ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES 1. "Frankie": Mississippi John Hurt 45 2. "K. C.": unknown artist 50 3. "Baby, You Sho' Lookin' Warm": unknown artist 50 4. "Mississippi Jail House Groan": Rube Lacy 55 5. "Down Hearted Blues": Alberta Hunter 64 6. "Sorrowful Blues": Bessie Smith 68 7. "Please Help Me Get Him Off My Mind": Bessie Smith 70 8. "Got the Blues": Blind Lemon Jefferson 77 9. "Rabbit Foot Blues": Blind Lemon Jefferson 79 10. "Peach Orchard Mama": Blind Lemon Jefferson 80 11. "Saturday Night Spender Blues": Blind Lemon Jefferson 80 12. "Hoodoo Women": Johnnie Temple 119 13. "Seven Sisters Blues": Boogie Bill Webb 121 14. "You Don't Have to Go": Esau Weary 122 15. "Baby How Long": Howlin' Wolf 125 16. "How Long": Woodrow Adams 125 17. "Cold in Hand": Isaiah Chattman 127 18. "Matchbox Blues": Roosevelt Holts 130 19. "Drinking and Stinking": Boogie Bill Webb 133 20. "Cool Drink of Water Blues": Tommy Johnson 134 21. "Doodleville Blues": Cary Lee Simmons 136 22. Untitled blues: Robert Pete Williams 141 23. "Black Sam": Napoleon Strickland 142 24. "Pony Blues": Charley Patton 146 25. "Stone Pony Blues": Charley Patton 149 26. "Red River Blues": Roosevelt Holts 151 27. "Let's Talk It AH Over Again": Roosevelt Holts. 152 28. Untitled blues: Babe Stovall 153 29. Untitled blues: Babe Stovall and O. D. Jones 156 ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES 30. Untitled blues: Anonymous man and woman 159 31. Untitled blues: Anonymous man and woman 160 32. "Bad Night Blues": Mott Willis 203 33. Untitled blues: Mott Willis 204 34. "Who Is That Yonder Coming Down the Road?": Mott Willis 205 35. "Jumping and Shouting Blues": Mott Willis 206 36. Untitled blues: Mott Willis 207 37. "Who's That Yonder?": Mott Willis 208 38. "Mama Do Right": Willis Taylor 209 39. "The Trashy Gang Blues": Willis Taylor 211 40. "Traveling Man Blues": Mott Willis 213 41. "Riverside Blues": Mott Willis 214 42. "Dresser Drawer Blues": Mott Willis 215 43. "Dresser Drawer Blues": Mott Willis 216 44. "Dresser Drawer Blues": Mott Willis 217 45. "Dresser Drawer Blues": Mott Willis 218 46. "Bye and Bye Blues": Mager Johnson 221 47. "Bye and Bye Blues": Mager Johnson 223 48. "Bye and Bye Blues": Mager Johnson 224 49. Untitled blues: Mager Johnson 225 50. "Hitch Up My Buggy, Saddle Up My Grey Mare": Mager Johnson 226 51. "Traveling Blues": Mager Johnson 227 52. "Traveling Blues": Mager Johnson 229 53. Untitled blues: Mager Johnson 232 54. Untitled blues: Mager Johnson 233 55. "Big Fat Mama Blues": Tommy Johnson 237 56. "I Asked for Water": Howlin' Wolf 244 57. "Lonesome Home Blues": Tommy Johnson 251 58. "Sundown Blues": Roosevelt Holts 258 59. "Who's That Yonder?": Charlie Taylor 260 60. "Big Road Blues": Tommy Johnson 269 61. "Crying at Daybreak": Howlin' Wolf 275 62. "Smoke Stack Lightning": Howlin' Wolf 276 63. "Dark Road": Floyd Jones 277 64. "Big Road Blues": Mott Willis 279 65. "Big Road Blues": Mott Willis 280 66. "Big Road Blues": Mott Willis 280 67. "Big Road Blues": Mott Willis 281 68. "Big Road Blues": Mager Johnson 282 69. "Big Road Blues": Mager Johnson 283 xi 70. "Stop and Listen Blues": Mississippi Sheiks 285 EXAMPLES 71. "Brownskin Woman": Sam Chatmon 287 72. "Dirty Mistreater": Poor Boy Lofton 289 73. "Dark Road Blues": Willie Lofton 291 74. "Big Road Blues": Shirley Griffith 295 75. "Big Road Blues": John Henry "Bubba" Brown 297 76. "Big Road Blues": Isaac Youngblood 299 77. "Big Road Blues": Arzo Youngblood 302 78. "Big Road Blues": Arzo Youngblood 302 79. "Dirty Mistreater": Babe Stovall 304 80. "Big Road Blues": J. D. 307 .