The Memphis Blues

• Artist: Frank Stokes
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• Release Date: February 19, 1992
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Blues

Review

No one in the Memphis minstrel/traveling show or early blues tradition had a more distinguished career than Frank Stokes. This is marvelous, inspiring guitar, done in such a spry and captivating manner that you forget Stokes got his start working alongside a blackface comedian in the early '20s, or that much of this material by even 1950s standards was borderline offensive at best. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Labor Blues		Tom Dickson	(3:00)
Frank Stokes' Dream	Frank Stokes	Frank Stokes	(2:54)
'Frisco Town		Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie	(2:52)
Twelve Pound Daddy	Johnny Parth, Pearl Dickson	Pearl Dickson	(3:06)
Take Me Back	Frank Stokes	Frank Stokes	(3:12)
Black Gypsy Blues	Furry Lewis	Furry Lewis	(2:49)
I Don't Want That Junk Outta You	Memphis Minnie, Joe McCoy	Memphis Minnie	(2:23)
Devil in the Woodpile	Noah Lewis	Noah Lewis	(2:52)
I Will Turn Your Money Green	Furry Lewis, Traditional	Furry Lewis	(3:11)
Noah's Blues		Cannon's Jug Stompers	(2:53)
Creeper's Blues	Furry Lewis	Furry Lewis	(2:40)
Turpentine Blues	Casey Bill Weldon	Will Weldon	(3:17)
Judge Harsh Blues	Furry Lewis	Furry Lewis	(2:59)
Last Go Round		Frank Stokes	(2:53)

Credits

Cannon's Jug Stompers (Performer), Robert Vosgien (Digital Mastering), Kansas Joe (Performer), Furry Lewis (Performer), Memphis Minnie (Performer), Casey Bill Weldon (Performer), Noah Lewis (Performer), Nick Perls (Cover Art), Frank Stokes (Performer), Tom Dickson (Performer), Will Weldon (Performer), Nick Perls (Artwork), Pearl Dickson (Performer), Frank Stokes (Photography), Frank Stokes (Cover Photo)