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Bumble Bee Slim - 1931-1937 (SOB CD3501-2) (1937)

Track listing:
  1. No Woman, No Nickel 3:27
  2. Squalling Panther Blues 3:37
  3. Bye Bye Baby Blues 3:10
  4. Deep Bass Boogie 3:02
  5. Climbing On Top Of The Hill 2:59
  6. Right From Wrong 3:07
  7. Can't You Trust Me No More 3:22
  8. I Done Lost My Baby 3:16
  9. Steady Roll Mama Blues 3:37
  10. How Long, How Long Blues 2:47
  11. You Don't Mean Me No Good 2:39
  12. Must I Keep On Crying 2:59
  13. Letter Writing 3:10
  14. Slave Man Blues 3:01
  15. Rising River Blues 3:16
  16. 12 O'clock Midnight 2:59
  17. You Brought Me Back 3:05
  18. Going Back To Florida 3:07

Notes

Released on CD as part of DA Music's Story of the Blues series, this CD features Bumble Bee Slim (aka Amos Easton), one of the more popular blues vocalists of the 1930s. This is an excellent overview of his early work. With the assistance of pianists Jimmy Gordon, Myrtle Jackson and Black Bob, guitarist Big Bill Broonzy and many unknown musicians, Slim (who also plays guitar on the solo "No Woman No Nickel") dispalys a likable delivery and an easy-to-understand enunciation on the set of vintage acoustic Chicago blues. A fine sampling.