Elizabeth Cotten And Jesse Fuller: Masters Of The Country Blues

In the early days of the 20th Century, different musical genres and styles mingled together. Ragtime, marches, minstrel songs, waltzes, medicine show tunes, pop, traditional airs, spirituals as well as a then new category - blues - were served up by itinerant black musicians. Many musicians, both professional and amateur, who learned their repertoire around the turn of the century, played different genres with equal facility at home for friends, local gatherings or street crowds. Both Elizabeth Cotton and Jesse Fuller are examples of musicians whose styles were well-formed in the first decade of this century and reflect a range of influences beyond blues.

Elizabeth Cotton
1. Freight Train
2. Sweet Bye and Bye
3. Vastopol
4. Geoge Buck
5. Washington Blues
6. I'm Going Away

Jesse Fuller
7. John Henry
8. Red River Blues
9. San Francisco Bay Blues
10. Take This Hammer
11. Linin' Track
12. Running Wild
13. High Sheriff