Blues Biography [Robert Johnson]

1. (I Believe I'll) Dust My Broom
2. 32-20 Blues
3. Come on in My Kitchen
4. Dead Shrimp Blues
5. From Four 'Til Late
6. Hellhound on My Trail
7. Honeymoon Blues
8. If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
9. I'm a Steady Rollin' Man
10. Love in Vain
11. Malted Milk
12. Me and the Devil Blues
13. Milkcow's Calf Blues
14. Phonograph Blues
15. Preaching Blues
16. Rambling on My Mind
17. Stones in My Passway
18. Stop Breaking Down Blues
19. Sweet Home Chicago
20. Terraplane Blues
21. They're Red Hot
22. Traveling Riverside Blues
23. Walking Blues
24. When You Got a Good Friend
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Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 2506
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The man widely known as the father of the Delta blues is well served by this 24-track collection. BLUES BIOGRAPHY doesn't give you the entirety of the (admittedly slender) Robert Johnson catalogue, but it certainly offers a generous helping of that estimable legacy. Johnson's dazzlingly nimble blend of complex fingerpicking and visceral slide offset his simultaneously impassioned and ghostly vocals on a brace of tunes that helped define not just the Delta blues canon, but blues music as a whole. If you find that the complete Johnson recordings are too much to deal with, this selection is an excellent alternative.