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Frémeaux

California Blues - Anthologie 1940 - 1948

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Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Various
Format
CD
Label
Frémeaux
Released
Sep 01, 2000
Catalog #
FA175
UPC
3448960217521

About

Wartime. Workers are needed in the shipyards of the Pacific Coast and the bluesmen of Texas pack their bags and move to California. Once there, they find themselves side by side with the crooners from "Black Hollywood". The resulting fusion of styles gave birth to the "California blues". Listen to this 2-CD set and travel back to the very sources of this highly original and still very influential style. Includes a 32 page booklet with both French and English notes.

Tracklist 36 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 L.A. Blues 02:55
    Track
    1
    Title
    L.A. Blues
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Wilson Smith
    Performer
    Wilson Smith, Lightnin' Hopkins
  3. 2 Alla Blues 03:34
    Track
    2
    Title
    Alla Blues
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Curtis Jones
    Performer
    Slim Green
  4. 3 T.P. Railer 02:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    T.P. Railer
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Bo Weavil Jackson
    Performer
    James Butler
  5. 4 Eclipse of the Sun 02:34
    Track
    4
    Title
    Eclipse of the Sun
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Saunders King
    Performer
    Sidney Maiden
  6. 5 Desert Blues 02:59
    Track
    5
    Title
    Desert Blues
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Sonny Boy Johnson
    Performer
    Sonny Boy Johnson, Beverly Scott, Ernest McClay, Dig Moore
  7. 6 Another Friend Like Me 02:26
    Track
    6
    Title
    Another Friend Like Me
    Duration
    02:26
    Composer
    Jesse Thomas
    Performer
    Jesse Thomas
  8. 7 Worryin' Mind 02:38
    Track
    7
    Title
    Worryin' Mind
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Floyd Dixon
    Performer
    Smokey Hogg, Bill Davis, Hadda Brooks, Al Wichard
  9. 8 G.I. Fever 02:50
    Track
    8
    Title
    G.I. Fever
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    George Moore
    Performer
    Mercy Dee Walton
  10. 9 Baby Don't You Want to Go 02:09
    Track
    9
    Title
    Baby Don't You Want to Go
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Jimmy Witherspoon
    Performer
    J.D. Nicholson
  11. 10 Gone with the Draft 02:40
    Track
    10
    Title
    Gone with the Draft
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Wesley Prince
    Performer
    Nat King Cole, Wesley Prince, Oscar Moore
  12. 11 Bad Luck and Trouble 03:16
    Track
    11
    Title
    Bad Luck and Trouble
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    John Glenn
    Performer
    Jimmy McCracklin, Robert Kelton
  13. 12 Special Delivery 03:16
    Track
    12
    Title
    Special Delivery
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Cecil Gant
    Performer
    Cecil Gant
  14. 13 Reconversion Blues 03:09
    Track
    13
    Title
    Reconversion Blues
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Graham Moore
    Performer
    Ivory Joe Hunter, Ernie Royal, John Patterson, Charlie Haden, Pee Wee Crayton, Chuck Walker
  15. 14 It Ain't Gonna Be Like That 02:50
    Track
    14
    Title
    It Ain't Gonna Be Like That
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Mel Tormé
    Performer
    Charlie Brown, Eddie Williams, Johnny Moore, Oscar Moore
  16. 15 Play Boy Blues 02:40
    Track
    15
    Title
    Play Boy Blues
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Jules Taub
    Performer
    Joe Turner, Russell Jacquet, Wild Bill Moore, Lou Simon, Teddy Bunn, Camille Howard, Walter Murden
  17. 16 I'm in an Awful Mood 20:46
    Track
    16
    Title
    I'm in an Awful Mood
    Duration
    20:46
    Composer
    Gary Moore
    Performer
    T-Bone Walker, Al Killian, Jack McVea, Frank Clarke, Lloyd Glenn, Rabon Tarrant
  18. 17 Operation Blues 02:43
    Track
    17
    Title
    Operation Blues
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    David Mooney
    Performer
    Amos Milburn, Vernon Smith, Maxwell Davis, Marshal Royal, Floyd Turnham, Roy Hamilton, Willard McDaniel, Henry Rubberlegs Williams
  19. 18 Blues in B-Flat 02:33
    Track
    18
    Title
    Blues in B-Flat
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Hadda Brooks
    Performer
    Jim Black, Basie Day, Teddy Bunn, Willard McDaniel, Hadda Brooks, Al Wichard
  20. Disc 2
  21. 1 Plain Old Down Home Blues 03:08
    Track
    1
    Title
    Plain Old Down Home Blues
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Jimmy Witherspoon
    Performer
    T-Bone Walker, Jack Trainer, Bumps Myers, Billy Hadnott, Willard McDaniel, Oscar Lee Bradley Sr.
  22. 2 S.K. Groove 03:05
    Track
    2
    Title
    S.K. Groove
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Sammy Deane, Eddie Taylor, Joe Holder, Saunders King, Johnny Cooper, Bunny Peters
  23. 3 Television Blues 03:02
    Track
    3
    Title
    Television Blues
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Lowell Fulson
    Performer
    Lowell Fulson, Floyd Montgomery, King Solomon, Count Carson
  24. 4 Gatemouth Boogie 02:32
    Track
    4
    Title
    Gatemouth Boogie
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Saunders King
    Performer
    Vernon Smith, Maxwell Davis, Marshal Royal, Floyd Turnham, Roy Hamilton, Charles Norris, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Willard McDaniel, Henry Rubberlegs Williams
  25. 5 Central Avenue Blues 02:43
    Track
    5
    Title
    Central Avenue Blues
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    Jules Taub
    Performer
    Anonymous, Buddy Floyd, Bill Davis, Pee Wee Crayton, David Lee Johnson, Candy Johnson
  26. 6 Ramblin' Woman 02:53
    Track
    6
    Title
    Ramblin' Woman
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Washington Phillips
    Performer
    Gene Phillips, Bill Davis, Lloyd Glenn, Al Wichard
  27. 7 Soothe Me 02:37
    Track
    7
    Title
    Soothe Me
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Floyd Dixon
    Performer
    Eddie Williams, Johnny Moore, Oscar Moore, Charles Brown
  28. 8 Please Stop Playing Those Blues 02:57
    Track
    8
    Title
    Please Stop Playing Those Blues
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Billy Moore
    Performer
    Jimmy Witherspoon, Percy Gabriel, Tiny Webb, Jay McShann, Jesse Price
  29. 9 I'm Gonna Leave You 02:27
    Track
    9
    Title
    I'm Gonna Leave You
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Glenn Johnson
    Performer
    Amos Milburn, Vernon Smith, Maxwell Davis, Marshal Royal, Floyd Turnham, Roy Hamilton, Charles Norris, Willard McDaniel, Henry Rubberlegs Williams
  30. 10 Prairie Dog Hole 02:48
    Track
    10
    Title
    Prairie Dog Hole
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Mark Hurley
    Performer
    Floyd Dixon, Eddie Williams, Tiny Webb, Ellis Lawrence Walsh
  31. 11 Little Willie's Boogie 02:57
    Track
    11
    Title
    Little Willie's Boogie
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Little Willie Littlefield
    Performer
    Little Willie Littlefield
  32. 12 That Other Woman's Gotta Go 03:00
    Track
    12
    Title
    That Other Woman's Gotta Go
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Saunders King
    Performer
    Geraldine Carter, Jake Vernon Porter, Gene Porter, Marshal Royal, Arthur Edwards, Gene Phillips, Lloyd Glenn, Bill Street
  33. 13 Leary Blues 02:58
    Track
    13
    Title
    Leary Blues
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Percy Mayfield
    Performer
    Percy Mayfield, Vernon Smith, Maxwell Davis, Marshal Royal, Floyd Turnham, Ray Hamilton, Charles Norris, Willard McDaniel, Henry Rubberlegs Williams
  34. 14 True Blues 02:50
    Track
    14
    Title
    True Blues
    Duration
    02:50
    Composer
    Roy Milton
    Performer
    Roy Milton, Hosea Sapp, Earl Simms, William J. Gaither, Clarence Jones, Camille Howard
  35. 15 Troubles Goodbye 02:41
    Track
    15
    Title
    Troubles Goodbye
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Jimmy Liggins
    Performer
    Charlie Ferguson, Harold Land, Jimmy Liggins, Walton Willis, James Dedmon, Jonathan Bagsby, Fred Jackson, Leon Petties
  36. 16 Jump It with a Shuffle 02:48
    Track
    16
    Title
    Jump It with a Shuffle
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Floyd Dixon
    Performer
    Jesse Price, Pete Daily, Dave Cavanaugh, Eddie Miller, Clint Neagley, Bob Poland, Harry Babasin, Nappy Lamare, Tommy Linehan, Frank Carlson
  37. 17 No Name Boogie 02:56
    Track
    17
    Title
    No Name Boogie
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Joe Lutcher
    Performer
    Karl George, Bill Ellis, Joe Lutcher, Leon Beck, Bill Cooper, Ulysses Livingston, L. H. Morrow, Booker Hart
  38. 18 I Came to California 02:51
    Track
    18
    Title
    I Came to California
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Joe Pullum
    Performer
    Joe Pullum, Gene Phillips, Lloyd Glenn