My Baby Left Me

by My Baby Left Me / Various

Overview

It's no secret that 99 percent of blues songs are about trouble raining down, and most of that trouble stems from a serious dose of heartache and perceived betrayal, a sense that the world is slamming doors in one's face. Why on Earth would anyone be surprised when a romance goes terribly wrong in the blues universe? This varied set offers 19 tracks of romantic woe and misery, and what keeps it from being just another blues set is the rarity of some of the selections. Included are Willie Egan's honest appraisal called "I Don't Know Where She Went," J.B. Lenoir's classic and early "Mama Talk to Your Daughter," yet another version of "Baby Please Don't Go" by Big Bill Broonzy (this one a tight and effective acoustic rendition), and Eddie King's poignant "Why Does a Man Have to Cry." Take broken hearts out of the blues equation and all that would be left are songs about selling one's soul to the Devil at the crossroads, and even at that, maybe it's still all the same story. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	07/24/2007
Label:	Perpetual
UPC:	0030206303223
Rank:	198311

Tracks

1. Down Hearted Blues  - Charlie Walker
2. You Made Me This Way  - Piney Brown
3. I Left My Baby  -  Haymes  -  Perry
4. All Alone  - Mojo Watson
5. You Know You Didn't Want Me  - Emmett Davis
6. I Don't Know Where She Went  - Willie Egan
7. She's Takin' All My Money  - Joe Hill Louis
8. Mama Talk to Your Daughter  - J.B. Lenoir
9. Why Does a Man Have to Cry  - Eddie King
10. You Are Using Me  - Charles Hodges
11. I'm Sorry I Hurt You  - Nat Phillips
12. Baby Please Don't Go  - Big Bill Broonzy
13. In the Evening  - Lightnin' Hopkins
14. Yes, She's Gone  - Dusty Brown
15. No More Lovin'  - Ernest Lewis
16. Lookin' for My Baby  - Jody Williams
17. She's Gone  -  Little Beaver
18. Lonesome Blues  - Guitar Welch
19. I'm Not Your Fool Anymore  - Walter Spriggs

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Dusty Brown   Primary Artist
J.B. Lenoir   Primary Artist
Ida Haymes   Primary Artist
Johnny Perry Orchestra   Primary Artist
Piney Brown   Primary Artist
Little Beaver   Primary Artist
Lightnin' Hopkins   Primary Artist
Big Bill Broonzy   Primary Artist
Eddie King   Primary Artist
Willie Egan   Primary Artist
Guitar Welch   Primary Artist
Nat Phillips   Primary Artist
Ernest Lewis   Primary Artist
Emmett Davis   Primary Artist
Walter Spriggs   Primary Artist
Joe Hill Louis   Primary Artist
Charlie Walker   Primary Artist
Mojo Watson   Primary Artist
Charles Hodges   Primary Artist
Jody Williams   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Michael Lauzardo   Layout Design,Graphic Design
Ernest Lewis   Composer
Sean Weeks   Art Direction,Design
Roger Kash   Editing,Project Coordinator
Mojo Watson   Composer
Dusty Brown   Composer
Willie Egan   Composer
J.B. Lenoir   Composer
Emmett Davis   Composer
Piney Brown   Composer
Rama Barwick   Executive Producer