View basket “Groundhogs Best 1969-72” has been added to your basket. The Rough Guide to the Blues Songsters Various Artists SKU: RGNET1343LP Barcode: 605633134346 14.00 £14.00 Genre: Blues Label: World Music Network Released Date: 31st March 2017 Buying Format: 1LP Includes Download Code Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Before there was the bluesman there was the songster and it was these travelling troubadours who helped lay the foundations for the development of the blues. This selection features variations on traditional ballads about legendary characters Stagger Lee and John Henry. These became standards in the repertoires of songsters, both black and white, who shared a similar colour-blindness when it came to the racial origins of a tune. Frank Hutchison and Dick Justice were both white performers whose styles were heavily influenced by black musicians, in particular Luke Jordan whose featured track ‘Pick Poor Robin Clean’ is a gambling song masterpiece. Like Jordan, many other well-known East Coast songsters such as Blind Blake and Peg Leg Howell worked with travelling shows, which became a major factor in the spreading of the blues. Many of these shows were operated by vendors of patent medicines who would attract crowds by putting on a performance. As these shows began to disappear and recorded music and dancing in duke joints became popular, so the older songster style became less fashionable. Artist Various Artists Genre Blues Label World Music Network Buying Options 1LP Includes Download Code Format 1LP , Includes Download Code Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings Luke Jordan - Pick Poor Robin Clean Henry Thomas - Don't Leave Me Here Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah - The Spasm Papa Charlie Jackson - Your Baby Ain't Sweet Like Mine Furry Lewis - John Henry (The Steel Driving Man) Part 1 Charley Patton - Mississippi Boweavil Blues Dick Justice - Cocaine Leadbelly - Midnight Special Blind Blake - Come On Boys Let's Do That Messin' Around Frank Hutchison - Stackalee Richard 'Rabbit' Brown - James Alley Blues Cannon's Jug Stompers - Going To Germany Peg Leg Howell - Coal Man Blues Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Various Artists View Product Quick View Various Artists Now Playing: Summer Sounds Rock And Pop | Rhino (Pure) | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 5th July 2024 £30.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists Now Playing: Summer Sounds £30.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Rhino (Pure) SKU: 0081227816186 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 5th July 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists The Lion King – Zoetrope Vinyl (30th Anniversary Edition) Soundtrack | Disney | 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Picture Disc Released 26th July 2024 £30.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists The Lion King – Zoetrope Vinyl (30th Anniversary Edition) £30.00 Genre: Soundtrack Label: Disney SKU: 8755672 Formats: 2LP, Gatefold Sleeve, Picture Disc Released Date: 26th July 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists Shanghai’d Soul Episode 12 Soul / Funk | Numero Group | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 28th June 2024 £23.00 - 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