2-CD Digipac (6-plated) with 124-page booklet, 55 tracks. Total playing time approx. 163 minutes.

Second volume in this series of four 2-CD digipac sets.
Covering the story of acoustic blues from 1941 to 1959.
Pre-war and post-war recordings, a total of 55 tracks, carefully re-mastered from the original sources.
124-page booklet with rare photos and in-depth liner notes and bios.
Blues greats like Big Joe Williams, Brownie McGhee, McKinley Morganfield, John Lee Hooker, and Big Bill Broonzy alongside lesser know pickers like William Brown, Alabama Slim, Manny Nichols, a. m. o.

Our second volume in this series commences at just about the time that amplification was beginning to permanently alter the definition of blues guitar. Texan T-Bone Walker was at the vanguard of the new electrified approach. He inspired an army of daring young disciples who picked out dazzling single-string solos that fit right into the urban jump blues phenomenon sweeping the country during the immediate postwar era.

Yet there was still a market for downhome acoustic blues guitar. Indie firms introduced a new batch of guitarists who stubbornly refused to amplify their instruments. Most of them were solidly rooted in pre-war tradition. A few such as Nat Terry, Willie Lane, Julius King, and Johnny Beck made one or two now-prized 78s and were never heard from again.

This collection includes splendid selections by a few of the giants from the pre-war days that we heard from last time-Big Bill Broonzy, Blind Willie McTell, Josh White, Big Joe Williams-who were still actively creating and recording classic sides, but it's largely devoted to the new crop of acoustic blues guitarists...Read more at: https://www.bear-family.de/

Track Listing

• Williams, Joe - Bottle It Up And Go
• Williams, Joe - Crawlin’ King Snake
• Petway, Robert - Catfish Blues
• Blind Boy Fuller #2 (Brownie McGhee) - Step It Up And Go No 2
• Hollins, Tony - Cross Cut Saw Blues
• Lockwood, Robert - Black Spider Blues
• Morganfield, McKinley - I Be’s Troubled
• Crudup, Arthur'Big Boy' - If I Get Lucky
• Moss, Buddy - Unfinished Business
• Brown, William - Mississippi Blues
• Edwards, David - Water Coast Blues
• Brown, Gabriel - Stick With Me
• Shines, Johnny - Evil-Hearted Woman Blues
• Lightnin’' Hopkins - Katie Mae Blues
• White, Josh - Evil Hearted Man
• Brown, Othum - Ora-Nelle Blues
• Young, Johnny - Money Taking Woman
• Little Boy Fuller (Rich Trice) - Blood Red River Blues
• Back Porch Boys, The - Sweet Woman Blues
• McGhee, Stick - Drinkin’ Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee
• Sims, Frankie Lee - Single Man Blues
• Various - Acoustic Blues - Douglas, K C Mercury Boogie
• Fulson, Lowell - The Blues Is Killing Me
• Alabama Slim (Ralph Willis) - Boar Hog Blues
• Cotton, Sylvester - Ugly Woman Blues
• Pinetop Slim - Applejack Boogie
• Lane , Willie - Prowlin’ Ground Hog
• Pickett, Dan - Ride To A Funeral In A V8

• McMillan, Dennis - Paper Wooden Daddy
• Nichols, Manny - Walking Talking Blues
• Beck, Johnny (The Blind Boy) - You’ve Got To Lay Down Mama
• Tisdom, James - Model T Boogie
• Houston, Lawyer - Dallas Be-Bop Blues
• Little David (David Wylie) - You’re Gonna Weep And Moan
• Pig ‘N’ Whistle Band (Blind Willie McTell) - Talkin’ To You Mama
• Jackson, Lil’ Son - Ticket Agent Blues
• Huff, Luther - 1951 Blues
• Larks, The - Eyesight To The Blind
• Stoneham, Luther - January 11, 1949 Blues
• Stewart, William'Talking Boy' - They Call Me Talking Boy
• Terry, Nathaniel - Take It Easy Baby
• Lee, John - Down At The Depot
• King, Julius - If You See My Lover
• Quattlebaum, Doug - Don’t Be Funny, Baby!
• Various - Acoustic Blues - Terrell, Sister O M I’m Going To The City
• DeBerry, Jimmy - Before Long
• Thomas, Jesse - Gonna Move To California
• Various - Acoustic Blues - Tillis, Big Son & Bender, D C Rocks Is My Pillow
• Fuller, Jesse - San Francisco Bay Blues
• Lick, Slick and Slide - I Love My Baby
• Ross, Doctor - Industrial Boogie
• Broonzy, Big Bill - Willie Mae Blues
• Cotton, Elizabeth - Freight Train
• Eaglin, Snooks - See See Rider
• Hooker, John Lee - Burning Hell
• Fred McDowell, Mississippi - Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning

Additional Details

Label: Bear Family Records

Genre: Blues

Run Time: 163 mins

Release Date: 04/24/15

UPC: 5397102172304