Various Artists LP - Essential Blues Anthology

Various Artists - Essential Blues Anthology

Why is the blues such an enduring strand of popular music? Eric Clapton simply called it 'a very powerful drug. I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook'. The 32 tracks in this collection are an enjoyable history lesson. With tracks such as 'I Put a Spell On You' by Screamin' Jay Hawkins or Otis Rush's 'I Can't Quit You Baby', this compilation demonstrates why this genre, that evolved out of African-American work songs, became the foundation of virtually every major American music form of the 20th century.

Disc 1
1. Smoke Stack Lighting - Howlin' Wolf
2. Every Day I Have the Blues - B.B. King
3. It's My Life - Bobby 'Blue' Bland
4. Messin' Around - Memphis Slim
5. Little Rain - Jimmy Reed
6. Just Your Fool - Little Walter
7. Buzz Me Babe - Slim Harpo
8. Dust My Broom - Elmore James
9. I'm a Man - Bo Diddley
10. Just Make Love to Me - Muddy Waters
11. The Things That I Used to Do - Guitar Slim
12. Trouble, Trouble - Lowell Fulson
13. When My Left Eye Jumps - Buddy Guy
14. Don't Start Me to Talkin' - Sonny Boy Williamson
15. C.C. Rider - Chuck Willis
16. Queen Bee - John Lee Hooker
Disc 2
1. I'm a King Bee - Slim Harpo
2. I Can't Quit You Baby - Otis Rush
3. Stormy Monday Blues - T-Bone Walker
4. Dimples - John Lee Hooker
5. Tell Me Baby - Big Bill Broonzy
6. Rock Me - Muddy Waters
7. I Hear You Knocking - Smiley Lewis
8. Evil - Howlin' Wolf
9. I Put a Spell On You - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
10. I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
11. Patrol Blues - Lazy Lester
12. Farther Up the Road - Bobby 'Blue' Bland
13. Blood River Blues - Brownie McGhee
14. 24 Hours - Eddie Boyd
15. Keep It to Yourself - Sonny Boy Williamson
16. When the Lights Go Out - Jimmy Witherspoon