VARIOUS ARTISTS - Windy City Blues 1935-1953 ( AUDIO CD )

This first issue of Nighthawk Records documents primarily the transitional work of Southern born bluesmen who immigrated to Chicago before the SecondWorld War, but whose careers endured into the postwar era. The lure of the major studios and the easy availabilityof club work on the growing South side made the Windy City the natural destination of talented blues musicians and the local blues scene was firmly established by the late 20s when the vanguard included Tampa Red, Big Bill, and Georgia Tom. The 30s brought Sonny Boy Williamson, Robert Nighthawk, Washboard Sam and Memphis Minnie while the 40s produced Robert Lockwood, Johnny Shines and Muddy Waters. (full liner notes and photos located inside)

CONDITION: NEW

TRACK LISTING

Every Day I Have the Blues
Sweet to Mama
Easy Ridin' Mama
Prowlin' Nighthawk
Sunnyland
My Little Cornelius
Black Spider Blues
I'm Gonna Train My Baby
Down Behind the Rise
Casey Brown Blues
Green and Lucky Blues
Gonna Dig Myself a Hole
Dust My Broom
Fishin' Blues
Wino Woman
Please Don't
Just Can't Stay
All by Yourself
Skinny Woman
Drinking Woman
I Had a Dream
Combination Boogie
Any Old Lonesome Day
Floyd's Blue