Juke Joints 4-That'S All Right With Me / Various Juke Joints 4-That'S All Right With Me / Various CD

By the early 1950s record companies were scouring the South for talent but few of the musicians they found went on to have full-blown recording careers. Many featured here made a handful of records and some are represented by the only record to their name. In the succeeding decades much has come to light that was thought lost or not worthy of preservation. Some sides have attained mythical status. This reflected the large-scale disappearance of the juke joint itself. Life has moved on. Hard physical work has been replaced by machinery, so weekends of drink-fuelled indulgence are no longer righteous. But, man they did have fun. Multi-instrumentalist Howard Armstrong, spent many nights in juke joints as a young man. A jook (as it was properly termed) was a place that opened it's doors, you might say, to all comers. It was no place for snobs and what we black people call 'saditty' people. I know the first ones I played in, they had a wick stuck in a Coca-Cola bottle with oil, coal oil or kerosene hanging around on the walls or even out on the trees, a line near the trees for light. Nobody wanted a lot of light in the first place. Every strata of society would be rubbing elbows or whatever part of their anatomy they were rubbing on that dance floor. Some guy might be dressed in his old plough clothes and brogan shoes. And maybe one of the good reverends was there on a little they sneaked away with one of the choir sisters. They were all on common ground. And everybody seem to have a good time. By popular demand, here's another generous serving of the solidest sounds you're ever likely to stomp to.

1. Things Gonna Change 2. Boogie Like You Wanna 3. Catfish 4. Loudella 5. I'm Him 6. Notoriety Woman 7. Drove from Home Blues 8. Black Snake Blues 9. Cross Country Blues 10. Netta Mae 11. Crawlin' King Snake 12. Can't Love Me and My Money Too 13. Tall Skinny Mama Blues 14. Howling Wolf 15. Which Woman Do I Love 16. You Gonna Need Me 17. Cadillac Blues 18. Rhythm Blues 19. Hard Pill to Swallow 20. I'm Going Upstairs 21. Whole Lotta Drinkin' on the Block 22. I Don't Know What's Happening Baby 23. Let's Take a Little Walk 24. I Treated You Wrong 25. Nelly Mae 26. Big Stars Are Falling 27. Fish Tail Blues 28. Last Time 29. Texas Blues (T.P. Railer) 30. That's All Right with Me 31. Weekly Blues 32. Blue and Lonesome Blues 33. My Baby Quit Me Blues 34. Waitin' at the Station 35. No More Lovin' 36. Southern California Blues 37. Lonesome Highway 38. Overhaul Blues 39. Easy Ridin' Buggy 40. Mr Engineer 41. I Don't Live Here No More 42. Operator 43. Gone with the Wind 44. You Did Me Wrong Baby 45. I Got a Letter 46. She's Alright with Me 47. Playing in the Park 48. Single Man Blues 49. Ramblin' Around Blues 50. Dirty Britches 51. Leave My Money Alone 52. Good Rockin' Mama 53. All the Way from Texas 54. Riding in the Moonlight 55. I (Believe Yo Got a Sidekick) 56. Midnight Showers of Rain 57. Tell Me Pretty Baby 58. Quinsella 59. Black Snake Blues 60. Don't Be Funny Baby 61. Nothing But the Blues 62. Midnight Hours 63. Lonesome Blues 64. Lost Woman Blues 65. Black Cat Rag 66. Goin' Back Home 67. Shreveport Blues 68. I Feel So Good 69. Train Is Comin' 70. The Thing 71. Rocky Mountain Blues 72. Honey Babe 73. Little Mae Belle 74. I Got to Get Some Money 75. Flypaper Boogie 76. Pepper Head Woman 77. Worryin' Blues 78. Home Again Blues 79. I Love My Baby [Take 1] [Take] 80. Miss My Lagnion 81. Freedom Train Blues 82. No Jive 83. Highway 41 84. January 11, 1949 Blues 85. Too Many Women Blues 86. Train Time 87. I Love My Baby 88. Rocks Is My Pillow 89. Last Affair Blues 90. Bloodstains 91. Misery Is My Life 92. Don't Forget Me Baby 93. Bop Cat Stomp 94. Lonesome Blues 95. Lonesome Whistler 96. Truckin' Little Woman 97. Please Tell Me 98. West Coast Blues 99. Cruel Hearted Woman 100. Up for It [Take 1] [Take] 101. Louisiana Walk 102. Skin and Bone 103. Don't Bring No Friend 104. That's All Right 105. Worried Life 106. Rattlesnake Blues 107. Cold Blues 108. Shakin' the Boogie