15 Down Home Country Blues Classics / Various 15 Down Home Country Blues Classics / Various CD

This collection of 1960s-era country blues music was released in 1996 as part of Arhoolie's "American Masters Budget Series." Country blues is primarily an acoustic guitar form of the blues, mixing blues elements with country and folk music. The raspy sounds of guitar and harmonica reflect the origins of the genre. The album features individual selections from artists such as Lightnin' Hopkins, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Snooks Eaglin, and Big Joe Williams. Liner notes include a list of each track's original album.

1. Frisco Line - Mississippi Fred McDowell 2. Have You Ever Loved a Woman - Lightning Hopkins 3. Going Down in Georgia on a Horn - John Jackson 4. Cairo Blues - Lil' Son Jackson 5. 'Bout a Spoonful - Mance Lipscomb 6. Drink on Little Girl - Black Ace 7. Country Boy Down in New Orleans - Snooks Eaglin 8. Columbus Mississippi Blues - Bukka White 9. Shake 'Em on Down - Dr. Ross 10. Just Tippin' in - Robert Pete Williams 11. Hump in My Back - Jesse Fuller 12. Brother James - Big Joe Williams 13. I'm Broke and I'm Hungry - Smoky Babe 14. Poor Black Mattie - R.L. Burnside 15. Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas