An Introduction to Ma Rainey
Ma Rainey |
 Released July 25, 2006
Gertrude "Ma" Rainey was the consummate blues diva of the 1920s, tackling an amazing array of song styles (including blues, folk, pop, and minstrel songs) in every conceivable setting. She worked solo with guitarists and piano players and fronted jug bands, small jazz combos, and even big bands, where her strong voice (and even stronger personality) always carried the room. This collection pulls together a selection of her Paramount 78s (she recorded close to 100 sides for the label between 1923 and 1928), including her first single, the wink-in-the-eye "Bo Weavil Blues," her signature "Shave 'Em Dry Blues," and two songs featuring a young Louis Armstrong on cornet, "See See Rider Blues" and "Countin' the Blues." Paramount was infamous for the poor manufacturing quality of its 78s, and some of these tracks exhibit a good deal of stylus wear, but enough works here to give a fair portrait of this larger-than-life performer. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide
TRACKS 1. Shave 'Em Dry Blues
2. Booze and Blues
3. Toad Frog Blues
4. See See Rider Blues
5. Countin' the Blues
6. Army Camp Harmony Blues
7. Deep Moaning Blues
8. Louisiana Hoo Doo Blues
9. Stormy Sea Blues
10. Night Time Blues
11. Black Eye Blues
12. Bo Weavil Blues
13. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
14. Honey, Where You Been So Long?
15. Lost Wandering Blues
16. Those Dogs of Mine
17. Lucky Rock Blues
18. South Bound Blues
19. Lawd Send Me a Man Blues
20. Farewell Daddy Blues
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 |  | Night Time Blues (1924 - 1941) |  | Blues the World Forgot, Vol. 1 | Queen of the Blues, Vol. 3 (1923-1924) | Classic Blues | Ma Rainey, Vol. 3 | An Introduction to Ma Rainey (2006) | Hustlin' Blues (2005) | Presenting Ma Rainey (2004) | Best of Mother of the Blues (2004) | Don't Fish in My Sea (2004) | Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Ma Rainey (2003) | Countin' the Blues (2001) | The Essential (2001) | Black Cat Hoot Owl (2000) | 1923-1928 (1998) | Mother of the Blues: 1923-1928 (1998) | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1923-1924) (1998) | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 (1924-1925) (1998) | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 3 (1925-1926) (1998) | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 4 (1926-1927) (1998) | Paramounts Chronologically, Vol. 5 (1995) | The Paramounts Chronologically, Vol. 1 (1923-24) (1995) | Paramounts Chronologically, Vol. 2 (1995) | Complete Recorded Works: 1928 Sessions (1994) | Ma Rainey [Milestone] (1992) | Black Bottom (1990) | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (1975) | Oh My Babe Blues, Vol. 2 (1969) | Blame It on the Blues (1969) | Ma Rainey & the Classic Blues (1969) | The Immortal Ma Rainey (1967) | Mother of the Blues (1965) | Broken Hearted Blues (1960) | Ma Rainey, Vol. 1 (1953) | Ma Rainey, Vol. 2 (1953) |
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