Newport Folk Festival: Best of the Blues 1959-1968 (Live)
by Various Artists

Down Beat: 4.5 stars out of 5 - "...Fresh and expansive....serving up many transcendent blues moments by venerable musicians long thought lost until their triumphant rediscovery here..."
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CD Details

  • Released: May 29, 2001
  • Originally Released: 2001
  • Label: Vanguard Imports

Entertainment Reviews:

Down Beat - 8/01, p.70
4.5 stars out of 5 - "...Fresh and expansive....serving up many transcendent blues moments by venerable musicians long thought lost until their triumphant rediscovery here..."
Living Blues - 11-12/01, p.76
"...Musically, this set is representative of some of our greatest bluesman and would make an excellent introduction to anyone with their work..."
Mojo (Publisher) - 1/02, p.71
Included in Mojo's "Best Blues Albums of 2001".
Mojo (Publisher) - 9/01, p.113
"...An evocative memorial of bluesmen past and gone..."

Tracks on Disc 1:

  • 1.Sliding Delta - Mississippi John Hurt
  • 2.Candy Man - Various Artists
  • 3.Coffee Blues - Mississippi John Hurt
  • 4.Stagolee - Mississippi John Hurt
  • 5.Here I Am Lord Send Me - Mississippi John Hurt
  • 6.Pallet on Your Floor - Mississippi John Hurt
  • 7.Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
  • 8.Hard Time Killing Floor Blues - Skip James
  • 9.Preaching Blues - Son House
  • 10.Death Letter Blues - Son House
  • 11.Empire State Express - Son House
  • 12.Son Blues - Son House
  • 13.Aberdeen Mississippi Blues - Bukka White
  • 14.Louise - Mississippi Fred McDowell
  • 15.If the River Was Whisky - Mississippi Fred McDowell
  • 16.Walkin' Blues - Muddy Waters
  • 17.I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters

Tracks on Disc 2:

  • 1.Levee Camp Blues - Robert Pete Williams
  • 2.Midnight Boogie - Robert Pete Williams
  • 3.On My Way from Texas - Robert Pete Williams
  • 4.Freddie - Mance Lipscomb
  • 5.So Different Blues - Mance Lipscomb
  • 6.God Moves on the Water - Mance Lipscomb
  • 7.San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller
  • 8.I Double Double Do Love You - Jesse Fuller
  • 9.Samson & Delilah - Reverend Gary Davis
  • 10.I Won't Be Back No More - Reverend Gary Davis
  • 11.Intro / The Train Is Leaving - Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
  • 12.Drink Muddy Water - Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
  • 13.Long Gone - Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
  • 14.Key to the Highway - Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
  • 15.My Baby Done Changed the Lock on the Door - Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry
  • 16.Clean Up at Home - Sleepy John Estes

Tracks on Disc 3:

  • 1.The Woman I'm Loving, She's Taken My Appetite - Lightnin' Hopkins
  • 2.Baby Please Don't Go - Lightnin' Hopkins
  • 3.Shake That Thing - Lightnin' Hopkins
  • 4.Tupelo - John Lee Hooker
  • 5.Bus Station Blues - John Lee Hooker
  • 6.Let's Make It - John Lee Hooker
  • 7.Great Fire of Natchez - John Lee Hooker
  • 8.Boom Boom - John Lee Hooker
  • 9.I Can't Quit You Baby / Stop Now Baby - John Lee Hooker
  • 10.How Long - Memphis Slim
  • 11.Black Cat Crossed My Path - Memphis Slim
  • 12.Harlem Bound - Memphis Slim
  • 13.Piano Instrumental - Memphis Slim
  • 14.Blow Wind Blow - Otis Spann
  • 15.Flood - Otis Spann
  • 16.See See Rider - Chambers Brothers
  • 17.Blues with a Feeling - the Paul Butterfield Blues Band
  • 18.Born in Chicago - the Paul Butterfield Blues Band

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  • UPC: 090204995905
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