VA - ABC of the Blues The Ultimate Collection from the Delta to the Big Cities (Discs 1-6 of 52 CD Box Set) [FLAC]

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Kokomo Arnold

Born as James Arnold in Lovejoy's Station, Georgia, he got his nickname in 1934 after releasing "Old Original Kokomo Blues" for the Decca label; it was a cover of the Scrapper Blackwell blues song about the city of Kokomo, Indiana. A left-handed slide guitarist, his ...intense slide style of playing and rapid-fire vocal style set him apart from his contemporaries.

01 Kokomo Arnold - Backfence Picket Blues
02 Kokomo Arnold - Fool Man Blues
03 Kokomo Arnold - Long and Tall
04 Kokomo Arnold - Sally Dog
05 Kokomo Arnold - Cold Winter Blues
06 Kokomo Arnold - Sister Jane Cross the Hall
07 Kokomo Arnold - Wild Water Blues
08 Kokomo Arnold - Laugh and Grin Blues
09 Kokomo Arnold - Mean Old Twister
10 Kokomo Arnold - Red Beans and Rice












Champion Jack Dupree

Champion Jack Dupree was the embodiment of the New Orleans blues and boogie woogie pianist, a barrelhouse "professor". His father was from the Belgian Congo and his mother was part African American and Cherokee. He was orphaned at the age of two, and sent to the New Orleans Home for Colored Waifs (also the alma mater of Louis Armstrong).
He taught himself piano there and later apprenticed with Tuts Washington and Willie Hall, whom he called his 'father' and from whom he learned "Junker's Blues". He was also "spy boy" for the Yellow Pochahantas tribe of Mardi Gras Indians and soon began playing in barrelhouses and other drinking establishments.
As a young man he began his life of travelling, living in Chicago, where he worked with Georgia Tom, and in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he met Scrapper Blackwell and Leroy Carr. Whilst he was always playing piano, he also worked as a cook, and in Detroit he met Joe Louis, who encouraged him to become a boxer. He ultimately fought in 107 bouts, winning Golden Gloves and other championships and picking up the nickname 'Champion Jack', which he used the rest of his life.

01 Champion Jack Dupree - Strollin'
02 Champion Jack Dupree - T.B. Blues
03 Champion Jack Dupree - Can't Kick the Habit
04 Champion Jack Dupree - Evil Woman
05 Champion Jack Dupree - Nasty Boogie
06 Champion Jack Dupree - Junker's Blues
07 Champion Jack Dupree - Bad Blood
08 Champion Jack Dupree - Goin' Down Slow
09 Champion Jack Dupree - Frankie & Johnny
10 Champion Jack Dupree - Stack-O-Lee


Cousin Joe

Cousin Joe (December 20, 1907 — October 2, 1989) was an American blues and jazz singer, later famous for his 1940s recordings with clarinetist Sidney Bechet and saxophonist Mezz Mezzrow.
His birth name was Pleasant Joseph and he was born in Wallace, Louisiana, United States. He died in his sleep from natural causes in New Orleans, at the age of 81.

11 Cousin Joe - Fly Hen Blues
12 Cousin Joe - Little Eva
13 Cousin Joe - Lightning Struck the Poorhouse
14 Cousin Joe - Baby You Don't Know at All
15 Cousin Joe - The Barefoot Baby
16 Cousin Joe - Box Car Shorty and Peter Blue
17 Cousin Joe - Beggin' Woman
18 Cousin Joe - Sadie Brown
19 Cousin Joe - Evolution Blues
20 Cousin Joe - Box Car Shorty's Confession