Before The Blues - The Early American Black Music Scene, Vol. 1

Tracklist :

1. Andrew & Jim Baxter - Bamalong Blues (3:10)
2. B.F.Shelton - Pretty Polly (3:09)
3. B.F.Shelton - Pretty Polly (4:26)
4. Bayless Rose - Jamestown Exhibition (2:47)
5. Buell Kazee - John Hardy (3:04)
6. Cincinnati Jug Band - Newport Blues (2:57)
7. Denson Quartet - Christian Soldier (2:47)
8. Dick Devall - Tom Sherman's Barroom (2:40)
9. Evans & McClain - Two White Horses In A Line (2:51)
10. Henry Thomas - Run Mollie Run (2:53)
11. Lottie Kimborough - Wayward Girl Blues (2:53)
12. Mississippi John Hurt - Stack O'lee Blues (2:57)
13. Mississippi Mud Steppers - Jackson Stomp (3:10)
14. Papa Harvey Hull - France Blues (3:01)
15. Rev. Gates & Congregation - Dying Mother And Her Child (3:42)
16. Robert Wilkins - I'll Go With Her Blues (3:06)
17. Rube Lacy - Mississippi Jail House Groan (3:22)
18. Sam Collins - Lonesome Road Blues (3:06)
19. Seventh Day Adventist Choir - On Jordan's Stormy Banks We Stand (2:37)
20. Taylor's Kentucky Boys - Forked Deer (2:45)
21. Teddy Darby - Lawdy Lawdy Worried Blues (3:07)
22. Weaver & Beasley - Soft Steel Piston (3:04)
23. Willie Walker - Dupree Blues (3:30)