Title: Chicago Urban Blues 1923-1945 Artist: Various Artists Label: Acrobat Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 824046519421 Genre: Jazz Release Date: 2003-11-06 Number of Discs: 1
Here are 25 examples of the emergent Chicago Blues genre recorded between 1926 and 1945. The city's pre-eminence as a Blues centre was not only due to the proliferation of clubs and recording companies based in the city but also to the ever increasing Black population. This is the music that shaped the Chicago Blues explosion of the 1950''s and in turn it's own influence over '60's rock. Full biographical and disco graphical details are included in the 8-page booklet. Tracks include "Bedroom Blues (Sippie Wallace"), "Honky Tonk Train Blues" (Meade Lux Lewis), "Big Bill Blues" (Big Bill Broonzy), "Beer Drinkin' Woman" (Memphis Slim) and "This Tavern Boogie (Roosevelt Sykes Trio). Acrobat. 2003.
Tracks: 1.1 Chicago Bound Blues - Ida Cox 1.2 Suitcase Blues - Hersal Thomas 1.3 Bedroom Blues - Sippie Wallace 1.4 Sport Model Mama - Bertha 'Chippie' Hill 1.5 Honky Tonk Train Blues - Meade Lux Lewis 1.6 Pine Top Blues - Pine Top Smith 1.7 I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone - Tampa Red and His Hokum Jug Band 1.8 Come on Mama - Georgia Tom 1.9 Squat It - Memphis Minnie 1.10 Feather Bed Blues - Bumble Bee Slim 1.11 Big Bill Blues - Big Bill Broonzy 1.12 Down in the Alley - Bob Robinson ; His Bob Cats 1.13 My Stove's in Good Condition - Lil Johnson 1.14 We Gonna Pitch a Boogie Woogie - Harlem Hamfats 1.15 Cold Winter Blues - Kokomo Arnold 1.16 East St. Louis Blues - Jimmy Yancey 1.17 She Fooled Me - Washboard Sam and His Washboard Band 1.18 Romance in the Dark - Lil Green 1.19 Beer Drinking Woman - Memphis Slim 1.20 Worried Life Blues - Big Maceo 1.21 Million Years Blues - Sonny Boy Williamson 1.22 Classy Mae Blues - Tommy McClennan 1.23 Down South Blues - Jazz Gillum 1.24 Watch Shorty - Lonnie Johnson 1.25 This Tavern Boogie - Roosevelt Sykes Trio
