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Various Artists — The Rough Guide To Bullets & Blues [RSD '23]

Various Artists — The Rough Guide To Bullets & Blues [RSD '23]

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2023 Record Store Day releases will be for sale in person at the special sale at The Sanctuary in Montgomery Alabama at 10am on Saturday April 22nd. There will be no holds or reservations with all RSD product sold on a first come first served basis.

RSD Exclusive stock it will be made available online on Saturday April 22nd 2023 at 12pm.

From the classic murder ballads 'Stack O Lee' & 'Frankie & Johnny' to songs of jealous pistol-yielding lovers, blues music and the gun have long crossed paths. This Rough Guide charts this troubled association with tracks from country blues legends including Mississippi John Hurt, Furry Lewis and Skip James. (This is a 2023 Record Store Day release.) Limited to 500 U.S. copies.

A1. Skip James: 22-20 Blues
A2. Blind Boy Fuller: Pistol Slapper Blues
A3. Walter Roland: 45 Pistol Blues
A4. Furry Lewis: Billy Lyons and Stack O'Lee
A5. Peetie Wheatstraw: Machine Gun Blues
A6. Bob Campbell: Shotgun Blues
A7. Georgia Tom: Six Shooter Blues

B1. Roosevelt Sykes: 44 Blues
B2. Mississippi John Hurt: Frankie
B3. Leroy Carr with Scrapper Blackwell: Shinin' Pistol
B4. Will Bennett: Railroad Bill
B5. Bo Weavil Jackson: Pistol Blues
B6. "Funny Papa" Smith: Forty-Five Blues

Format / LP
Released / 04/22/2023
Catalogue / WMN-1415
Barcode / 605633141542
Artist / Various
Label / World Music Network
Genre / Blues

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