Good Morning Bluesman (2003)

About this title: This intriguing two-disc, 47-track blues compilation has a little bit of everything, featuring sides from classic first generation country blues players like Booker White, Charley Patton, Robert Johnson, Blind Boy Fuller and Son House, mid-era Chicago blues greats like Muddy Waters and Jimmy Reed, and seemingly all points in between, from zydeco (Clifton Chenier) to screaming electric slide guitar (Elmore James). It doesn't exactly add up to a coherent history of the blues, but it is pretty varied and balanced and also well sequenced, so the story of the blues gets told just fine all the same ... read more

Tracks:

1. Keep Away from My Woman [Fuller]
2. Parchman Farm Blues
3. Preachin' the Blues, Pt. 1
4. 34 Blues [Patton]
5. Kind Hearted Woman Blues [Johnson]
6. Boppin' the Rock
7. Yesterday (I Lost My Best Friend)
8. San Francisco Bay Blues [Fuller]
9. Prodigal Son [Wilkins]
10. Raise Your Hand [Cropper/Floyd/Isbel]
11. Bony Moronie [Williams]
12. All Your Love [Rush]
13. It Hurts Me Too [James/Sehorn]
14. The Sky Is Crying [James/Lewis/Robinso]
15. Born Under a Bad Sign [Bell/Jones]
16. I Wish You Would [Arnold]
17. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot [Traditional]
18. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out [Cox]
19. Toothache Blues, Part 1
20. Toothache Blues, Part 2
21. Steppin' Out [Frazier]
22. Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do [Grainger/Robbins]
23. House Rockin' Boogie [Burnett]
24. The Sun Is Rising [Burnett/Josea]
25. Guitar Slim
26. You Give Nothing But the Blues
27. Too Tired [Bihari/Davis/Watson]
28. She Said Yeah [Christy/Jackson]
29. Fannie Mae [Brown/Lewis/Robinso]
30. You Can Make It If You Try [Jarrett]
31. Alberta [Eaglin]
32. I Got Your Picture
33. Boogie Chillun [Hooker]
34. Boom Boom [Hooker]
35. Mojo Hand [Hopkins]
36. Jake Head Boogie [Hopkins]
37. I Just Keep Loving Her
38. Love Will Lead You Right [Burd/Smith]
39. Ooh! My Soul [Little Richard]
40. Blues Pain [Fulson]
41. Tramp [Fulson/McCracklin]
42. Rock Me Baby [Josea/King]
43. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town [Weldon]
44. Seet Home Chicago
45. Hoochie Coochie Man [Dixon]
46. Big Boss Man [Dixon/Smith]
47. Bright Lights, Big City [Reed]

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