01. MEMPHIS MINNIE,Frisco Town
02. MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT,Spike Drivers Blues
03. CANONN’S JUG STOMPERS,Feather Bed
04. HENRY THOMAS,Fox and the Hounds
05. BUSTER CARTER & PRESTON YOUNG,A Lazy Farmer Boy
06. LUKE JORDAN,Pick Poor Robin Clean
07. BOBBY GRANT,Nappy Head Blues
08. TAYLOR’S KENTUCKY BOYS,Sourwood Mountain
09. TEXAS ALEXANDER,Levee Camp Moan Blues            play
10. EVANS & MCCLAIN,John Henry Blues
11. BIDDLEVILLE QUINTETTE,Coming to Christ
12. CLARENCE ASHLEY,House Carpenter
13. LIL MCCLINTOCK,Furniture Man
14. COW COW DAVENPORT,Alabama Strut
15. FURRY LEWIS,Kassie Jones (Part 1)                play
16. BLIND BOY FULLER,Thousand Woman Blues
17. BLIND BLAKE,Champaign Charlie Is My Name
18. MOSES MASON,Molly Man
19. FRANK STOKES,Chicken You Can Roost Behind The Moon
20. JOHN HAMMOND,Little Birdie
21. BARBECUE BOB,Black Skunk Blues
22. COLEY JONES,Drunkard’s Special
23. BLUE BOYS,Easy Winner

Before the blues? If you take Webster’s first definition–”Low spirits: melancholy”–well, then we’re not talking pre-W.C. Handy. We’re going back to Eve and the Apple. But, for Yazoo’s three-disc Before the Blues series, it’s safe to assume the anthologists worked off of the second definition: “A song of lamentation characterized by 12-bar phrases [and] 3-line stanzas in which the words of the second stanza repeat those of the first, and continual occurrence of blues hones in melody and harmony.” That works. The 23-song first set in the series offers up a vastly entertaining assortment of rags, breakdowns, and shuffles. Some names may ring a bell with noncollectors (Henry Thomas, Mississippi John Hurt), and a few tunes have become a part of America’s musical landscape (notably the eerie “Pretty Polly”). Most of what’s found here, however, is unfamiliar, and fascinating.

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01. DALLAS STRING BAND,Dallas Rag
02. FRANK STOKES,How Long
03. PEG LEG HOWELL,Skin Game Blues
04. MEMPHIS JUG BAND,K.C. Moan
05. CHARLEY JORDAN,Just A Spoonful
06. HATTIE HUDSON,Doggone My Good Luck Soul
07. ECK ROBERTSON,There’s A Brown Skin Girl Down The Road Somewhere
08. LULU JACKSON,You’re Going To Leave The Old Home Jim!
09. TOMMY MCCLENNAN,Deep Blue Sea Blues             play
10. SOUTH STREET TRIO,Cold Morning Shout
11. BLIND JOE TAGGART,Been Listening All the Day
12. CHARLEY PATTON,Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues
13. GOLDEN P. HARRIS,I’ll Lead A Christian Life
14. MINNIE WALLACE,The Old Folks Started It
15. TENNESSEE CHOCOLATE DROPS,Vine Street Drag
16. BLIND WILLIE JOHNSON,It’s Nobody’s Fault But Mine
17. GEESHIE WILEY,Last Kind Words Blues
18. ROLAND & SCOTT,Guitar Stomp                    play
19. BLIND LEMOND JEFFERSON,Jack O’Diamond Blues
20. EMRY ARTHUR,Reuben Oh Reuben
21. BLUE BOYS,Memphis Stomp
22. LOUISE JOHNSON,On The Wall
23. FRANK JENKINS,Roving Cowboy

Get ready for some great blues, from the legends to the modern masters, acoustic to the electric featuring essential performances covering the last half-century of blues by the greatest of the great blues performers. Entire album reeks with every word and note from artists who aren’t holding anything back. This has the feelings music is supposed to have, especially blues and this in right up there with the best of the best.

Sit back and enjoy “The American Folk Blues Festivals 1962-1966 Vol. 1″, featuring Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker, Memphis Slim, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Big Mama Thorton, Muddy Waters and Howlin’ Wolf some of the legends that gave us our favorite genre…BLUES! Each cue is dead on, with detailed liner-notes and a little history of their background and accomplishments. This DVD is proof that once and for all Blues…was then and is very much alive and well. Blues is still some of the best music around…gotta love it! - By J. Lovins.

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01. Bamalong Blues Andrew & Jim Baxter
02. Run Mollie Run Henry Thomas
03. Lonesome Road Blues Sam Collins          play
04. Jackson Stomp Mississippi Mud Steppers
05. On Jordan’s Stormy Banks We Stand Seventh Day Adventists Choir
06. Mississippi Jail House Groan Rube Lacy
07. Forked Deer Taylor’S Kentucky Boys
08. Bye Bye Baby Blues Little Hat Jones
09. Pretty Polly B.F. Shelton                play
10. Soft Steel Piston Weaver & Beasley
11. Two White Horses In A Line Evans & McClain
12. Jamestown Exhibition Bayless Rose
13. Dupree Blues Willie Walker
14. France Blues Papa Harvey Hull
15. Dying Mother And Her Child Rev. Gates & Congregation
16. John Hardy Buell Kazee
17. Wayward Girl Blues Lottie Kimbrough
18. Newport Blues Cincinnati Jug Band
19. Tom Sherman’s Barroom Dick Devall
20. Stack O’ Lee Blues Mississippi John Hurt
21. Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues Teddy Darby
22. I’ll Go With Her Blues Robert Wilkins
23. Christian Soldier Denson Quartet

“This set is a treasure, a wonder, and a shining joy.” From True Blues.

“Our rich and varied musical heritage is preserved on this set of discs loaded with fascinating and e njoyable performances.” From Boston Herald.

“Miraculous is almost too weak an adjective.” From Playboy.

A fascinating and highly entertaining exploration f the early roots of black music in America. This pioneering project depicts the rich American musical scene that existed throughout the 1800s with classic performances of ragtime, old modal songs, breakdowns, ballads, religious music and more. Featured here are great performances by many of the most legendary names in American music history, and this project follows the evolution of blues from its early modal precursors and early fundamentalist religious music. Extensive notes and photos communicate and exciting sense of discover, and outstanding remastered sound quality brings these rare old recordings to life.

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