Various – Down Home Blues: New York, Cincinnati & The North Eastern States: Tough Enough

The definitive collection of blues music from New York City and the north-eastern region from the early 1940s to the early 1960s.

Includes an 80 page book on the origins of the music and the blues scene in this  region by eminent blues writer and scholar Chris Bentley, complete with essay, rare photos, tracklisting and full sessionography.

The box set contains the down home blues of the territories of the North Eastern States that encompasses two important cities that certainly helped in the development and growth of this blues genre. Mainly from artists who were far more comfortable playing their music within the bars and out-of-town juke joints. The tough little venues that were quite different from the bigger rhythm and blues, jazz orchestrated venues that New York and Northeastern cities had established for those bigger sounds.

Track Listing:

CD1:
Big Chief Ellis: 1. Big Chief’s Blues -   Big Boy Ellis and His Rhythm: 2. I Love You Baby -   Skoodle-Dum-Doo and Sheffield: 3. Tampa Blues -   4. Gas Ration Blues -   Gabriel Brown: 5. Hold That Train -   6. I'll Be Seeing You One Of These Days -   Bob Camp and His Buddies: 7. - Gonna Pitch A Boogie -   8. Reading Blues -   Irene Wiley: 9. Boa Hog Blues -   10. Irene's Boogie Blues -   Big Chief Ellis: 11. Poor Man’s Blues -   12. Mr Radio Announcer -   Fred Dunn: 13. Fred's Boogiewoogie -   14. Baby Don't Feel Lowdown -   Hank Kilroy: 15. Awful Shame -   Rosita (Chicken) Lockhart: 16. Be Bop Daddy Blues -   17. Mean Mean Woman Blues -   Allen Bunn: 18. Somebody Changed The Lock -   19. You're A Little Too Slow -   Gabriel Brown: 20. Wrap Me Up Tight -   21. I Can't Last Long -   Brownie McGhee: 22. How Can I Love You -   23. My Bulldog Blues - John Tinsley And Fred Holland: 24. Truble Blues -   Sonny Terry: 25. Telephone Blues -   26. Tell Me, Tell Me -

CD2:
Alonzo Scales: 1. My Baby Don’t Allow -   2. Let Me Home Blues -   Allen Bunn and Trio: 3. The Guy With A "45" -   4. She'll Be Sorry -   Sunny Jones: 5. Leaving Blues -   6. Don't Want Pretty Women -   Sonny Terry: 7. Black Horse Blues -   8. Going Down Slow -   Doug Quattlebaum: 9. Foolin' Me -   10. Don't Be Funny Baby -   Otis Hinton: 11. Emmaline -   12. Walkin' Down Hill -   Allen Bunn and Trio: 13. Discouraged -   14. I Got You Covered -   Jimmy Newsome: 15.Playboy -   16. I'm Gonna Chunk You Down -   Robert Henry: 17. Something's Wrong With My Loving Machine -   18. Miss Anna B -   Doctor Gaddy And His Orchestra: 19. Evil Man Blues -   20. Doctor Gaddy’s Blues -   Jimmy Newsome: 21. Do That Thing -   22. My Little Child - Robert Henry: 23. Early In The Morning -   24. Old Battle Ax -   Square Walton: 25. Fish Tail Blues -   26. Pepper Head Woman -

CD3:
Cousin Leroy: 1. Goin' Back Home -   2. Catfish -   Jack Dupree: 3. Sharp Harp -   Alonzo Scales: 4. Hard Luck Child -   5. We Just Can’t Agree -   Lick, Slick And Slide: 6. I Got Drunk -   7. I Love My Baby -   Eddie Riff with Orchestra: 8. Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby -   9. My Baby's Gone Away -   Alonzo Scales: 10. My Baby Likes To Shuffle -   11. She’s Gone -  Bob Gaddy: 12. Paper Lady -  
13. Out Of My Name -   Cousin Leroy: 14. Highway 41 -   15. Will A Match Box Hold My Clothes' -   Mojo Watson: 16. You Know You Don't Want Me -   17. All Alone -   Cousin Leroy: 18. I'm Lonesome -   19. Up The River -   Jack Dupree: 20. Dirty Women -   21. Just Like A Woman -   Cousin Leroy: 22. Crossroads -   23. Waiting At The Station -   Jesse And Buzzy: 24. Without Your Love -   25. Going Back To Orleans -   Little Red Walter: 26. Aw Shucks Baby -   27. Picking Cotton - Emright And Mattie: 28. That Minute There With You -   Emright: 29. One Of These Days -  

CD4:
Kine Morgan: 1. Nobody’s Fool -   2. We're Goin' Out To Rock Tonight -   Little Boyd And The Blues Bees: 3. Don't Leave Me Baby -   4. Harmonica Rock -   Little Luther: 5. Ever Lovin' Baby -   6. Cryin' Blues -   Guitar Nubbit: 7.Laura -   8. Evil Woman Blues - Little L. Boyd: 9. Drinking Blues (part one) -   10. Drinking Blues (part two) -   The Bees: 11. So Jealous -   12. Terror -   Morris Bailey And The Thomas Boys: 13. Tell Me Why -   14. Calendar Hanging On The Wall -   Betty James: 15. I'm A Little Mixed Up -   16. Help Me To Find My Love -   Guitar Nubbit: 17. I've Got The Blues -   18. New Orleans -   The Bees: 19. Oh Yes -   20. Tough Enough -   'Guitar' Crusher: 21. I Got To Know -   22. Cuddle Up -   Little Luther: 23. Steppin' High -   24. Du Dee Squat -   Curley Mays: 25. I'm Walkin' On -   Guitar Nubbit: 26. Hard Road -   27. Georgia Chain Gang -   Little Luther: 28. Doggin' Me -   29. Automatic Baby -