Volume 3: The War and Postwar Years 1940-1951

~ Release by Big Bill Broonzy (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD: Disc A (1940-41)
#TitleRatingLength
1Medicine Man Blues
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-06-10)
piano:
Joshua Altheimer (on 1940-06-10)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1940-06-10)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-06-10)
3:00
2Looking Up At Down
3:00
3Midnight Steppers
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-06-10)
piano:
Joshua Altheimer (on 1940-06-10)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1940-06-10)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-06-10)
2:43
4Lone Wolf Blues
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-06-10)
piano:
Joshua Altheimer (on 1940-06-10)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1940-06-10)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-06-10)
2:58
5Hit The Right Lick
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-09-20)
membranophone:
Fred Williams (Blues drummer) (on 1940-09-20)
piano:
Blind John Davis (on 1940-09-20)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-09-20)
2:40
6You Better Cut That Out
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-09-20)
membranophone:
Fred Williams (Blues drummer) (on 1940-09-20)
piano:
Blind John Davis (on 1940-09-20)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-09-20)
3:00
7I Wonder What's Wrong With Me
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-09-20)
membranophone:
Fred Williams (Blues drummer) (on 1940-09-20)
piano:
Blind John Davis (on 1940-09-20)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-09-20)
2:31
8Bed Time Blues
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-09-20)
membranophone:
Fred Williams (Blues drummer) (on 1940-09-20)
piano:
Blind John Davis (on 1940-09-20)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-09-20)
2:48
9Merry Go Round Blues
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-09-20)
membranophone:
Fred Williams (Blues drummer) (on 1940-09-20)
piano:
Blind John Davis (on 1940-09-20)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-09-20)
2:49
10Serenade Blues
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-09-20)
membranophone:
Fred Williams (Blues drummer) (on 1940-09-20)
piano:
Blind John Davis (on 1940-09-20)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-09-20)
2:53
11Lonesome Road Blues
2:56
12Getting Older Every Day: Take 1
bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1940-12-17)
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-12-17)
piano:
Memphis Slim (on 1940-12-17)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-12-17)
2:39
13Getting Older Every Day: Take 2
bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1940-12-17)
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-12-17)
piano:
Memphis Slim (on 1940-12-17)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-12-17)
3:18
14That Number Of Mine
2:43
15My Gal Is Gone
bass:
Ransom Knowling (on 1940-12-17)
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-12-17)
piano:
Memphis Slim (on 1940-12-17)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1940-12-17)
2:54
16I'll Never Dream Again
bass:
Joe Comfort
bongos and congas:
Jack Costanzo
guitar:
Irving Ashby
membranophone:
Lee Young (40s-60s US jazz drummer, then producer/A&R)
piano and lead vocals:
Nat King Cole
vocals:
The Starlighters (1940s-50s vocal group that accompanied Jo Stafford, among others)
recording of:
I’ll Never Say “Never Again” Again
lyricist and composer:
Harry Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
2:49
17Rockin' Chair Blues
2:49
18Shine On, Shine On
3:00
19Green Grass Blues
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1941-05-02)
piano:
Horace Malcolm (on 1941-05-02)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1941-05-02)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1941-05-02)
3:01
20My Little Flower
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1941-05-02)
piano:
Horace Malcolm (on 1941-05-02)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1941-05-02)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1941-05-02)
2:50
21Sweet Honey Bee
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1941-05-02)
piano:
Horace Malcolm (on 1941-05-02)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1941-05-02)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1941-05-02)
3:01
22When I Been Drinking
2:53
23Key To The Highway
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1941-05-02)
harmonica:
Jazz Gillum (on 1941-05-02)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1941-05-02)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1941-05-02)
recording of:
Key to the Highway (on 1941-05-02)
writer:
Big Bill Broonzy and Charles Segar
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), MCA Duchess Music Corporation, Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Wabash Music Co. (BMI-affiliated)
43:03
24Double Trouble
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1941-07-17)
piano:
Memphis Slim (on 1941-07-17)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1941-07-17)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1941-07-17)
2:48
25Going Back To My Plow
guitar:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1941-07-17)
piano:
Memphis Slim (on 1941-07-17)
washboard:
Washboard Sam (on 1941-07-17)
vocals:
Big Bill Broonzy (on 1941-07-17)
2:57
2▶CD: Disc B (1941-45)
3▶CD: Disc C (1945-49)
4▶CD: Disc D (1949-51)