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    This Is Blues

    06/26/2007 | Mastercuts Lifestyle 

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    All Music Guide Review

    There are countless blues compilations out there, and at first glance, this two-disc, 30-track selection doesn't seem to be anything special, but a closer look reveals that it covers a fairly wide spectrum, both in the number of blues styles it includes (prewar country-blues to Chicago blues, jump blues, folk-blues and more) and in the years it considers (disc one covers 1927 to 1950, while disc two carries things from 1950 through 1973). It also features relatively rare tracks even when the artist is well known (Muddy Waters is represented by "Mean Red Spider," for instance, rather than one of his better known songs like "I Can't Be Satisfied"), which doesn't necessarily make this collection essential, but it does make it more likely to fill in some cracks for listeners who may already have a large blues library. [Some editions of This Is Blues included a bonus third disc of twelve Ray Charles' tracks that were originally released by Cleopatra Records as a standalone album called Essentials.] ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

    This Is Blues Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • lyrics
  • 1
  • See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
  • Jefferson, Blind Lemon
  • 2:56
  • Sound Clip for See That My Grave Is Kept Clean from This Is Blues


  • 2
  • High Water Everywhere, Pt. 2
  • Patton, Charley
  • 3:07
  • Sound Clip for High Water Everywhere, Pt. 2 from This Is Blues


  • 3
  • Garlic Blues
  • Humes, Helen
  • 2:58
  • Sound Clip for Garlic Blues from This Is Blues


  • 4
  • Morning Sun Blues
  • Johnson, Mary
  • 2:50
  • Sound Clip for Morning Sun Blues from This Is Blues


  • 5
  • Goin' to Chicago
  • Rushing, Jimmy
  • 3:24
  • Sound Clip for Goin' to Chicago from This Is Blues


  • 6
  • How Long Blues
  • 2:10
  • Sound Clip for How Long Blues from This Is Blues


  • 7
  • Mean Old World Blues
  • Walker, T-Bone
  • 2:54
  • Sound Clip for Mean Old World Blues from This Is Blues


  • 8
  • Chewin' Mama Blues
  • Washington, Dinah
  • 2:53
  • Sound Clip for Chewin' Mama Blues from This Is Blues


  • 9
  • Dream Lucky Blues
  • Lee, Julia
  • 3:04
  • Sound Clip for Dream Lucky Blues from This Is Blues


  • 10
  • Mean Red Spider
  • Waters, Muddy
  • 2:23
  • Sound Clip for Mean Red Spider from This Is Blues


  • 11
  • Lovin' Blues
  • Davis, Martha & The Esquires
  • 2:47
  • Sound Clip for Lovin' Blues from This Is Blues


  • 12
  • Confession Blues
  • 2:29
  • Sound Clip for Confession Blues from This Is Blues


  • 13
  • She Knows How to Love a Man
  • Nighthawk, Robert
  • 3:06
  • Sound Clip for She Knows How to Love a Man from This Is Blues


  • 14
  • Bad Luck Got My Man
  • Thornton, Big Mama
  • 3:03
  • Sound Clip for Bad Luck Got My Man from This Is Blues


  • 15
  • Midnight Dreams
  • McNeely, Big Jay
  • 3:09
  • Sound Clip for Midnight Dreams from This Is Blues


  • 16 (2)
  • Mother Earth
  • Memphis Slim
  • 2:43
  • Sound Clip for Mother Earth from This Is Blues


  • 17 (2)
  • Catfish Blues
  • Thomas, Bobo "Slim"
  • 2:54
  • Sound Clip for Catfish Blues from This Is Blues


  • 18 (2)
  • Everybody's Fishing
  • 2:20
  • Sound Clip for Everybody's Fishing from This Is Blues


  • 19 (2)
  • Delta Blues
  • Williams, Big Joe & His 9 String Guitar
  • 2:39
  • Sound Clip for Delta Blues from This Is Blues


  • 20 (2)
  • Smile at Me
  • Howlin' Wolf
  • 2:06
  • Sound Clip for Smile at Me from This Is Blues


  • 21 (2)
  • Make a Little Love with Me
  • Crudup, Arthur "Big Boy"
  • 3:07
  • Sound Clip for Make a Little Love with Me from This Is Blues


  • 22 (2)
  • From the Bottom
  • Williamson, Sonny Boy [I]
  • 2:39
  • Sound Clip for From the Bottom from This Is Blues


  • 23 (2)
  • Come on in This House
  • Wells, Junior
  • 2:23
  • Sound Clip for Come on in This House from This Is Blues


  • 24 (2)
  • You've Done Lost Your Good Thing Now
  • King, B.B.
  • 5:15
  • Sound Clip for You've Done Lost Your Good Thing Now from This Is Blues


  • 25 (2)
  • Broken-Hearted Blues
  • Guy, Buddy
  • 3:10
  • Sound Clip for Broken-Hearted Blues from This Is Blues


  • 26 (2)
  • Mojo Hand
  • Hopkins, Lightnin'
  • 3:01
  • Sound Clip for Mojo Hand from This Is Blues


  • 27 (2)
  • 44 Blues
  • Sykes, Roosevelt
  • 3:02
  • Sound Clip for 44 Blues from This Is Blues


  • 28 (2)
  • Little Dreamer
  • 4:18
  • Sound Clip for Little Dreamer from This Is Blues


  • 29 (2)
  • You Got to Move
  • McDowell, Mississippi Fred
  • 2:54
  • Sound Clip for You Got to Move from This Is Blues


  • 30 (2)
  • Driftin' Blues
  • Brown, Charles
  • 4:02
  • Sound Clip for Driftin' Blues from This Is Blues


  • 31 (3)
  • (Untitled) (*)
  • Charles, Ray
  • 2:52
  • Sound Clip for (Untitled) (*) from This Is Blues


  • 32 (3)
  • (Untitled) (*)
  • Charles, Ray
  • 2:56
  • Sound Clip for (Untitled) (*) from This Is Blues


  • 33 (3)
  • (Untitled) (*)
  • Charles, Ray
  • 2:49
  • Sound Clip for (Untitled) (*) from This Is Blues


  • 34 (3)
  • (Untitled) (*)
  • Charles, Ray
  • 2:46
  • Sound Clip for (Untitled) (*) from This Is Blues


  • 35 (3)
  • (Untitled) (*)
  • Charles, Ray
  • 2:35
  • Sound Clip for (Untitled) (*) from This Is Blues


  • 36 (3)
  • (Untitled) (*)
  • Charles, Ray
  • 2:49
  • Sound Clip for (Untitled) (*) from This Is Blues


  • 37 (3)
  • (Untitled) (*)
  • Charles, Ray
  • 2:29
  • Sound Clip for (Untitled) (*) from This Is Blues


  • 38 (3)
  • (Untitled) (*)
  • Charles, Ray
  • 2:42
  • Sound Clip for (Untitled) (*) from This Is Blues


  • 39 (3)
  • (Untitled) (*)
  • Charles, Ray
  • 2:42
  • Sound Clip for (Untitled) (*) from This Is Blues


  • 40 (3)
  • (Untitled) (*)
  • Charles, Ray
  • 2:43
  • Sound Clip for (Untitled) (*) from This Is Blues


  • 41 (3)
  • (Untitled) (*)
  • Charles, Ray
  • 3:11
  • Sound Clip for (Untitled) (*) from This Is Blues


  • 42 (3)
  • (Untitled) (*)
  • Charles, Ray
  • 7:27
  • Sound Clip for (Untitled) (*) from This Is Blues


    • Credits of This Is Blues

    • Athan Maroulis
    • Producer, Annotation, Liner Notes, Art Direction, Compilation


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