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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Contents: Kentucky blues / (Little Hal Jones) (3:13) -- Crow Jane / (Carl Martin) (2:53) -- Fare thee blues, part 1 / (Johnnie Head) (2:43) -- Honey blues / ("Funny Papa" Smith (2:53) -- Lost lover blues / (Lottie Kimbrough & Winston Holmes) (3:08) -- Just can't stand it / (Fred McMullen & Ruth Willis) (2:41) -- Rollin' dough blues / (Jack Gowdlock) (2:53) -- Two white horses in a line / (The Two...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Rough Guides/World Music Network 2018

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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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Contents: Special streamline / Bukka White (2:53) -- Bye bye blues / Tommy Johnson (3:00) -- Hard time killin' floor blues / Skip James (2:47) -- I'll go with her / Robert Wilkins (3:03) -- Country farm blues / Son House (2:08) -- Who's been here? / Bo Carter (2:34) -- Trouble hearted blues (Take 2) / Ishman Bracey (3:20) -- The world is going wrong / Mississippi Sheiks (3:21) -- That won't do / Arthur...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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Barbecue Bob

Contents: Poor boy a long ways from home (3:01) -- Barbecue blues (3:09) -- Honey you're going too fast (2:59) -- Motherless chile blues (3:12) -- She looks so good (2:58) -- Thinkin' funny blues (3:22) -- Honey you don't know my mind (3:08) -- Going up the country (3:11) -- Atlanta moan (3:03) -- It just won't hay (3:05) -- Chocolate to the bone (2:49) -- When the saints go marching in (3:07) -- She's...

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: World Music Network 2015

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