Every Day I Have the Blues [Goldies Box] (2000)

About this title: This three-disc set features a total of 42 classic blues recordings, some going back to the 1920s. There's no rhyme or reason to the set, except that all of the tracks are classic recordings from Bessie Smith's "St. Louis Blues" and Robert Johnson's "Crossroads," "Hellhound on My Trail," and "Kindhearted Woman Blues" to Etta James' "At Last" and B.B. King's "The Thrill Is Gone." In between are classics from Tampa Red, Big Bill Broonzy, Robert Night Hawk, Muddy Waters, and Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, John Lee Hooker, Bukka White, Lightnin' Hopkins, Champion Jack Dupree, Lonnie ... read more

Tracks:

1. I'm in the Mood [Hooker/Besman]
2. Hellhound on My Trail [Johnson]
3. St. Louis Blues [Handy]
4. Kind Hearted Woman [Waters]
5. Black Angel Blues (Sweet Black Angel) [McCollum]
6. Fixin' to Die Blues [White]
7. Guess Who? [Belvin/Belvin]
8. Lord, I Just Can't Keep from Crying [Johnson/Traditional]
9. Key to My Door [McGhee]
10. C & A Blues [Broonzy]
11. Roosevelt Blues [Sykes]
12. I Have to Do My Time [Johnson]
13. Sugar Mama Blues No. 1 [Tampa Red]
14. Heavy Heart Blues [Dupree]
15. Every Day I Have the Blues [Memphis Slim]
16. Boogie Chillen' [Hooker]
17. Worried Life Blues [Spann]
18. Cow Cow Blues [Davenport]
19. Baby Get Lost [Feather/Moore]
20. Suicide Blues [Hopkins]
21. Kindhearted Woman Blues [Johnson]
22. Gypsy Woman [Waters]
23. Poor Man's Blues [Smith]
24. Parchman Farm Blues [White]
25. God Moves on the Water [Johnson/Moore]
26. Chain Gang Blues [Dupree]
27. Ain't Nobody's Business [Grainger/Robbins]
28. Death Cell Blues [McTell]
29. I Feel Like Going Home [Morganfield]
30. Rockin' Chair Blues [Broonzy/McClennan]
31. This Is the Blues [Spann]
32. Crawlin' King Snake [Besman/Hooker]
33. Cross Road Blues [Johnson]
34. Black Cat Blues [Hopkins]
35. Me and My Gin [Burke]
36. Sleepy Man Blues [White]
37. My Baby's Gone [Atkinson]
38. Money Spending Woman [McGhee]
39. Anna Lee [McCollum]
40. Turpentine Blues [Williams/Whittaker]
41. At Last [Warren/Gordon]
42. The Thrill Is Gone [Hawkins/Darnell]

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