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Show 88: USA Blues, Pt. 13: South Carolina to Tennessee

This stretch picks up the Carolinas and moves toward Tennessee, tracing a band of music where blues, string-band sounds, and songster habits often mingle. It is a reminder that regional lines are useful, but they are never airtight.

37Tracks
37Artists
5Theme Tags
5Genre Tags
SeriesUSA Blues
TagsCarolinasTennesseePiedmontregional surveystring-band crossover
Genresbluesclassic bluescountry bluesragtimejazz
Tracklist
#TrackArtist
1Swinging Shepherd BluesEtta Jones;Junior Mance;Kenny Burrell
2SteamboatThe Drifters
3Stay - Version #4 - Slow & DreamyMaurice Williams;Zodiacs
4Frankie & JohnnyBrook Benton
5Learnin' The BluesFreddie Green
6Don't Get Around Much AnymoreCat Anderson;Cat Anderson All Stars
7Nobody Knows The Trouble bridgeDizzy Gillespie
8Root Man Blues bridgeBuddy Johnson
9Hit That Jive, JackSkeets Tolbert
10Sobbin' Sister BluesClara Smith
11Trouble in MindBertha "Chippie" Hill
12Ball and Chain BluesJosh White
13He's in the Jailhouse NowPink Anderson
14You Got to Go DownRev. Gary Davis;Pink Anderson
15I'm Afraid Of Wimmin'Arthur Smith
16Charleston Women Blues bridgeDrink Small
17You Don't Love Me bridgeJ. B. Hutto
18Blues This MorningIndigenous
19Folsom Prison BluesFloyd Red Crow Westerman
20Diving DuckYank Rachell
21Milk Cow BluesHoward Armstrong
22Gonna Need My Help SomedayMemphis Slim
23Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)Bessie Smith
24Sugar Mama Blues bridgeSonny Boy Williamson I
25Working Man Blues bridgeSleepy John Estes
26Shelby County Workhouse BluesHambone Willie Newbern
27Pawnshop BluesBrownie McGhee
28Blues Early, Early, Pts. 1 & 2Big Maybelle
29So LonelyJohnny Ace;Johnny Otis
30BootedRosco Gordon
313 O'Clock in the Morning BluesIke & Tina Turner
32The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss) bridgeAretha Franklin
33Sunny bridgeBobby Hebb
The "C.C. Rider" StrollChubby Checker
The Alcoholic BluesDeford Bailey
The BluesEartha Kitt
The Things That I Used To DoJames Brown