VA - Sweet Home Chicago: A History Of Chicago Blues (2003)

I would bet a lot of Bobby Vee's fans never thought that his material was so diverse - even after hearing the great body of work represented by his many LPs. I have been playing this 3-disc set repeatedly and will probably never stop hearing new things each time. His own exceptional writing talent gets a good showcase on this set, and - by the way - one hears a lot more of that in the recordings that have been coming out of his own Rockhouse Productions over the past couple decades.

Tracklist:

CD 1

01. Tommy McClennan - Baby Don't You Want To Go (2:58)
02. Papa Charlie Jackson - Maxwell Street Blues (2:47)
03. Pinetop & Lindberg - East Chicago Blues (2:46)
04. Bessie Smith - Chicago Bound Blues (3:06)
05. Bill "Jazz" Gillum - Key To The Highway (2:41)
06. Peetie Wheatstraw - Chicago Mill Blues (2:55)
07. Big Bill Broonzy - C&A Blues (3:00)
08. Tampa Red - Boogie Woogie Dance (3:12)
09. Big Maceo - Kid Man Blues (2:37)
10. Bertha "Chippie" Hill - Hard Time Blues (2:55)
11. The Sparks Brothers - Chicago's Too Much For Me (3:12)
12. Sonny Boy Williamson - Western Union Man (3:03)
13. Little Bill Gaither - Creole Queen (2:52)
14. Cow Cow Davenport - Jim Crow Blues (3:06)
15. Rosa Henderson - Chicago Monkey Man Blues (3:12)
16. Washboard Sam - Diggin' My Potatoes (2:56)
17. Memphis Slim - I See My Great Mistake (2:57)
18. Big Bill Broonzy - I.C. Blues (3:02)
19. Roosevelt Sykes - Driving Wheel (3:04)
20. Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - Chicago Blues (3:12)
21. Memphis Minnie - Me And My Chauffeur Blues (2:47)
22. Robert Nighthawk - Friar's Point Blues (2:48)
23. Sonny Boy Williamson - Little Low Woman Blues (2:48)
24. Robert Lockwood, Jr. - Take A Little Walk With Me (2:54)
25. Big Joe Turner - Goin' To Chicago Blues (2:59)

CD 2

01. Eddie Boyd - Chicago Is Just That Way (2:55)
02. Big Bill Broonzy - You've Been Mistreating Me (2:56)
03. Lee Brown - Horse Shoe Boogie (2:56)
04. Big Joe Williams - P Vine Blues (3:11)
05. Bill "Jazz" Gillum - The Blues What Am (2:36)
06. St. Louis Jimmy - One Doggone Reason (3:02)
07. Big Maceo - Chicago Breakdown (2:57)
08. Snooky Pryor & Moody Jones - Boogie (2:19)
09. Muddy Waters - I Can't Be Satisfied (2:42)
10. Sonny Boy Williamson - Mellow Chick Swing (2:35)
11. Robert Nighthawk - Black Angel Blues (3:03)
12. Man Young - Let Me Ride Your Mule (2:41)
13. Roosevelt Sykes - Fine And Brown (2:55)
14. Floyd Jones - Hard Times (2:28)
15. J.B. Lenoir - Let's Roll (2:54)
16. Tony Hollins - Crawlin' King Snake (3:08)
17. Leroy Foster - Rollin' & Tumblin' (Part 1) (2:50)
18. Little Walter - I Just Keep Lovin' Her (2:54)
19. Leroy Foster - Rollin' & Tumblin' (Part 2) (3:14)
20. Tampa Red - She's Dynamite (2:20)
21. Howlin' Wolf - Saddle My Pony (2:34)
22. Delta Joe - Roll, Tumble And Slip (Train Time) (3:16)
23. Memphis Slim - Nobody Loves Me (2:51)
24. Jimmy Rogers - Chance To Love (3:20)
25. Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - I'm Gonna Dig Myself A Hole (2:59)

CD 3

01. Muddy Waters - She's Nineteen Years Old (4:33)
02. David "Honeyboy" Edwards - Big Katie Allen (4:08)
03. Hound Dog Taylor - My Baby's Coming Home (2:41)
04. Jimmy Reed - Hard Walking Hannah (2:58)
05. Eddie Boyd - The Blues Is Here To Stay (2:45)
06. Willie Dixon - Spoonful (4:48)
07. Buddy Guy - First Time I Met The Blues (6:21)
08. Homesick James - My Baby's Gone (3:07)
09. Junior Wells - Hoodoo Man (3:22)
10. Koko Taylor - Wang Dang Doodle (4:03)
11. Fenton Robinson - Somebody Please Loan Me A Dime (4:23)
12. Eddie C. Campbell - Look What You Done (3:11)
13. Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater - I Don't Know Why (4:49)
14. James Cotton - One More Mile (3:06)
15. Luther Allison - You're Gonna Need Me (5:43)
16. Little Mac - Times Are Gettin' Tougher (2:24)
17. Sunnyland Slim - Too Late To Pray (3:47)
18. Carey Bell - You Went Away Baby (4:13)
19. Byther Smith - Tell Me How You Like It (4:16)
20. Joe Carter - Sweet Home Chicago (4:39)