The Songsters Tradition “Before the Blues” 

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Catalogue information

LastDodo number
8453623
Area
Vinyl records and CDs
Title
The Songsters Tradition “Before the Blues”
Main artist / band
Various artists
(Guest) Artist
Alabama Sheiks, Anderson, Pink, Anthony, Eddie, Bailey, DeFord, Batts, Will, Baxter, Andrew, Baxter, Jim, Blake, Arthur, Booker, Jim, Booker, John, Brown, Richard "Rabbit", Cannon, Gus, Chatmon, Armentor, Darby, Tom, Dooley, Simmie, Evans, Joe, Fox , Ad, Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, The, Higgs, Doctor, Howell, Joshua "Peg Leg", Hull, Harvey, Hurt, "Mississippi" John, Hutchison, Frank, Jordan, Luke, Justice, Dick, Kelly, Jack, Ledbetter, Huddie William, Lewis, Walter, Long Cleve Reed, McClain, Arthur, Roberts, Doc, Sing, Dan, Smith, Hobart, Stokes, Frank, Stowers, Freeman, Tarlton, Jimmie, Taylor’s Kentucky Boys, Thomas, Henry, Two Poor Boys, The, West, Eddie, Williams, Henry, Wilson, Sunny
Carrier
CD - 1CD
Label
Saga
Release number
982 076-5
Barcode / EAN / UPC
Collection / set
Sagablues-CD serie
Number in collection
11
Theme
Country
European Union
Rights organisation
Year
2004
Producer
Cover design / Photographer
Additional features
Compilation
Genre
Blues
Matrix number
Details

Recordings from 1927 to 1940. Part I: Tracks 1 to 12 “Traveling Troubadours” Part II: Tracks 13 to 24 “Vaudeville and Medicine Show Influences”. Incl. booklet with text by Gérard Herzhaft in French and English plus the track list.

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Composer / Arranger
Anthony, Eddie, Bailey, DeFord, Batts, Will, Baxter, Andrew, Baxter, Jim, Chatman, Bo, Hull, Harvey, Jordan, Luke, Kelly, Jack, McGee, Sam, Sing, Dan, Traditional
Lyricist

24

Track
01: Spike Driver’s Blues (3:15)
(Guest) Artist
Hurt, "Mississippi" John
Genre
Blues
Composer / Arranger
Traditional
Track
02: Cocaine (3:10)
(Guest) Artist
Justice, Dick
Genre
Blues
Composer / Arranger
Traditional
Track
03: Cannon Ball (3:22)
(Guest) Artist
Hutchison, Frank
Genre
Blues
Composer / Arranger
Traditional
Track
04: Poor Boy, a Long Way from Home (2:52)
(Guest) Artist
Blake, Arthur, Cannon, Gus
Genre
Blues
Composer / Arranger
Traditional
Track
05: Casey Jones (3:04)
(Guest) Artist
Lewis, Walter
Genre
Blues
Composer / Arranger
Traditional