Masters of the Delta Blues

Masters of the Delta Blues
The Friends of Charlie Patton
Early American Rural Music
Yazoo 2002; Ordering Information

"...all of the disc's 23 tracks are stone killers...the
finest introduction to pre-Robert Johnson delta
blues imaginable." - five stars, Robert Palmer, Rolling Stone

The artists represented on this album - Son house, Tommy Johnson, Bukka White, Ishmon Bracey and others - are masers of the Delta blues; all recorded in the vintage period of the 1920s and early 1930s. Their work stands today as some of the finest blues ever documented and many of the musicians here are recognized as giant figures in blues history. This is perhaps the finest compilation of historical blues ever assembled by the most brilliant artists of their day. This compilations represents the high point of Delta blues.


Tommy Johnson		Ishmon Bracey


1. KID BAILEY, Rowdy Blues 2. TOMMY JOHNSON, Big Fat Mama Blues 3. BUKKA WHITE, I Am In The Heavenly Way 4. WILLIE BROWN, Future Blues 5. ISHMON BRACEY, Brown Mama Blues 6. LOUISE JOHNSON, On The Wall 7. SON HOUSE, Walking Blues (unissued test) 8. TOMMY JOHSON, Canned Heat Blues 9. BUKKA WHITE, Promise True And Grand 10. KID BAILEY, Mississippi Bottom Blues 11. TOMMY JOHNSON, Maggie Campbell Blues 12. SON HOUSE, My Black Mama (part 1)	13. SON HOUSE, My Black Mama (part 2) 14. BERTHA LEE, Yellow Bee 15. LOUISE JOHNSON, Long Way From Home 16. WILLIE BROWN, M and O Blues 17. TOMMY JOHNSON, Button Up Blues (take 1, unissued test) 18. BERTHA LEE, Mind Reader Blues 19. TOMMY JOHNSON, Lonesome Home Blues (take 1, unissued test) 20. SON HOUSE, Dry Spell Blues (part 1) 21. SON HOUSE, Dry Spell Blues (part 2) 22. SON HOUSE, Preachin' The Blues (part 1) 23. SON HOUSE, Preachin' The Blues (part 2)