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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Contents: Match box blues (Larry Hensley) -- Black snake moan (Cobb & Underwood) -- Johnson City blues (Clarence Green) -- Franklin County blues (Dixie Ramblers) -- Blue grass twist ; Bibb County grind (South Georgia Highballers) -- Barber's blues ; Dust pan blues (Frankie Marvin) -- I'm blue and lonesome (Gene Autry & Frankie Marvin) -- Do right daddy blues ; Black bottom blues ; The rheumatism blues ;...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: JSP Records 2005

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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COUNTRY MOU

Contents: Violin blues (Johnson Boys) (3:17) -- K.C. Railroad blues (Andrew & Jim Baxter) (3:28) -- Beaver slide rag ("Peg Leg" Howell & His Gang) (3:18) -- Alma waltz (Mississippi Mud Steppers) (2:52) -- Window pane blues (Tommie Bradley) (3:14) -- Travelin' railroad man (Alabama Sheiks) (2:58) -- Pig meat blues (Whistler & His Jug Band) (3:07) -- Right now blues (Frank Stokes) (3:04) -- East Jackson...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Old Hat 1999

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

Contents: Frisco Town (Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie) -- Strewin' your mess (Tampa Red and Georgia Tom) -- Hot dogs (Blind Lemon Jefferson and His Feet) -- God moves on the water (Blind Willie Johnson) -- Screamin' and hollerin' the blues (Charley Patton) -- Hard road blues (Blind Blake) -- Lead hearted blues (Bertha Henderson with Blind Blake) -- Slidin' Delta (Tommy Johnson) -- Wasn't that doggin' me...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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

Contents: Special stream line (Bukka White) (2:53) -- Railroadin' some (Henry Thomas) (3:15) -- How long has that evening train been gone (Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell) (2:50) -- Riding the blinds (Eddie Mapp) (2:45) -- Midnight special (Leadbelly) (2:02) -- I hate that train called the M & O (Lucille Bogan) (3:07) -- That lonesome train took my baby away (Charlie McCoy) (2:59) -- Spike driver blues...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2023

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