The Rough Guide to Barrelhouse Blues
The Rough Guide to Barrelhouse Blues
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About
Named after the rough and ready bars where labourers gathered to drink and dance, barrelhouse was a raucous form of piano blues that got the juke joints swinging. From early pioneers such as Cow Cow Davenport and Speckled Red to the boogie-woogie legends Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons, this collection charts the rise and incredible influence of this good-time blues.
Featuring many legendary blues pianists including Leroy Carr, Cripple Clarence Lofton and Montana Taylor, this album highlights how the piano has always been at the very core of the blues. It includes many forgotten gems by artists shrouded in mystery.
Contents and tracklist
Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen
Jimmy Yancey - Slow and Easy Blues
Cripple Clarence Lofton - Strut That Thing
Will Ezell - Heifer Dust
Walter Roland - Watcha Gonna Do?
Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues
Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop
Roosevelt Sykes - 32-20 Blues
Clarence 'Pine Top' Smith - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down the Road
Turner Parrish - Fives
Bert Mays - You Can't Come In
Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues
Charlie Spand - Soon This Morning Blues
Herve Duerson - Avenue Strut
Victoria Spivey - Hoodoo Man Blues
Henry Brown - Henry Brown Blues
Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues
Jabo Williams - Pratt City Blues
Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons - Barrelhouse Boogie
Bob Call - 31 Blues
Freddie 'Redd' Nicholson - You Gonna Miss Me Blues
Montana Taylor - Detroit Rocks
Louise Johnson - On the Wall
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - Barrelhouse Woman No. 2
