VA - The Rough Guide To Barrelhouse Blues (2018)

• Named after the rough and ready bars where labourers gathered to drink and dance, barrelhouse was a raucous form of piano blues that got the juke joints swinging. From early pioneers such as Cow Cow Davenport and Speckled Red to the boogie-woogie legends Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons, this collection charts the rise and incredible influence of this good-time blues. Featuring many legendary blues pianists including Leroy Carr, Cripple Clarence Lofton and Montana Taylor, this album highlights how the piano has always been at the very core of the blues. It includes many forgotten gems by artists shrouded in mystery •

Track List:
1. Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen
2. Jimmy Yancey - Slow And Easy Blues
3. Cripple Clarence Lofton - Strut That Thing
4. Will Ezell - Heifer Dust
5. Walter Roland - Watcha Gonna Do?
6. Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues
7. Romeo Nelson - Head Rag Hop
8. Roosevelt Sykes - 32-20 Blues
9. Clarence "Pinetop" Smith - Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
10. Skip James - If You Haven't Any Hay Get On Down The Road
11. Turner Parrish - Fives
12. Bert Mays - You Can't Come In
13. Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues
14. Charlie Spand - Soon This Morning Blues
15. Herve Duerson - Avenue Strut
16. Victoria Spivey - Hoodoo Man Blues
17. Henry Brown - Henry Brown Blues
18. Little Brother Montgomery - Vicksburg Blues
19. Jabo Williams - Pratt City Blues
20. Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons - Barrelhouse Boogie
21. Bob Call - 31 Blues
22. Freddie "Redd" Nicholson - You Gonna Miss Me Blues
23. Montana Taylor - Detroit Rocks
24. Louise Johnson - On The Wall
25. Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - Barrelhouse Woman No.2