Cousin Joe Ultimate Blues Masters
Released: 2011
Label: Goldenlane Records
Format: [email protected]
Born in 1907 in Wallace, Louisiana, just outside of New Orleans, Cousin Joe became a professional entertainer during the 1920's, progressing from impromptu street performances to gigs at the Famous Door and other local clubs to recording sessions in New York City. At various times he associated with Cab Calloway, Billie Holiday, and Leonard Feather; he shared billings with Cleanhead Vinson, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, and B.B. King; he toured or recorded with Muddy Waters, Gatemouth Brown, Jimmy Dawkins, Earl Bostic, Sidney Bechet, Danny Barker, and many others. In 1972 his album "Bad Luck Blues" was named "Blues Album of the Year" in France.
Tracklist:
1. Youll Never Get Nothing Without Trying
2. Ramblin' Woman
3. How Long Musti Wait
4. Old Man's Sweetheart
5. Chicken A La Blues
6. Misery
7. Little Woman Blues
8. Won't Settle Down
9. Second Hand Soul
10. Hole In The Ground
11. Lovesick Soul
12. Easy Rockin
13. Sleep Walking Woman
14. Broken Man Blues
15. Dinah
16. If I Just Keep Still
17. Little Eva
18. Living On Borrowed Time
19. Layin' My Rules Blues
20. Just As Soon As I Go Home
21. My Tight Woman
22. Baby, You Don't Know It All
23. Too Tight To Walk Loose
24. Sadie Brown
25. The Barefoot Boy
26. Looking For My Baby
27. Bad, Bad Baby Blues
28. Don't Pay Me No Mind
29. When Your Mother's Gone
30. Lightning Struck The Poorhouse
