Hillbilly Blues

BE 109 GOT THEM HILLBILLY BLUES

While it is not often documented, it stands to reason that of all the many black artists who were influenced by country music radio in their childhood, a percentage would grow into maturity with a real feeling for hillbilly music and incorporate the style it into their own musical heritage, just as the white rockabillies introduced an urban blues element into their country music. This album has been compiled to showcase this inverted spin on the conception of rockabilly - got them Hill Billy Blues?

SIDE ONE
1 Roll, Hot Rod, Roll! - Oscar McLollie (Modern alt. take)
2 Crackerjack - Joe Clay (Vik)
3 I Wanna Know (Why You Love Me So) - Eddie Daniels (Ebb)
4 The Down Bound Train - Chuck Berry (Chess)
5 Come Back, Maybelline - John Greer (Groove)
6 Down On The Farm - Al Downing (White Rock)
7 Worried 'Bout You Baby - Roy "Mr Guitar" Gaines (Groove)
8 Oh Oh Please - Mercy Dee (Flair)

SIDE TWO
1 Love Me With A Feeling - Magic Sam (Cobra)
2 Be My Love Tonight - Roy Brown (Imperial)
3 You Look That Good To Me - Joe Clay (Vik unissued)
4 Long Gone Lonesome Blues - Jimmy Newsome (MGM)
5 Rock, Everybody, Rock - McKinley Mitchell (Boxer)
6 Ain't That Lovin' You Baby - Eddie Riff (Dover)
7 21 Days In Jail - Magic Sam (Cobra)
8 True Love - Mercy Dee (Flair)

SIDE THREE
1 Tell Me Who - Bobo Jenkins (Boxer)
2 Hot Dog - Pico Pete (Jet)
3 Honey Babe - Arthur Gunter (Excello)
4 Flatfoot Sam - T V Slim (Clif)
5 Hip Shakin' Baby - Roy Brown (Imperial)
6 Get On The Right Track, Baby - Joe Clay (Vik)
7 All Night Long - Johnnie Fuller (Irma)
8 My Next Door Neighbor - Jerry McCain (Excello)

SIDE FOUR
2 Oh, My Baby's Gone - Ray Sharpe (Hamilton)
2 Hill Billy Blues - Clear Waters (Atomic-H)
3 I'm A Lover Not A Fighter - Lazy Lester (Excello demo)
4 First Stage Of The Blues - Johnnie Fuller (Irma)
5 My Baby's Gone - Eddie Riff (Dover)
6 Sally Jo - Rosco Gordon (Sun alt. take)
7 Wildcat Tamer - Tarheel Slim (Fury)
8 Number 9 Train - Tarheel Slim (Fury)