Strut That Thing: The Essential Recordings of Piano Blues & Boogie

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Pine Top Boogie Woogie
Pinetop Smith3:17
2Cow Cow Boogie
Cow Cow Davenport3:13
3Heifer Dust
Will Ezell3:01
4Detroit Rocks
Montana Taylor3:24
5Soon This Morning Blues
Charlie Spand3:00
644 Blues
Roosevelt Sykes3:03
7Head Rag Hop
Romeo Nelson3:00
8Wilkins Street Stomp
solo piano:
Speckled Red (on 1929-09-22)
recorded at:
Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1929-09-22)
Speckled Red2:53
9No. 29
recording of:
No. 29
writer:
Wesley Wallace (US blues pianist)
Wesley Wallace3:16
10Blue Bloomer Blues
Whistlin’ Alex Moore3:16
11Vickburg Blues
Little Brother Montgomery3:00
12If You Haven’t Any Hay
recorded in:
United States (in 1931-02)
piano:
Skip James (in 1931-02)
vocals:
Skip James (in 1931-02)
Skip James2:56
13Fives
recorded in:
Richmond, Indiana, United States (on 1933-01-13)
piano:
Turner Parrish (on 1933-01-13)
Turner Parrish3:20
14Blues Before Sunrise
recording of:
Blues Before Sunrise
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
Leroy Carr3:36
15Every Morning Blues
Walter Roland2:48
16Strut That Thing
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1935-04-02)
drums (drum set) and piano and washboard:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1935-04-02)
piano:
Cripple Clarence Lofton (on 1935-04-02)
vocals:
Cripple Clarence Lofton (on 1935-04-02)
recording of:
Strut That Thing (on 1935-04-02)
writer:
Cripple Clarence Lofton
Cripple Clarence Lofton2:59
17Honky Tonk Train Blues
Meade Lux Lewis2:53
18Boogie Woogie Blues
Albert Ammons3:44
19Junker Blues
Champion Jack Dupree2:50
20Death Day Boogie
Pete Johnson3:03
21Worried Life Blues
double bass [string bass]:
Ransom Knowling (on 1941-06-24)
guitar:
Tampa Red (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
piano:
Big Maceo (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
vocals:
Big Maceo (in 1941, on 1941-06-24)
recorded at:
RCA Studios (Chicago, 1935-1969) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1941-06-24)
part of:
Blues Hall of Fame: Classic of Blues Recording Single (number: 1983)
recording of:
Worried Life Blues (on 1941-06-21)
writer:
Sleepy John Estes and Maceo Merriweather
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), Universal Duchess Music Corp. and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
version of:
Someday Baby Blues
Big Maceo2:55
22Yancey Special
Jimmy Yancey4:27

Credits

Release

ASIN:UK: B000002XTD [info]

Release group

part of:The Essential Recordings (series by Indigo) (order: 10)