VA - Down The Dirt Road - The Essential Recordings Of Mississippi Blues

Drawn from vintage 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s 78s, "Down the Dirt Road" does a wonderful job of presenting Mississippi's country blues tradition on a single disc, with signature songs from Charley Patton (""Down the Dirt Road Blues""), Tommy Johnson (""Canned Heat Blues""), Skip James (""I'm So Glad""), Big Joe Williams (""49 Highway Blues""), and Bukka White (""Fixin' to Die Blues""), along with tracks by lesser-known figures like Garfield Akers (""Dough Roller Blues"") and Tommy McClennan (""Cross Cut Saw Blues"").

There are countless blues compilations out there, but this one has obviously been carefully assembled, and it presents the pure Mississippi roots of the genre.    

Tracklist:
1. Down the Dirt Road Blues
2. Maggie Campbell Blues
3. Canned Heat Blues
4. Big Fat Mama Blues
5. Mississippi Jail House Groan
6. Dough Roller Blues
7. M and O Blues
8. Dry Spell Blues, Pt. 1
9. I'm So Glad
10. Special Rider Blues
11. Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues
12. 22-20 Blues
13. 49 Highway Blues
14. Somebody's Been Borrowing That Stuff
15. Lead Pencil Blues
16. Fixin' to Die Blues
17. Parchman Farm Blues
18. Ride 'Em on Down
19. Black Spider Blues
20. Little Boy Blues
21. Cross Cut Saw Blues
22. Machine Gun Blues
23. If I Get Lucky
24. Mean Old Frisco Blues


VA - Down The Dirt Road - The Essential Recordings Of Mississippi Blues   
(192 kbsp, cover art included)