Vaudeville Blues 1919-1941 / Various Vaudeville Blues 1919-1941 / Various CD

Vaudeville dominated the national entertainment scene until radio kept everybody tuned in at home. In those heady days of live entertainment (primarily the late teens and early 1920s), the blues began to take form. And contrary to the image we have of blues singers today, back then they were mostly female and remarkably self-assured. This collection focuses 4 CDs on those classic vaudevillians and their songs that ranged from morality tales to the sexually lurid and provocative.

1. I Want Plenty Grease in My Frying Pan 2. Come Get Me Papa, Before I Faint 3. Mama, Papa Don't Wanna Come Home 4. Who'll Chop Your Suey (When I'm Gone) 5. Crazy Blues 6. Snatch It Back Blues 7. Twe Twa Twa Blues 8. Memphis Tennessee 9. You've Got to Save That Thing 10. Save Me Some 11. Conversation with the Blues 12. Kind Stella Blues 13. Chirpin' the Blues 14. Chirping the Blues 15. Pea Vine Blues 16. Magnolia Blues 17. Chirpin' the Blues 18. Sorrowful Blues 19. Nineteen Women Blues 20. Fare Thee Honey Blues 21. Walkin' Blues 22. Goodbye Rider 23. My Gal's Done Quit Me 24. Frisco Blues 25. He's a Darn Good Man (To Have Hanging 'Round) 26. Future Blues 27. Don't Take Away Those Blues 28. Good Man Sam 29. Rolling Stone, Pt. 1 30. 'Taint Nobody's Biz-Iness If I Do 31. Nobody's Dirty Business 32. It's Nobody's Business But My Own 33. The Penetrating Blues 34. Grievous Blues 35. Broke Down Engine Blues 36. Uncle Bud (Bugle Blues) 37. Uncle Bud (Dog-Gone Him) 38. Penitentiary Moan Blues 39. Kansas City Man Blues 40. Kansas City Man Blues 41. Levee Camp Moan Blues 42. I'm All Out and Down 43. I Got a Mule to Ride 44. The Mule Laid Down and Died 45. For Sale (Hannah Johnson's Jack Ass) 46. Low Land Blues 47. Jealous Hearted Blues 48. Jealous Hearted Blues 49. The Wicked Fives Blues 50. Strut Miss Lizzie 51. Vamps of '28' 52. Salty Dog Blues 53. Salty Dog 54. Salty Dog 55. Mister Man, Pt. 2 56. Spread Yo' Stuff 57. Black Gypsy Blues 58. Eagle Rock Me Papa 59. Sally Long Blues 60. If You Don't Believe I Love You 61. Bull-Doze Blues 62. Trouble Hearted Blues 63. Stealin' Stealin' 64. Squawkin' the Blues 65. Hard Luck Blues 66. Drop Down Mama 67. Gulf Coast Blues 68. Poor Me Blues 69. Cryin' Blues 70. Poor Me 71. M;O Blues No. 3 (My Baby Called the Police) 72. Booze ; Blues 73. Tom Rushen Blues 74. A Woman Gets Tired of One Man All the Time 75. A Woman Gets Tired of One Man All the Time 76. Blues Ain't Nothin' Else But! 77. Preachin' Blues 78. Haven't Seen No Whiskey 79. Mean Old Master Blues 80. Stingaree Blues (A Down Home Blues) 81. Waco Texas Blues 82. Hey Lawdy Mama - the France Blues 83. Find Me at the Greasy Spoon (If You Miss Me Here) 84. Scoop It 85. Mama, Let Me Scoop for You 86. Bow Legged Papa 87. How Can I Miss You When I've Got Dead Aim 88. Railroad Bill 89. Hard Headed Mama 90. Git' Goin 91. He May Be Your Man (But He Comes to See Me Sometimes) 92. Devil in the Lion's Den 93. Uncle Sam Blues 94. Everybody Mess Around 95. Twistin' Your Stuff 96. Don't Shake It No More 97. Fouth Street Mess Around 98. How Come You Do Me Like You Do 99. Beat You Doing It 100. Slow Up Papa 101. Honey You're Going Too Fast 102. Penitentiary Bound Blues 103. Death Cell Blues