Muchos de los nombres clave dentro de la tradición del blues, folk y country norteamericanos, aquellos que revitalizaron los diferentes géneros a lo largo de la década de los 50 y comienzos de la de los 60 se encuentran en esta rigurosa recopilación que -en ausencia del jazz- nos muestra el sólido árbol musical que creció en los Estados Unidos y fue del sonido acústico al eléctrico incidiendo en toda la juventud del planeta. 60 cortes originales.
TRACKLIST:
Disco 1
1. King, Albert - I get evil
2. Dylan, Bob - Baby, Let me follow you down
3. King, Freddy - Hide away
4. King, B. B. - Hold that train
5. McGhee, Brownie - Crying at the station
6. Kirkland, Eddie 'Blues Man' - Train done gone
7. Seeger, Pete - Casey Jones
8. Slim, Lightnin' - Too close blues
9. Witherspoon, Jimmy - Stormy Monday
10. Kingston Trio, The - Where have all the flowers gone?
11. Slim, Memphis - Stewball
12. Hopkins, Lightnin' - Highway blues
13. Clayton, Paul - Roll on, buddy
14. Jake, Shakey - Love my baby
15. Holland, Lori - Jack went a sailing
16. Waters, Muddy - Just make love to me
17. Foster, Pat - Johnny Runkins
18. Harpo, Slim - Rainin' in my heart
19. Terry, Sonny / McGhee, Brownie - I'm crazy 'bout you baby
20. Hooker, John Lee - Boom boom
Disco 2:
1. Seeger, Pete - The hammer song
2. Hooker, John Lee - Dimples
3. Walker, T-Bone - I wanna see my baby
4. Ronk, Dave Van - Nobody knows you when you're down and out
5. King, B. B. - Mean ole Frisco
6. Kirkland, Eddie 'Blues Man' - Man of stone
7. Pegram And Parham - Little old log cabin in the woods
8. King, Albert - I've made nights by myself
9. Lester, Lazy - Patrol blues
10. Seeger, Peggy - Love Henry
11. Lonesome Sundown - I'm a mojo man
12. Kingston Trio, The - A worried man
13. Hogg, Smokey - I love you baby
14. Guthrie, Woody - Wreck of the old '97
15. Slim, Memphis / Walker, T-Bone - Bye bye baby
16. Harpo, Slim - Late last night
17. King, Freddy - Heads up
18. Watson, Doc - Peg and Awl
19. Slim, Lightnin' - I'm a rollin' stone
20. Waters, Muddy - Hoochie coochie
Disco 3:
1. King, B. B. - When my heart beats like a hammer
2. McGhee, Brownie - Mean old Frisco
3. Ronk, Dave Von - In the pines
4. Slim, Memphis - We're gonna rock
5. Hopkins, Lightnin' - I wonder why
6. Kingston Trio, The - Tom Dooley
7. Slim, Lightnin' - Mind your own business
8. Kirkland, Eddie 'Blues Man- Down on my knees
9. Pegram And Parham- The yellow rose of Texas
10. Harpo, Slim- Don't start cryin' now
11. Witherspoon, Jimmy- I'll never be free
12. Guthrie, Woody- Jackhammer blues
13. Gaines, Earl- Can't keep from cryin
14. Foster, Pat- Strawberry roan
15. King, Freddy- Swooshy
16. Walker, T-Bone- I'm in love
17. Hogg, Smokey- Shake a leg
18. Clayton, Paul- Goodbye, little Bonnie, goodbye
19. Terry, Sonny- Goin down slow
20. Seeger, Pete - Last night I had the strangest dream