1 	–Bessie Jackson 	Drinking Blues 	2:54
2 	–Bessie Jackson 	Barbecue Bess 	2:38
3 	–Bessie Jackson 	B.D. Woman's Blues 	2:57
4 	–Bessie Jackson 	Baking Powder Blues 	2:57
5 	–Bessie Jackson 	Tired As I Can Be 	2:34
6 	–Bessie Jackson 	Groceries On The Shelf 	2:55
7 	–Bessie Jackson 	Walkin' Blues 	2:53
8 	–Bessie Jackson 	Skin Game Blues 	2:56
9 	–Bessie Jackson 	Stew Meat Blues 	2:55
10 	–Jolly Jivers 	Hungry Man's Scuffle	2:45
11 	–Jolly Jivers 	Watcha Gonna Do?	2:56
12 	–Bessie Jackson 	Jump Steady Daddy 	2:47
13 	–Bessie Jackson 	Boogan Ways Blues 	2:54
14 	–Bessie Jackson 	Reckless Woman 	2:54
15 	–Bessie Jackson 	Pig Iron Sally 	2:57
16 	–Bessie Jackson 	Man Stealer Blues 	3:02
17 	–Bessie Jackson 	Shave 'Em Dry 	2:46
18 	–Bessie Jackson 	Shave 'Em Dry	3:22
19 	–Walter Roland 	I'm Gonna Shave You Dry		3:26
20 	–Bessie Jackson 	Till The Cows Come Home		2:53

Guitar – Bob Campbell (tracks: 5), Josh White (tracks: 2, 16)
Piano – Walter Roland
Speech - Lucille Bogan (tracks: 10, 19)
Vocals – Lucille Bogan (tracks: 1 to 9, 12 to 18, 20) 

Though actual biographical details are sketchy in the historical record, culturally it can be assumed that there was no tougher woman on record than Lucille Bogan (or, in later years, Bessie Jackson -- both are represented here). This Legacy issue compiles her recordings from between 1933 and 1935, after her initial success with OKeh and Brunswick. Indeed, the lion's share of the material issued comes from sides cut for Banner, ARC (Brunswick's chain-store budget line), and Vocalion. Featuring accompaniment by pianist Walter Roland (and bluesman Josh White on one side), there are 20 tracks here that showcase the mythology around Bogan/Jackson. Whether it is the completely raunchy blues in songs like "Barbecue Bess," "Skin Game Blues," and the infamous "Shave 'Em Dry," or the lean-time Depression-era working-class blues signified by "Tired as I Can Be," "Hungry Man's Scuffle," or "Watcha Gonna Do," the effect is the same: unflinching, brutal, powerful, and evocative music that stands tall outside of time and space. This set includes three previously unreleased cuts, two other versions of "Shave 'Em Dry" and the amazing "Till the Cows Come Home." There are more complete collections, but no introduction to Lucille Bogan is more representative than this one. ---Thom Jurek, AllMusic Review

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1 They Ain't Walking No More		3:08 	
2 Dirty Treatin' Blues	2:56 	
3 Sloppy Drunk Blues	3:18 	
4 Alley Boogie	3:07 	
5 Crawlin' Lizard Blues	3:06 	
6 Struttin' My Stuff	2:51 	
7 Black Angel Blues	3:08 	
8 Tricks Ain't Walking No More		3:17 	
9 Red Cross Man	3:12 	
10 T & N O Blues	2:58 	
11 My Baby Come Back		2:46 	
12 Forty-Two Hundred Blues	2:44 	
13 Walkin' Blues	2:57 	
14 House Top Blues	2:55 	
15 Baking Powder Blues	3:00 	
16 Groceries On the Shelf	2:59 	
17 Seaboard Blues	2:53 	
18 Roll and Rattler	2:36 	
19 Superstitious Blues	2:53 	
20 Mean Twister	2:57 	
21 Troubled Mind	2:49 	
22 New Muscle Shoals Blues	2:50

Lucille Bogan (Bessie Jackson) - vocals
Walter Roland – piano, guitar
Eddie Heywood – piano
Will Ezell – piano
Thomas A. Dorsey – piano
Eddie Miller - piano
Frank James  - piano
Tampa Red – guitar
Bob Campbell  - guitar (prob.)

14 track compilation split evenly down the middle between Bogan and her main piano accompanist, Roland, who also doubles on guitar on some tracks. The Bogan sides are a particular delight, featuring a version of "Barbecue Bess" that is nothing short of sublime. As all of these tracks are rescued off highly battered 78s, the fidelity is about what you would expect. But that's no reason to deter you from enjoying this timeless music. --- itunes.apple.com

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01 - The pawn shop blues 
02 - Lonesome daddy blues 
03 - Chirpin` the blues 
04 - Triflin` blues 
05 - Don`t mean you no good blues
06 - Sweet Patunia 
07 - Levee blues 
08 - Kind Stella blues 
09 - Jim Tampa blues 
10 - War time man blues 
11 - Cravin` whiskey blues 
12 - Nice and kind blues 
13 - Women won`t need no men 
14 - Doggone wicked blues 
15 - Oklahoma man blues 
16 - New way blues
17 - Pay roll blues
18 - Coffee grindin` blues 
19 - Pot hound blues 
20 - My Georgia grind 
21 - Whiskey selling woman 

Piano – Henry Callens, Eddie Heywood, Alex Channey, Will Ezell, Charles Avery
Banjo, Vocals [Shouts] – Papa Charlie Jackson
Guitar – Papa Charlie Jackson
Guitar – Tampa Red
Piano [Poss./Or] – Georgia Tom
Piano [Prob./Or] – Cow Cow Davenport
Vocals – Lucille Bogan

14 track compilation split (21 tracks in total) evenly down the middle between Bogan and her main piano accompanist, Roland, who also doubles on guitar on some tracks. The Bogan sides are a particular delight, featuring a version of Barbecue Bess that is nothing short of sublime. As all of these tracks are rescued off highly battered 78s, the fidelity is about what you would expect. But that's no reason to deter you from enjoying this timeless music. ---document-records.com

Hardcore might be the best way to describe the Blues singing of Lucille Bogan. While many of the Classic Blues singers of the 1920s tackled risqué and controversial issues in their songs, Bogan almost exclusively focused on explicit sexual themes, like prostitution, adultery and lesbianism, and social ills such as alcoholism, drug addiction and abusive relationships. She was born in Mississippi but grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1923 she made her first recordings in Atlanta, Georgia. The records apparently didn't sell well because she didn't record again until 1927 for the Paramount and Brunswick labels after moving to Chicago. Between 1933 and 1935 she performed and recorded under the pseudonym Bessie Jackson and worked with pianist Walter Roland. Bogan's recording career came to an end in 1935 and she eventually returned to Birmingham where she reverted to her real name and performed in and managed the group Bogan's Birmingham Busters but did not appear on either of the group's records. In the late 1930s or early l940s, Bogan moved to the West Coast. She died in Los Angeles in 1948 of coronary sclerosis. --- redhotjazz.com

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