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 Jo

• 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