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99 Year Blues

this collection of country blues reaches back 60 to 99 years because the blues have always been here or just around the corner.
photo : David Roman Firth
Tracklist:
  1. Sorry Feeling Blues – Bo Carter – Okeh – Columbia (1931/1969)
  2. Pea Vine Whistle – Jimmy Brewer – Milestone (1966)
  3. Dark Night Blues – Blind Willie McTell – Victor / Third Man Records (1928/2013)
  4. 99 Year Blues – Julius Daniels – Victor / DOXY (1927/2009)
  5. How Long? – Skip James – Paramount / Mississippi Records (1931/2008)
  6. Future Blues – Willie Brown – Paramount / Mississippi Records (1931/2014)
  7. Jack O’Diamonds Is A Hard Card To Play – Mance Lipscomb – Arhoolie Records (1960)
  8. I Do – Robert Wilkins – Victor / Mississippi Records (1933/2015)
  9. Oh Babe It Ain’t No Lie – Elizabeth Cotten – Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (1958/2018)
  10. Frankie – Mississippi John Hurt – Okeh / DOXY (1928/2009)
  11. Hanging ‘Round A Skin Game – Jesse Fuller – World Song / Mississippi Records / Secret Seven (1955/2015)
  12. Stop All The Buses – Cecil Augusta – Rounder Select / Mississippi Records (1959/2003/2016)
  13. Last Fair Deal Gone Down – Robert Johnson – Vocalion / Columbia (1937/1961)
  14. I Am The Devil – The Mississippi Sheiks – Bluebird / Third Man Records (1934/2014)
  15. Needed Time – Sam “Lightning” Hopkins – RPM Records / Mississippi Records (1952/2010)
  16. Everybody Ought To Treat A Stranger Right – Blind Willie Johnson & Willie B. Harris – Columbia – Mississippi Records (1930/2011)
  17. No More Hard Times – Guitar Slim & Jelly Belly – Arhoolie Records (1962/1968)
  18. Anything From A Foot Race To A Resting Place – Jealous James Stanchell – 77 Records / Smithsonian Folkways Recordings (1959/1960/2023)