Limited edition Digipack CD "DOWN-HOME BLUES QUEENS (1924-1940)"
A new series in the SOLO BLUES Limited-Edition catalogue, dedicated to reissues of classics. The first one, "DOWN-HOME BLUES QUEENS", presents 19 of the most impressive female pre-war blues accompanied by guitars (1924-1940): Memphis Minnie, Ma Rainey, Mae Glover, Mattie Delaney, Geeshie Wiley, Lottie Kimbrough and more, some of them together with masters such as Tampa Red, Blind Blake or Charley Patton too. It includes an insert with all the lyrics. LIMITED-EDITION.
Already in the factory, available mid-March.
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DOWN-HOME BLUES QUEENS (SBC 001)
01 Mae Glover - I Ain't Giving Nobody None
02 Lottie Kimbrough - Wayward Girl Blues
03 Mattie Delaney - Down The Big Road B
04 Mattie Delaney – Tallahatchie River Blues
05 Lottie Kimbrough - Rolling Log Blues
06 Mae Glover - Shake It, Daddy
07 Ruth Willis - Man of My Own w Curley Weaver and Fred McMullen on gtr
08 Bertha Lee - Yellow Bee w Charley Patton
09 Memphis Minnie - Georgia Skin
10 Memphis Minnie - Chickasaw Train Blues
11 Memphis Minnie - Ma Rainey
12 Ma Rainey – Black Eye Blues with Tampa Red and Georgia Tom
13 Bertha Chippie Hill - Christmas Man Blues w Tampa Red on guitar
14 Bessie Tucker – Fryin' Pan Skillet Blues
15 Bertha Henderson - Lead Hearted Blues with Blind Blake on guitar
16 Bertha Lee - Mind Reader B w Ch. Patton
17 Geeshie Wiley - Last Kind Words Blues
18 Geeshie Wiley & Elvie Thomas - Pick Poor Robin Clean
19 Ma Rainey – Farewell Daddy Blues (1924)