies from $23.04! new only from $30.93!
10	Sonny & Brownie at Sugar Hill (1961) more music like this by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee Sonny & Brownie at Sugar Hill is a live album recorded at the famous San Francisco nightclub. The two musicians were in fine form, with both getting chances to sing some of their standards, including "Sweet Woman Blues," "Born to Live the Blues," "Baby, I Knocked on Your Door," and "I Got a Little Girl." Their interplay is always a joy to hear, ... see all copies from $7.18! new only from $10.38!
11 view cover	Harlem Street Singer (1960) more music like this by Rev. Gary Davis Recorded during a three hour session on August 24, 1960, Gary Davis laid down 12 of his most impassioned spirituals for Harlem Street Singer. Starting off the session with a version of Blind Willie Johnson's "If I Had My Way I'd Tear That Building Down," here renamed "Samson and Delilah," Davis is in fine form. His vocals are as expressive as Ray ... see all copies from $7.56! new only from $10.29!
12 view cover	Carolina Blues Man, Vol. 1 (1961) more music like this by Pink Anderson A vast majority of the known professional recordings of Piedmont blues legend Pink Anderson were documented during 1961, the notable exception being the platter he split with Rev. Gary Davis -- Gospel, Blues and Street Songs -- which was documented in the spring of 1950. This is the first of three volumes that were cut for the Prestige Records ... see all copies from $8.81! new only from $9.92!
13 view cover	Crucial Harmonica Blues (2003) more music like this by Various Artists One of three simultaneously released budget-priced Alligator blues compilations (the other two are Crucial Guitar Blues and Crucial Chicago Blues), Crucial Harmonica Blues is a 12-track anthology of the Chicago-based label's most popular and legendary harp artists. The track list reads like a who's who of harmonica with James Cotton, Big Walter ... see all copies from $5.93! new only from $6.31!
14 view cover	Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection (1996) more music like this by var art This assemblage of blues, bluegrass, mountain ballads, topical songs, and jazz shows the wide range of American vernacular music, and Smithsonian Folkways' commitment to it. Among the many highlights here are Clarence Ashley and Doc Watson's ragged and yet sleek version of "The Coo Coo Bird," Doug Wallin's creaky and breathless a cappella version ... see all copies from $6.39! new only from $11.05!
15 view cover	Tain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do (1959) more music like this by Helen Humes Helen Humes had not recorded as a leader in seven years when she made the first of three albums for Contemporary, all of which have been reissued on CD via the OJC imprint. Humes, 45 at the time, was at the peak of her powers, although she never really made a bad record. Accompanied by Benny Carter (on trumpet), trombonist Frank Rosolino, tenor ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
16 view cover	People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs 1913-1938 (2007) more music like this by Various Artists This three-disc, 70-track (30 of them new to the CD era) collection of murder ballads and disaster songs originally released on commercial 78s between 1913 and 1938 is, in spite of the archaic song structures and often crude sonic qualities on display, strangely contemporary in tone and feel, maybe because we've always been drawn to the scene of ... see all copies from $42.84! new only from $47.15!
17 view cover	Little More Faith (1999) more music like this by Reverend Gary Davis see all copies from $8.81! new only from $10.35!
18 view cover	Last Session (1960) more music like this by Blind Willie McTell This recording has a less-than-stellar reputation, principally because it was done so late in McTell's career, and it is true that he lacks some of the edge, especially in his singing, that he showed on his other postwar recordings. On the other hand, his 12-string playing is about as nimble as ever and a real treat. McTell cut these sides for ... see all copies from $7.56! new only from $11.38!
19 view cover	Blues Is Truth (1996) more music like this by Brownie McGhee Brownie McGhee was 60 when Blues Is Truth (reissued on CD by Concord's Blues Alliance label in 1996) was recorded in White Plains, N.Y. in 1976, and the veteran bluesman was still a powerful, authoritative singer. Although not quite in a class with McGhee's magnificent work with Sonny Terry in the 1950s and '60s, Truth is a consistently appealing ... see all copies from $13.77! new only from $16.19!
20 view cover	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3: 1924-1925 (1996) more music like this by Sara Martin The third of four Document CDs that reissue all of the classic blues singer Sara Martin recordings (except for a few numbers with famous musicians that have been reissued elsewhere) has the bulk of her 1924-25 performances. Martin is heard in several different settings: duets with guitarist Sylvester Weaver, small group dates with Clarence ... see all copies from $11.40! new only from $14.19!
21 view cover	An Introduction to Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee (2006) more music like this by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee made their first recording together in 1941, and became the longest-running blues duo in memory, stringing out nearly 40 years of recordings and gigs until their gradually emerging distaste for each other finally proved insurmountable and brought an end to the musical partnership. Although they recorded in a ... see all copies from $9.40! new only from $11.14!
22 view cover	One-Dime Blues (1991) more music like this by Etta Baker Guitarist/vocalist Etta Baker hadn't made any recordings or even been in a studio since 1956 before making the 20 numbers comprising this CD. But judging from the arresting vocals, prickly accompaniment and commanding presence she displayed on each song, it seemed as if she had been cutting tracks daily. Baker moved from sassy and combative blues ... see all copies from $11.09! new only from $15.36!
23 view cover	Railroad Bill (1999) more music like this by Etta Baker The "premier woman Piedmont blues guitar instrumentalist" is a wordy but accurate description of 87-year-old Etta Baker of Morganton, NC. One of the last pickers who was around when the music was first being recorded, Baker's 83 years of practice is manifested in these wonderful recordings of traditional folk ballads. One highlight follows another ... see all copies from $11.52! new only from $15.33!
24 view cover	The Complete Folkways Recordings (1967) more music like this by Lonnie Johnson The two-dozen solo performances on The Complete Folkways Recordings are from late (1967) in legendary guitarist Lonnie Johnson's amazing career, but they are chock-full of stellar moments all the same. Artists of Johnson's versatility were rare even then -- he brings a multitude of shadings to "My Mother's Eyes" and "How Deep Is the Ocean?," then ... see all copies from $13.22! new only from $14.93!
25 view cover	Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Gary Davis (2003) more music like this by Rev. Gary Davis An expert ragtime and blues guitarist, Rev. Gary Davis recorded gospel, marches, ragtime, jazz, and minstrel pieces throughout his long career (which included recordings issued in every decade from the 1930s until his death in 1972), but turned increasingly to spiritual material, and it is for his own brand of gospel-blues that he is best known. ... see all copies from $7.57! new only from $8.91!

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