Various Artists - Classic Blues Vol. 2 From Smithsonian Folkways (2003)

For over a century, the blues have continually forged new musical alliances and pushed against boundaries, reaping rich harvests from infusions of diversity, innovation and vitality. With a spark of rock, or a nod to jazz, the blues stay true in spirit and perpetual in their ability to strike a common chord with listeners. On Classic Blues Vol. 2, Lucinda Williams, Roscoe Holcomb and Nora Lee King stand alongside all-time blues greats such as Lead Belly, Son House, and Lightnin' Hopkins. No matter if you prefer your blues raw, acoustic, electric, solo or from a live band, a jukebox or a jook joint, as the blues poet J. Williams once put it, "The blues is good news. Pass it on." Extensive notes. 22 tracks. 64 minutes.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Brownie McGhee And Sonny Terry - Dark Road (2:46)
1.02 - Warner Williams - Step It Up And Go (2:38)
1.03 - Lead Belly - It Was Early One Morning (2:28)
1.04 - Nora Lee King And Mary Lou Williams - Blues - Until My Baby Comes Back Home (2:55)
1.05 - Pink Anderson - That's No Way To Do (2:26)
1.06 - Little Brother Montgomery - Farro Street Jive (2:19)
1.07 - Son House - I Ain't Gonna Cry No More (Depot Blues) (2:59)
1.08 - Roscoe Holcomb - Graveyard Blues (3:03)
1.09 - Roosevelt Sykes - 44 Blues (2:45)
1.10 - Honeyboy Edwards - Big Fat Mama (2:59)
1.11 - Lucinda Williams - Make Me A Pallet On Your Floor (3:53)
1.12 - Barrelhouse Buck - Lieutenant Blues (2:41)
1.13 - Sonny Terry And Friends - The Woman Is Killing Me (2:27)
1.14 - Edith North Johnson And Henry Brown - Little Drops Of Water (3:09)
1.15 - Big Bill Broonzy - When Things Go Wrong (It Hurts Me Too) (3:01)
1.16 - Cat-Iron - Poor Boy A Long, Long Way From Home (2:47)
1.17 - Shortstuff Macon - My Jack Don't Drink Water No More (3:44)
1.18 - Barbara Dane - 'Way Behind The Sun (3:51)
1.19 - Lightnin' Hopkins - Tell Me, Baby (2:36)
1.20 - Memphis Slim - Just A Dream (4:16)
1.21 - Josh White - Jelly Jelly (2:30)
1.22 - The Chambers Brothers - Down In The Alley (3:08)