This collection of Ralph Willis contains 47 tracks of one of those unique Blues artists whose guitar style and vocal delivery on up tempo numbers seems to predict the coming of the rockabilly guitar styles. He worked a lot with the east coast duo of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee in the post war years & has a raw & loose energy throughout the selections...........
Disc 1
RALPH 'BAMA' WILLIS 1. WORRIED BLUES 2. COMB YOUR KITTY CAT RALPH WILLIS ALABAMA TRIO 3. SO MANY DAYS 4. THAT GAL'S NO GOOD! 5. NEW GOIN' DOWN SLOW 6. GOIN' TO CHATTANOOGA 7. STEEL MILL BLUES 8. I WILL NEVER LOVE AGAIN ALABAMA SLIM 9. GOIN' TO VIRGINIA 10. BOAR HOG BLUES 11. ELOISE 12. I'VE BEEN A FOOL WASHBOARD PETE 13. CHRISTMAS BLUES 14. AMEN BLUES 15. NEIGHBOURHOOD BLUES 16. MAMA MAMA BLUES 17. JUST A NOTE 18. CHURCH BELLS 19. TROUBLE DON'T LAST 20. SHAKE THAT THING RALPH WILLIS and SPIDER SAM 21. TELL ME PRETTY BABY 22. I'M GONNA ROCK 23. COOL THAT THING 24. SPORTIN' LIFE RALPH WILLIS and BROWNIE McGHEE 25. EVERY DAY I WEEP AND MOAN 26. SOMEBODY'S GOT TO GO
Disc 2
RALPH WILLIS 1. BLUES, BLUES, BLUES 2. I GOT A LETTER 3. COLD CHILLS 4. BLACK AND TAN 5. INCOME TAX BLUES 6. BED TICK BLUES 7. TOO LATE TO SCREAM AND SHOUT 8. HOODOO MAN RALPH WILLIS - BROWNIE McGHEE - DUMAS RANSOM 9. TELL ME PRETTY BABY 10. CHURCH BELL BLUES 11. GOODBYE BLUES 12. LAZY WOMAN BLUES 13. OLD HOME BLUES 14. SALTY DOG RALPH WILLIS COUNTRY BOYS 15. COLD CHILLS 16. AMEN 17. GONNA HOP ON DOWN THE LINE 18. DO RIGHT 19. DOOR BELL BLUES 20. WHY'D YOU DO IT 21. DREAM I HAD ON MY MIND I'VE BEEN LIVING WITH THE BLUES MIDNIGHT SPECIAL INTERVIEWS WITH RALPH WILLIS AND WASHBOARD PETE SANDERS