Cool Cool Blues: The Classic Sides 1951-1954

Original Release Date:  March 14, 2006

Track Listing

• 1. Eyesight to the Blind
• 2. Crazy About You Baby
• 3. Stop Crying
• 4. Do It If You Wanna
• 5. Cool, Cool Blues
• 6. Come on Back Home
• 7. I Cross My Heart
• 8. West Memphis Blues
• 9. Sonny Boy's Christmas Blues
• 10. Pontiac Blues
• 11. Mighty Long Time
• 12. Nine Below Zero
• 13. She Brought Life Back to the Dead [45]
• 14. She Brought Life Back to the Dead [78 Master]
• 15. Too Close Together
• 16. Stop Now Baby
• 17. Mr. Down Child
• 18. Cat Hop
• 19. Gettin' out of Town
• 20. Red Hot Kisses
• 21. Going in Your Direction
• 22. Empty Bedroom
• 23. Boppin' with Sonny
• 24. From the Bottom
• 25. Ni Night by Myself
• 26. Mama Don't Allow Me
• 27. Delta Blues
• 28. Overhauling Blues
• 29. Whistling Pines
• 30. Friends and Pals
• 31. Juanita
• 32. She Left Me a Mule
• 33. Bad Heart Blues
• 34. Dirty Disposition
• 35. 1951 Blues
• 36. Bull Dog Blues
• 37. Rosalee
• 38. My Baby Boogies All the Time
• 39. I Wonder
• 40. Gotta Find My Baby
• 41. Make a Little Love
• 42. Catfish Blues
• 43. Dust My Broom
• 44. East of the Sun
• 45. Wine-O-Wine
• 46. Stay out of Automobiles
• 47. Middle of the Night
• 48. Love to Make Up
• 49. Crazy 'Bout That Mess
• 50. Fall Guy
• 51. Take It Easy Baby
• 52. Little Car Blues
• 53. Everybody's Fishing
• 54. My Own Boogie
• 55. Feed My Body to the Fisher
• 56. Falling Rain
• 57. Vanity Dresser Boogie
• 58. Seventy Four Blues
• 59. 21 Minutes to Nine
• 60. Shady Lane Blues
• 61. Nelson Street Blues
• 62. V-8 Ford
• 63. Shout Brother, Shout
• 64. Way Back
• 65. Pretty Baby Blues
• 66. Sugar Mama
• 67. Hot Fish
• 68. Lost in Korea
• 69. Early in the Morning Baby
• 70. Stange Kind of Feeling
• 71. Blues Disease
• 72. Don't Lay This Job on Me
• 73. Have You Heard About the Farmer's Daughter
• 74. Too Old to Get Married
• 75. If You Don't Mean Business
• 76. Hey, Miss Lula
• 77. She's Crazy [Take 1]
• 78. 309
• 79. Sonny's Rhythm [Take 1]
• 80. City of New Orleans
• 81. Keep It to Yourself [Take 1]
• 82. Going in Your Direction [Take 4]
• 83. Clowning with the World [Take 1]
• 84. I Ain't Beggin' Nobody [Take 2]
• 85. Shuckin' Mama
• 86. From the Bottom [Take 1]
• 87. She's Crazy [Take 2]
• 88. Sonny's Rhythm [Take 2]
• 89. Keep It to Yourself [Take 2]
• 90. Going in Your Direction [Take 5]
• 91. From the Bottom [Take 3]
• 92. I Ain't Beggin' Nobody [Take 3]
• 93. From the Bottom [Take 6]
• 94. Gotta Find My Baby [Alternate Take]
• 95. Gotta Find My Baby [Alternate Take]
• 96. Worried Blues [Alternate Take]
• 97. Lonesome World Blues
• 98. Wonderful Baby
• 99. Willie Mae
• 100. Worried Blues [Take 2]
• 101. Shout Brother, Shout [Alternate Take]
• 102. Willie Mae [Alternate Take]

Credits

• Willie Love: Piano, Vocals
• Jerry "Boogie" McCain: Harmonica, Vocals
• Big Joe Williams: Guitar, Vocals
• James Williams: Guitar
• Tiny Kennedy: Vocals
• Rusty Alfred: Drums
• Junior Blackman: Drums
• Milton Campbell: Guitar
• Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup: Guitar, Vocals
• Bill Fort: Sax (Tenor)
• Herman Fowlkes: Bass
• Cliff Givens: Bass, Vocals, ?
• T.J. Green: Bass
• Robert Hamp: Sax (Tenor)
• Buck Henson: Bass
• Lonnie Holmes: Guitar
• Duke Huddleston: Sax (Tenor)
• Luther Huff: Guitar, Vocals
• Percy Huff: Guitar
• Elmore James: Guitar, Vocals
• B.B. King: Guitar
• Richard "Dickie Boy" Lillie: Sax (Tenor)
• Walter McCain: Drums
• Calvin Newborn: Guitar
• Phineas Newborn, Jr.: Piano
• Raz Roseby: Bass
• Neil Slaven: Liner Notes
• Wilburn Steinberg: Bass
• Houston Stokes: Drums
• Bobo "Slim" Thomas: Guitar, Vocals
• J.V. Turner: Guitar
• Leonard Ware: Bass
• Carlton Wells: Saxophone
• Joe Willie Wilkins: Guitar
• Bernard Williams: Saxophone, Sax (Tenor)
• Lester Williams: Guitar
• Ford Nelson: Piano
• Johnny Morgan: Bass
• Joe Dyson: Drums
• J.W. Walker: Piano
• Carl "Wimpy" Jones: Guitar
• Wally Mercer: Performer