Blind Pig Records: 20th Anniversary Collection (1997)

About this title: San Francisco's Blind Pig Records celebrates their 20th anniversary with this two-disc, 36-track collection featuring over two hours' worth of highlights from their many releases with a few unreleased bonus tracks to spice up the mix. Originally started as a sideline to a blues club in Ann Arbor, MI, with an ear toward documenting the local scene and blues artists who played there regularly, Blind Pig has grown to record new artists like Debbie Davies, Joanna Connor, Tommy Castro, Jimmy Thackery, and Sarah Brown, while more traditional bluesmen like Otis Rush, Snooky Pryor, Walter Horton, ... read more

Tracks:

1. Monkey See, Monkey Do [McKnight]
2. Drive to Survive [Thackery]
3. Think [McCracklin/Malone]
4. That Spot Right There [Bell]
5. Howlin' at the Moon [Davies]
6. Tricky Woman [Lane]
7. She's Cold as Ice [Rogers]
8. Terraplane Blues [Johnson]
9. Don't Move the Mountain [Traditional]
10. I Need a Real Man [Scott]
11. Had Enough [Castro]
12. Right Place, Wrong Time [Rush]
13. Messin' with the Kid [London]
14. Wastin' Time [Carrier]
15. Big Girl Blues [Connor]
16. Worried Life Blues [Merriweather]
17. Take Me Back [Little Walter]
18. Should I Wait? [Allison]
19. Two Time Boogie [Grimaldi]
20. My Heart Bleeds Blue [Coleman]
21. Hey Sweet Baby [Cain]
22. Harpin' on a Riff [Musselwhite]
23. Cold Chills [Gray]
24. La Vierge [Lewis]
25. I Won't Be There [Watkins]
26. Blues Come to Texas [Shines]
27. I Got Something on You Baby [Wilson]
28. I Been Thinkin' [Campbell]
29. That's My Baby [Harrington]
30. Bad Thing [Brown]
31. If I Could Reach Out (And Help Somebody) [Jackson]
32. Old Time Shuffle [Harrison]
33. Crazy 'Bout My Baby [Pryor]
34. I Wonder [Gant]
35. If I Get Lucky [Horton]
36. Let's Rock! [De Lone/Kirchen]

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