Let’s Have a Blues Ball! The Music of the Juke Joints / Ace CD-590

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Let’s Have a Blues Ball! The Music of the Juke Joints / Ace CD-590 IMPORT

Please note: new but not shrink wrapped.

Compiled by the British label Ace from Arhoolie’s extensive back catalog, the Let’s Have a Blues Ball sampler — subtitled “The Music of the Juke Joints” — primarily focuses on piano-based numbers, but also includes guitar workouts from the likes of Lightnin’ Hopkins, Earl Hooker and L.C. Robinson. With liner notes by Chris Smith.

Track List:

1. I’m Having A Ball – Johnny Young
2. Dream – John Littlejohn
3. Swing It On Home – Big Mama Thornton
4. Anna Lee – Earl Hooker
5. Going Back To The Country – Juke Boy Bonner
6. It’s Hard – Clifton Chenier
7. Come On Baby – Lightnin’ Hopkins
8. Nine Below Zero – Sonny Boy Williamson
9. Gambling Blues – Lil Son Jackson
10. Pontiac Blues – Sonny Boy Williamson
11. I’m In The Big City – Juke Boy Bonner
12. Meet You At The Chicken Shack – Lightnin’ Hopkins
13. Rag Around Your Head – John Delafose
14. The Blues (Won’t Let Me Take My Rest) – Henry Gray
15. Shake Your Moneymaker – John Littlejohn
16. If Trouble Was Money – Charlie Musslewhite
17. Wild, Wild Women – Johnny Young
18. Gimme A Penny – Big Mama Thornton
19. On The Road Again – Johnny Young
20. Mojo In My Hand – L.C. Robinson