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    Box of the Blues

    08/26/2003 | Rounder / Umgd 

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    All Music Guide Review

    Rounder's four-CD Box of the Blues is, by looking at its inclusion of tracks, seemingly an ambitious proposition. But looks can be deceiving. Compiled and introduced by vice president of A&R Scott Billington -- a man whose credentials, when it comes to fighting for and preserving blues traditions, are unassailable -- these discs become a kind of theme-oriented blur of Rounder's substantial catalog holdings. Billington's schemata are quirky, sometimes ironic, and sometimes downright scary and profound as the set's first and second discs' "61 Highway" and "One More Mile" attest. The first CD concentrates its energies on the revelation of blues as it came up from the Mississippi Delta in the music of Fred McDowell, Johnny Shines, Etta Baker, Blind Willie McTell, John Hurt, and others and mutated up north to Chicago with Otis Spann, Robert Nighthawk, and others. On disc two, the blues becomes a more regional concern as expressed by everyone from Gatemouth Brown to Jack Dupree to Willie Cobbs and J.B. Hutto. Texas and News Orleans are prominently featured. And disc four, being a mishmash of current styles, has its merits even if the strategy is hard to decipher -- perhaps it is only that Billington put his favorite cuts on the disc, which would make it plenty valid even if it is a careening listen. But "Change in the Pocket" is erratic in its presentations of traditional purveyors of the music from George Thorogood and Corey Harris to the Tarbox Ramblers and Roomful of Blues. Here everything feels willy-nilly and reeks of some kind of revisionism. But still, three out of four isn't bad and the price is right, too. This is no Grammy-deserving compilation, but there are some amazing things on it -- even if it feels like Rounder patting itself on the back and trying to cash in on Martin Scorsese's Presents the Blues series on PBS. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

    Box of the Blues Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • 61 Highway
  • McDowell, Mississippi Fred
  • 3:11
  • Sound Clip for 61 Highway from Box of the Blues


  • 2
  • See See Rider
  • 2:53
  • Sound Clip for See See Rider from Box of the Blues


  • 3
  • I Could Hear My Name A-Ringin'
  • 3:39
  • Sound Clip for I Could Hear My Name A-Ringin' from Box of the Blues


  • 4
  • Cheating and Lying Blues
  • Nighthawk, Robert
  • 4:58
  • Sound Clip for Cheating and Lying Blues from Box of the Blues


  • 5
  • Lonesome Whistle
  • 3:45
  • Sound Clip for Lonesome Whistle from Box of the Blues


  • 6
  • Broken Hearted Blues
  • Baker, Etta
  • 4:52
  • Sound Clip for Broken Hearted Blues from Box of the Blues


  • 7
  • I'm Gonna Make You Happy
  • Brown, Buster
  • 3:35
  • Sound Clip for I'm Gonna Make You Happy from Box of the Blues


  • 8
  • Dooleyville Blues
  • Webb, Boogie Bill
  • 2:08
  • Sound Clip for Dooleyville Blues from Box of the Blues


  • 9
  • One Kind Favor
  • Cephas & Wiggins
  • 2:55
  • Sound Clip for One Kind Favor from Box of the Blues


  • 10
  • Blues for Martin Luther King
  • Spann, Otis
  • 3:39
  • Sound Clip for Blues for Martin Luther King from Box of the Blues


  • 11
  • Wind Howlin' Blues
  • Edwards, David "Honeyboy"
  • 3:17
  • Sound Clip for Wind Howlin' Blues from Box of the Blues


  • 12
  • Dying Crapshooter's Blues
  • McTell, Blind Willie
  • 3:10
  • Sound Clip for Dying Crapshooter's Blues from Box of the Blues


  • 13
  • Screamin' and Cryin'
  • Williams, Big Joe
  • 3:17
  • Sound Clip for Screamin' and Cryin' from Box of the Blues


  • 14
  • Candy Man
  • Hurt, Mississippi John
  • 2:58
  • Sound Clip for Candy Man from Box of the Blues


  • 15
  • The Red Cross Store
  • 3:26
  • Sound Clip for The Red Cross Store from Box of the Blues


  • 16 (2)
  • One More Mile
  • Brown, Clarence [1] "Gatemouth"
  • 4:15
  • Sound Clip for One More Mile from Box of the Blues


  • 17 (2)
  • My Eyes Keep Me in Trouble
  • 4:51
  • Sound Clip for My Eyes Keep Me in Trouble from Box of the Blues


  • 18 (2)
  • Give Me Flowers While I'm Livin'
  • Dupree, Champion Jack
  • 5:00
  • Sound Clip for Give Me Flowers While I'm Livin' from Box of the Blues


  • 19 (2)
  • Cool Blues Walk
  • Clearwater, Eddy "The Chief"
  • 5:30
  • Sound Clip for Cool Blues Walk from Box of the Blues


  • 20 (2)
  • Port Arthur Blues
  • Walker, Phillip
  • 4:36
  • Sound Clip for Port Arthur Blues from Box of the Blues


  • 21 (2)
  • Nobody But You
  • Copeland, Johnny
  • 3:47
  • Sound Clip for Nobody But You from Box of the Blues


  • 22 (2)
  • Jukin'
  • Cobbs, Willie
  • 6:24
  • Sound Clip for Jukin' from Box of the Blues


  • 23 (2)
  • Johnny's Jump
  • 2:21
  • Sound Clip for Johnny's Jump from Box of the Blues


  • 24 (2)
  • Goin' Out West, Pts. 1 and 2
  • Davis, Larry
  • 5:57
  • Sound Clip for Goin' Out West, Pts. 1 and 2 from Box of the Blues


  • 25 (2)
  • Walking by Myself
  • 3:07
  • Sound Clip for Walking by Myself from Box of the Blues


  • 26 (2)
  • Blues and My Guitar
  • Fulson, Lowell
  • 4:44
  • Sound Clip for Blues and My Guitar from Box of the Blues


  • 27 (2)
  • Eighteen Year Old Girl
  • Hutto, J. B. & The New Hawks
  • 4:17
  • Sound Clip for Eighteen Year Old Girl from Box of the Blues


  • 28 (2)
  • I'm from Mississippi
  • Johnson, Luther "Guitar Junior" & The Magic Rockers
  • 4:54
  • Sound Clip for I'm from Mississippi from Box of the Blues


  • 29 (2)
  • This Is the Blues
  • Lonesome Sundown
  • 2:41
  • Sound Clip for This Is the Blues from Box of the Blues


  • 30 (2)
  • The Man from Mars
  • Wilson, Smokey
  • 5:44
  • Sound Clip for The Man from Mars from Box of the Blues


  • 31 (3)
  • Change in My Pocket
  • Funderburgh, Anson & The Rockets
  • 2:54
  • Sound Clip for Change in My Pocket from Box of the Blues


  • 32 (3)
  • Blue House
  • Ball, Marcia
  • 3:27
  • Sound Clip for Blue House from Box of the Blues


  • 33 (3)
  • Meanest Woman
  • Muldaur, Geoff
  • 3:48
  • Sound Clip for Meanest Woman from Box of the Blues


  • 34 (3)
  • Make Some Changes
  • Jones, Andrew "Jr. Boy"
  • 3:49
  • Sound Clip for Make Some Changes from Box of the Blues


  • 35 (3)
  • Down South Blues
  • Tarbox Ramblers
  • 4:03
  • Sound Clip for Down South Blues from Box of the Blues


  • 36 (3)
  • How Long
  • Duarte, Chris Group
  • 5:20
  • Sound Clip for How Long from Box of the Blues


  • 37 (3)
  • I'm the Toughest Girl Alive
  • Kane, Candy
  • 3:08
  • Sound Clip for I'm the Toughest Girl Alive from Box of the Blues


  • 38 (3)
  • Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
  • Harris, Corey
  • 2:54
  • Sound Clip for Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning from Box of the Blues


  • 39 (3)
  • Frankie and Albert
  • Block, Rory
  • 2:27
  • Sound Clip for Frankie and Albert from Box of the Blues


  • 40 (3)
  • What That Means to Me
  • Robillard, Duke And The Pleasure Kings
  • 2:51
  • Sound Clip for What That Means to Me from Box of the Blues


  • 41 (3)
  • Let Me Live
  • Roomful Of Blues
  • 3:52
  • Sound Clip for Let Me Live from Box of the Blues


  • 42 (3)
  • Lovin' Someone Else
  • King, Little Jimmy And The Memphis Soul Survivors
  • 5:35
  • Sound Clip for Lovin' Someone Else from Box of the Blues


  • 43 (3)
  • John Hardy
  • Thorogood, George
  • 3:23
  • Sound Clip for John Hardy from Box of the Blues


  • 44 (3)
  • One Night Affair
  • 5:38
  • Sound Clip for One Night Affair from Box of the Blues


  • 45 (3)
  • Shifting Sand
  • Wilson, Michelle
  • 4:41
  • Sound Clip for Shifting Sand from Box of the Blues


  • 46 (4)
  • A Good Day for the Blues
  • Brown, Ruth
  • 4:35
  • Sound Clip for A Good Day for the Blues from Box of the Blues


  • 47 (4)
  • Outskirts of Town
  • Pickett, Wilson
  • 3:25
  • Sound Clip for Outskirts of Town from Box of the Blues


  • 48 (4)
  • Live and Let Live
  • 4:41
  • Sound Clip for Live and Let Live from Box of the Blues


  • 49 (4)
  • Roadblock
  • Adams, Johnny
  • 4:51
  • Sound Clip for Roadblock from Box of the Blues


  • 50 (4)
  • I Can Take You to Heaven Tonight
  • Clay, Otis
  • 4:37
  • Sound Clip for I Can Take You to Heaven Tonight from Box of the Blues


  • 51 (4)
  • Got to Get Myself Some Money
  • Burke, Solomon
  • 4:58
  • Sound Clip for Got to Get Myself Some Money from Box of the Blues


  • 52 (4)
  • Nowhere to Hide
  • Kelly, Paul
  • 3:28
  • Sound Clip for Nowhere to Hide from Box of the Blues


  • 53 (4)
  • What Can I Do (Somebody Tell Me)
  • Little Buster And The Soul Brothers
  • 3:58
  • Sound Clip for What Can I Do (Somebody Tell Me) from Box of the Blues


  • 54 (4)
  • Two Wrongs
  • DeClouet, Theryl
  • 3:51
  • Sound Clip for Two Wrongs from Box of the Blues


  • 55 (4)
  • I Stepped in Quicksand
  • Brown, Charles [1]
  • 5:27
  • Sound Clip for I Stepped in Quicksand from Box of the Blues


  • 56 (4)
  • Ain't No Business Like Your Business
  • Peebles, Ann
  • 4:42
  • Sound Clip for Ain't No Business Like Your Business from Box of the Blues


  • 57 (4)
  • Promised Land
  • Holmes Brothers
  • 3:36
  • Sound Clip for Promised Land from Box of the Blues


  • 58 (4)
  • You Don't Know Nothin' About Love
  • 4:46
  • Sound Clip for You Don't Know Nothin' About Love from Box of the Blues


  • 59 (4)
  • Bring It on Home Daddy
  • Hawkins, Ted
  • 3:05
  • Sound Clip for Bring It on Home Daddy from Box of the Blues


  • 60 (4)
  • Out of the Dark
  • Washington, Walter "Wolfman"
  • 5:54
  • Sound Clip for Out of the Dark from Box of the Blues


    • Credits of Box of the Blues

    • Michael Toles
    • Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Roland S555, Guitar
    • Cano
    • Vocals (Background)
    • Ron Levy
    • Organ, Synthesizer, Arranger, Rhythm Arrangements, Horn Arrangements, Producer, Organ (Hammond), Leader, Piano


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