1	Mama Don't Allow, No. 1		
2	I'm a Prowlin' Groundhog 
3	Give Me Lovin'			
4	Oh, Red!			
5	Swing Cats Swing			
6	Low Down Woman		
7	Big Boat 
8	Second Story Man		
9	Down at the Old Village Store		
10	It's Too Late Now		
11	Bucket's Got a Hole In It 
12	Policy Writer's Blues		
13	Diggin' My Potatoes 
14	Jersey Cow Blues 
15	She Fooled Me 
16	I'm Going to St. Louis		
17	Little Leg Woman			
18	I'm Not the Lad			
19	Flying Crow Blues 
20	Gonna Hit the Highway 

Washboard Sam - Vocals, Washboard
Joshua Altheimer - Piano
Buster Bennett - 	Sax (Alto)
Big Bill Broonzy - Guitar
Blind John Davis - Piano
Simeon Henry - Piano
Black Bob Hudson - Piano
Louie Lasky - Guitar
Horace Malcolm - Piano
Memphis Slim - Piano
Herb Morand - Trumpet
Arnett Nelson – Clarinet

Washboard Blues 1935-1941 is an excellent overview of Washboard Sam's great tracks, containing all the highlights from his peak years. It's ideal for the curious, or listeners who don't want to dig as deep as Document's multi-volume Complete Recorded Works series. ---Thom Owens, Rovi

Hokum blues artist Washboard Sam, real name Robert Brown, was born in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, in 1910. He was the illegitimate son of Frank Broonzy, father of Big Bill Broonzy, making him a half brother to the older blues legend. As well as playing the washboard, he was a fine vocalist and songwriter whose childhood was spent working as a farmhand. He moved to Memphis when he was just into his teens and began playing the street corners in the company of Sleepy John Estes and Hammie Nixon. When he was 22 years old he moved to Chicago and linked up with his half brother, playing the clubs together, with Washboard Sam eventually supporting Broonzy on some of his Bluebird recordings. He was soon supporting a number of artists, including Memphis Slim, and by 1935 he was recording in his own right, with roles reversed as Big Bill Broonzy supported him. For the rest of that decade and until the mid 1940’s his records sold well and he was much in demand. However as music tastes changed and the new electric blues developed, his brand of hokum became out of fashion and he virtually retired from the music business in the early 1950’s. He made a brief return in the 1960’s during the folk/blues revival period, playing mainly in Chicago and even recording again in 1964. However his health was already declining by then and he died of heart disease in Chicago in 1966 aged 56. --- thebluestrail.com

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1. I'm a Prowlin' Groundhog - 3:30
2. Mixed Up Blues - 3:12
3. The Big Boat - 3:00
4. Yellow, Black and Brown - 2:49
5. Jumpin' Rooster - 2:50
6. Walkin' In My Sleep - 2:54
7. Washboard Swing - 3:03
8. Good Old Easy Street - 2:58
9. I Believe I'll Make a Change - 2:59
10. That Will Get It - 3:09
11. Don't Fool With Me - 2:51
12. Jersey Cow Blues - 2:43
13. So Early In the Morning - 3:08
14. Digging My Potatoes - No. 2 - 3:06
15. Morning Dove Blues - 2:40
16. Dissatisfied Blues - 3:02
17. Good Luck Blues - 3:08
18. Ain't You Comin' Out Tonight - 2:40
19. River Hip Mama - 2:41
20. Don't Have To Sing the Blues - 2:56
21. You Can't Have None of That - 3:22

Robert 'Washboard Sam' Brown – vocals, washboard
Big Bill Broonzy – guitar
Arnett Nelson – clarinet
Buster Bennett – alto saxophone
J.T. Brown - tenor saxophone
Herb Morand – trumpet
Black Bob Hudson – piano
Roosevelt Sykes – piano
Memphis Slim – piano
Willie Dixon – standup bass
Leroy Bachelor – standup bass

The Best of Blues label celebrated the year 2000 with a Washboard Sam collection containing 21 of his best performances recorded between 1936 and 1947, a span of years that takes in much of his recording career. The selections are divided equally, for the most part, between Sam's two preferred tempos: the slow purposeful ambling gait and the upbeat rocking shuffle that can make your feet start patting the floor before you even realize that you're doing it. This is an excellent way to find out about Washboard Sam, or to enjoy a well-chosen overview of his works even if you're already hip to him. Washboard Sam was born with the name Robert Brown in Walnut Ridge, AR, in 1910. He worked his way north, hit Chicago in the early '30s, and made his first records for the Vocalion label under the name of Ham Gravy in 1935. Although he was a tireless virtuoso washboard operator, it was Sam's powerful voice and a knack for coming up with songs that everybody could relate to that created a growing demand for his records. Almost invariably accompanied on the guitar by his friend Big Bill Broonzy, Washboard Sam soon established himself as a primary blues recording artist for the Bluebird label, switched over to Victor in 1947, and stopped recording for the most part in 1949. After becoming a Chicago policeman (a job for which he seems to have been suited both physically and temperamentally), Robert Brown changed back into Washboard Sam in 1953 for long enough to record with Broonzy and Memphis Slim. His final comeback during the 1960s ended with his death from heart failure in November 1966 at the age of 56. This little taste of Sam's special kind of music has a supporting cast of instrumentalists including Herb Morand, trumpeter for the Harlem Hamfats; ubiquitous Chicago session clarinetist Arnett Nelson; saxophonists Buster Bennett and J.T. Brown; pianists Roosevelt Sykes, Memphis Slim, and Black Bob Hudson; and bassists Ransom Knowling and Willie Dixon. The woman whose vocal interjections are heard on "Ain't You Coming Out Tonight" has been identified as Josephine Kyles. This useful and entertaining Washboard Sam collection may be supplemented with Document's seven-volume series containing more than 160 examples of his unforgettably honest and passionate blues. --- arwulf arwulf, Rovi

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1. My Feet Jumped Salty
2. Flying Crow Blues
3. Levee Camp Blues
4. I'm Feeling Low Down
5. She Belongs to the Devil
6. I've Been Treated Wrong
7. Evil Blues
8. Get Down Brother
9. Lover's Lane Blues
10. Rockin' My Blues Away
11. Good Old Cabbage Greens
12. River Hip Mama
13. Do That Shake Dance
14. How Can You Love Me
15. Red River Dam Blues
16. Down South Woman Blues
17. Ain't That a Shame
18. I Get the Blues at Bedtime
19. You Can't Make the Grade
20. You Can't Have None of That
21. I Just Can't Help It
22. Soap and Water Blues

Musicians:
Washboard Sam - Vocals, Washboard
Big Bill Broonzy - Guitar
J.T. Brown - Saxophone
Willie Dixon - Bass
Ransom Knowling - 	Bass
Memphis Slim - Piano
William Mitchell - Bass
Frank Owens - Saxophone
Roosevelt Sykes - Piano

Washboard Sam recorded many selections as both a leader and as a sideman for Bluebird from 1936-49. His citified country blues were a transition music between the Delta blues and early R&B while being quite likable in their own right. On this fine CD sampler, Sam's strong voice is greatly assisted by his half-brother Big Bill Broonzy's guitar. A certain sameness creeps in by the fifth song, but the party music (all from 1941-42 except for one session from 1947) is quite accessible and enjoyable. ---Scott Yanow, Rovi

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