Artist	Song
Robert Johnson	Cross Road Blues
from Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings (1996)
Son House	John the Revelator
from Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Son House (2003)
Charley Patton	Stone Pony Blues
from Charley Patton, Vol. 3 (1929-1934) (2005)
Rev. Gary Davis	Twelve Gates to the City
from Harlem Street Singer (2006)
Mississippi John Hurt	Stack O' Lee Blues
from 1928 Sessions (2005)
Robert Johnson	Come On In My Kitchen
from Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings (1996)
Skip James	Devil Got My Woman
from Satan's Blues (2009)
Bessie Smith	Me and My Gin
from Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Bessie Smith (2003)
Robert Johnson	Love In Vain
from Robert Johnson: The Complete Recordings (1996)
Son House	Levee Camp Moan
from Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Son House (2003)
Bukka White	Aberdeen Mississippi Blues
from The Complete Bukka White (1994)
Blind Willie McTell	Travelin' Blues
from The Early Years (1927-1933) (2005)
Blind Lemon Jefferson	Match Box Blues
from Blind Lemon Jefferson (2006)
Memphis Minnie	Me and My Chauffeur
from Women Blues Singers (1999)
Blind Willie Johnson	It's Nobody's Fault But Mine
from The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (1984)
Casey Bill Weldon	W.P.A. Blues
from Casey Bill Weldon, Vol. 1 1935-1936 (2005)
Leadbelly	C.C. Rider
from The Library of Congress Recordings: Leadbelly - Gwine Dig a Hole to Put the Devil In, Vol. 2 (1991)
Bessie Smith	St. Louis Blues
from Bessie Smith: The Collection (1989)
Roosevelt Sykes	The Honey Dripper
from Blues Classics (1996)
Sonny Boy Williamson	Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
from Cool Blues (2006)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	That's All Right
from That's All Right Mama (1992)
Blind Willie Johnson	Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground
from Dark Was the Night (1998)
Blind Willie McTell	Mama 'Tain't Long Fo' Day
from Statesboro Blues - When the Sun Goes Down Series (2003)
Cow Cow Davenport	Cow Cow Blues
from Blues Classics (1996)
Blind Willie McTell	Statesboro Blues
from Statesboro Blues - When the Sun Goes Down Series (2003)

Comment:

In the early 20th century, when blues was a rural Southern phenomenon, it was an acoustic development, the genre's groundbreakers making do with unamplified guitars, pianos, and harmonicas to entertain at local functions and on their recordings. Charlie Patton, Son House, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and Robert Johnson were among the country blues vanguard, and their astonishing recordings are here for you to enjoy.

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