Blues, сокращение от blue devils – меланхолия, грусть – первоначально сольная лирическая песня американских негров с берегов Миссисипи. Известна с конца 19 в.; зародилась еще в середине века. Ранняя форма – сельский, или архаический, блюз, позднее городской, или классический. Мотивы блюза унаследованы от музыки африканских негров. Блюз оказал сильное влияние на формирование джаза и остался одной из ее важнейших форм.

 

На диске представлена 181 песня классических исполнителей блюза:

 

Bessie Smith «Lady luck blues»

Lady Luck Blues (W. Weber - C. Williams)

Outside Of That (C. Williams - J.H. Trent)

Keeps On A-Rainin' (Papa, He Cant Make No Time)

Down Hearted Blues (A. Hunter-L. Austin)

Oh Daddy Blues (E. Herbert - W. Russell)

Midnight Blues (B. Thompson - S. Williams)

Baby Wan't You Please Come Home (C. Williams -C. Warfield)

Aggravatin' Papa (R. Turk - J. R. Robinson - A. Britt)

If You Dont, I Know Who Will (C. Williams - C. Smith)

Jail House Blues (B. Smith - C. Williams)

Sam Jones Blues (A. Bernard - R. Turk - J. R. Robinson)

Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine

Yodling Blues (C. Williams - A. Hill)

Bleeding Hearted Blues (L. Austin)

Mama's Got The Blues (S. Martin - C. Williams)

Taint Nobody's Bizness If I Do (P. Grainger -E. Robbins)

Gulf Coast Blues (C. Williams)

Beale Street Mama (R. Turk - J.R. Robinson)

Frosty Morning Blues (E. Brown)

Mean Old Bedbug Blues (Wood)

Sweet Mistreater (H. Creamer - J. Johnson)

Easy Come, Easy Go Blues (W. Jackson - E. Brown)

Frosty Morning Blues (E. Brown)

Chicago Bound Blues (L. Austin)

My Sweet Went Away (L. Handman - R. Turk)

Sorrowful Blues (B. Smith - Johns)

Rocking Chair Blues (B. Smith - Johns)

Hateful Blues (E. Johnson)

Pinchbacks - Take Em Away (B. Smith - J. Johns)

Eavesdropper's Blues (J.C. Johnson)

Haunted House Blues (J.C. Johnson)

Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time (T. Layton - H. Creamer)

Cemetery Blues (S. Laney - S. Williams)

Graveyard Dream Blues (I. Cox)

Far Away Blues (G. Brooks)

I'm Going Back To My Used To Be (J. Cox)

Mistreating Daddy (P. Grainger - B. Ricketts)

Any Woman's Blues (L. Austin)

Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down (S. Williams)

Boweavil Blues (G. Rainey - L. Austin)

Blue Spirit Blues (S. Williams)

Black Mountain Blues (H. Cole)

The House Blues (B. Smith)

Nashville Woman's Blues (F. Longshow)

 

John Lee Williamson «Down South»

Black Gel Blues

Bad Luck Blues

My Black Name Blues

Stop Breaking Down

Train Fare Blues

Check Up On My Baby Blues

HooDoo Hoodoo

Shake The Boogie

Welfare Store Blues

Better Cut That Out

My Black Name Blues

Good Gravy

Good Gal Blues

Love Me Baby

Black Panter Blues

Have Got To Go

Early In The Morning

Decoration Blues

Sugar Mama

Susie-Q

The Right Kind Of Life

Collector Man Blues

Skinny Woman

Down South

Low Down Ways

I'm Tired Trucking My Blues Away

Blue Bird Blues

Got The Bottle Up And Gone

Lord, Oh Lord Blues

Goodbye Red

Honey Bee Blues

Thinking My Blues Away

Tell Me Baby

Good Gravy

 

Kokomo Arnold «Midnight blues»

Backfence Picket Blues

Fool Man Blues

Long And Tall

Sally Dog

Cold Winter Blues

Sister Jane Cross The Hall

Wild Water Blues

Laugh And Grin Blues

Mean Old Twister

Red Beans And Rice

Set Down Gal

Big Ship Blues

Crying Blues

Grandpa Got Drunk

Black Mottle

 

Muddy Waters «Country blues»

Country Blues

I Be's Troubled

Burr Clover Form Blues

Take A Walk With Me

Burr Clover Blues

I Be Bound To Write To You

You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone

You Got To Take Sick And Die Some Of These Days

Why Don't You live So God Can Use You

Country Blues

You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone

32-20 Blues

Walkin'Blues

I Can't Be Satisfied

Gypsy Woman

I Feel Like Going Home

Little Anna Mea

Train Fare Home Blues

Mean Red Spider

Little Geneva

Rollin' And Tumblin'

Streamline Woman

Rolling Stone

You Gonna Miss Me

 

Blues In History - 1

Dr. Clayton. Pearl Harbour Blues (Clayton)

Sonny Boy Williamson.  Win The War Blues (S. B. Williamson)

Arthur Big Boy Crudup. Give Me A 32-20 (A. Crudup)

Dr. Clayton. 41 Blues (Clayton)

David Edwards. The Army Blues (D. Edwards)

Homer Harris Atomic Bomb Blues (H. Harris)

Brownie McGhee. Million Lonesome Women (B. McGhee)

Lowell Fulson. San Francisco Blues (L. Fulson)

Lowell Fulson. Don't Be So Evil (L. Fulson)

Lowell Fulson. River Blues Pt. l (L. Fulson)

Lowell Fulson. The Blues Is Killing Me (L. Fulson)

Dr. Clayton. After Hours Boogie (Croyton)

Dr. Clayton. Blues After Hours (Crayton)

Dr. Clayton. Texas Hop (Clayton)

T-Bone Walker. Call It Stormy Monday (A. Walker)

 

Blues In History - 2

Kokomo Arnold. Grass Cutter Blues (Alice Moore, vcl) (Arnold)

Kokomo Arnold. Money Tree Man (Alice Moore, vcl) (Arnold)

Kokomo Arnold. Delmar Avenue (Signifying Mary Johnson, vcl) (Arnold)

Kokomo Arnold. Shake That Thing (Arnold)

Kokomo Arnold. Try Some Of That (Oscar's Chicago Swingers) (Arnold)

Kokomo Arnold. My Gal's Been Foolin' Me (Oscar's Chicago Swingers) (Arnold)

Kokomo Arnold. I'm Going Fishing Too (Alice Moore vcl) (Arnold)

Kokomo Arnold. Mister Charlie (Arnold)

Jack Dupree. Cabbage Greens No. 1 (Dupree)

Jack Dupree. Chaing Gong Blues (Dupree)

Jack Dupree. Angola Blues (Dupree)

Jack Dupree. Dupree Shake Dance (Dupree)

Jack Dupree. Junker Blues (Dupree)

Lonnie Johnson. Tomorrow Night (Coslow - Grosz)

Lonnie Johnson. Working Man's Blues (L. Johnson)

Lonnie Johnson. Jelly Roll Baker (L. Johnson)

Lonnie Johnson. Careless Love (Handy-Williams-Koenig)

Lonnie Johnson. Backwater Blues (L. Johnson)

Lonnie Johnson. Love Is The Answer (L. Johnson)

Lonnie Johnson. Keep What You Got (L. Johnson)

 

Blues In History - 3

Skip James. 22-20 Blues

Skip James. Devil Got My Woman

Lonnie Johnson. Life Saver Blues

Leroy Carr. When The Sun Goes Down

Henry Thomas. Red River Blues

Son House Preachin. The Blues Part 1

Kokomo Arnold. Milk Cow Blues

Willie Newbern. Roll And Tumble Blues Hambone

Scrapper Blackwell. Kokomo Blues

The Mississippi Sheiks. Sitting On Top Of The World

Johnnie Temple. Lead Pencil Blues

Sun House. My Black Mama Part 1

Charlie Patton. Revenue Man Blues

Casey Bill Weldon. Go Ahead, Buddy

 

Blues In History - 4

Lonnie Johnson. Mean Old Bug Blues (Crudup)

Blind Willie Johnson. Nobody's Fault But Mine (Johnson)

Barbeque Bob. Barbeque Blues (Hicks)

Champion Jack Dupree. Warehoose Man Blues (Dupree)

Leroy Carr. Mean Mistreater Mama (Carr)

Lonnie Johnson Four Hands Are Better Than Two (Johnson)

Blind Boy Fuller. My Brownskin Sugar Plum (Alien)

Leroy Carr. Midnight Hour Blues (Carr)

Tampa Red. You Can't Get that Stuff No More (Theard)

Jack Dupree. Gamblin Man Blues Champion (Dupree)

Blind Boy Fuller. Baby You Go to Change Your Mind (Alien)

Leroy Carr. Good Woman Blues (Carr, Calaway)

Roosevelt Sykes. 15c A Day (Sykes)

Blind Boy Fuller. I'm A Rattlesnakin' Daddy (Alien)

Lonnie Johnson. Mr. Johnson's Swing (Johnson)