Title: Head Rag Hop-Piano Blues 1925-1960
Artist: Various Artists
Label: JSP Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 788065719623
Genre: Blues
Release Date: 2016-02-26
Number of Discs: 4

A search for the roots of blues piano will end up in the same swirling mist that obscures the development of the blues guitar. One belief is that blues piano developed from the rhythms with which guitarists accompanied themselves. The piano's wider musical spectrum then encouraged players to create rhythms and melodies with both hands. When it came to mobility, pianists preferred to rely on residencies. When they travelled, the condition of the pianos they encountered was - to say the least - variable. Also, unlike their guitarist confreres, they had to be equally adept singers and players, needing at least one instrumental and one vocal showpiece to satisfy their audiences. St. Louis, Memphis, Birmingham and New Orleans unsurprisingly had coteries of blues musicians but so did Houston and Dallas in Texas - each with something approaching a regional flavour. The last years of the 1920s saw a proliferation of blues pianists, including Cow Cow Davenport, Pine Top Smith, Will Ezell, Henry Brown and Montana Taylor). Their records - too often overlooked - reveal them as innovators and gifted musicians.

Tracks:
1.1 Suitcase Blues: Hersal Thomas - Hersal Thomas
1.2 Fish Tail Dance: Hociel Thomas - Hociel Thomas
1.3 Honky Tonk Train Blues: Meade Lux Lewis - Meade 'Lux' Lewis
1.4 Evil Woman Blues: Boodle It Wiggins - James 'Boodle It' Wiggins
1.5 Doggone My Good Luck Soul: Hattie Hudson - Hattie Hudson
1.6 Cow Cow Blues: Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Davenport
1.7 Avenue Strut: Herve Duerson - Herve Duerson
1.8 Penitentiary: Bessie Tucker - Bessie Tucker
1.9 Mixed Up Rag: Will Ezell - Will Ezell
1.10 Michigan River Blues: Bert Mays - Bert Mays
1.11 Carbolic Acid Blues: Bobbie Cadillac - Bobbie Cadillac
1.12 Pine Top S Blues: Pine Top Smith - Pinetop Smith
1.13 Heifer Dust: Will Ezell - Will Ezell
1.14 Moaning Blues: Moanin Bernice Edwards - Moanin' Bernice Edwards
1.15 Dying Pickpocket Blues: Barrel House Welch - Barrelhouse Welch
1.16 Jump Steady Blues: Pine Top Smith - Pinetop Smith
1.17 Slum Gullion Stomp: Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Davenport
1.18 Sweet Black Woman: St Louis Bessie - St. Louis Bessie
1.19 Detroit Rocks: Montana Taylor - Montana Taylor
1.20 Stomp Em Down to the Bricks: Henry Brown - Henry Brown
1.21 Walking Blues: Raymond Barrow - Raymond Barrow
1.22 House Rent Scuffle: Lil Johnson - Lil Johnson
1.23 Pitchin Boogie: Will Ezell - Will Ezell
1.24 Black Men Blues: Mary Johnson - Mary Johnson
1.25 Mooch Piddle: Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Davenport
2.1 Louisiana Glide: Blind Leroy Garnett - Blind Leroy Garnett
2.2 Henry Brown Blues: Henry Brown - Henry Brown
2.3 The Dirty Dozen: Speckled Red - Speckled Red
2.4 Head Rag Hop: Romeo Nelson - Romeo Nelson
2.5 Freight Train Blues: Eddie Miller - Eddie Miller
2.6 Gotta Shave Em Dry: James Wiggins - James 'Boodle It' Wiggins
2.7 Dearborn Street Breakdown: Charles Avery - Charles Avery
2.8 Gettin Dirty Just Shakin That Thing: Romeo Nelson - Romeo Nelson
2.9 Eastern Chimes Blues: Henry Brown - Henry Brown
2.10 No. 29: Wesley Wallace - Wesley Wallace
2.11 They May Not Be My Toes: Whistlin Alex Moore - Whistlin' Alex Moore
2.12 The Duck S Yas-Yas-Yas: James Stump Johnson - James Stump Johnson
2.13 31 Blues: Bob Call - Bob Call
2.14 Fat Fanny Stomp: Jim Clarke - Jim Clarke
2.15 Louisiana Bound: Charley Taylor - Charley Taylor
2.16 She Don?T Know Who She Wants: Lonnie Johnson - Lonnie Johnson
2.17 The Right String But the Wrong Yo-Yo: Speckled Red - Speckled Red
2.18 Tight Whoopee: Mozelle Alderson - Mozelle Alderson
2.19 All Night Long Blues Alt TK: Louise Johnson - Louise Johnson
2.20 3,6 and 9: Roosevelt Sykes - Roosevelt Sykes
2.21 Don't Feel Welcome Blues: Peetie Wheatstraw - Peetie Wheatstraw
2.22 Vicksburg Blues: Little Brother Montgomery - Little Brother Montgomery
2.23 Gamblin Man S Prayer: Piano Kid Edwards - Piano Kid Edwards
2.24 Humming Blues: Bat the Humming Bird - Bat the Humming Bird
2.25 Jab Blues: Jabo Williams - Jabo Williams
3.1 Trenches: Turner Parrish - Turner Parrish
3.2 Hokum Stomp: Hokum Boys ; Jane Lucas - the Hokum Boys
3.3 Pete Wheatstraw: Peetie Wheatstraw - Peetie Wheatstraw
3.4 I Believe I LL Make a Change: Pinetop ; Lindberg - Pinetop ; Lindberg
3.5 Rattlesnake Blues: Mary Johnson - Mary Johnson
3.6 Pratt City Blues: Jabo Williams - Jabo Williams
3.7 If You Haven't Any Hay Get on Down the Road: Skip James - Skip James
3.8 Money Johnson: Stump Johnson - James Stump Johnson
3.9 The Fives: Turner Parrish - Turner Parrish
3.10 L ; N Blues: Walter Davis - Walter Davis
3.11 Chicago S Too Much for Me: Sparks Brothers - Sparks Brothers
3.12 Piano Stomp: Walter Roland - Walter Roland
3.13 Cuban Villa Blues: Charlie Segar - Charlie Segar
3.14 Suicide Blues TK 2: Leroy Carr - Leroy Carr
3.15 Beer Drinking Woman TK 2: Memphis Slim - Memphis Slim
3.16 Red Cross Blues: Walter Roland - Walter Roland
3.17 Throw Me in the Alley: Peetie Wheatstraw - Peetie Wheatstraw
3.18 Sweet Sixteens: Walter Davis - Walter Davis
3.19 Strut That Thing: Cripple Clarence Lofton - Cripple Clarence Lofton
3.20 Weeping Willow Blues: Barrelhouse Buck - Barrelhouse Buck
3.21 Who S Been Here Today: Bumble Bee Slim - Bumble Bee Slim
3.22 Tell Her About Me: Pinetop - Pinetop Smith
3.23 Brown Skin Girls: Cripple Clarence Lofton - Cripple Clarence Lofton
3.24 Rootin Ground-Hog Blues: Blind Mack - Blind Mack
3.25 Streamline Train: Red Nelson - Red Nelson
4.1 Dirty No Gooder: Mack Rhinehart ; Brownie Stubblefield - Mack Rhinehart ; Brownie Stubblefield
4.2 Brown House Blues: Black Boy Shine - Black Boy Shine
4.3 I Just Can't Take It: Mary Johnson - Mary Johnson
4.4 The Flying Crow: Black Ivory King - Black Ivory King
4.5 Little Girl Little Girl: Lee Brown - Lee Brown
4.6 Push Cart Pusher: Alice Moore - Alice Moore
4.7 Shout for Joy TK 2: Albert Ammons - Albert Ammons
4.8 Junker Blues: Champion Jack Dupree - Champion Jack Dupree
4.9 Boogie Woogie Man TK 1: Pete Johnson ; Albert Ammons - Pete Johnson ; Albert Ammons
4.10 The Rocks: Jimmy Yancey - Jimmy Yancey
4.11 Chicago Breakdown: Big Maceo - Big Maceo
4.12 That Woman S a Pearl Diver: Jimmie Gordon - Jimmie Gordon
4.13 Screamin Boogie: Dick Davis Orchestra - Dick Davis Orchestra
4.14 Mother Fuyer: Dirty Red (Nelson) - Dirty Red Nelson
4.15 Chicken Shack Boogie: Amos Milburn - Amos Milburn
4.16 X-Temporaneous Boogie: Camille Howard - Camille Howard
4.17 Down Home Child: Sunnyland Slim - Sunnyland Slim
4.18 Little Willie S Boogie: Little Willie Littlefield - Little Willie Littlefield
4.19 Lee S Boogie: Lee Hunter - Lee Hunter
4.20 Blues N Boogie: Roosevelt Sykes - Roosevelt Sykes
4.21 Sampson Street Boogie: Willie Johnson ; His Orchestra - Willie Johnson ; His Orchestra
4.22 Red S Boogie: Piano Red - Piano Red
4.23 My Life Depends on You: Jimmy McCracklin - Jimmy McCracklin
4.24 3 A.M. Boogie: Willard McDaniel - Willard McDaniel
4.25 Five Long Years: Eddie Boyd - Eddie Boyd
4.26 Otis in the Dark: Otis Spann - Otis Spann

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