Jackson,Papa Charlie Collection 1924-34 CD

Papa Charlie Jackson was one of the first country blues artists to emerge from the minstrel, vaudeville and medicine shows to become a successful recording artist during the 1920s. Born in New Orleans in 1885, he sang and played banjo and guitar, working in travelling shows across the south before settling in Chicago, close to the hubs of commercial recording in the '20s. He largely recorded the kind of material he had been performing for years on the road, comprising blues in the bawdy tradition, often with a humorous flavour. This great-value 72-track 3-CD set comprising most of his recordings for Paramount, Vocalion and Okeh from his debut in 1924 through to 1934 - the era which encompassed his entire recording career prior to his death in 1938. As well as his solo recordings, it includes tracks done with the great blues singers Ida Cox and Ma Rainey, and with Freddie Keppard's Jazz Cardinals, featuring Johnny Dodds, as well two unique sides with Blind Blake in 1929 comprising elements of blues jam session, hokum recording, and ragtime. It is a sunstantial, thorough and very entertaining overview of the career of a bluesman who was not maybe one of the genre's most historically important or influential figures, but who paved the way for many other blues artists to pursue successful recording careers.

1. Papa's Lawdy Lawdy Blues 2. Airy Man Blues 3. Salt Lake City Blues 4. Salty Dog Blues 5. The Cats Got The Measles 6. I Got What It Takes But It Breaks My Heart To Give It Away 7. Shave Em Dry 8. Coffee Pot Blues 9. Mister Man Part I 10. The Faking Blues 11. Shake That Thing 12. I'm Alabama Bound 13. Drop That Sack 14. Mama Don't Allow It (And She Ain't Gonna Have It Here) 15. Take Me Back Blues 16. Mama, Don't You Think I Know' 17. Hot Papa Blues 18. All I Want Is A Spoonful 19. Maxwell Street Blues 20. I'm Going Where The Chilly Winds Don't Blow 21. Texas Blues 22. I'm Tired Of Fooling Around With You 23. Jackson's Blues 24. Let's Get Along 25. Butter And Egg Man Blues 26. The Judge Cliff Davis Blues 27. Mumsy Mumsy Blues 28. Up The Way Bound 29. Four Eleven Forty Four 30. Your Baby Aint Sweet Like Mine 31. Bad Luck Woman Blues 32. Salty Dog - Freddie Keppard's Jazz Cardinals 33. Fat Mouth Blues 34. Gay Cattin' 35. Coal Man Blues 36. She Belongs To Me 37. Skoodle Um Skoo 38. Sheik Of Desplaines Street 39. Look Out Papa Don't Tear Your Pants 40. Baby, Don't You Be So Mean 41. Blue Monday Morning Blues 42. Bright Eyes 43. I'm Looking For A Woman Who Knows How To Treat Me Right 44. Long Gone Lost John 45. Ash Tray Blues 46. No Need Of Knockin' On The Blind 47. Baby Papa Needs His Lovin' 48. I Like To Love My Baby 49. Lexington Kentucky Blues 50. Good Doing Papa Blues 51. Ma and Pa Poorhouse Blues