Title: Violin Sing Blues For Me Artist: Various Artists Label: Old Hat Ent. Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 670725100226 Genre: Blues Release Date: 1999-08-24 Number of Discs: 1
The guitar gets the ink, but the violin was hugely important in the development of early blues, it's crying vibratos and sliding notes creating a dramatic and soulful sound. Here are 24 examples of blues violin at it's best, all documented with a 32-page booklet; includes Stealin' Blues Cow Cow Davenport; Baby Please Don't Go Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers; Violin Blues Johnson Boys; Right Now Blues Frank Stokes; Ted's Stomp Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan; the Moore Girl Andrew & Jim Baxter; Salty Dog Booker Orchestra, and more.
Tracks: 1.1 Violin Blues - Johnson Boys 1.2 K.C. Railroad Blues - Andrew ; Jim Baxter 1.3 Beaver Slide Rag - "Peg Leg" Howell ; His Gang 1.4 Alma Waltz - Mississippi Mud Steppers 1.5 Window Pane Blues - Tommie Bradley 1.6 Travelin' Railroad Man - Alabama Sheiks 1.7 Pig Meat Blues - Whistler ; His Jug Band 1.8 Right Now Blues - Frank Stokes 1.9 East Jackson Blues - Bo Chatmon 1.10 Memphis Blues - Mobile Strugglers 1.11 Vine Street Drag - Tennessee Chocolate Drops 1.12 Broken Bed Blues - Kansas City Blues Strummers 1.13 Lonesome Blues - Henry Williams ; Eddie Anthony 1.14 Memphis Shakedown - Memphis Jug Band 1.15 Adam and Eve - Tommie Bradley 1.16 Tell Me Man Blues - Henry "Son" Sims 1.17 Blue Coat Blues - "Blue Coat" Tom Nelson 1.18 Salty Dog - Booker Orchestra 1.19 Baby, Please Don't Go - Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers 1.20 Stop ; Listen Blues No. 2 - Mississippi Sheiks 1.21 Stealin' Blues - Cow Cow Davenport 1.22 The Moore Girl - Andrew ; Jim Baxter 1.23 Highway No. 61 Blues - Jack Kelly ; His South Memphis Jug Band 1.24 Ted's Stomp - Louie Bluie ; Ted Bogan
