Dalla sublime bottleneck guitar ai ragtime più coinvolgenti, passando per la profondità dei cantautori e l’ironia dell’hokum, questa raccolta della collana Rough Guide mette in luce le mille diverse sfaccettature del country blues, con brani di artisti leggendari come Blind Lemon Jefferson, Charley Patton, Skip James e molti altri.
1. Hard Time Killin’ Floor Blues2. Georgia Rag3. God Moves on the Water4. Cool Drink of Water Blues5. How You Want It Done?6. That’s No Way to Get Along7. I Got Mine8. Honey You Don’t Know My Mind9. Sic ’em Dogs On10. Last Kind Words Blues11. Come on Boys Let’s Do That Messin’ Around12. A Spoonful Blues13. Sitting on Top of the World14. Ain’t No Tellin’15. Jack O’Diamonds (Take 2)16. Mama Let Me Lay It on You17. Future Blues18. Johnson City Blues19. The Great Change in Me20. My Black Mama, Part 121. New Dirty Dozen22. Billy Lyons and Stack O’Lee23. Walk Right In24. Cocaine25. Packin’ Trunk Blues