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Title: Roots of It All Acoustic Blues Vol. 2
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Bear Family
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5397102172304
Genre: Blues
Release Date: 2015-05-05
Number of Discs: 2
Additional Details: GERMANY - IMPORT

Second volume in this series of four 2-CD digipac sets. Covering the story of acoustic blues from 1941 to 1959. Pre-war and post-war recordings, a total of 55 tracks, carefully re-mastered from the original sources. 124-page booklet with rare photos and in-depth liner notes and bios. Blues greats like Big Joe Williams, Brownie McGhee, McKinley Morganfield, John Lee Hooker, and Big Bill Broonzy alongside lesser know pickers like William Brown, Alabama Slim, Manny Nichols, a. m. o. Bear Family's second volume in this series commences at just about the time that amplification was beginning to permanently alter the definition of blues guitar. Texan T-Bone Walker was at the vanguard of the new electrified approach. He inspired an army of daring young disciples who picked out dazzling single-string solos that fit right into the urban jump blues phenomenon sweeping the country during the immediate postwar era. Yet there was still a market for downhome acoustic blues guitar. Indie firms introduced a new batch of guitarists who stubbornly refused to amplify their instruments. Most of them were solidly rooted in pre-war tradition. A few such as Nat Terry, Willie Lane, Julius King, and Johnny Beck made one or two now-prized 78s and were never heard from again. This collection includes splendid selections by a few of the giants from the pre-war days that we heard from last time-Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Willie McTell, Josh White, Big Joe Williams-who were still actively creating and recording classic sides, but it's largely devoted to the new crop of acoustic blues guitarists

Tracks:
1.1 Crawlin' King Snake Bywilliams, Joe
1.2 Catfish Blues By Petway, Robert
1.3 Step It Up and Go No 2 By Blind Boy Fuller #2 (Brownie McGhee)
1.4 Cross Cut Saw Blues By Hollins, Tony
1.5 Black Spider Blues By Lockwood, Robert
1.6 I Be's Troubled By Morganfield, McKinley
1.7 If I Get Lucky By Crudup, Arthur'big Boy'
1.8 Unfinished Business By Moss, Buddy
1.9 Mississippi Blues By Brown, William
1.10 Water Coast Blues By Edwards, David
1.11 Stick with Me By Brown, Gabriel
1.12 Evil-Hearted Woman Blues By Shines, Johnny
1.13 Katie Mae Blues By 'Lightnin' Hopkins
1.14 Evil Hearted Man By White, Josh
1.15 Ora-Nelle Blues By Brown, Othum
1.16 Money Taking Woman By Young, Johnny
1.17 Blood Red River Blues By Little Boy Fuller (Rich Trice)
1.18 Sweet Woman Blues By Back Porch Boys, the
1.19 Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee By McGhee, Stick
1.20 Single Man Blues By Sims, Frankie Lee
1.21 Douglas, K C By Mercury Boogie
1.22 The Blues Is Killing Me By Fulson, Lowell
1.23 Boar Hog Blues By Alabama Slim (Ralph Willis)
1.24 Ugly Woman Blues By Cotton, Sylvester
1.25 Applejack Boogie By Pinetop Slim
1.26 Prowlin' Ground Hog By Lane, Willie
1.27 Ride to a Funeral in a V8 By Pickett, Dan
1.28 Paper Wooden Daddy McMillan, Dennis
1.29 Walking Talking Blues Nichols, Manny
1.30 You've Got to Lay Down Mama Beck, Johnny (The Blind Boy)
1.31 Model T Boogie Tisdom, James
1.32 Dallas Be-Bop Blues Houston, Lawyer
1.33 You're Gonna Weep and Moan Little David (David Wylie)
1.34 Talkin' to You Mama Pig 'N' Whistle Band (Blind Willie McTell)
1.35 Ticket Agent Blues Jackson, Lil' Son
1.36 1951 Blues Huff, Luther
1.37 Eyesight to the Blind Larks, the
1.38 January 11, 1949 Blues Stoneham, Luther
1.39 They Call Me Talking Boy Stewart, William'talking Boy'
1.40 Take It Easy Baby Terry, Nathaniel
1.41 Down at the Depot Lee, John
1.42 If You See My Lover King, Julius
1.43 Don't Be Funny, Baby! Quattlebaum, Doug
1.44 Terrell, Sister O M I'm Going to the City
1.45 Before Long Deberry, Jimmy
1.46 Gonna Move to California Thomas, Jesse
1.47 Tillis, Big Son ; Bender, D C Rocks Is My Pillow
1.48 San Francisco Bay Blues Fuller, Jesse
1.49 I Love My Baby Lick, Slick and Slide
1.50 Industrial Boogie Ross, Doctor
1.51 Willie Mae Blues Broonzy, Big Bill
1.52 Freight Train Cotton, Elizabeth
1.53 See See Rider Eaglin, Snooks
1.54 Burning Hell Hooker, John Lee
1.55 Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning Fred McDowell, Mississippi