Country Blues Songbook

The shellac of the 20's, 30's and 40's caught the fleeting moment, the spirit of the times; the raunchy ragtime, barrelhouse boogie and the country blues. Some of those records will never be replaced. Some, never will be heard again. Many of those songs are here in printed form for the first time, as an only monument to a pristine era never to happen again. This is a valued collection of the great country blues — as sung and played by the greatest of the country bluesmen — as collected and annotated by Stefan Grossman, Hal Grossman and Stephen Calt:

Aberdeen Mississippi Blues/Booker White

'Bout A Spoonful/Mance Lipscomb

Alabama Blues/Robert Wilkins

Ain't You Sorry?/Mance Lipscomb

All Night Long/Skip James

At Home Blues/Sam "Lightnin' " Hopkins

Avalon Blues/Mississippi John Hurt

Awful Fix Blues/Buddy Boy Hawkins

Banty Rooster Blues/Charlie Patton

Beer Drinkin' Women/R.K. Turner

Big Chief Blues/Furry Lewis

Big Leg Blues/Mississippi John Hurt

Bird Nest Bound/Charlie Patton

Bob McKinney/Henry Thomas

Bud Russell Blues/Sam "Lightnin'" Hopkins

Bull Frog Blues/William Harris

Candy Man Blues/Mississippi John Hurt

Casey Jones/Furry Lewis

Catfish Blues/Skip James

Charlie James/Mance Lipscomb

Coffee Blues/Mississippi John Hurt

Corinne, Corinna/Mississippi John Hurt

County Farm Blues/Son House

Crossroad Blues/Robert Johnson

Crow Jane/Skip James

Cypress Grove Blues/Skip James

Depot Blues/Son House

Devil Got My Woman/Skip James

Devil in the Lion's Den/Sam Collins

Dough Roller Blues/Joe Callicott

Down the Dirt Road/Charlie Patton

Drunken Spree/Skip James

Dry Well Blues/Charlie Patton

Fallin' Down Blues/Robert Wilkins

Future Blues/Willie Brown

Get Away Blues/Robert Wilkins

Hambone Blues/Ed Bell

Hammer Blues/Charlie Patton

Hell Hound On My Trail/Robert Johnson

Hot Jelly Roll Blues/George Carter

How Long Buck/Skip James

I'm Satis fied/Mississippi John Hurt

Jinx Blues/Son House

Knocking Down Windows/Mance Lipscomb

Long Train Blues/Robert Wilkins

Married Woman Blues/Joe Callicott