
This first Earwig blues sampler commemorates the 16th anniversary since label Producer and CEO Michael Frank began the label by taking Frank Frost, Sam Carr, and Jack Johnson - the Jelly Roll Kings - into a Memphis studio to record Rockin' the Juke Joint Down (4901). Since that magic session, these guys have made four Earwig albums between them.
1) Jelly Roll King - Frank Frost
2) Lightnin' Struck the Poor House - Arthur Lee Stephenson
3) Hair Like a Horse's Mane - J. W. Brewer
4) Oil Man - Jack Johnson
5) Be Careful How You Vote - Albert Luandrew
6) I'm Gonna Build My Bed on the Bottom of the Sea - Eurreal Montgomery
7) Bottom of the Harp - Louis Myers
8) Wes Cide Bluze - Jimmy Dawkins
9) Eyes Full of Tears - David Edwards
10) When the Blues Hit You - Lessie Davenport
11) Cairo - Alfonzo Primer
12) Shake the Apple Tree - Robert Ferguson
13) Past Present and Future - Aron Burton
14) Stick Candy - Eddie Lee Watson
15) Better Know What Your Runnin' from - William Henderson
16) Come Here Mama - Willie Anderson
17) Young Girl - Leon Brooks
18) Sittin' Here Wonderin' - Iverson Minter