Show 51: Alphabet Blues, Pt. 11: Private Music / Righteous / Rounder / Shanachie
These labels belong to the later life of the blues, when the music had to survive through reissue programs, folk circuits, independent catalogs, and roots-minded audiences. Keeping the blues alive on record took many kinds of labels, not just the old famous ones.
I'm your host. For today's 51st episode of the CC Blues Show, we will be resuming our Alphabet Blues series where I aim to spin for you every track from every blues label from A to Z. Last week we celebrated our 50th episode with a deep dive into the rise and fall of Paramount Records. Tonight's show will cover the Private Music label, Ran Records, Rounder Records, and finally Ruf Records. Up first is a handful of tracks by Etta James, with her first song being "Come Back Baby." Here it is.
| # | Track | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Come Back Baby | Etta James |
| 2 | Don't Explain | Etta James |
| 3 | Gotta Serve Somebody | Etta James |
| 4 | Blues With A Feeling | Taj Mahal |
| 5 | Didn't It Rain | The Blind Boys Of Alabama |
| 6 | If I Had A Hammer bridge | The Blind Boys Of Alabama |
| 7 | Laughin' Blues bridge | Leon Redbone |
| 8 | Ghost of the St. Louis Blues | Leon Redbone |
| 9 | Daybreak Blues | Doc Watson,Richard Watson |
| 10 | Walk On Boy | Doc Watson,Richard Watson |
| 11 | Man With The Blues | Willie Nelson |
| 12 | Nobody's Fault But Mine | Willie Nelson |
| 13 | Hard Travelin' 📖 Story | Woody Guthrie |
| 14 | Buffalo Skinners | Woody Guthrie |
| 15 | Frosty bridge | Clarence Gatemouth" Brown" |
| 16 | It's Harder Now - Remix bridge | Wilson Pickett |
| 17 | That's A Pretty Good Love | Charles Brown |
| 18 | I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town | Ruth Brown |
| 19 | Stop Your Crying | Ted Hawkins |
| 20 | One For The Highway | James Booker |
| 21 | Cut Off My Right Arm | Johnny Copeland |
| 22 | Not Trustworthy (A Lyin' Woman) | Johnny Adams,Duke Robillard,Walter Wolfman Washington |
| 23 | Cancel My Check bridge | Luther Allison |
| 24 | Living In The House Of The Blues bridge | Luther Allison |
| 25 | Hustler | Bernard Allison,Bobby Rush |
| 26 | Crazy World | Big Daddy Wilson |
| 27 | Don't Stop By The Creek, Son | Johnny Copeland |
| 28 | Who Got My Natural Comb? | Ted Hawkins |
| 29 | Rollin' and Tumblin' bridge | Canned Heat |
| 30 | Going up the Country bridge | Canned Heat |