Desperate Man Blues: Discovering the Roots of American Music

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 5, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Dust to Digital
• ASIN: B000JMK66W
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #81,962 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. We Live a Long Time to Get Old - Jimmy Murphy

2. Cross Road Blues - Robert Johnson

3. When I'm Gone - Joe Hill Louis

4. Death Valley Is Just Half Way to My Home - Lonnie Johnson

5. Whoop 'Em Up, Cindy - Uncle Dave Macon

6. Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell

7. It Won't Be Long - Charley Patton

8. Death Letter Blues - Son House

9. Hard Time Blues - Lane Hardin

10. Indian War Whoop - Hoyt Ming and His Pep Steppers

11. Paddlin' Madeline Blues - Gitfiddle Jim

12. Mandolin Blues - Tennessee Mess Arounders

13. Coo-Coo Bird - Clarence Ashley

14. John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man - The Carter Family

15. Lost Child - The Stripling Brothers

16. Bugle Call Rag - Billy Banks & His Orchestra,

17. Sail Away Lady - Uncle Bunt Stephens

18. Original Stack O' Lee Blues - Papa Harvey Hull, Long "Cleve" Reed,

19. Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson

Editorial Reviews

Everett True, Planb, March 2007

This is an incredible collection, put together by obsessive collector (Joe) Bussard. It includes the record that won Uncle Bunt Stephen the Henry Ford Fiddling Contest, 'Sail Away Lady', Clarence Ashley with his claw hammer banjo, and possible the rarest record in the world, Cleve Reed and Harvey Hull's 'Original Stack 'O Lee Blues.

Product Description

This CD features 19 prime cuts from Joe Bussard's shelves of 25,000 78s.

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Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect companion to "Down in the Basement", December 6, 2009

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This review is from: Desperate Man Blues: Discovering the Roots of American Music (Audio CD)

This soundtrack from the documentary film about record collector Joe Bussard, which was also entitled "Desperate Man Blues", is a terrific addition to the CD collection "Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove of Vintage 78s 1926-1937" (featuring the likes of Uncle Dave Macon, Rev. Gary Davis, Big Bill Broonzy, and the Stripling Brothers). If you are even a thousandth as interested in classic country, blues, and folk music recordings as that notorious old curmudgeon Bussard, you will delight in these songs from the 20s through the 50s (after which, of course, no music worth recording has ever been produced, at least according to Bussard, the old coot). Macon and the Striplings also make an appearance on this album, along with Robert, Lonnie, and Willie Johnson, as well as Charlie Patton, Son House, the Carter Family, and many other more obscure artists. Bussard is heard making parenthetical (and typically irascible) comments between songs, and his opinionated remarks also serve as liner notes.