Track Listing 1. Dying Blues 2. Ashley St. Blues 3. Early Morning Blues (2668) 4. West Coast Blues 5. Early Morning Blues (3057-1) 6. Too Tight 7. Blake's Worried Blues 8. Come on Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around - (take 2) 9. Tampa Bound 10. Skeedle Loo Doo Blues - (take 1) 11. Skeedle Loo Doo Blues - (take 2) 12. Stonewall Street Blues 13. State Street Men Blues 14. Down the Country 15. Black Biting Bee Blues 16. Wilson Dam 17. Back-Town Blues 18. Black Dog Blues 19. One Time Blues 20. Bad Feeling Blues 21. Dry Bone Shuffle - (take 2) 22. That Will Never Happen No More 23. Brownskin Mama Blues 24. Hard Road Blues 25. Hey Hey Daddy Blues 26. Sea Board Stomp
| Details | | Distributor: | Allegro Corporation (Dist | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mono | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Blind Blake, one of the top blues guitarists and singers of the 1920s, is a mystery figure whose birth and death dates are not definitively known. He recorded 84 selections in six years (1926-1932), and fortunately all have been reissued on four Document CDs. Vol. 1 mostly features Blake in unaccompanied performances other than six numbers backing singer Leola Wilson, one song in which he is joined by a kazoo player and two in which someone plays rattlebones behind his guitar. Among the classics heard on this CD are "Early Morning Blues," "Too Tight," "Come on Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around," and "Seabord Stomp." All four of Blind Blake's Document CDs are essential for every serious blues collection. ~ Scott Yanow
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