Name: When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 2: The First Time I Met the Blues
Brand: Bluebird RCA (USA)
SKU: 409162
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When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 2

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Album: When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 2: The First Time I Met the Blues
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Telephoning the Blues - Victoria Spivey
2)	Viola Lee Blues - Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers
3)	Haven't Got a Dollar to Pay Your House Rent Man - Genevieve Davis
4)	Saturday Blues - Ishman Bracey
5)	When I Woke up This Morning She Was Gone - Jim Jackson
6)	Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
7)	Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell
8)	Stealin' Stealin' - Memphis Jug Band
9)	Judge Harsh Blues - Furry Lewis
10)	Rent Man Blues - Edna Winston
11)	I Don't Care What You Say - Harris & Harris
12)	I Hate a Man Like You - Lizzie Miles
13)	Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do - Frank Stokes
14)	I'm a Mighty Tight Woman - Sippie Wallace
15)	Blue Yodel #9 - Jimmie Rodgers
16)	Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair, The - Sleepy John Estes
17)	Don't Want No Woman - McCoy & Johnson
18)	Cocaine Habit Blues - Memphis Jug Band
19)	Married Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
20)	Red Nightgown Blues - Jimmie Davis
21)	Hardworking Woman - Mississippi Matilda
22)	Doubled up in a Knot - Bo Carter
23)	If You Want Me, Baby - Daddy Stovepipe/Mississippi Sarah
24)	First Time I Met the Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
25)	Sales Tax - Mississippi Sheiks

Album: When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 2: The First Time I Met the Blues
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Telephoning the Blues - Victoria Spivey
2)	Viola Lee Blues - Gus Cannon & His Jug Stompers
3)	Haven't Got a Dollar to Pay Your House Rent Man - Genevieve Davis
4)	Saturday Blues - Ishman Bracey
5)	When I Woke up This Morning She Was Gone - Jim Jackson
6)	Canned Heat Blues - Tommy Johnson
7)	Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell
8)	Stealin' Stealin' - Memphis Jug Band
9)	Judge Harsh Blues - Furry Lewis
10)	Rent Man Blues - Edna Winston
11)	I Don't Care What You Say - Harris & Harris
12)	I Hate a Man Like You - Lizzie Miles
13)	Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do - Frank Stokes
14)	I'm a Mighty Tight Woman - Sippie Wallace
15)	Blue Yodel #9 - Jimmie Rodgers
16)	Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair, The - Sleepy John Estes
17)	Don't Want No Woman - McCoy & Johnson
18)	Cocaine Habit Blues - Memphis Jug Band
19)	Married Woman Blues - Blind Willie Reynolds
20)	Red Nightgown Blues - Jimmie Davis
21)	Hardworking Woman - Mississippi Matilda
22)	Doubled up in a Knot - Bo Carter
23)	If You Want Me, Baby - Daddy Stovepipe/Mississippi Sarah
24)	First Time I Met the Blues - Little Brother Montgomery
25)	Sales Tax - Mississippi Sheiks

Performer Notes

Compilation producers: Barry Feldman, Colin Escott.
Recorded between 1927 & 1936. Includes liner notes by David Evans and Colin Escott.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
This is part of Bluebird's The Secret History Of Rock & Roll series.
When Bluebird/RCA launched its blues-oriented When the Sun Goes Down series in 2002, it described the compilations as "the secret history of rock & roll." That didn't mean that the series focuses on obscure, lesser-known rock & roll recordings; rather, it spotlights pre-'50s recordings that helped pave the way for the rock & roll explosion. Spanning 1927-1936, When the Sun Goes Down, Vol. 2: The First Time I Met the Blues illustrates the diversity of the prewar blues world. The terms "country blues" and "prewar blues" are often used interchangeably, and in fact, a lot of prewar blues did fall into the country blues category (which could be anything from Mississippi Delta blues to Piedmont blues to Memphis blues). But there was also an urban, jazz-influenced school of prewar blues: classic female blues, which was quite popular in the '20s and '30s -- and when this CD is playing, one is reminded of the differences between classic female blues and country blues. Recordings by Victoria Spivey ("Telephoning the Blues") and Lizzie Miles ("I Hate a Man Like You") are the essence of jazz-minded classic blues -- the latter even boasts Jelly Roll Morton on piano -- whereas Bo Carter's "Doubled Up in a Knot" and Sleepy John Estes' "The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair" are state-of-the-art country blues. Meanwhile, old-time country singer Jimmie Rodgers (not to be confused with the Jimmy Rogers who recorded for Chess) favors a rural/urban blend on "Blue Yodel No. 9," which boasts Louis Armstrong on cornet. Rodgers' outlook was primarily rural, but "Blue Yodel No. 9" underscores his willingness to incorporate jazz on occasion. Historians will find a lot to admire about this diverse, far-reaching CD. ~ Alex Henderson

Professional Reviews

Living Blues (5/03, p.91) - "...The artists represented are as ubiquitous as Blind Willie McTell and as obscure as Genevieve Davis..."