This superbly re-mastered CD presents previously unissued recordings of four legendary Bluesmen made in Britain in the 1950's, before the British blues boom really got underway in the 1960's!
Two of the sessions, featuring Big Bill Broonzy** in 1952 and blues duo Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee* six years later in 1958, capture these great performers in more informal surroundings, probably recorded at parties after official shows! Consequently they reveal a "warts and all" portrait of these legendary bluesmen, complete with whiskey enhanced singing and cigarette induced coughing…. Nice!!
Completing the programme are rare BBC Radio recordings from 1950 featuring Josh White*** both in conversation and in fine musical form.
1. Blues All Round My Bed
2. Uncle Bud (Billy Goat Blues)
3. It Takes A Worried Man
4. I Was Fooled
5. Easy Ridin' Buggy
6. In The Evenin'
7. Broke Down Engine
8. Fox Chase
9. Sporting Life Blues
10. Hey Lawdy Mama
11. Bad Bad Whisky
12. Georgia Ham
13. So Sweet, So Sweet
14. Ham And Eggs
15.**Hey! Bud Blues
16. Midnight Special
17. Careless Love
18. In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town
19. Keep Your Hand On Your Heart
20. Kansas City Blues
21.***My Guitar Is As Old As Father Time
22. Conversation
23. Take A Gal Like You
24. You Wont Let Me Go
25. Backwater Blues
26. Baby, Baby, Baby
27. Conversation
28. T'was On A Monday
29. John Henry
30. He's A Dyin' Bed Maker (Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin' Bed)
31. Howlin' Wolf Blues
