15 Down Home Urban Blues Classics

The development of urban blues began with the migration of rural African Americans to the industrial cities of the North beginning in the 1930s. By the 1960s, urban blues bands had become amplified, using electric guitars and bass. Some bands would add harmonica and saxophone to the musical mix. This collection, part of Arhoolie’s “American Masters” series, features individual selections from blues musicians and singers such as Big Mama Thornton (who sang the original recording of “Hound Dog”), Sonny Boy Williamson, and Joe Turner. Liner notes include a list of each track’s original album.

Track Listing

101	Pontiac Blues	Sonny Boy Williamson	02:42
102	Big Mama's Bumble Bee	Big Mama Thornton	04:12
103	Cincinnati Stomp	Big Joe Duskin	02:44
104	Anna Lee	Earl Hooker	06:31
105	Up and Down the Avenue	Charlie Musselwhite	02:41
106	Been around the World	John Littlejohn	05:25
107	Wine-O-Baby Boogie	Joe Turner and Pete Johnson	02:37
108	I Know That's Right	Katie Webster	03:50
109	The Raven	Omar Shariff	04:24
110	You Think I'm Your Good Thing	Bee Houston	03:18
111	Going Back to the Country	Juke Boy Bonner	02:59
112	Ups and Downs	L.C. "Good Rockin'" Robinson	03:30
113	Atlanta Bounce	Piano Red	02:58
114	Wild, Wild, Woman	Johnny Young	02:41
115	Gibson Creek Shuffle	The Charles Ford Band	03:45