The Best of Frank Stokes (2005)

About this title: The music -- a meld of blues and older, more satiric songster-inspired material, as well as gospel-influenced sides -- speaks for itself on this, the widest-ranging and best-sounding collection of Frank Stokes' work issued on CD. The Best of Frank Stokes, released by Yazoo, combines the highlights of such previous releases as Frank Stokes' Dream and Creator of the Memphis Blues, for a total of six solo sides by Stokes, a dozen by Stokes accompanied by Dan Sane (usually credited to the Beale Street Sheiks), and four more on which he is accompanied by Will Batts on the fiddle. The result is a ... read more

Tracks:

1. Take Me Back [Stokes]
2. Mistreatin' Blues [Stokes]
3. You Shall
4. What's the Matter Blues [Stokes]
5. I'm Going Away Blues
6. Memphis Rounders Blues
7. It Won't Be Long Now [Stokes]
8. It's a Good Thing (Take 1)
9. Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do, Pt. 2 (Take 1)
10. Old Sometime Blues
11. I Got Mine [Stokes]
12. Sweet to Mama
13. Nehi Mama
14. Downtown Blues [Sane/Stokes]
15. How Long [Stokes]
16. South Memphis Blues
17. Frank Stokes' Dream [Stokes]
18. Mr. Crump Don't Like It
19. Bedtime Blues [Stokes]
20. Jumpin' on the Hill
21. Blues in "D"
22. Right Now Blues

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