Violin Sing Blues For Me / Various Violin Sing Blues For Me / Various CD

The guitar gets the ink, but the violin was hugely important in the development of early blues, it's crying vibratos and sliding notes creating a dramatic and soulful sound. Here are 24 examples of blues violin at it's best, all documented with a 32-page booklet; includes Stealin' Blues Cow Cow Davenport; Baby Please Don't Go Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers; Violin Blues Johnson Boys; Right Now Blues Frank Stokes; Ted's Stomp Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan; the Moore Girl Andrew & Jim Baxter; Salty Dog Booker Orchestra, and more.

1. Violin Blues - Johnson Boys 2. K.C. Railroad Blues - Andrew ; Jim Baxter 3. Beaver Slide Rag - "Peg Leg" Howell ; His Gang 4. Alma Waltz - Mississippi Mud Steppers 5. Window Pane Blues - Tommie Bradley 6. Travelin' Railroad Man - Alabama Sheiks 7. Pig Meat Blues - Whistler ; His Jug Band 8. Right Now Blues - Frank Stokes 9. East Jackson Blues - Bo Chatmon 10. Memphis Blues - Mobile Strugglers 11. Vine Street Drag - Tennessee Chocolate Drops 12. Broken Bed Blues - Kansas City Blues Strummers 13. Lonesome Blues - Henry Williams ; Eddie Anthony 14. Memphis Shakedown - Memphis Jug Band 15. Adam and Eve - Tommie Bradley 16. Tell Me Man Blues - Henry "Son" Sims 17. Blue Coat Blues - "Blue Coat" Tom Nelson 18. Salty Dog - Booker Orchestra 19. Baby, Please Don't Go - Joe Williams' Washboard Blues Singers 20. Stop ; Listen Blues No. 2 - Mississippi Sheiks 21. Stealin' Blues - Cow Cow Davenport 22. The Moore Girl - Andrew ; Jim Baxter 23. Highway No. 61 Blues - Jack Kelly ; His South Memphis Jug Band 24. Ted's Stomp - Louie Bluie ; Ted Bogan