Barrelhouse Mamas

Barrelhouse Mamas
Born in the Alley, Raised Up in the Slum
Classic Piano Rags, Blues & Stomps
from the 1920s & 1930s
Yazoo 2044; Ordering Information

"From irrepressible good time music to
introspective distillations of the essence of
blues ." - Dirty Linen
"It's amazing to hear just how much stream can be
worked up with just a voice and a piano."
- Music Matters
"Tough-voiced mamas with their songs of sex,
booze and unfaithful way." - Juke Blues

A collection of rare, classic recordings from the 1920s and 30s featuring powerful vocals by great women blues singers accompanied by the brilliant piano playing of legendary master of barrelhouse blues, rags and stomps.

Ida Mae Mack


1. COW COW DAVENPORT & IVY SMITH, State Street Jive 2. MARY JOHNSON, Dawn of Day Blues 3. ST. LOUIS BESSIE, Meat Cutter Blues 4. LUCILLE BESSIE, Alley Boogie 5. LUCILLE BOGAN, Sloppy Drunk Blues 6. LUCILLE BOGAN, They Ain't Walking No More 7. DOROTHY BAKER, Steady Grindng blues 8. BESSIE TUCKER, Fort Worth and Denver 9. MARY JOHNSON, Key To The Mountain 10. ELZADIE ROBINSON, Santa Claus Crave 11. MARGARET THORNTON, Texas Bound Blues 12. IDA MAY MACK, Good-Bye Rider	13. MARGARET WHITMIRE, 'Tain't A Cow In Texas 14. MARGARET THORNTON, Jockey Blues 15. FREDDY BROWN, Whip It To A Jelly 16. FREDDY BROWN, Raised In The Alley Blues 17. LEOLA MANNING, Satan Is busy In Knoxville 18. LIL JOHNSON, Evil Man Blues 19. DORETHA TROWBRIDGE, Bad Luck Blues 20. ELIZABETH WASHINGTON, Riot Call Blues 21. ST. LOUIS BESSIE, He Treats Me Like A Dog 22. MARY JOHNSON, Morning Sun Blues 23. MOZELLE ALDERSON, Tight In Chicago