1 	–Mary J. Blige And Sheryl Crow 	Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 	2:35
2 	–Run DMC 	Christmas In Hollis 	3:06
3 	–Jon Bon Jovi 	Please Come Home For Christmas 	3:13
4 	–John Popper With Eric Clapton 	Christmas Blues 	3:42
5 	–Vanessa Williams 	What Child Is This? 	3:19
6 	–Eric Clapton 	Christmas Tears 	4:19
7 	–Tracy Chapman 	O Holy Night! 	3:26
8 	–Tracy Chapman And Eric Clapton 	Give Me One Reason 	4:17
9 	–Sheryl Crow With Eric Clapton 	Merry Christmas Baby 	3:59
10 	–Jon Bon Jovi 	Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) 	2:53
11 	–Mary J. Blige, Jon Bon Jovi, Tracy Chapman, Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow,
 John Popper, Run DMC, Vanessa Williams 	Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 	3:54

Acoustic Bass – Sue Williams 
Drums, Percussion – Shawn Pelton
Guitar – Bobby Bandiera
Keyboards – Michael Mancini
Keyboards, Music Director – Leon Pendarvis 
Saxophone – Timmy Cappello
Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Ed Manion
Trombone – Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg
Trumpet – Mike Spengler 

A Very Special Christmas Live: From Washington, D.C. continues the Very Special Christmas series, which benefits the Special Olympics. This volume was recorded live in Washington, D.C. and features performances by Mary J. Blige, Sheryl Crow, Run-D.M.C., Jon Bon Jovi, Eric Clapton, Vanessa Williams, and Tracy Chapman. Blige and Crow duet on "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," while Bon Jovi performs two lovelorn holiday songs -- "Please Come Home for Christmas" and "Christmas, Baby Please Come Home." Clapton teams up with Chapman on a version of her hit "Give Me One Reason," and with Crow on "Merry Christmas Baby." Run-D.M.C. performs "Christmas in Hollis," and Vanessa Williams turns in a rendition of "What Child Is This." All the performers appear on the album's final song, "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town," representing this benefit album's spirit of goodwill and teamwork. ---Heather Phares, AllMusic Review

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01. Koko Taylor – Merry. Merry Christmas (4:27)
02. Ul’ Ed & The Blues Imperials – I’m Your Santa (2:55)
03. Shemekia Copeland – Stay A Little Longer. Santa (4:21)
04. The Holmes Brothers – Back Door Santa (3:04)
05. Katie Webster – Deck The Halls With Boogie Woogie (2:59)
06. Charlie Musselwhite – Silent Night (2:41)
07. Little Charlie & the Nightcats – Santa Claus (2:58)
08. Michael – Christmas Snow (3:59)
09. Marcia Ball – Christmas Fais Do Do (3:15)
10. Roomful Of Blues – Santa Claus. Do You Ever Get The Blues? (3:22)
11. Tinsley Ellis – Santa Claus Wants Some Lovin1 (3:23)
12. Elvin Bishop – The Little Drummer Boy (2:53)

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Disc 1
01. Robert Johnson / I Believe I'll Dust My Broom [0:03:00.24]
02. Big Joe Williams / Baby Please Don't Go [0:01:42.67]
03. Tommy Johnson / Canned Heat Blues [0:03:39.57]
04. Tony Hollins / Crawlin' King Snake [0:03:08.59]
05. Bukka White / Parchman Farm Blues [0:02:42.05]
06. Muddy Waters / Country Blues [0:03:26.63]
07. Sleepy John Estes / Special Agent Blues [0:02:50.53]
08. Son House / Walkin' Blues [0:06:40.00]
09. Mississippi John Hurt / Candy Man Blues [0:02:46.71]
10. Skip James / Hard Time Killin Floor Blues [0:02:49.12]
11. Blind Willie Johnson / Dark Was The Night - Cold Was the Ground [0:03:19.71]
12. Robert Lockwood Jr. / Little Boy Blue [0:03:05.43]
13. Bo Carter / Banana In Your Fruit Basket [0:03:07.51]
14. Robert Petway / Catfish Blues [0:02:53.12]
15. Tommy McClennan / Bottle It Up and Go [0:02:48.43]
16. John Lee Hooker / Landing Blues [0:03:28.46]
17. Elmore James / Standing At The Crossroads [0:02:47.53]
18. Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup / Death Valley Blues [0:03:15.33]
19. Blind Willie McTell / Stomp Down Rider [0:03:08.16]
20. Big Joe Williams / Rootin' Ground Hog [0:03:02.74]
21. Robert Johnson / Love In Vain [0:02:21.44]
22. Charley Patton / Shake It And Break It [0:03:07.66]
23. Ishman Bracey / Trouble Hearted Blues [0:03:25.23]
24. Bukka White / Fixin' To Die [0:02:48.69]

Disc 2
01. Big Bill Broonzy / Mississippi River Blues [0:02:45.41]
02. Mississippi John Hurt / Ain't No Telling [0:02:57.40]
03. Bukka White / Special Steam Lines [0:02:55.40]
04. Big Joe Williams / I'm Getting Wild About Her [0:02:48.68]
05. Robert Johnson / Hellhound On My Trail [0:02:38.30]
06. Tommy Johnson / Cool Drink Of Water Blues [0:03:36.15]
07. Robert Lockwood / Take A Little Walk With Me [0:02:54.43]
08. Muddy Waters / I Be's Troubled [0:03:06.33]
09. John Lee Hooker / Shady Grove Blues [0:03:22.28]
10. Sleepy John Estes / Hobo Jungle Blues [0:02:57.10]
11. Charley Patton / 34 Blues [0:02:58.14]
12. Ishman Bracey / Left Alone Blues [0:03:30.09]
13. Tommy McClennan / Highway No.51 [0:02:51.11]
14. Robert Petway / Rockin' Chair Blues [0:02:56.20]
15. Son House / My Black Mama (Part 1) [0:03:10.19]
16. Blind Willie Johnson / Nobody's Fault But Mine [0:03:10.68]
17. Willie 'PoorBoy' Lofton / Dirty Mistreater [0:02:50.10]
18. David 'Honeyboy' Edwards / Stagolee [0:01:07.31]
19. Charley Patton / Moon Going Down [0:03:16.46]
20. Skip James / Devil Got My Woman [0:03:01.11]
21. Robert Johnson / Preaching Blues (Up Jumped The Devil) [0:02:52.65]
22. Big Joe Williams / Delta Blues [0:02:41.21]
23. Arthur 'Big Boy' Crudup / Black Pony Blues [0:03:22.51]
24. Mississippi John Hurt / Frankie [0:03:24.38]
25. Bo Carter / My Pencil Won't Write No More [0:02:56.29]

Despite the freedom gained in the American Civil War, most African-Americans had seen little change in their living conditions by the beginning of the 20th Century. Ironically, it would take another conflict to change the outlook. The First World War created jobs for unskilled workers in the North and many took the opportunity to escape the cloying restrictions of the South. The unsophisticated sounds of the country were no longer relevant to their lifestyles and the music changed accordingly. Without the blues there would have been no rock 'n' roll, and this generous 50 track compilation is nothing less than the roots of that revolution. ---Editorial Reviews, amazon.com

Let me be upfront and clear - I love Delta Blues guitar work and the integrity of emotion that can only come from living a life trapped in the hard situation found during the birth of these blues. This is a time that is past and will most likely never be recreated again - thankfully for those involved. That said, these times did create an intense state of music and lyrics that I am most thankful were captured for me to appreciate and empathize with.

These two discs do capture many of the great delta bluesmen performing many of there best works. I feel it is a fine compilation of the works from the era.

I tend to like the songs with a spiritual bent and those expressing the deep lonesomeness of hopelessness associated with being trapped in a hard and uncaring society with no way out. My favorite song by far is "Dark Was The Night - Cold Was The Ground" by Blind Willie Johnson. The guitar actually speaks to you in blue words while the lyrics are only spiritual moans - a deep powerfully sad and blue emotion. No amount of money could ever produce such a song. Listening to these blues it is easy to see how musicians who have a deep love of what music can emote were attracted to the Delta Blues era. The Rolling Stones, The Beatles and Eric Clapton, amongst many others, were all fascinated with the sound and emotion created in this era. The stories in the songs run from the standard male/female relations, spirituals, death and down and out hopelessness.

If you are looking for smooth voices and songs to dance to, don't think about these recordings. These recordings are deep sadness and expressions of human emotions which help all survive rough times. The recordings go all the way back to the late 1920's and many are surprisingly good for the era and situation in which they were recorded. If you appreciate raw talent and deep emotion - enjoy it all!!! ---Phil, amazon.com

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1-01 	–Icky Renrut 	Ho Ho 	2:29
1-02 	–Wild Jimmy Spruill 	Hard Grind 	2:28
1-03 	–Juke Boy Bonner 	Rock With Me Baby 	2:53
1-04 	–Lafayette "Thing" Thomas 	The Thing (Feat. Al Price Orchestra) 	2:13
1-05 	–Flash Terry 	She's My Baby 	2:49
1-06 	–Sly Williams 	I Believe In A Woman 	2:28
1-07 	–Piano Slim 	Squeezing 	2:25
1-08 	–Guitar Tommy Moore 	I Ain't Botherin' Nobody 	2:29
1-09 	–The Rocking Brothers 	Behind The Sun 	2:37
1-10 	–Guitar Shorty 	Ways Of A Man 	2:24
1-11 	–Lafayette "Thing" Thomas 	Weekley Blues 	2:37
1-12 	–Johnny Otis Featuring Pete "Guitar" Lewis 	One Nighter Blues 	2:44
1-13 	–Bob Reed And His Band 	I'm Leaving You 	2:38
1-14 	–Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers 	In The Wee Wee Hours 	2:07
1-15 	–Floyd Dixion 	Let's Go Smitty (Featuring Johnny "Guitar" Watson) 	2:23
1-16 	–Johnny Morrisette 	Brick 	2:02
1-17 	–Ike Turner 	Cubano Jump 	2:18
1-18 	–Lafayette Thomas 	Lafayette`s A-Coming 	2:27
1-19 	–The Egyptians	 	Party Stomp 	2:38
1-20 	–Willie Cobbs 		You Don't Love Me 	2:35
1-21 	–Muvva "Guitar" Hubbard And The Stompers 		Congo Mombo 	2:33
1-22 	–Little Miss Janice 	Scarred Knees 	3:22
1-23 	–Charlie Lucas Combo 	Walkin' 	2:07
1-24 	–Johnny Jones And The King Casuals 	Blues For The Brothers 	3:21
1-25 	–Cliff Driver & His Drivers 	Changin' Times 	2:27
2-01 	–Gus Jinkins & His Orchestra 	Tricky 	2:36
2-02 	–John Fred & His Playboy Band 		Boogie Children 	2:57
2-03 	–Buddy Guy And His Band 	You Sure Can't Do 	2:45
2-04 	–G. "Davy" Crockett 	Did You Ever Love Somebody (That Didn't Love You) 	2:54
2-05 	–Johnny Otis Featuring Pete "Guitar" Lewis 	Midnight In The Barrel House 	3:06
2-06 	–Sly Williams 	Boot Hill 	2:18
2-07 	–Buddy Guy And His Band 	This Is The End 	2:57
2-08 	–George Smith  	All Last Night 	2:25
2-09 	–Guitar Tommy Moore 		Your Car Machine 	3:59
2-10 	–Lafayette Thomas 	Cockroach Run 	2:39
2-11 	–Benny Sharp and His Orchestra 	St. Louis Sunset Twist 	1:40
2-12 	–Lonnie Brooks 	Mr. Hot Shot 	2:32
2-13 	–Prince Charles  	Come On Home 	2:35
2-14 	–Henry Artis & The Nitehawks 	I've Got The Blues So Bad 	2:11
2-15 	–Guitar Crusher, Jimmy Spruill Orchestra 	Since My Baby Hit The Numbers 	2:19
2-16 	–Earl Hooker 	Wild Moments 	2:41
2-17 	–Jimmy Thomas 	Jack Rabbit 	2:27
2-18 	–Claude And The Hightones 		High Sailing 	2:21
2-19 	–Larry Dale, Mickey Baker, Champion Jack Dupree 	Midnight Hours 	2:57
2-20 	–The Poor Boys  	Washboard 	2:30
2-21 	–Artie Wilson 		Tarzan 	1:58
2-22 	–Homesick James 	Set A Date 	2:38
2-23 	–Jimmy Mullins 	Pleadin' Mercy Baby 	2:18
2-24 	–Bobo Jenkins 		Nothing But Love 	2:23
2-25 	–Jimmy Witherspoon 		Endless Sleep 	2:30

This 2 CD box set is packed with some pretty rare blues sides, most from the 1950's era, with the rest from the 60's. This set focuses mainly on 45 RPM singles pressed on small labels because they're so powerful and exciting sounding, as opposed to a full LP. A number of these performers did record albums but focusing on singles strips the music down to the essential blues. This is the down and dirty sounding electric blues from mostly lesser/unknown singer/guitarists balanced by tracks from a few well known performers as well.. Among the better known perfromers are Juke Boy Bonner, Lafayette Thing Thomas, Guitar Shorty, Ike Turner, Buddy Guy, Lonnie Brooks, Earl Hooker, and Homesick James. ---Editorial Reviews, amazon.com

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A1 	–Chicken Shack 	Hey Baby	3:35

Bass Guitar – Andy Sylvester
Drums – Dave Bidwell
Guitar – Stan Webb
Vocals, Piano – Christine Perfect

A2 	–Duster Bennett 	Raining In My Heart	2:35

Drums – Dave Bidwell
Guitar – Andy Sylvester
Vocals, Harmonica, Guitar – Duster Bennett

A3 	–Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation 	Cobwebs	5:25

Bass Guitar – Keith Tillman
Drums – Aynsley Dunbar
Guitar – John Morshead
Vocals, Organ – Victor Brox

A4 	–Champion Jack Dupree 	I Haven't Done No-one No Harm	2:35

Bass Guitar – Stuart Brooks
Drums – Simon Kirke
Guitar – Paul Kossoff
Vocals, Piano – Champion Jack Dupree

A5 	–Otis Spann 	Bloody Murder		3:25

Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Clifton James
Harmonica – Walter Horton
Vocals, Piano – Otis Spann

A6 	–Chicken Shack 	It's Okay With Me Baby		2:35

Alto Saxophone – Johnny Almond
Bass Guitar – Andy Sylvester
Drums – Dave Bidwell
Guitar – Stan Webb
Tenor Saxophone – Dick Heckstall-Smith
Trumpet – Alan Ellis
Vocals, Piano – Christine Perfect

A7 	–Guitar Crusher 	Hambone Blues		3:40

Bass Guitar – Leo Lyons
Drums – Ric Lee
Guitar – Alvin Lee
Lead Guitar – Jimmy Spruill
Piano – Chick Churchill
Vocals – Guitar Crusher

B1 	–Bobby Parker 	 	It's Hard But Fair	2:05

Arranged By, Directed By – Terry Noonan
Baritone Saxophone – Bud Beadle
Bass Guitar – Dave Hutchins
Drums – Godfrey McLean
Organ – Johnny Wiggins
Tenor Saxophone – Johnny Almond, Steve Gregory
Trombone – Derek Wadsworth
Trumpet – Bud Parks, Roderick Lee
Vocals – Bobby Parker 

B2 	–Otis Spann 	Can't Do Me No Good		2:15

Bass – Willie Dixon
Drums – Clifton James
Harmonica – Walter Horton
Vocals, Piano – Otis Spann

B3 	–Chicken Shack 	When My Left Eye Jumps	6:20

Bass Guitar – Andy Sylvester
Drums – Dave Bidwell
Piano – Christine Perfect
Vocals, Guitar – Stan Webb

B4 	–Champion Jack Dupree 	Ba'la Fouche	2:15

Bass Guitar – Gary Thain
Percussion – Mike Vernon
Steel Guitar – Mick Taylor
Tambourine – Keef Hartley
Vocals, Drums – Champion Jack Dupree

B5 	–Bobby Parker	 	I Couln't Quit My Baby		4:45

Arranged By, Directed By – Terry Noonan
Baritone Saxophone – Bud Beadle
Bass Guitar – Dave Hutchins
Drums – Godfrey McLean
Organ – Johnny Wiggins
Tenor Saxophone – Johnny Almond, Steve Gregory
Trombone – Derek Wadsworth
Trumpet – Bud Parks, Roderick LeeVocals, Guitar – Bobby Parker 

B6 	–Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation	 	Warning 	3:10

Bass Guitar – Keith Tillman
Drums – Aynsley Dunbar
Guitar – John Morshead
Vocals, Organ – Victor Brox

B7 	–Garfield Love 	Part Time Love		3:15

Baritone Saxophone – Dave Willis
Bass Guitar – Leo Lyons
Drums – Ric Lee
Guitar – Alvin Lee
Lead Guitar – Jimmy Spruill
Piano – Chick Churchill
Tenor Saxophone – Alan Skidmore, Les Wigfield
Trumpet – Bud Parks, Terry Noonan
Vocals – Garfield Love

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Side A 
	
Frank Frost 
1.Harpin' On It
2.Things You Do
3.Harp & Soul
4.Ride With Your Daddy Tonight

George "Wild Child" Butler
5.Axe And The Wind
6.Hold Me Baby
7.Do Something Baby

Side B

George "Wild Child" Butler	
1.Jelly Jam
2.My 40 Year Old Woman
3.Open Up Baby
4.The Best Of Wild Child

Raful Neal
5.Let's Work Together
6.Blues On The Moon
7.It's Been So Long

Frank Frost (15 April 1936, Auvergne, Arkansas, USA, d. 12 October 1999, Helena, Arkansas, USA.) Frost’s skills encompassed keyboards and guitar, but like many other blues artists, he started with the harmonica. After moving to St. Louis as a teenager, he took up playing with Sonny Boy ‘Rice Miller’ Williamson in the mid-50s, appearing regularly with him on the famous radio show King Biscuit Time. He also teamed up with Robert Nighthawk and his son Sam Carr, before relocating to the south. In 1962 he recorded for Sam Phillips as part of the Nighthawks trio, featuring Carr on drums and guitarist Big Jack Johnson. One single and an album, Hey Boss Man!, resulted, featuring a very tough and raw, but tight, down-home blues sound, unusual on record at this time. A similar sound emerged from his next sessions in Nashville in 1966, produced by Scotty Moore, which produced three fine singles and, later, an album on Jewel Records. ‘My Back Scratcher’, Frost’s take on Slim Harpo’s ‘Baby Scratch My Back’, was even a minor R&B hit.

Subsequently, Frost went back to mainly local performing in the juke joints around his home area in the Mississippi Delta, basing himself at Eddie Mae’s Café in Helena, Arkansas. He also continued to make records and tour with Carr and Johnson, releasing 1979’s Rockin’ The Juke Joint Down as the Jelly Roll Kings. Frost undertook some highly acclaimed appearances in Europe and, following his appearance in the 1986 movie Crossroads, recorded several well-received solo albums before his death in October 1999. --- oldies.com

George Butler was born in Autaugaville, Alabama on October 1, 1936. His mother nicknamed him ‘Wild Child’ before he could even walk. George took up the harmonica by the age of six and at 14 he was already performing professionally. In the late 1950’s ‘Wild Child’ Butler moved to Chicago and became a blues sensation. His recording debut was released in 1964. Butler continued to record and tour extensively for decades. In the early 1980’s while on tour in the Yukon Butler met a Canadian named Elaine who would soon become his wife and manager.

In order to remain in Canada but be close to Chicago the Butlers settled in the Windsor area in 1985. While living in Windsor, Butler recorded These Mean Old Blues in 1991 and Stranger in 1994. In the summertime Butler could be found enjoying a day of fishing and playing his harmonica at fishing holes and farm ponds around Stoney Point. George ‘Wild Child’ Butler passed away March 1, 2005 at the age of 68. Mr. Butler had been preparing to record his next CD and had finished writing all the songs for the album prior to his passing. --- windsor-communities.com

Born in Baton Rouge in 1936, Raful Neal took up the harp at age 14, tutored by a local player named Ike Brown and influenced by Chicago mainstay Little Walter. Neal's first band, the Clouds, also included guitarist Buddy Guy. This was the band Little Walter heard while in Baton Rouge and invited them to move up to Chicago and fill in at the gigs Walter couldn't make. Guy jumped at the chance but Neal decided to stay in Louisiana and raise his family. The harpist debuted on vinyl in 1958 with a 45 for Don Robey's Houston-headquartered Peacock Records. But "Sunny Side of Love," fine though it was, didn't lead to an encore for Peacock or anywhere else until much later, when Neal turned up with 45s on Whit, La Louisiane, and Fantastic.

Neal's debut album, the aptly titled Louisiana Legend, first emerged on Bob Greenlee's King Snake Records and was picked up by Alligator in 1990. I Been Mistreated, Neal's equally swampy follow-up, was released on Ichiban the following year; sons Noel (on bass) and Raful Jr. (on guitar) pitched in to help their old man out. Neal toured around the world and in 1997 he contributed harp to a couple of tracks on Tab Benoit's Live: Swampland Jam record. The understated but solid Old Friends appeared in 1998. Raful Neal died on September 1, 2004, after a long bout with cancer. --- Bill Dahl, allmusic.com

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CD1
1 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats – S.O.B
2 Anderson East – Satisfy Me
3 Hozier – Jackie and Wilson
4 Dead Sara – Mona Lisa
5 Little May – Remind Me
6 The Rubens – Hoops
7 Anthony D’Amato – Back Back Back
8 Raury – God’s Whisper
9 Alabama Shakes – Future People
10 Gary Clark Jr. – The Healing
11 City and Colour – Harder Than Stone
12 Dan Kelly – Baby Bonus
13 River Whyless – Maple Sap
14 Odessa – Hummed Low
15 The Waifs – Beautiful You
16 Lord Huron – The Night We Met
17 Ben Salter – The Stars My Destination
18 The Milk Carton Kids – Monterey

CD2
1 George Ezra – Budapest
2 Shakey Graves – Dearly Departed {feat. Esmé Patterson}
3 St. Paul & The Broken Bones – Call Me
4 Allen Stone – Perfect World
5 Leon Bridges – Coming Home
6 Mojo Juju – A Heart Is Not A Yo-yo
7 Jason Isbell – 24 Frames
8 The Black Sorrows – Harley & Rose
9 The Fumes – Jazz
10 Songhoy Blues – Soubour
11 Tim Rogers & The Bamboos – Easy
12 Vance Joy – Georgia
13 The National – Graceless
14 Matt Corby – Monday
15 Laura Marling – False Hope
16 Lindi Ortega – Ashes
17 Sarah Humphreys – Take Your Time
18 Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes – Afraid of the Light

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01. Geoff Achison - Hell's Bells
02. Chase The Sun - Shoot to Thrill
03. Gail Page And Jan Rynsaardt - What Do You Do for Money Honey
04. Marshall Okell - Given the Dog a Bone (feat. Triple Nip)
05. Shaun Kirk - Let Me Put My Love into You
06. The Lachy Doley Group - Back in Black
07. 8 Ball Aitken - You Shook Me All Night Long
08. Genevieve Chadwick - Have a Drink on Me
09. Playskool - Shake a Leg
10. Lloyd Spiegel - Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution

‘Back in Blue’ is a tribute album - a complete re-recording of AC/DC's classic ‘Back in Black’, featuring some of Australia’s leading blues artists. All profits made from the release of the ‘Back in Blue’ album will be donated to Beyond Blue - one of the most recognisable avenues of help for depression sufferers and their families - to raise awareness of depression and treatments available within the community.

Darren Griffis, a QLD-based blues musician whose life has been touched by depression, conceived the ‘Back in Blue’ idea. Darren’s love of Aussie blues musicians, and of AC/DC, lead him to the idea of putting the two together to provide some positive outcomes for not only those affected by depression, but also to those at risk of falling victim to it in the future.

Music - and particularly blues music - is the great communicator; it crosses all boundaries, including linguistic and personal ones. Music allows people to say things to others that are very difficult in normal speech. The ‘Back In Black’ album has become the highest selling rock album in history and is arguably the greatest rock album ever produced by an Australian band. Even in 2015, on the 35th anniversary of its release, It’s a national icon, and known universally throughout Australia. What better vehicle to draw attention to an illness that affects so many throughout the community?

The artists who have answered the call to help make this album are based all over Australia and the album is being recorded in studios across three states, with a release date planned at Blues On Broadbeach for May 2016.

‘Back in Blue’ is a not-for-profit organisation, and committee members are volunteers and passionate the project as an innovative and worthy way to raise attention about depression and to open the door to discussion by using the medium of popular music. --- bluesonbroadbeach.com

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01. Dirty Red — Mother Fuyer 02:22
02. Sam Collins — Slow Mama Slow 03:06
03. Washboard Sam — Let Me Play Your Vendor 03:02
04. Bo Carter — Ram Rod Daddy 02:55
05. Lucille Bogan — Coffee Grindin' Blues 03:21
06. Lonnie Johnson — Jelly Roll Baker 02:41
07. Tampa Red And His Hokum Jug Band — She Can Love So Good 03:14
08. Blind Blake — Diddie Wa Diddie 02:55
09. Peetie Wheatstraw — Peetie Wheatstraw Stomp 02:31
10. Mississippi John Hurt — Candy Man Blues 02:42
11. Sonny Boy Williamson — Susie-Q 03:09
12. Ruby Glaze — Rollin' Mama Blues 03:00
13. Blind Boy Fuller — I'm A Rattlesnakin' Daddy 03:01
14. Big Bill Broonzy — Night Watchman Blues 02:48
15. Blind Lemon Jefferson — Oil Well Blues 02:28
16. Walter Davis — Think You Need A Shot 03:21

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1. Doctor Ross the Harmonica Boss Theme Song [ 2:57]
2. Brownie McGhee – Heart in Sorrow [ 3:02]
3. Charlie Burse – Take Your Fingers off It [ 2:54]
4. Eddie Burns – Nine Below Zero [ 3:35]
5. Charlie Sayles – Bye Bye Bird [ 3:12]
6. Jazz Gillum – Gillum Blues [ 2:17]
7. Sonny Terry – Crow Jane Blues [ 2:02]
8. John Cephas – Dog Days of August [ 4:12]
9. John Sebastian and the J Band – Minglewood Blues [ 3:43]
10. Doctor Ross the Harmonica Boss Good Morning Little School Girl [ 3:39]
11. Phil Wiggins – Sweet Home Chicago [ 4:18]
12. Eddie Burns – One Way Out [ 2:28]
13. Brownie McGhee – Boogie Baby [ 2:33]
14. Neal Pattman – Low Down Blues [ 4:11]
15. Chambers Brothers – Hooka Tooka [ 2:28]
16. Charlie Sayles – Train Piece [ 5:10]
17. Doctor Ross the Harmonica Boss Chicago Breakdown [ 3:44]
18. Jay Summerour – I Feel so Good [ 2:04]
19. Roscoe Holcomb – Barbara Allen Blues [ 1:30]
20. Sonny Terry – Custard Pie [ 2:47]

In the 1850s, clockmaker Matthias Hohner began making harmonicas in Germany. By the turn of the century, his market expanded to America where among countless others, African Americans claimed the instrument as their own. Classic Harmonica Blues from Smithsonian Folkways brims with the creativity of soulful harmonica greats of the 20th century, including Sonny Terry, Doctor Ross, Eddie Burns, Phil Wiggins, and more. Culled from the historic Folkways Records collection and live performances at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, these recordings take us to the heart of the classic American blues tradition. 66 minutes, 36-page booklet.

This is the 21st release in the Smithsonian Folkways Classic Series. --- folkways.si.edu

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