Devils a Busy Man

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 17, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Empire Musicwerks
• ASIN: B0009AJK9S
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #411,820 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Devil Is a Busy Man

2. Murder in the First Degree

3. Watch Yourself

4. Drop Anchor

5. Wear Your Black Dress

6. Mama Talk to Your Daughter

7. Rosalie Blues

8. Easy Lovin'

9. Blue Blue Boogie

10. Cool Playing Blues

11. Crosstown Blues

12. Four Day Jump

13. Bad Luck Blues

14. On the Hook

15. Goin' to New Orleans

16. She's Takin' All My Money

17. Alley Blues

18. Walkin' the Streets

19. Goin' Back Home Today

20. Lost Child

Editorial Reviews

This compilation explores one of the most vibrant periods in American blues, when the style of rural blues was transformed by the medium of electricity. Focusing on the hardest to find cuts not found on any other CD on the market, this CD is a shoe-in for "Blues Reissue of The Year". Featuring the early "lost" tracks of blues icons Albert King, Lightnin’ Hopkins, J.B. Lenoir, Earl Hooker and many others.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It doesn't get any better than this......, August 1, 2005

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Southern Slim "A Music Lover" (Memphis, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Devils a Busy Man (Audio CD)

OH MY GAWD! I musta just died and went to heaven. In an age when every blues comp looks the same, here's one that not only doesn't feature the same old stuff, almost everyone of these tracks is a hard to find collectors item. This hands down, pound for pound, is the grandady of all electric blues comps. C'mon, when was the last time you heard Earl Hooker on the same disc as Lightnin' Hopkins AND both tracks even the most hard boiled blues freak has probably never heard, and the Lightnin' track is even tougher than anything he ever did. You've got ultra rare gems from a young Joe Hill Louis (under the name of Johnny Lewis)the very first Albert King recording in existence, J.B. Lenoir's original version of "Mama Talk To Your Daughter", I can't say enough about how wonderful this CD is. If St' Louis Jimmy's "Murder In The First Degree" doesn't kill you, the rest of this CD will. OUTSTANDING!!