Various Artists

• 27 ORIGINAL ALL-TIME CLASSICS

• INCLUDES 16-PAGE BOOKLET WITH COMPLETE INFORMATION

Musical genres evolve over time and give birth to new and different styles. THE BLUES has a vast and turbulent history that stretches back for centuries. It has also given birth to some of the biggest musical trends of the 20th century. Rock & roll can definitely be considered a descendant of the blues. Exemplified by the work of Elvis Presley, Led Zeppelin, and The Rolling Stones, among other music giants, the “archival” interest in the blues only served to increase the amount of influence these great blues songs had on rock music.

Included here are some of the most celebrated blues songs performed by the most legendary musicians in the genre. Those songs were later covered by iconic rock groups and soloists, such as The Rolling Stones, Cream, Led Zeppelin, The Animals, Neil Young, The Allman Brothers, The Doors, John Mayall, Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, The Kinks, Rory Gallagher, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, among many others. All of these remastered gems represent a formidable slice of American popular culture, allowing listeners to experience the real BLUES POWER.

ARTISTS & TRACKS:

• 01 MUDDY WATERS: I’m Your Hoochie Coochie Man
• 02 B.B. KING: You Upset Me Baby
• 03 JOHN LEE HOOKER: Boom Boom
• 04 HOWLIN’ WOLF: Little Red Rooster
• 05 OTIS RUSH: I Can’t Quit You, Baby
• 06 T-BONE WALKER: Call It Stormy Monday
• 07 LITTLE WALTER: My Babe
• 08 SLIM HARPO: I’m a King Bee
• 09 MEMPHIS SLIM with Matt “Guitar” Murphy: Lonesome
• 10 ELMORE JAMES: The Sky Is Crying
• 11 ETTA JAMES: I Just Want to Make Love to You
• 12 JUNIOR WELLS: She’s a Sweet One
• 13 FREDDY KING: Hide Away
• 14 JIMMY REED: Baby What You Want Me to Do
• 15 B.B. KING: 3 O’Clock Blues
• 16 BROWNIE McGHEE & SONNY TERRY: Better Day
• 17 MAGIC SAM: All Your Love
• 18 HOWLIN’ WOLF: Smokestack Lightnin’
• 19 JOHN LEE HOOKER:: Boogie Chillen #2
• 20 BUDDY GUY: Sit and Cry
• 21 LIGHTNIN’ SLIM: Hoodoo Blues
• 22 BUDDY GUY: I Got My Eyes on You
• 23 HOWLIN’ WOLF: Spoonful
• 24 MUDDY WATERS: Mannish Boy
• 25 LOWELL FULSON: Reconsider Baby
• 26 SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON II: Don’t Start Me to Talkin’
• 27 ALBERT KING: Don’t Throw Your Love on Me So Strong

• Total Time: 74:41

• Recorded in the U.S.A., 1947-1962.