Willis,Ralph Hop On Down The Line: (Almost) Complete Recordings CD

This CD set is unusually titled "The Almost Complete Recordings" that's because one of Ralph Willis' commercially released discs seems to have rarely if ever surfaced amongst collectors. The two sides have also never appeared on vinyl LP and CD or any other Ralph Willis collection even those entitled "Complete". This release is an essential purchase for any Ralph Willis fan as it is now the only place to find all of his known recordings, He has a highly distinctive style and sound which makes it difficult to understand how he never had a hit. This collection contains 47 tracks so he must have been a popular artist to generate that much repertoire without a hit. His 1953 recording, "Gonna Hop on Down the Line" is probably Willis' best known recording. For several years now, it has been a huge disc at rock and roll and rockabilly dances across Europe and is a guaranteed floor filler. Ralph Willis is one of those unique Blues artists whose guitar style and vocal delivery on up tempo numbers seems to predict the coming of the rockabilly guitar styles.

1. Worried Blues 2. Comb Your Kitty Cat 3. So Many Days 4. That Gal's No Good! 5. New Goin' Down Slow 6. Goin' to Chattanooga 7. Steel Mill Blues 8. I Will Never Love Again 9. Goin' to Virginia 10. Boar Hog Blues 11. Eloise 12. I've Been a Fool 13. Christmas Blues 14. Amen Blues 15. Neighbourhood Blues 16. Mama Mama Blues 17. Just a Note 18. Church Bells 19. Trouble Don't Last 20. Shake That Thing 21. Tell Me Pretty Baby 22. I'm Gonna Rock 23. Cool That Thing 24. Sportin' Life 25. Every Day I Weep and Moan 26. Somebody's Got to Go 27. Blues, Blues, Blues 28. I Got a Letter 29. Cold Chills 30. Black and Tan 31. Income Tax Blues 32. Bed Tick Blues 33. Too Late to Scream and Shout 34. Hoodoo Man 35. Tell Me Pretty Baby 36. Church Bell Blues 37. Goodbye Blues 38. Lazy Woman Blues 39. Old Home Blues 40. Salty Dog 41. Cold Chills 42. Amen 43. Gonna Hop on Down the Line 44. Do Right 45. Door Bell Blues 46. Why'd You Do It 47. Dream I Had on My Mind 48. I've Been Living with the Blues 49. Midnight Special 50. Interviews with Ralph Willis and Washboard Pete Sanders