I Can't Be Satisfied: Early American Women Blues Singers, Vol. 1: Country

by I CAN'T BE SATISFIED 1 / VARIOU

Overview

Required listening, I Can't Be Satisfied, Vol. 1 is the "Country" volume in a two-part series of early American blueswomen (Volume 2 is the "Town" volume). It is an absolutely essential compilation of early country blueswomen, many of whom appear on virtually no other recordings. This definitive archival collection of underdocumented, classic blueswomen and the better known bluesmen who performed with them includes such artists as Ruby Glaze backed by husband Blind Willie McTell and Hattie Hart who performs here with the Memphis Jug Band. Also heard are the only two available tracks by the intense Bertha Lee (Charlie Patton's wife during the last years of his life), "Yellow Bee" and "Mind Reader Blues." The sound quality of these 1920s recordings varies from mild, surface noise to the intense hiss of Geeshie Wiley's "Eagles on a Half," but some listeners will find that the power and rarity of this music outweighs such aesthetic inconveniences. If you want to hear incredible, tough women sing country-blues, get this. ~ Joslyn Layne

Product Details

Release Date:	05/20/1997
Label:	Yazoo
UPC:	0016351202628

Tracks

1. Lonesome Day Blues  - Ruby Glaze  - Blind Willie McTell
2. Papa's Got Your Bath Water On  - Hattie Hart  -  Memphis Jug Band
3. Black Hand Blues  - Hattie Hudson
4. Going Away Blues  - Lottie Kimbrough
5. Mind Reader Blues  - Bertha Lee  - Charley Patton
6. Outdoor Blues  -  Memphis Minnie
7. That Lonesome Rave  - Bertha Henderson
8. I Ain't Givin' Nobody None  - Mae Glover  -  Unidentified Prisoner
9. School Girl Blues  - Rosie Mae Moore  -  Unknown Composer
10. Dead Drunk Blues  - Lillian Miller  - George W. Thomas
11. My Low Down Brown  - Lizzie Washington
12. My Back to the Wall  - Irene Scruggs
13. Eagles on a Half  - Geeshie Wiley
14. Penitentiary  - Bessie Tucker
15. Rolling Log Blues  - Lottie Beaman  - Lottie Kimbrough
16. State of Tennessee Blues  - Jennie Mae Clayton  -  Memphis Jug Band  - Will Shade  - Jennie Clayton
17. Shake It Daddy  - Mae Glover
18. Twelve Pound Daddy  - Pearl Dickson  - Johnny Parth
19. The Voice of the Blues  - Irene Scruggs
20. Be My Kid Blues  - Elizabeth Johnson
21. Pick Poor Robin Clean  - Elvie Thomas  - Geeshie Wiley
22. Yellow Bee  - Bertha Lee
23. Down the Big Road Blues  - Mattie Delaney

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jennie Clayton   Primary Artist
Mattie Delaney   Primary Artist
Lillian Miller   Primary Artist
Hattie Hudson   Primary Artist
Lizzie Washington   Primary Artist
Bessie Tucker   Primary Artist
Ruby Glaze   Primary Artist
Hattie Hart   Primary Artist
Lottie Kimbrough   Primary Artist
Pearl Dickson   Primary Artist
Bertha Lee   Primary Artist,Vocals
Geeshie Wiley   Primary Artist
Memphis Minnie   Primary Artist
Memphis Jug Band   Primary Artist
Irene Scruggs   Primary Artist
Bertha Henderson   Primary Artist
Mae Glover   Primary Artist
Rosie Mae Moore   Primary Artist
Elizabeth Johnson   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Bertha Lee   Composer,Performer
Bessie Tucker   Composer,Performer
Elizabeth Johnson   Performer
Charley Patton   Composer
Elvie Thomas   Composer
Don Kent   Producer,Liner Notes
Mae Glover   Performer
George W. Thomas   Composer
Will Shade   Composer
Pearl Dickson   Composer,Performer
Irene Scruggs   Performer
Joan Pelosi   Art Direction
Lizzie Washington   Performer
Lillian Miller   Performer
Unknown Composer   Composer
Jennie Mae Clayton   Composer
Blind Willie McTell   Composer
Bertha Henderson   Performer
Hattie Hart   Performer,Composer
Hattie Hudson   Performer
Richard Nevins   Remastering,Producer
Johnny Parth   Composer
Memphis Jug Band   Performer
Mattie Delaney   Performer
Ruby Glaze   Performer,Composer
Memphis Minnie   Performer
Rosie Mae Moore   Performer,Composer
Lottie Beaman   Composer
Lottie Kimbrough   Performer,Composer
Unidentified Prisoner   Composer
Geeshie Wiley   Performer