Blues History

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Tracklist

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1I'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 James42:37
2Mother Earth
Memphis Slim2:41
3I Asked for Water
recording of:
I Asked for Water (She Gave Me Gasoline)
writer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Blue Ribbon Music Ltd
Howlin’ Wolf2:54
4Honey Bee
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1950-10-23)
double bass [bass]:
Ernest "Big" Crawford (on 1951-01-23)
guitar:
Little Walter (blues performer and songwriter) (on 1951-01-23) and Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1951-01-23)
vocals:
Muddy Waters (blues musician) (on 1951-01-23)
recording of:
Honey Bee (on 1951-01-23)
writer:
Muddy Waters (blues musician)
Muddy Waters53:25
5Loving You
Lowell Fulson3:04
6Diggin' My Potatoes
Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam2:41
7Down at the Landing
guitar:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
vocals:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
recording of:
Down at the Landing
lyricist and composer:
John Lee Hooker (US blues singer, songwriter & guitarist)
John Lee Hooker2:57
8One Way Out
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1961-09-08)
double bass [bass]:
Willie Dixon (on 1961-09-08)
drums (drum set) [drums]:
Fred Below (on 1961-09-08)
guitar:
Robert Lockwood (on 1961-09-08) and Luther Tucker (on 1961-09-08)
harmonica:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965) (on 1961-09-08)
piano:
Otis Spann (on 1961-09-08)
vocals:
Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965) (on 1961-09-08)
recording of:
One Way Out (on 1961-09-08)
writer:
Elmore James, Marshall E. Sehorn and Sonny Boy Williamson (Aleck “Sonny Boy Williamson” Miller, 1912–1965)
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Rhinelander Music Inc.
Sonny Boy Williamson2:01
9Who's Cheating Who?
Little Milton3:00
10Mannish Boy
part of:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 229)
recording of:
Mannish Boy
writer:
Ellas McDaniel (American singer, guitarist, songwriter and music producer), Mel London and McKinley Morganfield (blues musician)
publisher:
Bug Music Ltd. and Tristan Music Ltd.
part of:
Risky Business (film soundtrack)
Muddy Waters4.252:55
11Broken Hearted Blues
Buddy Guy3:10
12I Can't Stop Baby
Otis Rush32:15
13My Babe
Little Walter2:44
14Madison Blues
recording of:
Madison Blues
lyricist:
Elmore James
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Tristan Music Ltd.
Elmore James2:23
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