Essential [Original recording remastered]

Big Bill Broonzy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 6, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Classic Blues
• ASIN: B000056W0P
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #444,826 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Bull Cow Blues

2. Rising Sun, Shine On

3. I Can't Be Satisfied

4. Saturday Night Rub

5. Too-Too Train Blues

6. Come on Mama

7. Midnight Special

8. Can't You Trust Me No More?

9. Brown Skin Shuffle

10. How You Want It Done

11. My Stove's in Good Condition

12. Big Bill Blues

13. Long Tall Mama

14. Monkey Man Blues

15. Mr. Conductor Man

16. Pig Meat Strut

17. Rukus Juice Blues

18. Crazy About You

Customer Reviews

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great music, poor package, May 10, 2001

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Carlos N. Velez "carlos_n_velez" (New York, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Essential (Audio CD)

Big Bill Broonzy provides a great link between traditional (guitar only) Delta Blues and the more piano-driven Chicago blues and Jazz. Thoroughly enjoyable set. The CD package, however, is terrible. Little biographical information is provided. Are the songs listed in chronological order? When were they recorded? The second CD is only 18 songs long, while the label lists 21...and they are out of order!

If you listen to the Blues, definitely get a few Big Bill CDs, but think twice about this particular collection if you want additional detail.

0 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must For Blues Listeners, February 8, 2004

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This review is from: Essential (Audio CD)

From the back waters of the Mississippi Delta playing a cigar box fiddle he made himself in 1903 at age ten to Carnegie Hall in 1938, Big Bill Broonzy set the course for all the other Blues greats to follow. Pure magic on the guitar!