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Frank Stokes

Frank Stokes,
"Creator of the Memphis Blues"
Yazoo 1056; Ordering Information

"Stokes' singing and rousing guitar playing define
an era.
" - Blues Universe
"A selection of magnificent Memphis blues
performances." - Blues World

Frank Stokes helped shape and develop the Memphis blues as did no other performer. Possessing one of the finest blues voices the city ever produced, Stokes had no peer for local popularity in a career spanning half a century.

1. Memphis Rounders Blues (1929)
2. Unnamed Blues (1929)
3. Nehi Mamma Blues (1928)
4. 'Tain't Nobody's business If I Do Part 2 (1928)
5. Mr. Crump Don't Like It (1927)
6. Mistreatin' Blues (1928)
7. It Won't Be Long Now (1928)

8. Chicken You Can Roost Behind The Moon (1927)
9. You Shall (1927)
10. Sweet To Mama (1927)
11. Stomp That Thing (1928)
12. Wasn't That Doggin' Me (1929)
13. Beale Town Bound (1927)
14. It's A Good Thing (1927)

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