Blackwell,Scrapper Collection 1928-61 CD

Francis "Scrapper" Blackwell was a blues singer, guitarist, pianist and songwriter from South Carolina, who was primarily active during the late 1920s and early 1930s, when he did all his early recordings, but re-emerged during the folk-blues boom of the late '50s and early' 60s to make further recordings. He was very much associated with blues pianist and composer Leroy Carr, by whom he was sometimes overshadowed, but this collection mostly focuses on his work released under his own name or variations of it. This 43-track 2-CD collection comprising releases from 1928 through to 1935 on the Vocalion, Gennett, Champion, Bluebird and Decca labels as Scrapper Blackwell, Francis Blackwell and Frankie Black, including a duet tribute to Leroy Carr with pianist Dot Rice, who appears on some of his other recordings, plus all the titles from his 1960 album "Blues Before Sunrise" and selected titles from his 1961 album "Mr. Scrapper's Blues". The collection therefore looks at his career from a different standpoint from many others, highlighting his talents as a distinctive songwriter and performer on noted songs like "Kokomo Blues", "Trouble Blues" and "Hard Time Blues", but also demonstrating how his style and relevance to the blues endured across the decades.

1. Kokomo Blues 2. Penal Farm Blues 3. Trouble Blues Pt. 1 4. Trouble Blues Pt. 2 5. Non-Skid Tread 6. Be-Da-Da-Bum 7. Mr. Scrapper's Blues 8. Down and Out Blues 9. Springtime Blues 10. Hard Time Blues 11. Back Door Blues 12. Rambling Blues 13. Sneaking Blues 14. Blue Day Blues 15. Down South Blues 16. Morning Mail Blues 17. Blues That Make Me Cry [Front Door Blues ] 18. D Blues 19. A Blues 20. Motherless Boy Blues 21. Wayback Blues 22. My Old Pal Blues 23. Bad Liquor Blues 24. Alley Sally Blues 25. No Good Woman Blues 26. Texas Stomp 27. Blues Before Sunrise 28. Sally-In-The-Alley-Blues 29. Shady Lane Blues 30. E Blues 31. Goin' to Jail About Her 32. Soft Blues 33. No Good Woman Blues 34. Leaving You Blues 35. Blue 'N Whistling 36. Back Step Blues 37. How Long Blues 38. Goin' Where the Monon Crosses the Yellow Dog 39. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out 40. Little Girl Blues 41. George Street Blues 42. Little Boy Blue 43. Penal Farm Blues