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1. The Girl I Love, She Got Long Curly Hair
2. Broken-Hearted, Ragged and Dirty Too
3. Divin' Duck Blues
4. Black Mattie Blues
5. Milk Cow Blues
6. Street Car Blues
7. Whatcha Doin'?
8. Poor John Blues
9. Stack O' Dollars
10. My Black Gal Blues
11. Down South Blues
12. Stop That Thing
13. Someday Baby Blues
14. Who's Been Telling You Buddy Brown Blues
15. Married Woman Blues
16. Drop Down Mama
17. Government Money
18. I Wanna Tear It All the Time
19. Vernita Blues
20. I Ain't Gonna Be Worried No More
21. Floating Bridge
22. Need More Blues
23. Jack and Jill Blues
24. Poor Man's Friend (T Model)
25. Hobo Jungle Blues
26. Airplane Blues
27. Everybody Oughta Make a Change
28. Liquor Store Blues
29. Easin' Back to Tennessee
30. Fire Department Blues (Martha Hardin)
31. Clean Up at Home
32. New Someday Baby
33. Brownsville Blues
34. Special Agent (Railroad Police Blues)
35. Mailman Blues
36. Time Is Drawing Near
37. Mary Come on Home
38. Jailhouse Blues
39. Tell Me How About It (MR. Tom's Blues)
40. Drop Down (I Don't Feel Welcome Here)
41. Don't You Want to Know
42. You Shouldn't Do That
43. When the Saints Go Marching in
44. Lawyer Clark Blues
45. Little Laura Blues
46. Working Man Blues
47. Harlem Bound
48. Stone Blind
49. Registration Day Blues
50. Policy Man
51. Rats in My Kitchen
52. Runnin' Around
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Recognisable by his plaintive, crying, singing style and "broken" voice, Sleepy John Estes was one of the great Country Blues pioneers. Estes recorded a memorable body of work, much of it during the 1930s, which earned him a mighty reputation, always retaining a traditional, down-home sound despite recording variously in Memphis, Chicago and New York. His songs, lyrically, were sharply observed vignettes, often dealing with social commentary. And although he was little more than an adequate rhythmic guitarist himself, he recorded extensively with men like guitarist/mandolin player Yank Rachell, and harmonica player Hammie Nixon. This 2-CD set ranges from his first session in 1929, to an unreleased session at Sun Records in 1952. Estes has been namechecked as an important early influence by Bob Dylan and Led Zepp's Robert Plant.Email Signup
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