BLIND BLAKE — Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order ★ Volume 2 : 1927-1928 | DOCD-5025 (1991) RM | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Guitarist/singer Blind Blake's entire recorded output has been made available on four Document CDs. Vol. 2 covers a busy seven-month period and features Blake in several different diverse but equally rewarding settings. He performs solo; backs singers Elzadie Robinson, Bertha Henderson, and Daniel Brown; and holds his own with clarinetist Johnny Dodds and percussionist/xylophonist JImmy Bertrand in a jazz set. There are many memorable numbers among the 25 songs on this CD, including "Southern Rag," "He's in the Jailhouse Now," "Hot Potatoes" (an exuberant instrumental with Dodds), "Southbound Rag," and "No Dough Blues." Blind Blake at his best, but get all four volumes. Scott Yanow

Blind Blake’s guitar brilliance shines in this collection, featuring collaborations with top jazz and blues talents. His mastery of “ragtime guitar” dazzles on “Southern Rag”, where he blends African rhythms, Gullah influences, and sharp chord changes. This track reflects his roots and pioneering style. Blake’s versatility is evident in his accompaniment of artists like Elzadie Robinson and Bertha Henderson, where he switches effortlessly between guitar and piano. His one-man band approach on “Panther Squall”, using harmonica and guitar simultaneously, showcases his ingenuity. Blind Blake Complete Recorded Works Vol 2  Highlights include:

    Johnny Dodds: Clarinet brilliance on “Hot Potatoes” and “Southbound Rag”
    Jimmy Bertrand: Slide whistle and xylophone adding texture
    Bertha Henderson: Vocals complemented by Blake’s piano on “Let Your Love Come Down”
    Elzadie Robinson: Energetic performance on “Pay Day Daddy”

This volume captures Blake’s unique blend of blues, ragtime, and early jazz, solidifying his place as a guitar legend. DOCD-5025
Tracklist :
1    Blind Blake–    You Gonna Quit Me Blues 2:43
Guitar, Vocals – Blind Blake
2    Blind Blake–    Steel Mill Blues 3:10
Guitar, Vocals – Blind Blake
3    Blind Blake–    Southern Rag 2:50
Guitar, Speech – Blind Blake
4    Blind Blake–    He's In The Jailhouse Now 2:42
Banjo – Gus Cannon
Guitar, Vocals – Blind Blake
5    Blind Blake–    Wabash Rag 2:51
Guitar, Vocals – Blind Blake
6    Blind Blake–    Doggin' Me Mama Blues 3:11
Guitar, Vocals – Blind Blake
Xylophone, Vocals, Speech – Jimmy Bertrand
7    Blind Blake–    C.C. Pill Blues 3:11
Clarinet – Johnny Dodds
Guitar, Vocals – Blind Blake
Slide Whistle – Jimmy Bertrand
8    Blind Blake–    Hot Potatoes 3:01
Clarinet – Johnny Dodds
Guitar, Vocals – Blind Blake
Slide Whistle, Wood Block, Vocals, Speech – Jimmy Bertrand
9    Blind Blake–    Southbound Rag 3:19
Clarinet – Johnny Dodds
Guitar, Vocals – Blind Blake
Xylophone – Jimmy Bertrand
10    Elzadie Robinson–    Pay Day Daddy Blues 2:51
Clarinet – Johnny Dodds
Guitar, Whistle – Blind Blake
Vocals – Elzadie Robinson
Xylophone – Jimmy Bertrand
11    Elzadie Robinson–    Elzadie's Policy Blues 3:10
Clarinet – Johnny Dodds
Guitar – Blind Blake
Vocals – Elzadie Robinson
Xylophone – Jimmy Bertrand
12    Blind Blake–    Goodbye Mama Moan 2:46
Guitar, Vocals – Blind Blake
13    Blind Blake–    Tootie Blues 2:59
Guitar, Vocals – Blind Blake
14    Blind Blake–    That Lovin' I Crave 2:40
Guitar, Vocals – Blind Blake
15    Bertha Henderson–    That Lonesome Rave 3:09
Guitar – Blind Blake
Vocals – Bertha Henderson
16    Bertha Henderson–    Terrible Murder Blues 2:58
Guitar – Blind Blake
Vocals – Bertha Henderson
17    Bertha Henderson–    Leavin' Gal Blues 2:49
Guitar – Blind Blake
Vocals – Bertha Henderson
18    Blind Blake–    No Dough Blues 2:52
Guitar, Vocals – Blind Blake
19    Bertha Henderson–    Lead Hearted Blues 2:33
Guitar – Blind Blake
Vocals – Bertha Henderson
20    Bertha Henderson–    Let Your Love Come Down 2:27
Piano – Blind Blake
Vocals – Bertha Henderson
21    Blind Blake–    Rumblin' And Ramblin' Boa Constrictor Blues 2:49
Guitar, Vocals – Blind Blake
22    Blind Blake–    Bootleg Rum Dum Blues 2:54
Guitar, Vocals – Blind Blake
23    Blind Blake–    Detroit Bound Blues 3:06
Guitar, Vocals – Blind Blake
24    Daniel Brown –    Beulah Land 3:08
Guitar – Blind Blake
Piano – Tiny Parham
Vocals – Daniel Brown
Washboard – Unknown Artist
25    Blind Blake–    Panther Squall Blues 2:52
Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica [possibly] – Blind Blake
Harmonica [possibly] – George "Bullet" Williams

GUS CANNON — The Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order ★ Volume 1 • 1927-1928 | DOCD-5032 (1990) RM | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Cannon's Jug Stompers were one of the best jug bands in the 1920s and '30s, featuring a wild, fun sound with a solid blues base and frequent, unexpected melodic turns that kept them continually interesting. The group's earliest recordings are here, including the classics "Feather Bed," "Viola Lee Blues," and "Minglewood Blues," but it's the first five tracks that make this compilation something more than just a first act. Recorded in 1927, prior to the formation of the Jug Stompers, and released under the name Banjo Joe, the first five cuts are duets of sorts with Gus Cannon on five-string banjo and the great Blind Blake on acoustic guitar, including one track, "Poor Boy, Long Way From Home," in which Cannon actually plays bottleneck slide banjo. There are several single-disc collections of Cannon's Jug Stompers on the market, but the inclusion of the Cannon/Blake material makes this one special. Steve Leggett
Tracklist :
1 –Banjo Joe Jonestown Blues 3:07
2 –Banjo Joe Poor Boy, Long Ways From Home 3:08
Guitar – Blind Blake
3 –Banjo Joe Madison Street Rag 2:55
Guitar, Voice [Speech], Whistling – Blind Blake
4 –Banjo Joe Jazz Gypsy Blues 2:54
Guitar – Blind Blake
5 –Banjo Joe Can You Blame The Coloured Man 2:41
Guitar – Blind Blake
6 –Banjo Joe My Money Never Runs Out 2:49
Guitar – Blind Blake
7 –Cannon's Jug Stompers Minglewood Blues 3:40
8 –Cannon's Jug Stompers Big Railroad Blues 3:15
9 –Cannon's Jug Stompers Madison Street Rag 3:12
10 –Cannon's Jug Stompers Springdale Blues 2:59
11 –Cannon's Jug Stompers Ripley Blues 3:00
12 –Cannon's Jug Stompers Pig Ankle Strut 3:04
13 –Cannon's Jug Stompers Noah's Blues 2:51
14 –Cannon's Jug Stompers Hollywood Rag 3:05
15 –Cannon's Jug Stompers Heart-Breakin' Blues 3:02
16 –Cannon's Jug Stompers Feather Bed 3:13
17 –Cannon's Jug Stompers Cairo Rag 2:59
18 –Cannon's Jug Stompers Bugle Call Rag 3:02
19 –Cannon's Jug Stompers Viola Lee Blues (Take 1) 3:05
20 –Cannon's Jug Stompers Viola Lee Blues (Take 2) 2:39
21 –Cannon's Jug Stompers Riley's Wagon 2:57
Credits :
Banjo – Elijah Avery (tracks: 11 to 21), Gus Cannon
Guitar – Ashley Thompson (tracks: 7 to 10), Elijah Avery (tracks: 11 to 21)
Harmonica – Noah Lewis (tracks: 7 to 21)
Jug – Gus Cannon (tracks: 7 to 21)
Kazoo – Elijah Avery (tracks: 11)
Kazoo [Probably] – Hosea Woods (tracks: 17 to 21)
Vocals – Ashley Thompson (tracks: 7, 8), Gus Cannon (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21), Noah Lewis (tracks: 19, 29)

GUS CANNON & NOAH LEWIS — The Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order ★ Volume 2 • 1929-1930 | DOCD-5032 (1993) RM | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Highlighted by Gus Cannon's signature "Walk Right In" -- popularized in the early 1960s by The Rooftop Singers -- the second volume in Document's series is a jumble of prime recordings by Cannon and longtime partner Noah Lewis, collecting both solo sides and various group outings. The first tracks come from the Beale Street Boys, a duo comprising Cannon and vocalist/banjoist Hosea Woods, and are followed by a handful of solo harmonica recordings by Lewis; despite their extracurricular activities, by the time all three come together as Cannon's Jug Stompers they're in peak form, shifting easily from the ribald "Tired Chicken" to the plaintive "Going to Germany." With an ad hoc jug band including guitarist Sleepy John Estes and mandolinist Yank Rachell, Lewis then headlines four more sides before rejoining Cannon for one final session which brought their recording career together to a close. Jason Ankeny
Tracklist :     
1    Cannon And Woods (The Beale Street Boys)–    Last Chance Blues
Banjo, Vocals – Hosea Woods
Guitar, Lead Vocals – Gus Cannon
2    Cannon And Woods (The Beale Street Boys)–    Fourth And Beale
Banjo, Lead Vocals – Hosea Woods
Guitar, Vocals – Gus Cannon
3    Cannon's Jug Stompers–    Last Chance Blues
Banjo, Jug – Gus Cannon
Banjo, Vocals – Hosea Woods
Harmonica – Noah Lewis
4    Cannon's Jug Stompers–    Tired Chicken Blues
Banjo, Jug, Vocals – Gus Cannon
Banjo, Vocals [interjections] – Hosea Woods
Harmonica – Noah Lewis
5    Cannon's Jug Stompers–    Going To Germany
Banjo, Jug – Gus Cannon
Banjo, Vocals [interjections] – Hosea Woods
Harmonica, Vocals – Noah Lewis
6    Cannon's Jug Stompers–    Walk Right In
Banjo, Jug, Vocals – Gus Cannon
Banjo, Vocals, Kazoo – Hosea Woods
Harmonica – Noah Lewis
7    Noah Lewis–    Chickasaw Special
Harmonica – Noah Lewis
8    Noah Lewis–    Devil In The Woodpile
Harmonica, Speech – Noah Lewis
9    Cannon's Jug Stompers–    Mule, Get Up In The Alley
Banjo, Jug, Vocals – Gus Cannon
Banjo, Vocals, Kazoo – Hosea Woods
Harmonica – Noah Lewis
10    Cannon's Jug Stompers–    The Rooster's Crowing Blues
Banjo, Jug – Gus Cannon
Banjo, Vocals – Hosea Woods
Harmonica – Noah Lewis
11    Cannon's Jug Stompers–    Jonestown Blues
Banjo, Jug, Vocals – Gus Cannon
Banjo, Vocals [interjections] – Hosea Woods
Harmonica – Noah Lewis
12    Cannon's Jug Stompers–    Pretty Mama Blues
Banjo, Jug – Gus Cannon
Banjo, Vocals [interjections] – Hosea Woods
Harmonica, Vocals – Noah Lewis
13    Cannon's Jug Stompers–    Bring It With You When You Come
Banjo, Jug – Gus Cannon
Banjo, Vocals – Hosea Woods
Harmonica – Noah Lewis
14    Cannon's Jug Stompers–    Wolf River Blues
Banjo – Hosea Woods
Banjo, Jug, Vocals – Gus Cannon
Harmonica – Noah Lewis
15    Noah Lewis–    Like I Want To Be
Harmonica – Noah Lewis
16    Noah Lewis's Jug Band–    Ticket Agent Blues
Guitar – Sleepy John Estes
Harmonica, Vocals – Noah Lewis
Jug – Ham Lewis
Mandolin – Yank Rachell
17    Noah Lewis's Jug Band–    New Minglewood Blues
Guitar – Sleepy John Estes
Harmonica, Vocals – Noah Lewis
Jug – Ham Lewis
Mandolin – Yank Rachell
18    Noah Lewis's Jug Band–    Selling The Jelly
Guitar – Sleepy John Estes
Harmonica, Vocals – Noah Lewis
Jug – Ham Lewis
Mandolin – Yank Rachell
Vocals – Mrs. Van Zula Carter Hunt
19    Noah Lewis's Jug Band–    Bad Luck's My Buddy
Guitar – Sleepy John Estes
Harmonica, Vocals – Noah Lewis
Jug – Ham Lewis
20    Cannon's Jug Stompers–    Money Never Runs Out
Banjo – Hosea Woods
Banjo, Jug, Vocals – Gus Cannon
Harmonica – Noah Lewis
21    Cannon's Jug Stompers–    Prison Wall Blues
Banjo, Jug – Gus Cannon
Banjo, Vocals – Hosea Woods
Harmonica – Noah Lewis