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Title: Violin Sing Blues For Me
Artist: Various Artists
Label: Old Hat Ent.
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 670725100226
Genre: Blues
Release Date: 1999-08-24
Number of Discs: 1

The guitar gets the ink, but the violin was hugely important in the development of early blues, it's crying vibratos and sliding notes creating a dramatic and soulful sound. Here are 24 examples of blues violin at it's best, all documented with a 32-page booklet; includes Stealin' Blues Cow Cow Davenport; Baby Please Don't Go Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers; Violin Blues Johnson Boys; Right Now Blues Frank Stokes; Ted's Stomp Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan; the Moore Girl Andrew & Jim Baxter; Salty Dog Booker Orchestra, and more.

Tracks:
1.1 Violin Blues - Johnson Boys
1.2 K.C. Railroad Blues - Andrew ; Jim Baxter
1.3 Beaver Slide Rag - "Peg Leg" Howell ; His Gang
1.4 Alma Waltz - Mississippi Mud Steppers
1.5 Window Pane Blues - Tommie Bradley
1.6 Travelin' Railroad Man - Alabama Sheiks
1.7 Pig Meat Blues - Whistler ; His Jug Band
1.8 Right Now Blues - Frank Stokes
1.9 East Jackson Blues - Bo Chatmon
1.10 Memphis Blues - Mobile Strugglers
1.11 Vine Street Drag - Tennessee Chocolate Drops
1.12 Broken Bed Blues - Kansas City Blues Strummers
1.13 Lonesome Blues - Henry Williams ; Eddie Anthony
1.14 Memphis Shakedown - Memphis Jug Band
1.15 Adam and Eve - Tommie Bradley
1.16 Tell Me Man Blues - Henry "Son" Sims
1.17 Blue Coat Blues - "Blue Coat" Tom Nelson
1.18 Salty Dog - Booker Orchestra
1.19 Baby, Please Don't Go - Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers
1.20 Stop ; Listen Blues No. 2 - Mississippi Sheiks
1.21 Stealin' Blues - Cow Cow Davenport
1.22 The Moore Girl - Andrew ; Jim Baxter
1.23 Highway No. 61 Blues - Jack Kelly ; His South Memphis Jug Band
1.24 Ted's Stomp - Louie Bluie ; Ted Bogan