Leroy Carr & Scrapper Blackwell - How Long Has That Evening Train Been

The
very first complete set on Leroy Carr who was a hugely influential
early blues artist who can be credited with creating Urban Blues and who
gave the music a sophisticated edge that would be taken up by many
future artists. This is where Rhythm & Blues started! Leroy Carr was
also a huge influence on Robert
Johnson. Over the course of its four discs and 95 songs, this box set
tells you pretty much all you could wish to know about pianist Leroy
Carr and guitarist Scrapper Blackwell. They did plenty of solo work
during this period, but between 1928 and 1934 they were also one of the
most successful blues duos in America. Though this comprehensive
collection is described as "early recordings," there's not much more to
the pair's story, since Carr died in 1935, driving a mournful Blackwell
into decades of retirement. From the classic "How Long, How Long Blues"
to later sides like the sorrowful "Blues Before Sunrise," Blackwell's
jazz-schooled guitar licks and Carr's urban piano style combined for a
more sophisticated sound that foreshadowed blues's eventual move from
the country to the city.



Track Listing

Disc A
01. My Own Lonesome Blues [0:03:03.42]
02. How Long, How Long Blues [0:03:08.18]
03. Broken Spoke Blues [0:03:00.21]
04. Tennessee Blues [0:03:03.18]
05. Truthful Blues [0:02:55.69]
06. Mean Old Train Blues [0:03:02.43]
07. You Got To Reap What You Saw [0:02:53.44]
08. Low Down Dirty Blues [0:03:07.38]
09. Box Car Blues [0:03:12.11]
10. How Long, How Long Blues N�2 [0:02:47.36]
11. How Long, How Long Blues N�3 [0:03:11.51]
12. Baby Dont'You Leave Me No More [0:03:15.27]
13. Tired Of Your Low Down Ways [0:03:13.28]
14. I'm Going Away And Leave My Baby [0:03:08.67]
15. Prison Bound Blues [0:03:07.66]
16. You Don't Mean Me No Good [0:03:16.47]
17. How About Me [0:03:28.11]
18. Straight Alky Blues Part 1 [0:03:02.34]
19. Think Of Me Thinking Of You [0:03:08.00]
20. The Truth About The Thing [0:03:13.50]
21. Straight Alky Blues Part 2 [0:03:22.56]
22. Straight Alky Blues Part 3 [0:03:22.35]
23. Lifeboat Blues [0:03:01.07]
24. Gambler's Blues [0:03:09.40]
25. There Ain't Nobody Got It Like She Got It [0:03:21.67]

Disc B
01. That's All Right For You [0:03:17.62]
02. Wrong Man Blues [0:03:15.30]
03. Naptown Blues [0:02:46.27]
04. The New How Long Blues [0:03:07.24]
05. Love Rides All [0:03:02.01]
06. I Know That I'll Be Blue [0:03:22.22]
07. Gettin' All Wet [0:03:27.32]
08. Rainy Day Blues [0:03:22.43]
09. Blue With The Blues [0:03:28.01]
10. Just Worryin' Blues [0:02:52.01]
11. Baby You Done Put That Thing On Me [0:03:21.55]
12. I Won't Miss You When You're Gone [0:03:14.16]
13. Don't You Get Tired [0:03:07.20]
14. I'm Going Back to Tennessee [0:03:15.38]
15. Christmas in Jail [0:03:13.43]
16. Prison Cell Blues [0:02:49.55]
17. That's Tellin' 'Em [0:03:00.61]
18. Papa Wants a Cookie [0:02:44.44]
19. Memphis Town [0:02:49.44]
20. Don't Say Goodbye [0:02:55.62]
21. I Ain't Got No Gal [0:03:13.74]
22. Goodbye Blues [0:02:48.60]
23. The Dirty Dozen [0:02:53.32]
24. Workhouse Blues [0:03:17.17]

Disc C
01. Let's Make Up and Be Friends Again [0:03:11.55]
02. Let's Disagree [0:02:55.18]
03. Sloppy Drunk Blues [0:02:58.27]
04. Hard Times Done Drove Me to Drink [0:03:28.51]
05. Long Road Blues [0:03:13.47]
06. Jail Cell Blues [0:03:11.41]
07. Four Day Rider [0:03:03.26]
08. Alabama Women Blues [0:02:50.46]
09. Papa's on the House Top [0:02:58.02]
10. Carried Water for the Elephant [0:03:03.60]
11. Low Down Dog Blues [0:02:47.74]
12. Nineteen Thirty One Blues [0:02:59.54]
13. Love Crying Blues [0:02:59.31]
14. Papa's Got Your Water On [0:03:13.03]
15. Big House Blues [0:03:04.19]
16. How Long, How Long Blues Part 2 [0:02:49.37]
17. What More Can I Do [0:03:07.15]
18. Papa Wants To Knock A Jug [0:02:32.25]
19. How Long Has That Evening Train Been Gone [0:02:53.43]
20. Quittin' Papa [0:03:11.31]
21. Lonesome Nights [0:03:05.57]
22. I Keep the Blues [0:02:56.63]

Disc D
01. Gone Mother Blues [0:03:03.65]
02. Midnight Hour Blues [0:03:06.52]
03. Moonlight Blues [0:03:11.05]
04. The Depression Blues [0:03:04.53]
05. Mean Mistreater Mama [0:03:06.29]
06. Mean Mistreater Mama [0:02:56.24]
07. Mean Mistreater Mama No. 2 [0:03:29.23]
08. Court Room Blues [0:03:13.32]
09. Hurry Down Blues [0:03:35.59]
10. Corn Licker Blues [0:03:40.48]
11. Hold Them Puppies [0:03:38.63]
12. Shady Lane Blues [0:03:44.04]
13. Blues She Gave Me [0:03:03.16]
14. You Can't Run My Business No More [0:03:13.46]
15. Blues Before Sunrise [0:03:33.57]
16. Blues Before Sunrise [0:03:37.70]
17. Ain't Got No Money Now [0:03:10.55]
18. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child [0:02:44.31]
19. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child [0:02:43.61]
20. Stormy Night Blues [0:02:38.09]
21. Take A Walk Round The Corner [0:03:07.23]
22. Baby Come Back To Me [0:02:26.23]
23. Blue Night Blues [0:02:57.63]
24. My Woman's Gone Wrong [0:02:31.55]