Various Artists
The George Mitchell Collection
Label:   
Format:  FLAC
Genre:  Blues
    Track Listing:
      Volume 1:
      1.  
      		 Cecil Barfield - Lucey Mae Blues    3:31
      2.  
      		 Cecil Barfield - I Woke Up Crying    1:34
      3.  
      		 Cecil Barfield - Love Blues    3:14
      4.  
      		 Cecil Barfield - I Told You Not To Do That    2:37
      5.  
      		 Buddy Moss - In The Evening    2:20
      6.  
      		 Buddy Moss - Hey Lawdy Mama    2:25
      7.  
      		 Buddy Moss - Thousand Woman Blues    1:17
      8.  
      		 Buddy Moss - Blue Shadow Falling    2:04
      9.  
      		 Buddy Moss - Cold Rainy Day    1:49
      10.  
      		 Buddy Moss - Amy    2:45
      11.  
      		 Leon Pinson - Motherless Child    2:16
      12.  
      		 Leon Pinson - Hush, Somebody Is Calling My Name    2:58
      13.  
      		 Leon Pinson - What God Can Do    1:25
      14.  
      		 Leon Pinson - He'll Understand And Say Well Done    4:25
      15.  
      		 Houston Stackhouse - Big Road Blues    2:30
      16.  
      		 Houston Stackhouse - Cool Water Blues    3:20
      17.  
      		 Houston Stackhouse - Big Fat Mama Blues    2:51
      18.  
      		 Houston Stackhouse - Take A Little Walk With Me    2:54
      19.  
      		 Big Joe Williams - Everyone Got A Woman    2:29
      20.  
      		 Big Joe Williams - What She Need With A Rooster    2:35
      21.  
      		 Big Joe Williams - Sink Or Swim    2:40
      22.  
      		 Big Joe Williams - Prison Bound    2:23
      23.  
      		 John Lee Ziegler - Who's Gonna Be Your Man    4:36
      24.  
      		 John Lee Ziegler - If I Lose, Let Me Lose    4:54
      25.  
      		 Othar Turner - Black Woman    3:25
      26.  
      		 Othar Turner - Bumble Bee    4:04
      Volume 2:
      1.  
      		 Lonzie Thomas - Rabbit On A Log    2:23
      2.  
      		 Lonzie Thomas - Raise A Ruckus Tonight    2:21
      3.  
      		 Lonzie Thomas - My Three Women    2:49
      4.  
      		 Lonzie Thomas - Red Cross Store    2:34
      5.  
      		 Sleepy John Estes - Rats In The Kitchen    1:41
      6.  
      		 Sleepy John Estes - Special Agent    2:53
      7.  
      		 Sleepy John Estes - Trying To See    2:51
      8.  
      		 Sleepy John Estes - Mail Man Blues    1:52
      9.  
      		 Teddy Williams - Down Home Blues    3:35
      10.  
      		 Teddy Williams - Catfish Blues    1:43
      11.  
      		 Teddy Williams - Black Mattie    2:56
      12.  
      		 Teddy Williams - Sun Don't Shine    2:16
      13.  
      		 Green Paschal - Trouble Brought Me Down    1:41
      14.  
      		 Green Paschal - My Lord    2:09
      15.  
      		 Green Paschal - Mother's Dead    1:24
      16.  
      		 Green Paschal - Lay My Burden Down    1:35
      17.  
      		 Green Paschal - Your Close Friend [1]    1:19
      18.  
      		 Green Paschal - I'm Going To Leave You In The Hands Of The Lord    1:51
      19.  
      		 William Do Boy Diamond - Hard Time Blues    3:24
      20.  
      		 William Do Boy Diamond - I Just Want To Talk To You    4:21
      21.  
      		 Dewey Corley And Walter Miller - Just A Dream I Got On My Mind    2:52
      22.  
      		 Dewey Corley And Walter Miller - Memphis Is A Wonderful City    1:49
      23.  
      		 Dewey Corley And Walter Miller - Down To Arkansas    3:47
      24.  
      		 Bud Grant - Rock Me Mama    2:06
      25.  
      		 Bud Grant - Freight Train Blues    2:31
      26.  
      		 Bud Grant - So Sweet    2:54
      27.  
      		 Bud Grant - Bud Grant's Grunt    2:13
      Volume 3:
      1.  
      		 Bud White - Go Ahead On    2:51
      2.  
      		 Bud White - You've Been Gone So Long    2:25
      3.  
      		 Bud White - White Horses    4:05
      4.  
      		 George Henry Bussey - When I'm Sober    2:51
      5.  
      		 George Henry Bussey - Mean Mistreater    3:05
      6.  
      		 George Henry Bussey - Blues Around My Bed    3:53
      7.  
      		 George Henry Bussey - Looking For My Woman    1:39
      8.  
      		 Jim Bunkley - Old Red #2    3:02
      9.  
      		 Jim Bunkley - Jack Of Diamonds    1:52
      10.  
      		 Jim Bunkley - Them Greasy Greens    2:42
      11.  
      		 Jim Bunkley - Rocking Chair    1:42
      12.  
      		 Tom Turner - Old Breakdown    4:23
      13.  
      		 Tom Turner - Drop Down Mama #1    3:34
      14.  
      		 James Shorter - Search Me Lord    2:35
      15.  
      		 James Shorter - My Mother Died And Left Me    2:28
      16.  
      		 James Shorter - Consolation    1:41
      17.  
      		 James Shorter - Home Coming    3:01
      18.  
      		 Abe Mcneil - Better Than Myself    4:15
      19.  
      		 Abe Mcneil - Steady Rollin' Man    2:30
      20.  
      		 Abe Mcneil - Drink Drink Drink    2:20
      21.  
      		 Joe Callicott - Country Blues    3:24
      22.  
      		 Joe Callicott - River Blues    2:49
      23.  
      		 Johnny Woods - 3 O'clock In The Morning    3:55
      24.  
      		 Johnny Woods - I's Be Trouble    2:41
      Volume 4:
      1.  
      		 Robert Diggs - Someday Baby    2:49
      2.  
      		 Robert Diggs - Racehorse Charleston    2:00
      3.  
      		 Robert Diggs - Done Lost My Health    3:36
      4.  
      		 Robert Diggs - Drive Your Car    1:38
      5.  
      		 Cliff Scott - Woke Up This Morning    2:56
      6.  
      		 Cliff Scott - Long Wavy Hair    2:22
      7.  
      		 Cliff Scott - Please Come Home    2:55
      8.  
      		 Cliff Scott - Pole Pattin'    2:10
      9.  
      		 Jimmy Lee Harris - I Wanna Ramble    4:33
      10.  
      		 Jimmy Lee Harris - Sitting Here Looking 1000 Miles Away    3:54
      11.  
      		 R.L. Burnside - Just Like A Bird Without A Feather    3:11
      12.  
      		 R.L. Burnside - Skinny Woman    2:11
      13.  
      		 R.L. Burnside - Goin Down South    2:36
      14.  
      		 R.L. Burnside - Poor Black Mattie    2:08
      15.  
      		 Robert, Norma, Dorothy And Shirley Johnson - Hold My Body Down    2:41
      16.  
      		 Robert, Norma, Dorothy And Shirley Johnson - Trying To Make It Home    2:57
      17.  
      		 Robert, Norma, Dorothy And Shirley Johnson - Precious Lord    1:59
      18.  
      		 Robert, Norma, Dorothy And Shirley Johnson - He'll Make A Way    3:16
      19.  
      		 Robert Longstreet - Sugar Mama    2:58
      20.  
      		 Robert Longstreet - Black Gal    2:58
      21.  
      		 Robert Longstreet - Sloppy Drunk    2:40
      22.  
      		 Robert Longstreet - Decoration Day    3:05
      23.  
      		 Fred Mcdowell&Johnny Woods - Shake 'em On Down    2:54
      24.  
      		 Fred Mcdowell&Johnny Woods - Mama Says I'm Crazy    3:54
      Volume 5:
      1.  
      		 John Henry Barbee - That Ain't Right    3:35
      2.  
      		 John Henry Barbee - Gonna Lose Your Mind    3:37
      3.  
      		 Albert Macon & Robert Thomas - Flatfoot Boogie    4:04
      4.  
      		 Albert Macon & Robert Thomas - Mama Can I Lay It Down    1:34
      5.  
      		 Albert Macon & Robert Thomas - How Can You Do It    2:51
      6.  
      		 Jessie Clarence Gorman - John Henry    1:35
      7.  
      		 Jessie Clarence Gorman - Goin' Up The Country #1    1:56
      8.  
      		 Jessie Clarence Gorman - Goin' Up The Country #2    1:45
      9.  
      		 Will Shade - Dirty Dozens    2:44
      10.  
      		 Will Shade - Won't You Send Me John    2:16
      11.  
      		 Will Shade - Wine Headed Man    2:46
      12.  
      		 Will Shade & Charlie Burse - K.C. Blues    3:03
      13.  
      		 Georgia Fife And Drum Band - Every Time I Come Around    3:10
      14.  
      		 Georgia Fife And Drum Band - J.W.'s Special    1:51
      15.  
      		 Georgia Fife And Drum Band - Old Hen Cackle    3:20
      16.  
      		 Georgia Fife And Drum Band - Buck Dance    1:25
      17.  
      		 Como Fife And Drum Band - Hey Freddie    1:55
      18.  
      		 Como Fife And Drum Band - Late In The Evenings    2:20
      19.  
      		 Como Fife And Drum Band - Punky Tony    2:34
      20.  
      		 Como Fife And Drum Band - Shimmy She Wa    3:04
      21.  
      		 Maxwell Street Jimmy - You Got To Reap What You Sew    3:55
      22.  
      		 Maxwell Street Jimmy - Everything's Gonna Be Alright    3:04
      23.  
      		 Precious Bryant - That' The Way The Good Thing Go    2:16
      24.  
      		 Precious Bryant - Georgia Buck (Instr)    2:25
      25.  
      		 Precious Bryant - When The Saints Go Marching In    2:50
      26.  
      		 Rosa Lee Hill - Pork & Beans    3:29
      27.  
      		 Rosa Lee Hill - Count The Days I'm Gone    1:42
      28.  
      		 Rosa Lee Hill - Roll & Tumble    3:43
      29.  
      		 Rosa Lee Hill - Bullying Well    1:55
      Volume 6:
      1.  
      		 Furry Lewis - Good Morning Judge    5:32
      2.  
      		 Furry Lewis - Careless Love    5:05
      3.  
      		 Jimmy Lee Williams - What Make Grandpa Love Grandma So    4:03
      4.  
      		 Jimmy Lee Williams - Have You Ever Seen Peaches    4:18
      5.  
      		 J.W. Warren - Hoboing Into Hollywood    3:37
      6.  
      		 J.W. Warren - Sundown Blues    2:00
      7.  
      		 J.W. Warren - Rabbit On A Log    2:37
      8.  
      		 J.W. Warren - You're Gonna Miss Me    2:45
      9.  
      		 Eddie Harris - House On The Hill    3:36
      10.  
      		 Eddie Harris - I Have To Love Somebody    4:58
      11.  
      		 James Davis - Old Country Rock #1    3:46
      12.  
      		 James Davis - Instrumental #1    2:56
      13.  
      		 James Davis - Who Stole The Lock Off The Henhouse Door    3:16
      14.  
      		 James Davis - Instrumental #4    2:06
      15.  
      		 Robert Nighthawk - Canned Heat    3:25
      16.  
      		 Robert Nighthawk - Nighthawk Boogie    2:53
      17.  
      		 Robert Nighthawk - Down By The Woodshed    2:58
      18.  
      		 Jessie Mae Hemphill - Home Going    2:24
      19.  
      		 Jessie Mae Hemphill - I Want To Be Ready    1:49
      20.  
      		 Jessie Mae Hemphill - Interview    4:00
      Volume 7:
      1.  
      		 Jessie Lee Vortis - Miss Maybelle    4:35
      2.  
      		 Jessie Lee Vortis - When My Baby Got On Board    4:06
      3.  
      		 George Hollis - Them Greasy Greens #1    3:39
      4.  
      		 George Hollis - Rock And Roll To Milledgeville    1:41
      5.  
      		 Willie Rockomo - Black Rat Swing    2:32
      6.  
      		 Bruce Upshaw And Willie Rockomo - Tease Me Baby #2    2:46
      7.  
      		 Bruce Upshaw - Someday Baby #1    2:43
      8.  
      		 Bruce Upshaw - Wonder Why My Baby Treat Me So Bad    2:22
      9.  
      		 Bruce Upshaw - Rosa Lee    2:20
      10.  
      		 Buddy Hubbard - I Got A Woman    2:34
      11.  
      		 Buddy Hubbard - So Sweet    2:08
      12.  
      		 Ira Tiny Coney - You're Gonna Miss Me    2:28
      13.  
      		 Ira Tiny Coney - Mamie    3:02
      14.  
      		 Ira Tiny Coney - I'm So Lonesome    3:58
      15.  
      		 Eddie Hodge - Blood Red River    2:57
      16.  
      		 Eddie Hodge - Sitting On Top Of The World    1:40
      17.  
      		 Eddie Hodge - Glory Hallelujah    2:35
      18.  
      		 Pettis Sisters - Jesus Is Coming Back To Me    2:48
      19.  
      		 Pettis Sisters - Bound For Zion    3:21
      20.  
      		 Houston And Sara Mae Stovall - You Told Me Baby    2:25
      21.  
      		 Houston And Sara Mae Stovall - Sweet As An Apple On A Tree    1:38
      22.  
      		 Houston And Sara Mae Stovall - Juke #2    1:10
      23.  
      		 Houston And Sara Mae Stovall - Woke Up This Morning    1:57
      24.  
      		 Houston And Sara Mae Stovall - Tell Me You Love Me    1:48
      1962-198?

      George Mitchell doesn't just get the blues, he has to go out and find them. Thanks to his efforts, fans of authentic country blues have been able to hear the real deal without making the kind of road trips required of a dedicated producer, editor, musicologist, and folklorist. The listener who knows the real cosmic purpose of a bottleneck, knife blade, or small metal tube should drool over an account of Mitchell's exploits in the Deep South: "That night Mitchell returned to Burnside's place with a case of beer and some whiskey. Ten months later, Burnside had his first release." "George Mitchell was out roaming the South, scouting for stylistically eccentric blues musicians during the late '60s and '70s," summarizes another report. The previously mentioned performer was R.L. Burnside, a bluesman of particular delight in an era when death's scythe seemed to be severely limiting the ranks of such unique senior statesmen. Mississippi Joe Callicott and Jimmy Lee Williams are other artists who Mitchell brought to light in a big way as a result of his research trips; he is considered a specialist on the subject of Callicott. Credits for Mitchell can also be found on recordings of more famous performers in this genre, including Furry Lewis and Skip James, his involvement ranging from recording new material to, in the latter case, fine-tuning a reissue. Mitchell, who worked quite regularly with the Fat Possum label, presented an annual folk festival in Columbus, MS. He also published a book, Blow My Blues Away, which has been difficult to track down since its early-'70s release. Fat Possum Records issued as expansive seven-disc box set containing the bulk of Mitchell's field recordings in 2008.