Volume 1
This is a particularly fascinating CD, for it has the first 26 selections ever recorded by Big Bill Broonzy as a leader. The beginning of Document's complete reissuance of all of Broonzy's early recordings, the set starts with four duet numbers that Broonzy cut during 1927-28 with fellow guitarist John Thomas. Although his style was already a bit recognizable, the young guitarist/vocalist really started coming into his own in 1930. There are 15 selections from that year included on this set, with Big Bill often using the pseudonyms of Sammy Sampson or Big Bill Johnson; in fact, even the final seven numbers (from 1932) had him billed as the latter. The CD finds Broonzy evolving from a country-blues musician who already had strong technique into a star of hokum records. Among the many highlights are "Big Bill Blues" (different versions in 1928 and 1932), "I Can't Be Satisfied," "Pig Meat Strut," "Beedle Um Bum" and "Selling That Stuff." Pianist Georgia Tom Dorsey helps out on three numbers. Big Bill Broonzy fans have a right to rejoice about the existence of this wonderful series.-- by Scott Yanow
Tracks
1. House Rent Stomp 2:39
2. Big Bill Blues (20373) 3:00
3. Down in the Basement Blues 3:30
4. Starvation BLues (20923) 3:18
5. I can't Be Satisfied (9599) 2:47
6. Grandma's Farm 2:26
7. Skoodle Do Do (9601) 2:46
8. Tadpole Blues 2:32
9. Skoodle Do Do (16573) 2:47
10. Saturday Night Rub (9594) 2:57
11. Pig Meat Strut (9587) 2:50
12. Papa's Gettin' Hot 2:47
13. Police Station Blues 2:44
14. They can't Do That 2:51
15. State Street Woman 3:01
16. Meanest Kind of Blues 3:01
17. I Got the Blues for My Baby 2:56
18. The Banker's Blues 2:34
19. How You Wan't Done? (17284) 2:49
20. Too Too Train BLues (18383) 3:01
21. Mistreatin' Mamma (18384) 3:00
22. Big Bill Blues (18385) 3:00
23. Brown Skin Shuffle 2:58
24. Stove Pipe Stomp 2:47
25. Beedle Um Bum 3:03
26. Selling That Stuff 2:59
Volume 2
By early 1932, the point at which this second volume in Document's series begins, Big Bill Broonzy was well established on the Chicago music scene; although his music was beginning to take on an urbanized flavor, his forté was still country-blues, and the opening tracks here -- "Mr. Conductor Man," "Too-Too Train Blues" and "Bull Cow Blues" among them -- are among his finest examples of the form. Of equal interest are the sides he subsequently recorded with his Jug Busters, a rather mysterious group which yielded just two tracks -- "Rukus Juice Blues" and "M and O Blues" -- but which pushed Broonzy further away from his rural roots; in all likelihood, the group also inaugurated his collaboration with the enigmatic yet renowned Black Bob, with whom he would cut a series of classic guitar and piano duets in the months to follow.-- by Jason Ankeny Tracks
1. You Do It (Steele Smith. vcl) 3:10
2. Mr. Conductor Man 3:02
3. Too-Too Train Blues (11605) 2:53
4. Worrying You Off My Mind--Part 1 3:07
5. Worrying You Off My Mind--Part 2 3:09
6. Shelby County Blues 3:19
7. Mistreatin' Mamma Blues (11609) 3:03
8. Bull Cow Blues 2:53
9. How You Want It Done? (11611) 2:54
10. Long Tall Mama 2:49
11. M and O Blues 3:13
12. Rukus Juice Blues 3:07
13. Friendless Blues 3:25
14. Milk Cow Blues 3:18
15. Hungry Man Blues 3:33
16. I'll Be Back Home Again 2:55
17. Bull Cow Blues--Part 2 3:36
18. Serve it to Me Right 3:27
19. Starvation Blues (80394) 3:26
20. Mississippi River Blues 2:43
21. At the Break of Day 3:00
22. I Want to Go Home 2:48
23. Hard Headed Woman 3:25
24. Dying Day Blues 3:00
Volume 3
Big Bill Broonzy's absorption of the urbanized Chicago blues style was essentially complete by the time of the 1934-35 recordings assembled here. The highlight is a highly productive session featuring the State Street Boys, a group featuring Broonzy alongside harpist Jazz Gillum, guitarist Carl Martin, pianist Black Bob and violinist Zeb Wright, whose dissonant, scraping style lends the combo a highly distinctive sound; their material is fascinatingly diverse, ranging from the train songs "Midnight Special" and "Mobile and Western Line" to the saucy "She Caught the Train" and the much-covered "Don't Tear My Clothes." Also with Black Bob, Broonzy continued recording more simplified guitar/piano duets -- their "Southern Blues" is a lovely and nostalgic reminiscence about life on the other side of the Mason-Dixon line, while "Good Jelly" ranks among his most lyrically inventive efforts.-- by Jason AnkenyTracks
BIG BILL
1. I Want to See My Baby 3:24
2. Serve it to Me Right 2:56
3. Dirty-No-Gooder 3:24
4. Let Her Go--She Don't Know 3:37
5. Hobo Blues 3:16
6. Prowlin' Ground Hog 3:05
7. C-C Rider (take A) 3:19
8. C-C Rider (take B) 3:20
STATE STREET BOYS
9. Mobile and Western Line 3:08
10. Crazy About You 2:58
11. Sweet to Mama 2:51
12. Rustelin' Man 3:11
13. She Caught the Train 3:06
14. Midnight Special 2:53
15. The Dozen 3:04
16. Don't Tear My Clothes 3:11
BIG BILL
17. The Southern Blues 3:37
18. Good Jelly 3:19
19. C and A Blues 2:59
20. Something Good 2:54
21. You May Need My Help Someday 3:06
22. Rising Sun Shine On 3:11
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