Various Artists | The Roots of the Black Crowes | CD

This various-artists release brings together performers with different voices and musical backgrounds. Their individual contributions connect songs and arrangements across a shared programme, offering contrasting approaches to vocal expression, rhythm and instrumental texture.

The Roots of the Black Crowes is a various-artists compilation exploring music associated with the band's influences. The recordings are performed by the featured blues, soul and country artists rather than by the Black Crowes themselves, connecting individual performances within a historical listening programme.

Track List

1. Hobo Blues - John Lee Hooker
2. Death Letter Blues - Son House
3. Shake 'Em On Down - Furry Lewis
4. Rats in My Kitchen - John Estes
5. Wonderin' and Worryin' - Slim Harpo
6. Blue Yodel ('T' for Texas) - Jimmie Rodgers
7. Mean Old Frisco - Snooks Eaglin
8. Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
9. Jesus Make Up My Dying Bed - Blind Willie Johnson
10. I Am in the Heavenly Way - Bukka White
11. Blues 'This Mean Old World' - Snooks Eaglin
12. John the Revelator - Son House
13. I'm in the Mood - John Lee Hooker
14. I Got Love If You Want It - Slim Harpo
15. Custard Pie Blues - Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry
16. I Want Some of Your Pie - Blind Boy Fuller
17. Nobody's Fault But Mine - Blind Willie Johnson
18. 6000 Miles from Nowhere - Snooks Eaglin
19. Hellhound On My Trail - Robert Johnson
20. The Poor Girl's Story - Moonshine Kate & Fiddlin' John Carson