Vol. 1, 1928-1934: How Long Blues

by Leroy Carr, Scrapper Blackwell

Overview

Over the course of its four discs and 95 songs, this box set tells you pretty much all you could wish to know about pianist Leroy Carr and guitarist Scrapper Blackwell. They did plenty of solo work during this period, but between 1928 and 1934 they were also one of the most successful blues duos in America. Though this comprehensive collection is described as "early recordings," there's not much more to the pair's story, since Carr died in 1935, driving a mournful Blackwell into decades of retirement. From the classic "How Long, How Long Blues" to later sides like the sorrowful "Blues Before Sunrise," Blackwell's jazz-schooled guitar licks and Carr's urban piano style combined for a more sophisticated sound that foreshadowed blues's eventual move from the country to the city.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/13/2008
Label:	Jsp
UPC:	0788065710422
Rank:	118983

Tracks

Disc 1

1. My Own Lonesome Blues
2. How Long, How Long Blues
3. Broken Spoke Blues
4. Tennessee Blues
5. Truthful Blues
6. Mean Old Train Blues
7. You Got to Reap What You Sow
8. Low Down Dirty Blues
9. Box Car Blues
10. How Long, How Long Blues No. 2
11. How Long, How Long Blues No. 3
12. Baby, Don't You Leave Me No More
13. Tired of Your Low Down Ways
14. I'm Going Away and Leave My Baby
15. Prison Bound Blues
16. You Don't Mean Me No Good
17. How About Me
18. Straight Alky Blues, Pt. 1
19. Think of Me Thinking of You
20. The Truth About the Thing
21. Straight Alky Blues, Pt. 2
22. Straight Alky Blues, Pt. 3
23. Lifeboat Blues
24. Gambler's Blues
25. There Ain't Nobody Got It Like She Got It

Disc 2

26. That's All Right for You
27. Wrong Man Blues
28. Naptown Blues
29. The New How Long Blues
30. Love Rides All
31. I Know That I'll Be Blue
32. Gettin' All Wet
33. Rainy Day Blues
34. Blue with the Blues
35. Just Worryin' Blues
36. Baby You Done Put That Thing on Me
37. I Won't Miss You When You're Gone
38. Don't You Get Tired
39. I'm Going Back to Tennessee
40. Christmas in Jail
41. Prison Cell Blues
42. That's Tellin' 'Em
43. Papa Wants a Cookie
44. Memphis Town
45. Don't Say Goodbye
46. I Ain't Got No Gal
47. Goodbye Blues
48. The Dirty Dozen
49. Workhouse Blues

Disc 3

50. Let's Make Up and Be Friends Again
51. Let's Disagree
52. Sloppy Drunk Blues
53. Hard Times Done Drove Me to Drink
54. Long Road Blues
55. Jail Cell Blues
56. Four Day Rider
57. Alabama Women Blues
58. Papa's on the House Top
59. Carried Water for the Elephant
60. Low Down Dog Blues
61. Nineteen Thirty One Blues
62. Love Crying Blues
63. Papa's Got Your Water On
64. Big House Blues
65. How Long, How Long Blues, Pt. 2
66. What More Can I Do
67. Papa Wants to Knock a Jug
68. How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone
69. Quittin' Papa
70. Lonesome Nights
71. I Keep the Blues

Disc 4

72. Gone Mother Blues
73. Midnight Hour Blues
74. Moonlight Blues
75. The Depression Blues
76. Mean Mistreater Mama
77. Mean Mistreater Mama
78. Mean Mistreater Mama No. 2
79. Court Room Blues
80. Hurry Down Blues
81. Corn Licker Blues
82. Hold Them Puppies
83. Shady Lane Blues
84. Blues She Gave Me
85. You Can't Run My Business No More
86. Blues Before Sunrise
87. Blues Before Sunrise
88. Ain't Got No Money Now
89. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
90. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
91. Stormy Night Blues
92. Take a Walk Round the Corner
93. Baby Come Back to Me
94. Blue Night Blues
95. My Woman's Gone Wrong

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Leroy Carr   Primary Artist
Scrapper Blackwell   Primary Artist