Various Artists

The Blues: A Smithsonian Collection of Classic Blues Singers

Release date 1993

Tracklist

1
Black Snake Moan
2:53
2:53
2
Broke and Hungry
3:03
3:03
3
Match Box Blues
2:50
2:50
4
Shake That Thing
3:00
3:00
5
Shave 'em Dry Blues
2:40
2:40
6
Countin’ The Blues
3:11
3:11
7
Jailhouse Blues
3:15
3:15
8
Mama’s Got the Blues
2:58
2:58
9
Back-Water Blues
3:19
3:19
10
Special Delivery Blues
3:26
3:26
11
Death Sting Me Blues
2:55
2:55
12
Barbecue Blues
3:13
3:13
13
Man Trouble Blues
3:06
3:06
14
Long Lonesome Day Blues
3:05
3:05
15
Kansas City Blues, Parts 1 & 2
6:35
6:35
16
Why Don’t You Come Home Blues
2:47
2:47
17
Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
3:23
3:23
18
Minglewood Blues
3:42
3:42
19
Cool Drink of Water Blues
3:35
3:35
20
Big Road Blues
3:23
3:23
21
Bull‐Doze Blues
3:28
3:28
22
How Long, How Long Blues
3:03
3:03
23
Blues Before Sunrise
3:35
3:35
24
Downtown Blues (take 1)
3:13
3:13
25
Stack O’Lee Blues
2:58
2:58
26
Rolling Mill Blues
3:06
3:06
27
Mr. Johnson’s Blues, No. 2
2:58
2:58
28
Pony Blues
2:58
2:58
29
Forty-Four Blues
3:07
3:07
30
Bumble Bee Blues
2:49
2:49
31
I’m So Glad
2:40
2:40
32
The Dirty Dozen
3:14
3:14
33
Diving Duck Blues
3:16
3:16
34
K.C. Moan
2:33
2:33
35
Sitting on Top of the World
3:14
3:14
36
M & O Blues
3:05
3:05
37
Dry Spell Blues, Part 1
3:10
3:10
38
Devil Got My Woman
3:00
3:00
39
Chain Gang Bound
3:44
3:44
40
Broke Down Engine Blues
3:10
3:10
41
Big Bill Blues
2:58
2:58
42
I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
2:54
2:54
43
Old Original Kokomo Blues
2:53
2:53
44
Strut That Thing
2:53
2:53
45
Crow Jane
2:54
2:54
46
Baby, Please Don’t Go
3:20
3:20
47
The First Time I Met You
2:50
2:50
48
I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom
2:59
2:59
49
Cross Road Blues
2:31
2:31
50
Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp
2:35
2:35
51
Good Morning Little School Girl
3:01
3:01
52
Sloppy Drunk Blues
3:16
3:16
53
Sent for You Yesterday
2:59
2:59
54
Roll 'em Pete
2:51
2:51
55
Wee, Baby Blues
2:55
2:55
56
Fixin’ to Die Blues
2:48
2:48
57
Step It Up and Go
2:54
2:54
58
Anna Lou Blues
2:55
2:55
59
Worried Life Blues
2:56
2:56
60
Ive Been Treated Wrong
3:17
3:17
61
T‐Bone Blues
3:17
3:17
62
Call It Stormy Monday
3:01
3:01
63
Mozelle Blues
2:56
2:56
64
It's a Low Down Dirty Shame
2:51
2:51
65
Cherry Red
3:10
3:10
66
That’s All Right
2:55
2:55
67
Drifting Blues
3:16
3:16
68
Mr. Blues Jumped the Rabbit
2:50
2:50
69
Boogie Chillen
3:10
3:10
70
Tim Moore's Farm
2:40
2:40
71
No Rollin' Blues
4:02
4:02
72
Louisiana Blues
2:57
2:57
73
Honey Bee
3:23
3:23
74
Reconsider Baby
3:13
3:13
75
Eyesight to the Blind
3:02
3:02
76
Monkey Woman Blues
4:07
4:07
77
Hound Dog
2:51
2:51
78
Mystery Train
2:25
2:25
79
Hoodoo Man
3:08
3:08
80
Every Day I Have the Blues
5:28
5:28
81
Smokestack Lightnin’
3:08
3:08
82
The Sky Is Crying
2:50
2:50
83
Woman Blues Boogie
3:10
3:10
84
Farther Up the Road (single version)
2:59
2:59
85
I'll Take Care of You
2:22
2:22
86
First Time I Met the Blues
2:21
2:21
87
Rooster Blues
2:35
2:35
88
So Many Roads
3:13
3:13
89
Big Boss Man
2:50
2:50
90
I’ve Got a Woman
2:54
2:54
91
Join the Army
3:38
3:38
92
Let's Straighten It Out
3:28
3:28
93
Dog Days of August
5:13
5:13

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