Various - Blues Roots

Genre:	Blues
Singer:	Various
Title:	Blues Roots
Short-info:	Label: Tomato ‎– TOM-3001 Type: 2 x CD, Compilation Country: US Date of released: 2002 Category: Blues Style: Country Blues, Delta Blues
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1-1	–Fred McDowell	Frisco Lines	4:01
1-2	–Joe Callicot*	Fare You Well Baby Blues	3:19
1-3	–R.L. Burnside	Long Haired Doney	3:35
1-4	–Joe Williams*	Mean Stepfather	2:45
1-5	–Bukka White	Bald Eagle Train Washboard – Washboard Willie	5:39
1-6	–R.C. Smith*	Don't Drive Me Away Drums – S. Moore*	2:25
1-7	–Mance Lipscomb	Long Tall Girl Got Stuck On Me	2:40
1-8	–Lil' Son Jackson	Red River Blues	1:49
1-9	–Black Ace	I Am The Black Ace	4:15
1-10	–Alex Moore	Whistling Alex Moore Blues	3:06
1-11	–Lowell Fulson	Texas Blues Rhythm Guitar – Martin Fulson	3:21
1-12	–Robert Shaw	The Ma Grinder	4:13
1-13	–Lightnin' Hopkins	Take A Walk	2:35
2-1	–John Jackson	Bear Cat Blues	2:41
2-2	–Guitar Slim	Snowing And Raining Blues Guitar, Vocals – Jelly Belly	2:42
2-3	–Jesse Fuller	Got A Date At Half Past Eight	2:34
2-4	–Lightnin' Hopkins	You Got Another Man Guitar, Vocals – Barbara Dane	3:37
2-5	–Juke Boy Bonner	Struggle Here In Houston Drums – Alvin J. Simon	2:51
2-6	–George Coleman	Listen At That Bull	3:22
2-7	–Joe Turner*	Trouble Blues Alto Saxophone – Frank SleetBaritone Saxophone – Milburn NewmanBass – Addison FarmerDrums – Robert BradyPiano – Pete JohnsonTenor Saxophone – Pete Peterson Trumpet – Art Farmer, James Ross	2:38
2-8	–Little John*	Dream Bass – Alvin NicholsDrums – Booker SidgravesRhythm Guitar – Monroe Jones, Jr.Tenor Saxophone – Robert Pullium, Willie Young	2:49
2-9	–Mercy Dee*	Sugar Daddy Drums – Otis CherryHarmonica – Sidney Maiden	4:32
2-10	–Big Mama Thornton	I'm Feeling Alright Bass – Luther JohnsonDrums – Francis ClayGuitar – Muddy Waters, Samuel Lawhorn*Harmonica – James CottonPiano – Otis Spann	2:59
2-11	–Johnny Young	Sometimes I Cry Bass – Ernest GatewoodDrums – Lester DorsieGuitar – Jimmy DawkinsHarmonica – "Big" Walter "Shakey" Horton*Piano – Lafayette Leake	2:52
2-12	–Clifton Chenier	Black Snake Blues Drums – Robert St. JulienWashboard [Rubboard] – Cleveland Chenier	3:43
2-13	–Earl Hooker	Two Bugs And A Roach Bass – Geno SkaggsDrums – Williams*Vocals – B.B. Junior	4:16

Companies, etc.

Pressed By – Cinram
Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Tomato Music Works Limited
Copyright (c) – The Tomato Music Works Limited

Credits

Art Direction, Design – Milton Glaser
Guitar [Nine-string Guitar], Vocals – Joe Williams* (tracks: 1-4)
Guitar, Vocals – Black Ace (tracks: 1-9), Bukka White (tracks: 1-5), Fred McDowell (tracks: 1-1), Guitar Slim (tracks: 2-2), Joe Callicot* (tracks: 1-2), John Jackson (tracks: 2-1), Little John* (tracks: 2-8), Lightnin' Hopkins (tracks: 1-13, 2-4), Lil' Son Jackson (tracks: 1-8), Lowell Fulson (tracks: 1-11), Mance Lipscomb (tracks: 1-7), R.L. Burnside (tracks: 1-3), R.C. Smith* (tracks: 1-6)
Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica – Juke Boy Bonner (tracks: 2-5)
Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica, Kazoo – Jesse Fuller (tracks: 2-3)
Liner Notes – Bill Dahl
Piano – Robert Shaw (tracks: 1-12)
Producer – Mack McCormick (tracks: 1-12)
Producer, Recorded By – Chris Strachwitz (tracks: 1-1, 1-4 to 1-11, 1-13 to 2-2, 2-4 to 2-11), George Mitchell (tracks: 1-2 to 1-3), Norman Pierce (tracks: 2-3), Tom Spinosa (tracks: 2-3), Willie Dixon (tracks: 2-8, 2-11)
Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Johnny Young (tracks: 2-11)
Vocals – Joe Turner* (tracks: 2-7), Big Mama Thornton (tracks: 2-10)
Vocals, Accordion – Clifton Chenier (tracks: 2-12)
Vocals, Drum [Oil Drum] – George Coleman (tracks: 2-6)
Vocals, Guitar – Earl Hooker (tracks: 2-13)
Vocals, Piano – Alex Moore (tracks: 1-10), Mercy Dee* (tracks: 2-9)

Notes

Fred McDowell, Bukka White, Mance Lipscomb, Lightnin' Hopkins' "You Got Another Man," Mercy Dee, and Clifton Chenier recorded in Berkeley, California.
Joe Callicot recorded in Nesbit, Mississippi.
R.L. Burnside recorded in Coldwater, Mississippi.
Joe Williams recorded in Los Gatos, California.
R. C. Smith recorded in Memphis, Tennessee.
Lil' Son Jackson and Alex Moore recorded in Dallas, Texas.
Black Ace recorded in Fort Worth, Texas.
Lowell Fulson and Joe Turner recorded in Los Angeles, California.
Robert Shaw recorded in Austin, Texas.
Lightnin' Hopkins "Take a Walk" and Juke Boy Bonner recorded in Houston, Texas.
John Jackson recorded in Fairfax Station, Virginia.
Guitar Slim recorded in New York City, New York.
Jesse Fuller recorded in Oakland, California.
George Coleman recorded in San Antonio, Texas.
Little John, Johnny Young, and Earl Hooker recorded in Chicago, Illinois.
Big Mama Thornton recorded in San Francisco, California.

The selections from this album have been comprised from the catalog of Arhoolie Records.

Track 2-3 is incorrectly attributed to R.L. Burnside on the back cover. It is correctly attributed to Jesse Fuller in the booklet.

No durations listed on the release.

℗ & © 2002 The Tomato Music Works Limited.
Printed and manufactured in Canada.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 8 20550 30012 8
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1): TOM30011 #20320Y37 11 [cinram logo]
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2): TOM30012 #20321Y41 11 [cinram logo]
Mastering SID Code (Both Discs): L387
Mould SID Code (Both Discs): IFPI 6000

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
PYS 60003-2	Various	Blues Roots ‎(2xLP, Comp, Promo)	Poppy	PYS 60003-2	US	1969
2696181	Various	Blues Roots ‎(2xLP, Comp, RE)	Tomato	2696181	Germany	1989
740 069	Various	Blues Roots ‎(2xLP, Comp)	RCA Victor	740 069	France	1969
PYS 60,003	Various	Blues Roots ‎(2xLP, Comp, Gat)	Poppy	PYS 60,003	US	1969
TOM-2-7006	Various	Blues Roots ‎(2xLP, Comp, RE)	Tomato	TOM-2-7006	US	1978