Various Artists – Blues Kings of Baton Rouge (2-CD Set)

Description

*This is a 2-CD set featuring a 52-pg booklet with essays & photos*

Release Date:  2019

Label:  Bear Family

 

Track List

Disc 1

1. Blues Hang-Over – Slim Harpo
2. Who Broke The Lock – Butch Cage and Willie B Thomas
3. Bad Luck – Lightnin’ Slim
4. Bugger Bugger Boy – Lightnin’ Slim
5. Strange Letter Blues – Schoolboy Cleve
6. Smokestack Lightning – Clarence Edwards
7. Angola Special – Robert Pete Williams
8. Jelly Roll – Butch Cage and Willie BThomas
9. I’m A King Bee – Slim Harpo
10. My Home Is A Prison – Lonesome Sundown
11. Mean ‘Ol Lonesome Train – Lightnin’ Slim
12. Stack O’ Dollars – Clarence Edwards
13. Come Here Baby – Robert Pete Williams
14. Your Dice Won’t Pass – Sally Dotson and Smokey Babe
15. They Call Me Lazy – Lazy Lester
16. Looking For My Baby – Jimmy Dotson
17. Crying Hard – Raful Neal
18. I’m A Lover Not A Fighter – Lazy Lester
19. Lightnin’s Troubles – Lightning Slim
20. One More Day – Slim Harpo
21. Rooster Blues – Lightning Slim
22. Trip To Chicago (alt) – Lightnin’ Slim and Lazy Lester
23. What A Dream – Slim Harpo
24. Black Gal – Smokey Babe and Clyde Causey
25. Mississippi River So Deep And Wide – Smokey Babe and Lazy Lester
26. Depression Blues – Herman E. Johnson

 

Disc 2

1. Rainin’ In My Heart – Slim Harpo
2. I’m Tired Waitin’ Baby – Lightning Slim
3. Hoodo Party – Tabby Thomas
4. My Home Ain’t Here – Lonesome Sundown
5. Naggin’ – Jimmy Anderson
6. Trouble At Home Blues – Silas Hogan
7. Winter Time Blues – Lightnin’ Slim
8. Goin Thru the Park – Jimmy Anderson
9. I’m Evil – Lightnin’ Slim
10. Boogie Chillun – The Nitehawks (Bo Melvin)
11. Mean Woman Blues – Whispering Smith
12. I’m Goin In The Valley – Silas Hogan
13. Dark Clouds Rollin’ – Silas Hogan
14. Can’t Live This Life No More – Lightnin’ Slim
15. Cold In Hand – Isaiah Chattman
16. Baby Scratch My Back – Slim Harpo
17. I’m Gonna Miss You (Like The Devil) – Slim Harpo
18. Hoo Doo Blues – Silas Hogan
19. Showers Of Rain – Henry Gray
20. Number Ten At The Station (and number 12 is on the road) – Arthur Kelley
21. How Can I Stay (When All I Have Is Gone) – Arthur Kelley
22. Baton Rouge Breakdown – Moses Smith
23. Honey Bee Blues – Silas Hogan
24. I Didn’t Tell Her To Leave – Silas Hogan
25. The Music’s Hot – Slim Harpo
26. Goodbye Slim Harpo – Robert Pete Williams
27. Talking Blues (aka Blues Hangover) – Slim Harpo