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a Short Cut to the Grave (Gin, Justice, Jail & Judgement 1924-1942)

Genre: Blues

Country: UK

Label(s): JSP Records (JSP77121)

1.01. Papa Charlie Jackson - Four-Eleven-Forty Four 3:02

1.02. New Orleans Willie Jackson - Numbers on the Brain 3:04

1.03. Charlie "Dad" Nelson - Coon Can Blues 2:47

1.04. Peg Leg Howell - Skin Game Blues 3:07

1.05. Walter Beasley - Georgia Skin 2:58

1.06. Memphis Jug Band - Snitchin' Gambler Blues 3:23

1.07. Jim Jackson - Policy Blues 3:10

1.08. Foster & Harris (Ma Rainey's Boys) - Alley Crap Game 3:03

1.09. Leroy Carr - Gambler's Blues 3:09

1.10. Blind Blake - Poker Woman Blues 2:43

1.11. Clifford Gibson - Bad Luck Dice 3:16

1.12. Mississippi Sheiks - Hitting the Numbers 3:01

1.13. Bob Campbell - Dices Blues 2:51

1.14. Louisiana Johnny - Policy Blues 2:52

1.15. Bumble Bee Slim - Policy Dream Blues (You Better Get on It) 2:48

1.16. Cripple Clarence Lofton - Policy Blues 3:11

1.17. Kokomo Arnold - Policy Wheel Blues 2:57

1.18. Memphis Minnie - I'm a Gamblin' Woman 3:12

1.19. Peetie Wheatstraw - Coon Can Shorty 2:55

1.20. Red Nelson - Gambling Man 2:48

1.21. Roosevelt Sykes - Drunken Gambler 2:40

1.22. Washboard Sam - Policy Writer's Blues 2:41

1.23. Jimmie Gordon - Number Runner's Blues 2:45

1.24. Robert Nighthawk - Good Gamblin' 3:08

1.25. Peter Cleighton - Roaming Gambler 2:47

2.01. Ma Rainey - Booze and Blues 3:11

2.02. Lewis Black - Corn Liquor Blues 2:59

2.03. Victoria Spivey - Dope Head Blues 3:20

2.04. Luke Jordan - C- Blues 3:25

2.05. Margaret Johnson - Dead Drunk Blues 3:07

2.06. Jim Jackson - Bootlegging Blues 2:57

2.07. Tommy Johnson - Canned Heat Blues 3:39

2.08. Bill Johnson's Louisiana Jug Band - Don't Drink It in Here 2:53

2.09. Clifford Gibson - Whiskey Moan Blues 2:45

2.10. Jenny Pope - Whiskey Drinkin' Blues 3:15

2.11. Barbecue Bob - Me and My Whiskey 3:09

2.12. Memphis Jug Band - C- Habit Blues 2:51

2.13. Leroy Carr - Papa Wants to Knock a Jug 2:32

2.14. J. T. "Funny Paper" Smith - Corn Whiskey Blues 2:55

2.15. James "Stump" Johnson - Barrel of Whiskey Blues 2:54

2.16. Roosevelt Sykes - Devil's Island Gin 3:03

2.17. Lucille Bogan - Drinking Blues 2:57

2.18. Scrapper Blackwell - Bad Liquor Blues 2:48

2.19. Jimmie Gordon - Drunken Woman Blues 2:49

2.20. Teddy Darby - Bootleggin' Ain't Good No More 3:08

2.21. Jack Newman - Blackberry Wine 2:49

2.22. Jackson Joe Williams - Haven't Seen No Whiskey 3:24

2.23. Bukka White - Good Gin Blues 2:23

2.24. Memphis Slim - Beer Drinking Woman 3:00

2.25. Sonny Boy Williamson - Blues That Made Me Drunk 3:01

3.01. Peg Leg Howell - New Prison Blues 3:18

3.02. Julius Daniels - Ninety Nine Year Blues 3:05

3.03. Sam Collins - The Jail House Blues 2:32

3.04. Buddy Boy Hawkins - Jailhouse Fire Blues 2:31

3.05. George "Bullet" Williams - The Escaped Convict 2:58

3.06. Sylvester Weaver - Penitentiary Bound Blues 3:04

3.07. Blind Lemon Jefferson - Hangman's Blues 3:25

3.08. Furry Lewis - Judge Harsh Blues 3:00

3.09. Bessie Tucker - Penitentiary 3:27

3.10. Tampa Red - Prison Bound Blues 3:30

3.11. Ed Bell - My Crime Blues 2:50

3.12. Robert Wilkins - Police Sergeant Blues 3:04

3.13. Lucille Bogan - Whiskey Selling Woman 3:12

3.14. Gene Campbell - Robbin' and Stealin' Blues 2:45

3.15. Memphis Jug Band - He's in the Jailhouse Now 3:13

3.16. Lillie Mae - Buggy Jail House Blues 2:45

3.17. Leroy Carr - Big House Blues 3:04

3.18. Joe McCoy - Joliet Bound 3:09

3.19. Charley Patton - High Sheriff Blues 3:13

3.20. Kokomo Arnold - Chain Gang Blues 3:05

3.21. Red Nelson - Jailhouse Blues 2:59

3.22. Bukka White - Parchman Farm Blues 2:40

3.23. Sleepy John Estes - Jailhouse Blues 2:57

3.24. Champion Jack Dupree - Angola Blues 2:55

3.25. Big Maceo - County Jail Blues 2:54

4.01. Blind Lemon Jefferson - See That My Grave Is Kept Clean 2:54

4.02. Bessie Mae Smith - My Daddy's Coffin Blues 3:11

4.03. Mooch Richardson - Burying Ground Blues 2:48

4.04. Tom Dickson - Death Bell Blues 3:13

4.05. Billy Bird - Down in the Cemetery 3:14

4.06. Nolan Welsh - Dying Pickpocket Blues 2:51

4.07. Charley Patton - Prayer of Death Part 2 2:51

4.08. Georgia Tom - Suicide Blues 2:35

4.09. Tampa Red - Dying Mercy Blues 3:11

4.10. Leola Manning - Laying in the Graveyard 3:04

4.11. Blind Willie McTell - Death Cell Blues 3:09

4.12. Bumble Bee Slim - Dead and Gone Mother 3:02

4.13. Jimmie Gordon - Graveyard Blues (Dead and Gone Blues) 3:13

4.14. Leadbelly - Death Letter Blues 3:02

4.15. Leroy Carr - Six Cold Feet in the Ground 3:04

4.16. Georgia White - Graveyard Blues 2:35

4.17. Red Nelson - Crying Mother Blues 2:39

4.18. Walter Vinson - When the Breath Bids the Body Goodbye 3:02

4.19. Black Spider Dumplin' - Death of the Gambler 2:40

4.20. Washboard Sam - Gonna Kill My Baby 3:06

4.21. Little Son Joe - Bone Yard Blues 2:15

4.22. Bukka White - Strange Place Blues 2:53

4.23. Baby Doo - Death of Walter Barnes 2:57

4.24. Bill Gaither - A Short Cut to the Grave 2:49

4.25. Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup - Death Valley Blues 3:14

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