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Chicago Urban Blues 1923-1945

Various Artists
Styles: Blues
Catalogue Number: ACRCD194

Here are 25 examples of the emergent Chicago Blues genre recorded between 1926 and 1945. The city's pre-eminence as a Blues centre was not only due to the proliferation of clubs and recording companies based in the city but also to the ever increasing Black population. This is the music that shaped the Chicago Blues explosion of the 1950s and in turn its own influence over '60s rock. Full biographical and disco graphical details are included in the 8-page booklet. Tracks include "Bedroom Blues (Sippie Wallace"), "Honky Tonk Train Blues" (Meade Lux Lewis), "Big Bill Blues" (Big Bill Broonzy), "Beer Drinkin' Woman" (Memphis Slim ) and "This Tavern Boogie (Roosevelt Sykes Trio).

Disk 1:
Track	Title	Artist
1	Chicago Bound Blues	Ida Coz
2	Suitcase Blues	Hersal Thomas
3	Bedroom Blues	Sippie Williams
4	Sport Model Mama	Bertha "Shippie" Hill Acc. Richard M. Jones Jazz Wizards
5	Honky Tonk Train Blues	Meade "Lux" Lewis
6	Pine Top Blues	Pine Top Smith
7	I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone	Tampa Red And His Hokum Jug Band
8	Come On Mama	Georgia Tom & Hannah May
9	Squat It	Memphis Minnie
10	Feather Bed Blues	Bumble Bee Slim
11	Big Bill Blues	Big Bill Broonzy
12	Down In The Alley	Bob Robinson & His Bob Cats
13	My Stove's In Good Condition	Lil Johnson
14	We Gonna Pitch A Boogie Woogie	Harlem Hamfats
15	Cold Winter Blues	Kokomo Arnold
16	East St. Louis Blues	Jimmy Yancey with vocals by Faber Smith
17	She Fooled Me	Washboard Sam And His Washboard Band
18	Romance In The Dark	Lil Green
19	Beer Drinking Woman	Memphis Slim
20	Worried Life Blues	Big Maceo
21	Million Years Blues	Sonny Boy Williamson
22	Classy Mae Blues	Tommy McClennan
23	Down South Blues	Bill "Jazz" Gillum
24	Watch Shorty	Lonnie Johnson
25	This Tavern Boogie	Roosevelt Sykes Trio