Picking the Blues: Boogie Woogie Pioneers

Original Release Date:  September 12, 2006

Track Listing

• 1. Cow Cow Blues
• 2. Jump Steady Blues
• 3. Moanin' the Blues
• 4. Head Rag Hop
• 5. Fanny Lee Blues
• 6. No Special Rider
• 7. Pratt City Blues
• 8. Fives
• 9. Jookit Jookit
• 10. Boogie Woogie
• 11. Lonesome Day Blues
• 12. Bass Goin' Crazy
• 13. Holler Stomp
• 14. 35th and Dearborn
• 15. Six Wheel Chaser
• 16. Vine Street Boogie
• 17. In the Mornin'
• 18. Chicago Breakdown
• 19. Indiana Avenue Stomp
• 20. Slim's Boogie
• 21. Early in the Morning
• 22. Otis in the Dark

Credits

• Cow Cow Davenport: Piano, Composer, Soloist
• Memphis Slim: Piano, Vocals
• Jimmy Yancey: Piano, Composer, Soloist
• John Mayall: Liner Notes, Compilation
• Albert Ammons: Piano, Composer, Soloist
• Jay McShann: Percussion, Piano, Composer, Drums
• Speckled Red: Piano, Vocals
• Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon: Vocals
• Tampa Red: Guitar, Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
• Big Maceo Merriweather: Composer
• Sonny Scott: Vocals, Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
• Charlie Spand: Piano, Composer, Vocals
• Big Crawford: Bass, Percussion, Drums
• Abe Bolar: String Bass
• Peter Chatman: Composer
• Ernest Cotton: Sax (Tenor)
• Meade "Lux" Lewis: Piano, Composer, Soloist
• Ulysses Livingston: Guitar
• Cripple Clarence Lofton: Piano, Soloist
• Eurreal Montgomery: Composer
• Walter Roland: Piano, Composer, Vocals
• Otis Spann: Piano, Composer, Vocals
• Alan Taylor: Remastering
• Wesley Wallace: Piano, Composer, Soloist
• J. Mayo Williams: Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
• Cleo Brown: Piano, Vocals
• Gary Atkinson: Producer
• Jabo Williams: Composer
• Romeo Nelson: Piano, Composer, Soloist
• Pete Johnson & His Boogie Woogie Boys: Piano
• Pete Johnson Blues Trio: Guitar, Piano, String Bass
• Kevin Witt: Graphic Design
• Turner Parrish: Piano, Composer, Soloist