Complete Recorded Works (1926-1928) (1994)

About this title: Even among the ranks of marginalized old-time blues singers, Luella Miller is singularly obscure and sadly underrated. Conventionally assessed as an unimaginative moaner who tended to sing the same redundant blues melody over and over again, this woman has been an easy target for persnickety music critics and deserves to be reevaluated. Trying to apply normal entertainment standards to music like this is a pointless exercise in postmodern impatience. If her "complete" recordings are to be laid end to end and absorbed sequentially without interruption, the listener must suspend all ... read more

Tracks:

1. Dago Hill Blues
2. Pretty Man Blues [548]
3. Pretty Man Blues [549]
4. Twelve O'Clock Blues
5. Down the Alley [-40]
6. Down the Alley [-41]
7. Rattle Snake Groan
8. Dreaming of You Blues
9. Triflin' Man Blues
10. Jackson's Blues
11. Peeping at the Rising Sun Blues
12. Smiling Rose Blues
13. Carrier Pigeon Blues
14. Through and Through Blues
15. North Wind Blues
16. East St. Louis Blues
17. Muddy Stream Blues
18. Tornado Groan
19. Walnut Street Blues
20. Tombstone Blues
21. Frisco Blues
22. Brickhouse Blues
23. Chicago Blues
24. Wee Wee Daddy Blues

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.