In addition to well-known names such as Blind Lemon Jefferson, Tommy Johnson, Charley Patton, Son House, Robert Johnson and Bukka White discover obscure bluesmen like Rube Lacy, Little Hat Jones uva August 10, 1920, a crucial for the future of the blues day. Back then took Mamie Smith, accompanied by romantic piano music and jazzy horns, their seminal Crazy Blues for Okeh Records on. Your glamorous dealing with the music based on the tradition of vaudeville. The next big trend in the Blues came a little later and turned to blues players, of which almost all came from the rural South and the tradition of the slave songs and work songs. Some truly virtuosic playing on their instruments. With each published shellac plate designed Lonnie Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Blind Blake and Skip James dominated by guitars future of the genre. With the help of slides or bottleneck they doubled the volume of their guitars and procured so even in the evil-sounding noise of a rural pub ear. They produced a liquid, howling sound on their acoustic devices or pounded with all his chords in the strings. Better known musicians could afford with metal body, which sounded much louder than normal guitar the glittering 'National' guitars. After it's discovery in Texas in 1925 or 1926 had Blind Lemon Jefferson incredible success within the African-American population, thus emphasizing the commercial potential of the rural blues of the South. By crushing poverty of the Depression in the early thirties of the first boom of Blue recordings came to an unforeseen end. But the first two decades in the history of Blue recordings remain a gold mine with great examples of acoustic blues. This compilation provides a wonderful cross-section of the best shots.

Tracklist:

Guitar Blues
Shake That Thing
Mr. Johnson's Blues
Match Box Blues
Mississippi Heavy Water Blues
Billy Lyons and Stack O'Lee
Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues - Pt. 1
Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground
Downtown Blues 1
Frankie 1
So Lonesome 1
Ham Hound Crave 1
Bull Doze Blues 1
Kokomo Blues 1
Canned Heat Blues 1
The Four Day Blues 1
Statesboro Blues 1
No No Blues 1
Roll and Tumble Blues 2
Cairo Blues 2
Pony Blues 2
When the Levee Breaks 2
Little Hat Blues 2
Diddie Wa Diddie 2
Last Time Blues 2
That's No Way to Get Along 2
Henry's Worry Blues 2
Ice and Snow Blues 2
Outside Woman Blues 3
Sitting on Top of the World 3
Dough Roller Blues 3
My Black Mama - Part 1 3
M ; O Blues 3
Stack O' Dollars Blues 3
Howling Wolf Blues - No. 1 3
I'm So Glad 3
Times Has Done Got Out of Hand 3
Long Tall Mama 3
Good Gal 4
Black Angel Blues 4
Midnight Special 4
Chickasaw Train Blues (Low Down Dirty Thing) 4
Milk Cow Blues 4
Lead Pencil Blues (It Just Won't Write) 4
Someday Baby Blues 4
Cross and Evil Woman Blues 4
Rag, Mama Rag 4
Crow Jane 4
Baby Please Don't Go 5
Somebody Changed the Lock on My Door 5
Lone Wolf Blues 5
Cross Road Blues 5
Black Ace 5
Prowling Night-Hawk 5
Shake 'Em on Down 5
Old Devil 5
This Train 5
Bottle It Up and Go

UPC: 5397102172298
Label: Bear Family
Release Date: 5.5.15
Format: CD

Roots Of It All Acoustic Blues Vol 1 / Various - Roots of It All Acoustic Blues Vol. 1 (CD)