From Mississippi to Chicago (1999)

About this title: Recipe for a great anthology of Mississippi Delta blues: Find five of the music's best living exponents, put them in a studio and turn on the tape. Forget about overdubs, session musicians and fancy flourishes. Just let these guys sing and play the blues. That's what producer Matthew Block did with an 85-year-old Pinetop Perkins and a bunch of his slightly younger cohorts -- R.L. Burnside, Robert Curtis Smith, Eddie Cusic and Abie Boogaloo Ames. The resulting 15 tracks add up to a fascinating and highly listenable romp through a variety of blues styles -- everything from back-country ... read more

Tracks:

1. Poor Black Mattie [Burnside]
2. Kansas City [Leiber/Stoller]
3. The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow [Traditional]
4. Tommy Dorsey's Boogie Woogie [Dorsey/Kincaide]
5. See My Jumper Hangin' on the Line [Burnside]
6. Lye Water Conversation [Traditional]
7. Every Day I Have the Blues [Chatman]
8. Fireman Ring the Bell [Burnside]
9. Gonna Lose a Good Man [Cusic]
10. Skinny Woman [Burnside]
11. Thank You [Traditional]
12. Milky White Way [Traditional]
13. Bad Luck [Hicks/Miller]
14. Calvary [Traditional]
15. After Hours [Hawkins/Parrish]

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