The Blues: Music from the Film by Sam Charters

While recording in the South in the early 1960s, producer, writer, and music historian Samuel Charters was inspired not only by the sound of Furry Lewis’s guitar, but by the patterns of movement in his hands and fingers as he played. Thus Charters decided to make a film that would document aspects of the blues that couldn’t be put on a phonograph record. In the sweltering summer of 1962, Charters journeyed through St. Louis, Memphis, Louisiana, and South Carolina to shoot the film The Blues and record this soundtrack. Artists featured in addition to Lewis are J.D. Short, Baby Tate, and Sleepy John Estes. Liner notes include details of the making of the film and biographies of the artists.

Track Listing

101	Introduction - Alone in the Evening Hours	J.D. Short and Memphis Willie B.	02:44
102	Slidin' Delta	J.D. Short	04:56
103	Old Cotton Fields of Home	Pink Anderson	02:31
104	John Henry	Furry Lewis	03:30
105	Bad Blues	Baby Tate	03:27
201	Sitting Here Thinking	Memphis Willie B. and Gus Cannon	02:48
202	Lonesome Ground	Sleepy John Estes	04:17
203	If I Could Holler Like a Mountain Jack	Baby Tate	03:06
204	When I First Started Hoboing	Baby Tate	03:23
205	Weeping Willow Blues	Pink Anderson	04:51