Various Artists

The Blues: The Best of 1920–1996

Release date 2000

Tracklist

1
Black Snake Moan
2:52
2:52
2
Frankie
3:23
3:23
3
Mother’s Children Have a Hard Time
3:24
3:24
4
Roosevelt Blues
2:48
2:48
5
Me and My Whiskey
3:08
3:08
6
Diddle‐Da‐Diddle
2:59
2:59
7
Got the Blues for Murder Only
3:24
3:24
8
Sitting on Top of the World
3:15
3:15
9
Pig Meat Is What I Crave
2:51
2:51
10
Police Station Blues
3:05
3:05
11
B and O Blues No. 2
3:01
3:01
12
Revenue Man Blues
2:42
2:42
13
Rukus Juice and Chittlin’
2:52
2:52
14
Dead Cats on the Line
2:47
2:47
15
Blues Before Sunrise
3:31
3:31
16
I Keep on Drinking - Part 2
3:04
3:04
17
Welfare Blues
3:25
3:25
18
Mr Tom Hughes' Town
3:04
3:04
19
Cross Road Blues
2:40
2:40
20
Boogie Woogie Prayer, Part 2
2:21
2:21
21
Roll ’em Pete
2:49
2:49
22
I’m a Stranger Here
2:55
2:55
23
Parchman Farm Blues
2:39
2:39
24
Death of Blind Boy Fuller
2:59
2:59
25
Key to the Highway
3:00
3:00
26
Cross Cut Saw Blues
2:51
2:51
27
Junker Blues
2:42
2:42
28
Macy Special (Flying Boogie)
2:43
2:43
29
Hard Day Blues
2:51
2:51
30
If The Sea Was Whiskey
3:04
3:04
31
Please Don’t Go
2:48
2:48
32
Contrary Mary
2:39
2:39
33
Crazy Blues
3:27
3:27
34
St. Louis Blues
3:12
3:12
35
Furniture Man Blues - Part 1
3:07
3:07
36
Midnight Weeping Blues
2:57
2:57
37
Shave ’em Dry (take 1)
2:52
2:52
38
Sam - The Hot Dog Man
3:02
3:02
39
Me and My Chauffeur Blues
2:45
2:45
40
Bad Whiskey Blues
2:37
2:37
41
When I Been Drinking
3:17
3:17
42
Come on Daddy (Let's Go Play Tonight)
2:13
2:13
43
Stop Talkin' and Start Walkin'
2:31
2:31
44
Gabbin' Blues (Don't Run My Business)
2:39
2:39
45
Come On In My Kitchen
2:49
2:49
46
Little Esther’s Blues: Blowtop Blues
6:51
6:51
47
Amtrak Blues
3:22
3:22
48
Bulldog Blues
2:29
2:29
49
Death Letter
4:20
4:20
50
Dust My Broom
3:05
3:05
51
Statesboro Blues
2:58
2:58
52
Killing Floor
4:12
4:12
53
Mean Mistreater
3:54
3:54
54
Spoonful
4:57
4:57
55
Shuggie’s Boogie
5:31
5:31
56
Cleanhead’s Blues
4:58
4:58
57
She's Nineteen Years Old
5:27
5:27
58
Got Love If You Want It
3:56
3:56
59
Tin Pan Alley (a.k.a. Roughest Place in Town)
9:13
9:13
60
Momma, Where's My Daddy
3:07
3:07
61
France Blues
3:22
3:22

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