Bessie Smith

The Essence of Bessie Smith

Release date 2006

Tracklist

1
Down Hearted Blues
3:27
3:27
2
Gimme a Pigfoot
3:29
3:29
3
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home Blues
2:56
2:56
4
T'ain't Nobodys Business If I Do
3:27
3:27
5
Any Woman's Blues
3:26
3:26
6
Chicago Bound Blues
3:17
3:17
7
Graveyard Dream Blues
2:44
2:44
8
Jail House Blues
3:14
3:14
9
Lady Luck Blues
3:08
3:08
10
Boweavil Blues
2:52
2:52
11
Bye Bye Blues
3:18
3:18
12
House Rent Blues
3:06
3:06
13
Sing Sing Prison Blues
3:04
3:04
14
Woman's Trouble Blues
3:05
3:05
15
Work House Blues
3:21
3:21
16
I Ain't Goin' To Play Second Fiddle
3:21
3:21
17
The St. Louis Blues
3:10
3:10
18
Careless Love Blues
3:26
3:26
19
He's Gone Blues
3:09
3:09
20
Love Me Daddy Blues
3:14
3:14
21
Sinful Blues
3:09
3:09
22
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon
3:29
3:29
23
Young Woman’s Blues
3:08
3:08
24
Gin House Blues
3:13
3:13
25
Golden Rules
3:03
3:03
26
Hard Driving Papa
2:57
2:57
27
What's the Matter Now
2:45
2:45
28
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
2:59
2:59
29
Alexander's Ragtime Band
2:59
2:59
30
After You've Gone
2:56
2:56
31
Blackwater Blues
3:18
3:18
32
Honey Man Blues
3:13
3:13
33
Lock and Key
2:58
2:58
34
Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
3:06
3:06
35
Preachin' the Blues
2:51
2:51
36
Send Me to the ’Lectric Chair
3:21
3:21
37
There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
3:19
3:19
38
Dyin' by the Hour
2:58
2:58
39
Foolish Man Blues
2:53
2:53
40
I'd Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave
2:57
2:57
41
Kitchen Man
2:56
2:56
42
Me and My Gin
2:50
2:50
43
Black Mountain Blues
3:07
3:07
44
On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
2:55
2:55
45
I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
2:47
2:47
46
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
2:58
2:58