December 28, 2008

Pre-War Blues...

Ive been visiting this site for a while now and it's great if you want to learn more about early blues and folk, plus if you donate some coin you can download some great mixes of super rare and essential tracks. This is a free mix thats been posted there so thought i'd put it up here to point some people there... prewarblues.org

Introduction To The Blues Part One : The Ladies Of The Blues...

tracklist:

01. Hattie Hart - I Let My Daddy Do That (1934)
02. Gertrude ”Ma” Rainey - Black Eye Blues (1928)
03. Lucille Bogan - Shave ‘em Dry (1935)
04. Victoria Spivey - Black Snake Blues (1926)
05. Viola McCoy - I Ain’t Gonna Marry, Ain’t Gonna Settle Down (1924)
06. Clara Smith - Death Letter Blues (1924)
07. Sara Martin - Death Sting Me Blues (1928)
08. Mamie Smith - Crazy Blues (1920)
09. Jessie Derrick - If You’ll Come Back To Hollywood (1926)
10. Bessie Smith - Cemetery Blues (1923)
11. Bessie Tucker - Got Cut All To Pieces (1928)
12. Arizona Dranes - My Soul Is A Witness For The Lord (1926)
13. Gladys Bentley - How Much Can I Stand (1928)
14. Louise Johnson - On the Wall (1930)
15. Memphis Minnie - Nothin’ In Ramblin’ (1940)
16. Sister Rosetta Tharpe - God Don’t Like It (1939)
17. Trixie Smith - You’ve Got To Beat Me To Keep Me (1925)
18. Ozella Jones - I Been a Bad, Bad Girl (Prisoner Blues) (1942)

HERE

1 comment:

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