Time: 64:48
Size: 148.3 MB
Styles: Assorted blues styles
Year: 1995
Art: Front
[3:13] 1. State Street Swingers - You Drink Too Much
[2:50] 2. Charley Jordan - Cherry Wine Woman
[2:49] 3. Memphis Minnie - Drunken Barrel House Blues
[3:30] 4. Mississippi Sheiks - Bootleggers' Blues
[3:06] 5. Barbecue Bob - Me And My Whiskey
[2:38] 6. Kid Prince Moore - Bug Juice Blues
[2:36] 7. Charlie Spand - Rock And Rye
[2:50] 8. Memphis Jug Band - Rukus Juice And Chittlin'
[2:34] 9. Merline Johnson - Bad Whiskey Blues
[3:04] 10. Amos Easton - Part I
[3:08] 11. Amos Easton As Bumble Bee Slim - Part Ii
[2:43] 12. Little Bill Gaither - Moonshine By The Keg
[2:54] 13. Lucille Bogan - Drinking Blues
[2:59] 14. Peetie Wheatstraw - More Good Whiskey Blues
[3:00] 15. Joshua White - Pigmeat And Whiskey Blues
[2:42] 16. Casey Bill Weldon - Give Me Another Shot
[2:55] 17. Rosetta Howard - When I Been Drinking
[2:53] 18. Lewis Black - Corn Liquor Blues
[3:07] 19. Sloppy Henry - Canned Heat Blues
[3:14] 20. Big Bill Broonzy - When I Been Drinking
[2:46] 21. Jack Newman - Blackberry Wine
[3:04] 22. Rev. W.M. Mosley - Drinking Shine
Booze & the Blues is a thoroughly entertaining collection of 22 pre-war blues songs about wine, drinking, whiskey and blues. It's a gimmicky excuse for a collection, but it works, not only because the songs and performances are good, but because the tracks all have a similar spirit. Among the highlights are tracks by Memphis Minnie, Mississippi Sheiks, Robert Hicks, the Memphis Jug Band, Amos Easton, Lucille Bogan, Peetie Wheatstraw and Joshua White. ~Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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