Various Artists - Confessin' the Blues: Vol I (2xLP)
- $30.00
- 60th Grammy Award
- Best Traditional Blues Album
Confessin' the Blues collects the greatest bluesmen ever and provides a perfect study of the genre. The tracks on the various formats of the release have been chosen by The Rolling Stones in collaboration with BMG and Universal. Confessin' the Blues includes tracks by the biggest blues pioneers including Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Elmore James, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Big Bill Broonzy and Robert Johnson. Confessin' the Blues will be available as a 2-CD set, 2x2 Vinyl LP sets and a 5x10" Vinyl book-pack (mimicking the original 78 RPM releases). All versions include liner notes by music journalist Colin Larkin and the book-pack contains removable art card prints by noted blues illustrator Christoph Mueller. The album cover artwork comes courtesy of Wood, who has added his own personal twist to the project by painting his interpretation of a bluesman.
Tracks
- Disc 1 -- Rollin' Stone - By Muddy Waters
- Little Red Rooster - By Howlin' Wolf
- Dust My Broom - By Sonny Boy Williamson
- I'm a King Bee - By Slim Harpo
- You Can't Judge a Book By It's Cover - By Bo Diddley
- Little Queenie - By Chuck Berry
- Boogie Chillen - By John Lee Hooker
- I Hate to See You Go - By Little Walter
- Bright Lights, Big City - By Jimmy Reed
- Love in Vain Blues - By Robert Johnson
- You Gotta Move - By Mississippi Fred McDowell
- Just Like I Treat You - By Howlin' Wolf
- Ride 'Em on Down - By Eddie Taylor
- Blue and Lonesome - By Little Walter
- Hoodoo Blues - By Lightnin' Slim
- Crawdad. - By Bo Diddley
- Just Your Fool - By Little Walter
- All Your Love - By Magic Sam
- Worried Life Blues - By Big Maceo Merriweather
- Down the Road Apiece - By Amos Milburn
- Confessin' the Blues (With Walter Brown) [Single Version] - By Jay McShann
