Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey
Box set by
various artists
ReleasedOctober 7, 2003
RecordedAugust 10, 1920 – April 9, 2003
GenreBlues
Length6:10:47
LabelHip-O Records, Sony
ProducerVarious, Mark Abramson
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey is a 2003 box set released on Hip-O Records. It is the soundtrack to the Martin Scorsese PBS documentary series The Blues.[2] The box set attempts to present a history of the blues from the dawning of recorded music to the present day. It offers a survey of many different blues subgenres and tangential music styles, as well as a survey of almost all the most notable blues performers over time.

In 2004, the box set won two Grammy Awards for Best Historical Album and Best Album Notes.[3][4] The previous year it was number 2 on the Billboard's Top Blues Albums chart.[5]

Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey is also the title of a 2003 companion book to the series. Writers/editors include Peter Guralnick, Robert Santelli, Holly George-Warren and Christopher John Farley.[6]

Track listing

[1][7]

Disc one

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Shortnin' / Henduck"Othar Turner & the Rising Star Fife & Drum Band2:52
2."Long John"Lightning & Group5:25
3."Crazy Blues"Mamie Smith3:29
4."St. Louis Blues"W. C. Handy3:02
5."Muddy Water"Bessie Smith3:08
6."Match Box Blues"Blind Lemon Jefferson3:01
7."Billy Lyons & Stack-O-Lee"Furry Lewis2:36
8."Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"Ma Rainey3:03
9."Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground"Blind Willie Johnson3:21
10."Savoy Blues"Louis Armstrong3:27
11."Downtown Blues"Frank Stokes3:10
12."Frankie"Mississippi John Hurt3:24
13."Fishing Blues"Henry Thomas2:43
14."How Long, How Long Blues"Leroy Carr3:06
15."Canned Heat Blues"Tommy Johnson3:38
16."Statesboro Blues"Blind Willie McTell2:30
17."It's Tight Like That"Tampa Red & Georgia Tom3:04
18."Pine Top's Boogie Woogie"Pinetop Smith3:22
19."Guitar Blues"Lonnie Johnson3:15
20."Pony Blues"Charley Patton2:59
21."Diddie Wah Diddie"Blind Blake2:58
22."K.C. Moan"Memphis Jug Band2:32
23."Standing on the Corner (Blue Yodel No. 9)"Jimmie Rodgers2:39
24."Sittin' on Top of the World"Mississippi Sheiks3:04
25."Preachin' the Blues"Son House3:02
Total length:1:18:50

Disc two

Disc three

Disc four

Disc five

No.TitleArtistLength
1."The Thrill Is Gone"B.B. King4:03
2."Dallas"Johnny Winter2:45
3."Have You Ever Loved a Woman"Derek and the Dominos6:53
4."Give Me Back My Wig"Hound Dog Taylor & the Houserockers3:35
5."One Way Out"The Allman Brothers Band4:57
6."Down Home Blues"Z. Z. Hill3:59
7."Pride and Joy"Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble3:40
8."Smoking Gun"Robert Cray4:00
9."Tuff Enuff"The Fabulous Thunderbirds3:22
10."I'm in the Mood"John Lee Hooker and Bonnie Raitt4:31
11."Timbarma"Ali Farka Touré4:11
12."Am I Wrong?"Keb' Mo'2:19
13."Cherry Red Wine"Luther Allison4:23
14."Bill"Peggy Scott-Adams4:18
15."Just Won't Burn"Susan Tedeschi4:46
16."Voodoo Music"Los Lobos3:23
17."Round and Round"Bonnie Raitt3:39
18."Vietnam Blues"Cassandra Wilson4:32
19."I Pity the Fool"Robert Cray & Shemekia Copeland3:40
20."Sweet Home Chicago"Keb' Mo' & Corey Harris2:51
Total length:1:19:47

References

  1. 1 2 "Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey - Original soundtrack". AllMusic. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  2. "The Blues". PBS. Retrieved January 27, 2008.
  3. "The Grammy Award Winners of 2004". New York Times. February 4, 2004. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
  4. "Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey - Original soundtrack | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved January 27, 2008.
  5. "Blues Albums". Billboard. October 18, 2003. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  6. Peter Guralnick; Robert Santelli; Holly George-Warren; Christopher John Farley, eds. (2003). Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey. Amistad / HarperCollins. ISBN 0060525444. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
  7. Hoffman, Larry (2003). Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: A Musical Journey (CD box set booklet notes). Various Artists. Hip-O Records. B0000393-02.
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