Summary: From the very start, blues guitarists forged an irresistible partnership with the slide, the sound of which epitomizes the very essence of the genre. This Rough Guide highlights the revolutionary players who pioneered this most captivating of styles during the early recorded heyday of the blues.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES ROU

Contents: He's in the jailhouse now (Blind Blake) -- No job blues (Ramblin' Thomas) -- 22-20 blues (Skip James) -- Rising high water blues (Blind Lemon Jefferson) -- Down the dirt road blues (Charley Patton) -- Death cell blues (Blind Willie McTell) -- Rough rugged road (Bumble Bee Slim) -- Dry spell blues (Son House) -- Bad feeling blues (Blind Blake) -- Beale Town bound (the Beale Street Sheiks) --...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2005

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES FIF

Contents: Disc 1. Volumes 1-7. Lucy Mae blues ; I woke up crying ; Love blues ; I told you not to do that / Cecil Barfield -- In the evening ; Hey lawdy Mama ; Thousand woman blues ; Blue shadow falling ; Cold rainy day ; Amy / Buddy Moss -- Motherless child ; Hush, somebody is calling my name ; What God can do ; He'll understand and say well done / Leon Pinson -- Big road blues ; Cool water blues ; Big...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Fat Possum Records 2008

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES MIT

Musselwhite, Charlie.

Contents: Trail of tears -- Cold grey light of dawn -- Blues overtook me -- In a town this size -- Walking alone -- Rank strangers to me -- One night at a time -- In your darkest hour -- Big river -- Ain't it time? -- I'll meet you over there -- Ain't that lovin' you baby.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Telarc Blues 2002

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES MUS

Contents: Death don't have no mercy (Blind Gary Davis) -- Rolling log blues (Lottie Kimbrough) -- Crazy about my baby (Blind Roosevelt Graves and Bro.) -- Expressman blues (Sleepy John Estes & Yank Rachell) -- Love in vain #1 (Robert Johnson) -- Tallahatchie River blues (Mattie Delaney) -- High water everywhere, Part 1 (Charley Patton) -- Original stack O'Lee Blues (Long Cleve Reed & Little Harvey Hull...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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1 available in NEW Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MOJ

Contents: A child of a few hours is burning to death / The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band -- Parallel / Hello=Fire -- Death letter blues / Son House -- Jesus is coming soon / Blind Willie Johnson -- Phonograph blues / Robert Johnson -- Signed DC / Love -- St. James Infirmary / Cab Calloway -- I've been loving you too long / Otis Redding -- Small faces / Public Nuisance -- Forever my queen /...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MOJ

Contents: Blues up the river (2:35) -- Hobo blues (2:11) -- In your darkest hour (3:27) -- Stingaree (2:23) -- When the Frisco left the shed (2:45) -- Remembering Big Joe (4:02) -- The dark (3:04) -- Pea vine blues (3:41) -- Crawling king snake (4:11) -- Blues gave me a ride (2:23) -- My road lies in darkness (3:19) -- Drifting from town to town (3:07) -- Rank strangers (2:27) -- A voice foretold (1:37).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 1960

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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL BLUES MUS

Contents: Juke / (Little Walter & His Night Cats), Marion Walter Jacobs (02:43) -- Ends & odds / (Jimmy Reed), Jimmy Reed (02:24) -- Rocket 88 / (Jimmy Cotton Blues Quartet), Jackie Brenston (02:05) -- Help me / (Sonny Boy Williamson), Sonny Boy Williamson (03:09) -- Messin' with the kid / (Junior Wells Chicago Blues Band), Mel London (02:23) -- Blues with a feeling / (The Paul Butterfield Blues Band) /...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino Records 1992

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD BLUES HAR