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Named after the rough and ready bars where labourers gathered to drink and dance, barrelhouse was a raucous form of piano blues that got the juke joints swinging. From early pioneers such as Cow Cow Davenport and Speckled Red to the boogie-woogie legends Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons, this collection charts the rise and incredible influence of this good-time blues. A classic collection of up-beat piano blues originating from the ‘juke joints’ of the rural Southern States featuring many legendary blues pianists including Leroy Carr, Cripple Clarence Lofton and Montana Taylor.

TRACK LISTING

Speckled Red - The Dirty Dozen
Jimmy Yancey - Slow And Easy Blues
Cripple Clarence Lofton - Strut That Thing
Will Ezell - Heifer Dust
Walter Roland - Watcha Gonna Do?
Skip James - If You Haven’t Any Hay Get On Down The Road
Victoria Spivey - Hoodoo Man Blues
Cow Cow Davenport - Cow Cow Blues
Clarence “Pinetop” Smith - Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie
Meade Lux Lewis - Honky Tonk Train Blues
Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons - Barrelhouse Boogie
Montana Taylor - Detroit Rocks
Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - Barrelhouse Woman No.2