Fish Tree Water Blues

Various Artists - Blues | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 6, 1999)
• Original Release Date: April 6, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bullseye Blues
• ASIN: B00000IFWZ
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #186,662 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Stone River

2. Fuel

3. Victims of Comfort

4. The Road You Choose

5. Highway 13

6. Mother Earth

7. Blue, Blue World

8. I'll Fly Away from Here

9. Hard Day on the Planet

10. Rollin' River

11. Forecast (Calls for Pain) [Live][#]

12. Ice Water in Your Veins

13. Take Me to the River

14. Take It to the Limit

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE BEST COMPILATIONS RELEASED!, July 22, 2002

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deepbluereview "deepbluereview" (SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fish Tree Water Blues (Audio CD)

Earthjustice, which put together the Fish Tree Water Blues CD, is a nonprofit group whose goal is to provide free legal assistance to organizations fighting for environmental causes. The proceeds from this CD will go to Earthjustice to help fund their projects. If you like protecting clean water, preserving rain forests, protecting endangered species or just like good blues music, this might be a disc that interests you. The disc features 14 songs from a diverse field of musicians. For the most part, and with only a couple of notable exceptions, the compilation sticks to the discs earthy theme. Five of the songs have never been released or qualify for that first new recording in many years category. For example, J.J. Cale's "Stone River", Alvin Youngblood Hart's banjo heavy "Rollin' River", Robert Cray's live "The Forecast (Calls For Pain)", Mavis Staple's "I'll Fly Away", and the Charlie Musselwhite with Bob Weir's Ratdog performing "Take Me To The River", all great stuff. This is a really good compilation from start to finish and definetly a worthwhile acquisition.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Real Deal, June 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Fish Tree Water Blues (Audio CD)

In a market glutted with pointless compilations, this CD stands out as a must-have. Original tunes from some fabulous blues artists designed to remind us of how vital, and threatened, our natural resources are. The numbers by J.J. Cale and Robert Cray alone are worth the price of admission, a portion of which goes to one of the country's most impressive environmental organizations, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund. Trust me on this one.

5.0 out of 5 stars Track list with accurate credits, November 14, 2008

By 

Barb - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fish Tree Water Blues (Audio CD)

If iPods hadn't rendered the "desert island disc" concept obsolete, this one would still be going to the desert island with me. A masterpiece from end to end; great songs, phemomenal performances. There's not a dud track on this CD.

Amazon's track listing is misleading, however. It shows songwriters instead of performers. Sometimes that's the same person, sometimes it's not. This is the accurate track listing showing the performers on this CD:

1. Stone River - J.J. Cale
2. Fuel - Ani DiFranco
3. Victims of Comfort - Keb' Mo'
4. The Road You Choose - Branford Marsalis & Joe Louis Walker
5. Highway 13 - John Lee Hooker & John Hammond
6. Mother Earth - Tracy Nelson
7. Blue Blue World - Roomful of Blues
8. I'll Fly Away - Mavis Staples
9. Hard Day on the Planet - Loudon Wainwright III
10. Rollin' River - Alvin Youngblood Hart
11. The Forecast (Calls for Pain) - The Robert Cray Band
12. Ice Water in Your Veins - Ruth Brown
13. Take Me to the River - RatDog with Charlie Musselwhite
14. Take It to the Limit - Etta James