Trapeze Catalogue Home / Shop / Trapeze Catalogue / Various Artists - Chicago Urban Blues 1923-1945 Various Artists - Chicago Urban Blues 1923-1945 Various Artists - Chicago Urban Blues 1923-1945 £8.00 Stock Status: In Stock Add to your Wish List Information Specifications Here are 25 examples of the emergent Chicago Blues genre recorded between 1926 and 1945. The city's pre-eminence as a Blues centre was not only due to the proliferation of clubs and recording companies based in the city but also to the ever increasing Black population. This is the music that shaped the Chicago Blues explosion of the 1950s and in turn its own influence over '60s rock. Full biographical and disco graphical details are included in the 8-page booklet. Tracks include "Bedroom Blues (Sippie Wallace"), "Honky Tonk Train Blues" (Meade Lux Lewis), "Big Bill Blues" (Big Bill Broonzy), "Beer Drinkin' Woman" (Memphis Slim ) and "This Tavern Boogie (Roosevelt Sykes Trio). Disc 1 Track Artist Title 1 Chicago Bound Blues Ida Coz 2 Suitcase Blues Hersal Thomas 3 Bedroom Blues Sippie Williams 4 Sport Model Mama Bertha "Shippie" Hill Acc. Richard M. Jones Jazz Wizards 5 Honky Tonk Train Blues Meade "Lux" Lewis 6 Pine Top Blues Pine Top Smith 7 I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone Tampa Red And His Hokum Jug Band 8 Come On Mama Georgia Tom & Hannah May 9 Squat It Memphis Minnie 10 Feather Bed Blues Bumble Bee Slim 11 Big Bill Blues Big Bill Broonzy 12 Down In The Alley Bob Robinson & His Bob Cats 13 My Stove's In Good Condition Lil Johnson 14 We Gonna Pitch A Boogie Woogie Harlem Hamfats 15 Cold Winter Blues Kokomo Arnold 16 East St. Louis Blues Jimmy Yancey with vocals by Faber Smith 17 She Fooled Me Washboard Sam And His Washboard Band 18 Romance In The Dark Lil Green 19 Beer Drinking Woman Memphis Slim 20 Worried Life Blues Big Maceo 21 Million Years Blues Sonny Boy Williamson 22 Classy Mae Blues Tommy McClennan 23 Down South Blues Bill "Jazz" Gillum 24 Watch Shorty Lonnie Johnson 25 This Tavern Boogie Roosevelt Sykes Trio EAN: 824046519421 Discs: 1 Release: June 2011 Artist: Various Artists Brand: Acrobat Product Code: ACRCD194 Weight: 0.12kg
