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Kansas Joe McCoy – “Pile Driver Blues”

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Kansas Joe McCoy and his wife Memphis Minnie were stars in the Memphis and Chicago blues music scenes. Together they ...

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Blind Blake & Charlie Spand – “Hastings Street”

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This collaboration between blues guitar master Blind Blake and ragtime piano master Charlie Spand is an absolute joy to listen ...

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Frank Stokes – “I’m Going Away Blues”

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Often hailed as the “Father of the Memphis blues” guitar style, Frank Stokes recorded dozens of 78 RPM sides for ...

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Bessie Smith – “Thinking Blues”

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The Empress Of The Blues, Bessie Smith got her start busking with her brother in Chattanooga as a young girl. ...

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Walter “Buddy Boy” Hawkins – “Snatch It Back Blues”

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Walter “Buddy Boy” Hawkins is one of those great pre-war blues artists for whom it is hard to find biographical ...

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Son House – “Clarksdale Moan”

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Son House was discovered and promoted as a young man by reigning Delta Blues king, Charley Patton. House’s style would ...

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Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie – “When The Levee Breaks”

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A peculiar detail about Chicago Blues legend Joe McCoy is that he had a lot of stage names. Best known ...

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Charley Patton – “High Water Everywhere Parts 1 & 2″

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The “Father Of The Delta Blues,” Charley Patton lived from around 1887 to April 28, 1934. His performances and recorded ...

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Bessie Jackson – “Barbeque Bess”

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A contemporary of Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, Bessie Jackson was as bold with her lyrical humor and sexual innuendo ...

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King Solomon Hill – “Times Has Done Got Hard”

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Everyone wanted to know who King Solomon Hill was. Who laid down such amazing tracks as this one. After much ...

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Will Batts – “Cadillac Baby”

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Will Batts’ starts his “Cadillac Baby” with the last line from Blind Lemon Jefferson’s “Booger Rooger Blues” — “Somebody learned ...

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Gus Cannon – “Madison Street Rag”

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You can trace much of American popular music back to the blues. This is most obviously evident in Rock n’ ...

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William Moore – “One Way Gal”

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“One Way Gal” was recorded in Chicago in 1928 by the legendary “barber bluesman,” William Moore. A 78 RPM vinyl ...

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Alberta Hunter – “Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning”

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Here’s legendary American singer Alberta Hunter’s vintage recording of “Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning.” Originally penned by ...

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Jaybird Coleman – “Mistreatin’ Mama”

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“Mistreatin’ Mama” has been covered by blues giants like Robert Johnson, Big Bill Broonzy, and Leadbelly, to name a few. ...

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Memphis Jug Band – “Stealin’ Stealin’”

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An American music institution, The Memphis Jug Band was active from the 1920′s all the way through the late 1950′s. ...

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Charley Patton – “Poor Me”

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It is impossible to overstate the importance of Charley Patton’s music and its lasting influence. Robert Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf, John ...

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Ora Alexander – “You’ve Got To Save That Thing”

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Ora Alexander was a blues singer and Vaudeville performer who recorded for Columbia Records in the early 1930′s. “You’ve Got ...

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Ma Rainey – “Stack O’ Lee Blues”

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Here is Ma Rainey’s 1926 recording of the iconic American classic, “Stack O’Lee Blues.” This song has been recorded and re-interpreted ...

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