Oxford American: Southern Music Issue No. 18: Visions of the Blues (Oxford American: Southern Music #18)

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Tracklist

1CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Rocks in My Bed
recording engineer and mixer:
Ryan Freeland
producer:
Joe Henry (US singer-songwriter, guitarist & producer)
mixed at:
Stampede Origin in Culver City, California, United States
cover recording of:
Rocks in My Bed
lyricist and composer:
Duke Ellington (US composer, pianist & jazz bandleader) (in 1941)
Allen Toussaint4:40
2Yes, It’s Good For You
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (in 1968-10)
Koko Taylor2:43
3New York Is Killing Me
additional recording engineer and additional mixer:
Rodaidh McDonald (producer)
assistant engineer and assistant mixer:
Royce Jeffres
engineer and mixer:
Lawson White
producer:
Richard Russell (UK electronic producer/label owner)
additional guest lead vocals:
Kim Jordan
guest background vocals:
Tiona Hall, Michelle Hutcherson and Tyria Stokes
lead vocals:
Gil Scott‐Heron
part of:
Pitchfork: The 200 Best Songs of the 2010s (number: 141)
recording of:
New York Is Killing Me
lyricist and composer:
Gil Scott‐Heron
Gil Scott‐Heron4.54:33
4Memphis Mail
Scott Dunbar3:33
5Stuck in the South
Adia Victoria3:07
6Segu Blue
recording of:
Segu Blue (Poyi)
Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni ba4:17
7Down the Dirt Road Blues
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1929-06-14)
guitar and lead vocals:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician) (on 1929-06-14)
additional vocals:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1929-06-14)
recording of:
Down the Dirt Road Blues (on 1929-06-14)
lyricist and composer:
Charley Patton (American Delta blues musician)
Charley Patton2:57
8Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues
producer:
Chris Albertson
background vocals [backing vocals]:
Coleman Hawkins Quintet
vocals:
Ida Cox
recording of:
Wild Women Don’t Have the Blues
writer:
Ida Cox
Ida Cox with Coleman Hawkins Quintet3:18
9Ten Million Slaves
engineer:
Matt Sandoski (engineer (Mastering))
producer:
Otis Taylor
banjo [electric Blue Star banjo]:
Otis Taylor
bass and background vocals [back-up vocals]:
Cassie Taylor
vocals:
Otis Taylor
recorded at:
Immersive Studios in Boulder, Colorado, United States
Otis Taylor4:10
10Black Rat
producer:
Chris Strachwitz
bass:
Luther Johnson (Luther "Snake Boy" Johnson, “Snake Boy”) (on 1966-04-25)
drums (drum set):
Francis Clay (on 1966-04-25)
guitar:
Sammy Lawhorn (on 1966-04-25) and Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1966-04-25)
harmonica:
James Cotton (US blues harmonica player, singer & songwriter) (on 1966-04-25)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1966-04-25)
vocals:
Big Mama Thornton (on 1966-04-25)
recorded at:
Coast Recorders in San Francisco, California, United States (on 1966-04-25)
Big Mama Thornton with Muddy Waters Blues Band2:52
11John Henry
arranger:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
recording of:
John Henry (in 1949)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Sonet Publishing Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 790)
John Lee Hooker3:08
12One of These Days
CeDell Davis4:50
13Chicken Heads
Bobby Rush2:36
14Pick Poor Robin Clean
recorded in:
Grafton, Wisconsin, United States (in 1931-03)
guitar:
Geechie Wiley (in 1931-03)
lead vocals:
Geechie Wiley (in 1931-03) and Elvie Thomas (in 1931-03)
Geeshie Wiley & Elvie Thomas3:13
15You Don’t Know Me
Barbara Dane2:58
16My Head is Bald
Tail Dragger4:16
17Miss YouAlabama Shakes43:47
18Epirotiko Mirologi
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1926-09)
cello and cimbalom [cembalom]:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (in 1926-09)
fiddle:
Alexis Zoumbas (in 1926-09)
Alexis Zoumbas4:15
19I Feel the Same
engineer:
John Haeny
producer:
John Hall (US guitarist/vocalist for Orleans, later US congressman)
mixer:
Rick Heenan
acoustic guitar:
Bonnie Raitt
drums (drum set):
Earl Palmer
electric piano and piano [acoustic piano]:
Bill Payne
fretless bass [Fender fretless bass]:
Freebo
slide guitar [electric slide guitar]:
Lowell George
tabla:
Milt Holland
vocals:
Bonnie Raitt
cover recording of:
I Feel the Same
lyricist and composer:
Chris Smither (folk musician)
publisher:
Homunculus Music and Poppy Music
Bonnie Raitt44:39
20Trampin’Regina Carter2:12
21I’d Rather Go Blind
recording engineer and producer:
Rick Hall (American producer & FAME studios founder, “Father of Muscle Shoals Music”)
drums (drum set):
Roger Hawkins
electric bass guitar:
David Hood (Muscle Shoals, AL guitarist and trombonist)
guitar:
Jimmy Johnson (guitar, producer, Muscle Shoals rhythm section) and Albert Lowe Jr. (American guitarist, bassist, and songwriter)
organ:
Carl Banks and Dewey Oldham
piano:
Dewey Oldham
saxophone:
Charles Chalmers (American saxophonist, singer-songwriter, arranger, and producer), Floyd Newman and Aaron Varnell
trumpet:
Gene “Bowlegs” Miller (American trumpeter)
lead vocals:
Etta James
arranger:
Rick Hall (American producer & FAME studios founder, “Father of Muscle Shoals Music”)
recorded at:
FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, United States (on 1967-08-23)
recording of:
I’d Rather Go Blind (on 1967-08-23)
lyricist:
Billy Foster (American singer, member of The Medallions and songwriter)
composer:
Ellington Jordan
publisher:
The Jewel Music Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Etta James42:36
22Sunflower River Blues
John Fahey3:23
23Railroad Bill
recording of:
Railroad Bill
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Etta Baker & Cora Phillips1:29