Box Of The Blues (2003)

Product Summary Label: Philo Records/rounder Records UPC: 00011661217126 Release Date: 9/16/2003 Buy.com Sku: 60610279 Item#: MK2HVN Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. 61 Highway - Mississippi Fred McDowell ~ Various Artists 2. See See Rider - Babe Stovall/Herb Quinn ~ Various Artists 3. I Could Hear My Name Ringin' - Memphis Slim/Sonny Boy Williamson ~ Various Artists 4. Cheating And Lying Blues - Robert Nighthawk ~ Various Artists 5. Lonesome Whistle - Johnny Shines/Robert Lockwood Jr. ~ Various Artists 6. Broken Hearted Blues - Etta Baker ~ Various Artists 7. I'm Gonna Make You Happy - Buster Brown ~ Various Artists 8. Dooleyville Blues - Boogie Bill Webb ~ Various Artists 9. One Kind Favor - Cephas & Wiggins ~ Various Artists 10. Blues For Martin Luther King - Otis Spann ~ Various Artists 11. Wind Howlin' Blues - David "Honeyboy" Edwards ~ Various Artists 12. Dying Crapshooter's Blues - Blind Willie McTell ~ Various Artists 13. Screamin' And Cryin' - Big Joe Williams ~ Various Artists 14. Candy Man - Mississippi John Hurt ~ Various Artists 15. Red Cross Store, The - Sonny Terry/Brownie McGhee ~ Various Artists Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. One More Mile - Gatemouth Brown ~ Various Artists 2. My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble - Carey Bell ~ Various Artists 3. Give Me Flowers While I'm Living - Champion Jack Dupree ~ Various Artists 4. Cool Blues Walk - Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater ~ Various Artists 5. Port Arthur Blues - Philip Walker ~ Various Artists 6. Nobody But You - Johnny Copeland ~ Various Artists 7. Jukin' - Willie Cobbs ~ Various Artists 8. Johnny's Jump - Johnny Young (previously unreleased) ~ Various Artists 9. Goin' Out West (Part 1 And Part 2) - Larry Davis ~ Various Artists 10. Walking By Myself - Jimmy Rogers ~ Various Artists 11. Blues And My Guitar - Lowell Fulson ~ Various Artists 12. Eighteen Year Old Girl - J.B. Hutto & The New Hawks ~ Various Artists 13. I'm From Mississippi - Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson/The Magic Rockers ~ Various Artists 14. This Is The Blues - Lonesome Sundown ~ Various Artists 15. Man From Mars, The - Smokey Wilson ~ Various Artists Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. Change In My Pocket - Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets ~ Various Artists 2. Blue House - Marcia Ball ~ Various Artists 3. Meanest Woman - Geoff Muldaur ~ Various Artists 4. Make Some Changes - Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones ~ Various Artists 5. Down South Blues - Tarbox Ramblers ~ Various Artists 6. How Long - Chris Duarte Group ~ Various Artists 7. I'm The Toughest Girl Alive - Candeye Kane ~ Various Artists 8. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning - Corey Harris ~ Various Artists 9. Frankie And Albert - Rory Block ~ Various Artists 10. What That Means To Me - Duke Robillard & The Pleasure Kings ~ Various Artists 11. Let Me Live - Roomful Of Blues ~ Various Artists 12. Lovin' Someone Else - Little Jimmy King/The Memphis Soul Survivors ~ Various Artists 13. John Hardy - George Thorogood ~ Various Artists 14. One Night Affair - Smokin' Joe Kubek/Little Milton ~ Various Artists 15. Shifting Sands - Michelle Wilson ~ Various Artists Disc 4 Song Title Sample 1. Good Day For The Blues, A - Ruth Brown ~ Various Artists 2. Outskirts Of Town - Wilson Pickett ~ Various Artists 3. Live And Let Live - Bobby King/Terry Evans ~ Various Artists 4. Roadblock - Johnny Adams ~ Various Artists 5. I Can Take You To Heaven Tonight - Otis Clay ~ Various Artists 6. Got To Get Myself Some Money - Solomon Burke ~ Various Artists 7. Nowhere To Hide - Paul Kelly ~ Various Artists 8. What Can I Do (Somebody Tell Me) - Little Buster & The Soul Brothers ~ Various Artists 9. Two Wrongs - Theryl "Houseman" De'Clouet ~ Various Artists 10. I Stepped In Quicksand - Charles Brown ~ Various Artists 11. Ain't No Business Like Your Business - Ann Peebles ~ Various Artists 12. Promised Land - The Holmes Brothers ~ Various Artists 13. You Don't Know Nothin' About Love - Irma Thomas/Tracy Nelson ~ Various Artists 14. Bring It On Home Daddy - Ted Hawkins ~ Various Artists 15. Out Of The Dark - Walter "Wolfman" Washington ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Duke Robillard (vocals, guitar, electric guitar); Robert Nighthawk (vocals, guitar, slide guitar); Corey Harris (vocals, guitar, lap steel guitar); David Honeyboy Edwards (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Edward Forehand (vocals, guitar, background vocals); Chris Duarte, Etta Baker, Geoff Muldaur, Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown & His Guitar & Orchestra, Michael Tarbox, Robert Lee Wilson, J.B. Hutto, Little Jimmy King & The Memphis Soul Survivors, Jimmy Rogers , John Cephas, Johnny Copeland, Johnny Shines, Larry Davis, Lonesome Sundown, Lowell Fulson, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Mississippi John Hurt, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Andrew "Jr. Boy" Jones, Phillip Walker, Ted Hawkins, Jewell "Babe" Stovall, Walter "Wolfman" Washington, Wendell Holmes, Big Joe Williams, Bill "Boogie Bill" Webb (vocals, guitar); George Thorogood (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica); Blind Willie McTell (vocals, 12-string guitar); Johnny Young (vocals, mandolin); Daniel Kellar (vocals, violin); Sonny Boy Williamson, Sam Myers, Sugar Ray Norcia, Willie Cobbs, Buster Brown, Carey Bell (vocals, harmonica); Charles V. Brown, Marcia Ball, Otis Spann, Champion Jack Dupree (vocals, piano); Stuart Holmes (vocals, Wurlitzer organ); Popsy Dixon (vocals, drums); Paul Kelly, Ann Peebles (vocals, background vocals); Irma Thomas, Johnny Adams, Johnny Sciascia, Michelle Willson, Otis Clay, Ruth Brown, Solomon Burke, Terry Evans, Theryl DeClouet, Tracy Nelson, Wilson Pickett, Bnois King, Bobby King , Candye Kane (vocals); Michael Toles (guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Thomas Bingham (guitar, background vocals); June Yamagishi, Chris Vachon, Danny Caron, Steve Wilcox, Kenn Lending, Eddy Clearwater, Steve "Syco Steve" Williams, Eugene Ross, Earl The Pearl, Jamal Millner, Frank Capek, Ken Pino, Jimmy Ponder, Jon Tiven, Little Milton, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges, Anson Funderburgh, Renard Poch?, Rory Block, Ry Cooder, Stephen Bruton, Brian Bisesi (guitar); Cranston Clements (electric guitar); Herb Quinn (mandolin); Phil Wiggins, Sonny Terry (harmonica); Bill "Foots" Samuel (saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Andrew Love (saxophone, tenor saxophone); Chris Mason, David Li, David II (saxophone); Rich Lataille (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone); Thadeus Richard (alto saxophone, keyboards); Donald Harrison, Jr., Earl Turbinton, Joe Salisbury, Warren Bell, Ray Moore (alto saxophone); Gordon Beadle, Jim Spake (tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone); Clarence Ford, Lannie McMIllian, Clifford Solomon, Tom Fitzpatrick , Dennis Taylor, Ed Petersen, Scott Shetler, Fred Kemp, Bob Mathes, Timothy Richardson, Jerry Harshaw, Mark "Kaz" Kazanoff, Alvin "Red" Tyler, Bill Easley, Paul Klemperer (tenor saxophone); Carl Blouin, Doug James, Red Rails, James Mitchell , Victor Goines (baritone saxophone); Terry Tullos (trumpet, flugelhorn); Wayne Jackson (trumpet, trombone); Brian Murray, Steve Smith , Barney Floyd, Laurence Etkin, Jamil Sharif, Stacy Cole, Mark Braud, Mary Thomas, Keith Winking, Glen MacArthur, Melvin Moore, Scott Thompson, Steve Howard, Abram Wilson, Bob Enos, Bobby Campo, Charlie Miller (trumpet); Al Basile (cornet); Ernie Gautreau (trombone, valve trombone); Randy Zimmerman, Steven Walker, Richard Martinez, Bruce Hammond, Alonzo Bowens, Maynard Chatters, John Touchy, Carl Querfurth (trombone); Ron Levy (piano, organ, synthesizer); Joe Krown, Charles Hodges (piano, organ); Craig Wroten (piano, keyboards); Jon Cleary (piano, synthesizer); John Street, Daryl Davis, Dave Limina, Tony West, James Rudy, Fred Hodges, Arthur Woods, Bob Riedy, Ernest Vantrease, Nathaniel Dove, Matt McCabe, Memphis Slim, Archie Turner, Bobby Forrester (piano); Ronnie Bramhall, Spooner Oldham, Charles "Chas" Hodges (organ); Llew Matthews, Sky Williams, Eugene Dacosta Cordew, Ken Vangel (keyboards); Willie Tee (synthesizer); Lloyd Lambert, Big Bill Broonzy, James Singleton (acoustic bass); John Packer , Chris Jones, Greg Willis, Buster Paterson (electric bass); George Journigan (5-string bass); John Cohan, Simon Kirke, Herman V. Ernest III (drums, percussion); Curtis Steele, Charles "Sugar Boy" Jones , Joey Vee, Robert Shipley, Doyle Bramhall, Richard "Hubcap" Robinson , Jeff Alexander , Spider Webb, Tom DeQuattro, David Lee , Danny Cochran, Tommy Tucker, Jr., Cedric Cowboy McCory, Franchot Blake, Jimmy "Blue Shoes" Pendleton, Rodney Craig, Robert Whitehead, Glen Rogers, Leroy Pina, Jim Keltner, John Rossi, Johnny Vidacovich, Akira Tana, Kerry Brown, S.P. Leary, Sam Lay, Shannon Powell, Tommy Hill , Wilbert "Junkyard Dog" Arnold, David Peters , Billy Kilson, Marty Richards, Howard Grimes, Sammy Creason, Gaylord Birch, Raymond Weber, Dwayne "Cook" Broadnax (drums); Scott Billington (cowbells); Cornell Williams, Ina Bea Walker, Donald Bryant, Charles Elam III, William "Billy" Brown, Jimmy Grisby, Cano, Earl J. Smith, Jr., Bertram Brown (background vocals). Audio Mixers: David Farrell ; Eddie Kramer; Glenn Berger; Gregg Lunsford; Jared Tuten; Jeff Juliano ; John Nagy; John Paul Gauthier; Mark Linett; Miles Wilkinson; Paul Mufson; Phil Greene; Rob Jaczko; Steve Reynolds; Steve Rosenthal. Audio Remixer: Bill Dashiell. Liner Note Author: Scott Billington. Recording information: 1750 Arch Street, Berkeley, CA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Ardent Studios, Memphis, TN (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Arlyn Studios, Austin, TX (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Audio Dallas Recording Studio, Dallas, TX (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Blue Jay Studio, Carlisle, MARoseland (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Chico's Organic, Malibu, CA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Crosstown Recorders, Memphis, TN (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Dimension Sound Studios, Boston, MA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Dojo, Sperryville, VA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Eldorado Studio (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Grog Kill Studio, Willow, NY (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Haunted Hollow Studio, Charlottesville, VA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Hip Pocket Studios, New York, NY (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Lakewest Recording, West Greenwich, RI (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Music Lab, Los Angeles, CA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); My Generation Studio, Somerville, MA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood, CA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Pedernales Recording Studio (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Power Station New England, Sonalyst Studios, Waterford, (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Royal Recording Studios, Memphis, TN (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Sound Studio, Chicago, IL (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Southlake Recording Studio, Metairie, LA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Studio In The Country, Bogalusa, LA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Studio Six, Memphis, TN (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Studio Solo, Slidell, LA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Studoi 900, New York, NY (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Syncro Sound, Boston, MA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); The Magic Shop, Platinum Island, New York, NY (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); The Mixing Lab, Newton, MA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Tone Cool Studio, Newton, MA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Ultrasonic Studios, New Orleans, LA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); World Axis Studios, Austin, TX (11/02/1940-12/??/1999); Your Place Or Mine Remote Recording, Glendale, CA (11/02/1940-12/??/1999). Editor: Steve Reynolds. Photographers: Chris Colbourn; Jennifer Esperanza; Birney Imes; Deni McIntyre; Kathy Chapman; Rick Olivier; Will McIntyre; Bill Crump. Unknown Contributor Roles: Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets; The Holmes Brothers. Arrangers: Una Gibney; Ken Vangel; Lowell Fulson; Ron Levy; Bill Easley. Rounder's four-CD Box of the Blues is, by looking at its inclusion of tracks, seemingly an ambitious proposition. But looks can be deceiving. Compiled and introduced by vice president of A&R Scott Billington -- a man whose credentials, when it comes to fighting for and preserving blues traditions, are unassailable -- these discs become a kind of theme-oriented blur of Rounder's substantial catalog holdings. Billington's schemata are quirky, sometimes ironic, and sometimes downright scary and profound as the set' Producer: Chris Rival; Corey Harris; Dan Doyle; Dennis Walker; Dick Spottswood; Thomas Hoskins; Doyle Bramhall; Duke Robillard; Eddy Clearwater; Joe "Flip" Wilson; William "Billy" Brown; Bob Riedy; Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown & His Guitar & Orchestra; Jamal Millner; Engineer: Chris Rival; David Evans; David Farrell; Dennis Dragon; Ron Laury; Jeff Bagby; Ruby T. Lomax; John Work; Richard Rosenblatt; Bruce Loughry; Glenn Berger; Gragg Lunsford; William "Billy" Brown; Willis James; Peter Silitch; Stephen Van Dam; Sandy Fisher; Ja   Technical Info Release Date : 08/26/2003 Original Release Date : 2003 Catalog ID : 612171 Label : Rounder Number of Discs : 4 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00011661217126   Professional Reviews Mojo (Publisher) (12/03, p.128) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[A] giant bottle of cask-strength music with which to toast the last weeks of the Year Of The Blues - and long afterwards."    Product Image