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Various Artists
Desperate Man Blues: Discovering the Roots of American Music
Genres: Country, Blues, Folk, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks

Track Listings (19) - Disc #1
1. We Live a Long Time to Get Old - Jimmy Murphy
2. Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson
3. When I'm Gone - Joe Hill Louis
4. Death Valley Is Just Half Way to My Home - Lonnie Johnson
5. Whoop 'Em Up, Cindy - Uncle Dave Macon
6. Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell
7. It Won't Be Long - Charley Patton
8. Death Letter Blues - Son House
9. Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin
10. Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers
11. Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim
12. Mandolin Blues - Tennessee Mess Arounders
13. Coo-Coo Bird - Clarence Ashley
14. John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man - The Carter Family
15. Lost Child - The Stripling Brothers
16. Bugle Call Rag - Billy Banks & His Orchestra,
17. Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens
18. Original Stack O' Lee Blues - Papa Harvey Hull, Long "Cleve" Reed,
19. Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson

This CD features 19 prime cuts from Joe Bussard's shelves of 25,000 78s.

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CD Details

All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Desperate Man Blues: Discovering the Roots of American Music
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Dust to Digital
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 12/5/2006
Genres: Country, Blues, Folk, Pop, Rock, Soundtracks
Styles: Classic Country, Traditional Blues, Acoustic Blues, Traditional Folk
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 880226000523

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Album Description

This CD features 19 prime cuts from Joe Bussard's shelves of 25,000 78s.

CD Reviews

Perfect companion to "Down in the Basement"

J. Davis | Music Fan | 12/06/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This soundtrack from the documentary film about record collector Joe Bussard, which was also entitled "Desperate Man Blues", is a terrific addition to the CD collection "Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove of Vintage 78s 1926-1937" (featuring the likes of Uncle Dave Macon, Rev. Gary Davis, Big Bill Broonzy, and the Stripling Brothers). If you are even a thousandth as interested in classic country, blues, and folk music recordings as that notorious old curmudgeon Bussard, you will delight in these songs from the 20s through the 50s (after which, of course, no music worth recording has ever been produced, at least according to Bussard, the old coot). Macon and the Striplings also make an appearance on this album, along with Robert, Lonnie, and Willie Johnson, as well as Charlie Patton, Son House, the Carter Family, and many other more obscure artists. Bussard is heard making parenthetical (and typically irascible) comments between songs, and his opinionated remarks also serve as liner notes."