I Can't Be Satisfied: Early American Women Blues Singers, Vol. 1: Country (1997)

About this title: Required listening, I Can't Be Satisfied, Vol. 1 is the "Country" volume in a two-part series of early American blueswomen (Volume 2 is the "Town" volume). It is an absolutely essential compilation of early country blueswomen, many of whom appear on virtually no other recordings. This definitive archival collection of underdocumented, classic blueswomen and the better known bluesmen who performed with them includes such artists as Ruby Glaze backed by husband Blind Willie McTell and Hattie Hart who performs here with the Memphis Jug Band. Also heard are the only two available tracks by the ... read more

Tracks:

1. Lonesome Day Blues [McTell]
2. Papa's Got Your Bath Water On [Hart]
3. Black Hand Blues
4. Going Away Blues
5. Mind Reader Blues [Lee/Patton]
6. Outdoor Blues
7. That Lonesome Rave
8. I Ain't Givin' Nobody None [Unidentified Prison]
9. School Girl Blues [Moore/Unknown Compo]
10. Dead Drunk Blues
11. My Low Down Brown
12. My Back to the Wall
13. Eagles on a Half
14. Penitentiary [Tucker]
15. Rolling Log Blues [Kimbrough]
16. State of Tennessee Blues [Clayton/Shade]
17. Shake It Daddy
18. Twelve Pound Daddy [Parth/Dickson]
19. The Voice of the Blues
20. Be My Kid Blues
21. Pick Poor Robin Clean [Thomas]
22. Yellow Bee
23. Down the Big Road Blues [Smith]

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