Jimi Hendrix's Jukebox (2007)

About this title: Although these 25 tracks recorded between 1941 and 1956 may well have inspired Jimi Hendrix in his early years, they also inspired a whole lot of other people as well, since every one of these sides is a classic and, taken together, they make for a nice and diverse "jukebox" in almost anyone's name. Included here are immortal cuts like Elmore James' slide guitar gem "Dust My Broom" from 1951, Big Mama Thornton's "Hound Dog" from 1953, Miles Davis' version of Thelonious Monk's "'Round Midnight" from 1955, Bill Doggett's instrumental "Honky Tonk" from 1956, and Fats Domino's easy-rolling ... read more

Tracks:

1. Blue Suede Shoes [Perkins]
2. Long Tall Sally [Blackwell/Johnson]
3. Honky Tonk [Butler/Doggett/Scot]
4. Call It Stormy Monday [Walker]
5. The Things That I Used to Do [Guitar Slim [Eddie]
6. Space Guitar [Watson]
7. Three Hours Past Midnight [Watson/Bihari]
8. Losing Hand [Calhoun]
9. Every Day I Have the Blues [Memphis Slim]
10. Three O'Clock Blues [King/Taub]
11. 'Round Midnight [Monk/Hanighen/Willi]
12. Catfish Blues [Petway]
13. Key to the Highway [Broonzy/Segar]
14. Pretty Thing [Reed]
15. Race with the Devil [Vincent/Davis]
16. Moanin' at Midnight [Burnett]
17. Smokestack Lightnin' [Howlin' Wolf]
18. No Money Down [Berry]
19. Dust My Broom [Johnson]
20. Sweet Sue, Just You [Harris/Young]
21. (I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man [Dixon]
22. Blueberry Hill [Lewis/Rose]
23. Mother Told Me Not to Go [Johnson]
24. Dimples [Hooker]
25. Hound Dog [Leiber/Stoller]

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