The roots of Urban Blues, including Boogie-Woogie and Chicago Blues.
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Photo: Muddy Waters, 1950
- Muddy Waters - Country Blues (No. 1) (1941) @ 00:00
- Pinetop Smith - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie (1928) @ 05:14
- Pinetop Smith - Jump Steady Blues (1928) @ 08:35
- Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues (1928) @ 12:40
- Cow Cow Davenport - State Street Jive (1928) @ 15:45
- Roosevelt Sykes - 44 Blues (1929) @ 19:35
- Roosevelt Sykes - The Honeydripper (1945) @ 22:24
- Big Bill Broonzy - Conversation With The Blues (1941) @ 26:13
- Big Bill Broonzy - Where the Blues Began (1945) @ 28:56
- Tampa Red - She Want To Sell My Monkey (1942) @ 32:31
- Tampa Red - Grieving Blues (1947) @ 35:48
- Ham Gravy (Washboard Sam) - Mama Don't Allow (1935) @ 39:18
- Washboard Sam - Don't Have to Sing the Blues (1942) @ 42:35
- Little Walter - Juke (1951) @ 46:00
- Little Walter - My Babe(1955) @ 49:00
- Otis Spann - It Must Have Been the Devil (1964) @ 52:01
- Otis Spann - The Hard Way (1960) @ 1:00:46
- Muddy Waters - Rollin Stone (1950) @ 1:01:51
- Muddy Waters - Hoochie Coochie Man (1954) @ 1:05:37
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Thursday, January 11, 2024