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This Rough Guide captures a whole menagerie of animals, both large and small, which provided the inspiration for many classic early blues recordings.

From the mighty alligator to the lowly bedbug, these songs provide an intriguing insight into this weird, wonderful and often hilarious association.

180-gram Limited Edition Vinyl

Lovingly remastered using pioneering restoration techniques The early recorded annals of the blues allude to a real Noah's Ark of beasts, both large and small

Guitar wizardry abounds from the likes of Josh White, Ramblin' Thomas and Curley Weaver

Featuring legendary blues divas including Memphis Minnie, Ma Rainey and Victoria Spivey

Early blues music refers to animals in ways both metaphoric and in the literal sense to help convey its underlying message

Includes a track by the original Howling Wolf himself "Funny Papa" Smith from 1930

Following on from the success of other blues titles in the Rough Guide range

An album which offers a more light-hearted take on the blues

Featuring seminal recordings by arguably the two greatest early blues pioneers, Charley Patton and Blind Lemon Jefferson

TRACK LISTING

The Alligator Pond Went Dry
Howling Wolf Blues (part 1)
Lazy Black Snake Blues
Ground Hog Blues
Black Cat Hoot Owl Blues
Mean Old Bedbug Blues
Frankie Jean (That Trottin' Fool)
Wild Cat Kitten
Mosquito Moan
Alligator Blues
Black Skunk Blues
Mississippi Boweavil Blues
The Wild Cat Squawl